Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-10-28
HADDOCK'S MURDERER.
Two More Confessions Confirming that
Of Leavitt.
They FIX tho Guilt Directly Upon
John ArensdorH, Henry Peters
and George Treiber.

medlately after the murder, but was brought
back by the police last week, and taken first
to Des Moines, where the confession was mad :,
and then to Sioux City, where he is now in
jail His confession corroborates that OF
Leavitt in important PARTICULARS Bismarck
says that he saw Ardensdorff and Peters shoot
Haddock aud that he was paid over two hun
dred dollars to leave the State by those who,
he says, committed the murder. His confes-
sion, which is very important and supplies a
much needed missing link in the CIV.
idence, is as follows:
BIsMARoK's CONFESSION.
My name is Albert Koschniski On the day
of Haddock's murder went to see Sylvester
Grander at O'Clock p. M, at the place where
he was working. talked to him few m nutes.
ltold him that Saloon-keeper Ireber wished TO
see him at his saloon. Tue purpose of the
interview was to induce Sylvester Gander TO
beat Hacdock. Gander promised to see him.
l then went home and remain, d an hour or an
hour and half and at half past 5 or 6 O'Clock
l went to Tre!ber's saloon. Treiber asked me
If l had seen Steamboat Charlie (Sylvester
Gander) replied, "Yes." He then sent me
To Sylvester Gandcr's house, and gave me five
cents for street car fare. i went to Sylvester
Gander's, but he had gone to town. | went
back to Ireibers saloon but did not find Syl-
yester Gander. l went down Fourth street
about : or $50 O'Clock and found George
Treiber, Munchrath and Sylvester Gander, also
Plath and party whose photograph was
shown to me leav!tt). / never saw him be-
lore. When met the party, Treiber sent him
and Sylvester Gander to Haddock's house to
see II they would not meet him. We went to
the house and stayed about ha.f an hour and
returned to party. When we returned sylves-
ter Gander a ked for money for a drink.
Plath gave hitn25 cents. Gander then went to
j. liners saloon and took drink Of whisky
Treber sent Sylvester Gander and myself to
Charles Eberhardts hotel to inquire whether
the buggy had returned. The house Joins the
stable. l asked Eberhardt, but he did not
know. Then asked I'm to go to the stable
and inquire, as / could not speak English
very well. He sent a young man, who return
ed and said that the buggy had not come
Sylvester Gander and ! then went to the cor
ner OF Fourth street to watch for Had.
dock, as requested by Treiber. Sylvester
Gander then went to Eberharits sa-
loon and drank some whisky. He re-
turned and both of US waited a while until all
returned. The buggy came at the same time
| went to Dan O'Connelfs saloon and asked
Tor drink. l had no money and asked for
the proprietor, who was not in. | then left the
saloon and went to the corner Sylvester
Gander went to the crowd in Fourth street.
Then | noticed that Brewer Areusdorff and
Henry Peters had come into the crowd.
heard say to Gander, "We don't want YOU,
you drunken fellow" and pushed him out of
the crowd. Paul Leader, "a saloon keepcr)
stepped from the crowd toward me and said
''These men have trouble | think we better
leave" repl ed, Eyes that is so: let lis 60"
Then the crowd came nearer Fourth and
Water streets. went toward the alley as the
crowd approached the corner | saw Hadiock
come out OF the barn and cross the sidewalk.
John Arensdorn and the other brewer
(Henry Peters, met and shot him. Leader
aud ran to the formers hotel. Arensdorif
and the crowd ran across the bridge. drank
some whisky al then went to Fourth street
to j. liners sa Don where drank glass of
beer. Some one came in and said man was
Killed: went down town and heard tue peo-
pie talking about the murder and then went
home about II o'clock. The next day / met
Sylvester Gander in the morning and he aid,
"Let US report the whole tn n.y." said, "You
can do what you please" | went to the sa-
loon and then to Sixth street. and then to
Fourth, and then Sylvester Gander went home.
l went home also. The next day George
Ireiber came to me at m, house about
10 a. m. and said, You must hurry away
from here" Treiber then gave me $l25. He
said that when was drunk | might talk, and
that would get 20 years in the pententiary
anyway for my part If the matter leaked out
l said that | had done nothing and did not
like to 60 Treiber then wanted the money
back. told him that l had use for the money
and | would not give it back. Treber then
after which he left. The next week, Monday,
following1 fixed a pump somewhere. Fritz
Folger met me there. (Fritz Folger is a cous-
In to Sylvester Gander.) He told me that his
cousin had left, and that had better leave
also, that | might possibly get Is or 20 years
in the penitentiary. told him that had no
money. Then Fritz Folger said, "You got
$l25 like Sylvester Gander.n replied that 1
was on spree for few days and my wife
took the rest away from me, and that did
not have cent left. Then Fritz Folger and
! went to the beer garden. When there
Arensdorf came riding along in buggy. As
he saw me he said; Il thoIe hit you had left
long ago.. You got money to leave" /
replied that my wife took the money,
and that had no money to go.
Then Arensdorf took me to the water
closet in the garden and asked me if l saw
who fired the shot. l said "Yes." Arensdorf
said, ''You better hurry and leave. 1t might
be pretty hard on you If you don't. / will give
you another hundred dollars to go, but will
not give the money to you. Fred Folger will
go with you WAYS and give the money to you
when you are on the road" / told him, Tall
right. You all want me to 60" Arensdorf
wanted me to leave the next morning when
Fritz Folger should take him in his buggy
to SaliS. The next morning 1t rained and
Fritz didn't want to go on account of bad
driving. Tuesday afternoon | went to the
beer garden. Henry Peters came along and
still herei If / see you again, no matter
where, will shoot you down." / left and
went home. The same afternoon Fritz came
and said it was time for me to get away as my
life was not safe He said we would start
Wednesday morning. We left the next mora
ing for Salix, and then Fritz Folger gave me
$500. ! left the same day for Omaha, and
the same night | lett for California After
being In San Francisco for two or three weeks
wrote to my wife to sell the house and come
10 San Francisco.
sent the written consent and my wife came.
Fritz Folger told me on the road between
Sioux City and Salx that his cousin, Sylves.
Ter Gander, had told him that Arensdorf
llled Haddock. ! am afraid to go to Sioux
City. think that Fritz Folger knows where
Sylvester Gander Is.
GRIEBER's CONFESSION.
The second confession made to the Cover
lor and Attorney General Baker was that of
ditto Gr!eber, who was taken from Sioux City
o Des Moines for that purpose. His confess
sion Is as follows
my name is OTTO GrieDer. am IL years OF
ige. was born In Arnstalt, Germany. i
I'm printer by trade. Icame to America two
IND one-half years ago, and have resided in
sioux City since that time. Eight weeks pre-
nous to the murder Of George c. Haddock
boarded at Sylvester Gander's. Two days be-
ore the murder / saw B smarck and Gander |
alkng together on the street. The day of |
he murder Sylvester Gander was shoveling |
iirt between Pearl and Water streets and be- |
wen Fourth and Fifth streets. | was talk
ng to Sylvester Gander when Bismarck came. |
bismarck called to Galder and said that he |
Wished 10 Sc hun on Fourth and Water |
treets that evening. This was 5o'clock In the |
and in the alley between Water I
nd Pearl streets. He spoke TO him near the |,
English Kitchen on Fourth street, and 50 d |
. sylvester Gander that he should be sure to |
ONE that evening to Fourth street: II he |
BiSInarck) was not there that he (Sylvester |
iander) should wait on Water street. When |
lander came home he ate supper and went to
own. Bismarck came about s o'clock
o take Gander TO town. / asked him what he |
7anted Bismarck said nothing. ! called TO
lin as he left the house, saying that might
I'll 'Charley" (Sylvester Gander) what he
Bismarckl wanted. Bismarck said that he
'anted him to build a house In the country.
'smarck said he could find him. An hour
fter Bismarck left went to Fourth street at
Nc crossing of Water street to see what Syl-
ester Gander and Bismarck were doing.
When came to Water street Gander went TO
be Columbia House an came back shortly |
fterwards, and called Bismarck, who was on
ne other side Of the street. Bismarck did not
ant to cross. He said, II do not want TO
OF After awhile Sylvester Gander came out