Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-15
GENER Raj n b rs NOTES.
TEE lURDER oFHADDOCK.
Leavttt, the Sioux City Prisoner, Makes ) Full
4 Csnfession, NxinE the Crine upoa John Areas
rf-He Gives Minate Description Of III the
CirCunlStaneos Chnnocfad with II = Fra1edv

sAAsss sao sAVuA CA0 fTlsOnef, Makes = FIJI
q Csafession, FixiAE the Crins upoa John Areas
dorf-H He Gives 1inate Description of III the
{ Circumstances Connected with the Tragedy. S=
i SIoux Cry, Iowa, Oct. g. Imports de.
velopments have been made in the Had
dock assassination case. Leavltt, who
was arrested in Chicago yesterday, was
not brought here, but taken to Kings.
ley, the Home OF Attorney Wood.
he is expected hero Monday the
date fixed for the beginning 81 the
examination 81 the parties arrested. Ac-
campaigning Wood to Chicago was F. A.
Hill, business manager Of the Sioux City
Tribune, and J. G. Kelly. Mr.. Hill was in.
innate with Leavitt, and through HE in
timacy Leavitt was induced to surrender.
In q swornconfession Leavitt charged that
the shooting was done by John Arensdorf,
foreman of the Franz Brewing company.
Leavitt says:
xa About "a 8 s:a5 Tuesday night, Aug. 3,
the Chicago" and there met'R. Holden,
John Hoop and Frank Cochran. We sat
down and played stud poker until about
O'Clock, when I got up and went down
stairs. | met Champion and Staifer in
front OF their place. I stopped and talked
with them a lew minutes, and then started
down to Shernan's saloon, as was in
the habit OF dropping in there every night
before going to bed. On my way
there and in front of the Sioux Ma
tional bank met Fred Munchrath, George
whose name Icannot recall, and those two
Dutchmen whom Trieber said were the
men he had to do up Walker. They were
talking together about Haddock and
Turner going to the Greenville house.
Trieber said: LET us take a hack and see
what they are going to do.", Munchrath
said: "Leavitt, let US take ride and go
down to Greenville and see what they are
going to do" l replied, "All right" We
went over in front OF the Hub.
bard house, and Henry Hibberman,
Trieber, Plath and myself got into the
hack. l asked Adams, the river OF the
hack, to let the windows down, which he
did, and drove to Greenv lille. Henry got
out in front OF the Greenville house. went
in and asked if there had been buggy over
that way in the last hour. They said
'No." We returned to town. and started
to go home from Junk's when we met the
two Dutchmen who were hired by Trieber
to whip Walker. John Aren sdorf came
out with us, and these two Dutchmen
said to him, loud enough for lis to
hear: 1.-THE buggy has come back"
We Chat is, Arensdorf, Munchrath, Trieber,
Plath, Henry, myself and the two Dutch
men) started to 60 toward the stable +
dropped behind and met Harry Sherman
and we followed on behind. Lange, the
painter, was following us. By the time we
reached the stable we had got close to-
gether, and Munchrath said: IF you
or your man is going to lick Haddocl,
tell him not to punch him too hard but
hit him in the face once or twice and i've
him a black eye. That will do, as we don't
want to 60 any further than that" Trie
Der said that was right. We saw Had
dock coming across Water street from the
Columbia house. No one said {, word as
John Arensdorf started toward him. He
came up in front OF Haddock, looked him
in the face and threw up his hand in front
Of Haddocks face. Mr.. Haddoek pulled
something from his pocket and struck
Arensdorf. then saw Arensdorf draw his
gun and saw him shoot Haddock. saw
nothing more OF Arensdorf.
Arensd orr was arrested recently in Dav-
export, where he had gone as u delegate to
the Knights OF Pythias meeting, and is ex-
pected to arrive here shortly. Paul Leader
and George Lange were arrested and ;td-
mitted to the same bail as Munchrath and
Sherman. Warrants are out for the other
parties implicated in the conspir-
acy. 1t is said that Lea witt has assuranc.
es that by turning states evidence he will
escape punishment. Chief of Police Malone
has arrested another party, all eye witness
to the tragedy. and will arrive here with
him tonight or tomorrow. Arensdorf is
the most prominent citizen whose arrest
followed Leavitt's confession. He was g.
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