Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-09
STORY OF A MURDER.
Developments in the HaddOck lAssasSina-
tion Case-A Confession.


ton Case-A Confession.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, October Sim
portant developments have been made in
the Haddock assassination case. Leavett,
who was arrested in Chicago yesterday,
was not brought here, but taken to Kings
ley, the home of Attorney Wood. He Is
expected here Monday, the date fixed for
the beginning of the examination of the
parties arrested. Accompanying Wood to
Chicago was F. A. Hill, business manager
of the Sioux City Tribune, and Mr.. j. c.
Kelly. Mr. Hill was intimate with Lea
witt and it was through this intimacy that
Leavett was induced to surrender himself.
Hill brought back with him the confession
of Leayitt, which has been made public
this evening In this confession, sworn to
before Notary Public in Chicago, Leavitt
charges that the shooting was done by
John Arensdorf, foreman of the Franz
Brewery Company. Leavitt says: About
S:l5 Tuesday night, August 30, went up
to Frank COchIan's rooms over the
Chicago, and there met Rhoden, John
Hop aud Frank Cochran, and we
sat down and played stud poker un-
til about o'clock, when l got
up and went down stairs. i met Cham
pion and Shaffer in front of their place. /
stopped and talked with them q few min
utes and then started down to Sherman's
saloon. On my way there, and in front of
the Sioux National Bank, met Frederick
Whenchraff, George Freiber, Louis Plath,
a saloOnkeeper whose name | cannot recall
and those two Dutchmen whom Frelber
said he had to do up Walker. They were
talking together about Haddock and Turner
going down to the Greenville
House. Turner said, "Let us
take q hack and see what they are going to
do" Muncrath said, 'Leavitt, let Us take
a ride and 90 down to Greenyille and see
what they are going to do. | replied, all
right We went over in front of the Hub
bard House, and Henry IIobeSman, Trciber,
PIath and myself got into the hack. |
asked the driver of the hack to let the win
dows down, which he did, and drove to
Grecnville. Henry got out in front OF the
Greenyille House, went in and asked If
there had been Il buggy over that way III
the last hour. They said no. We returned
to town and started to 90 home, when
we met the two Dutchmen
who who were hired by Freiber to whip
Walker. John ArensdOrf came out with
us and these two dutchman said TO him
loud enough for us all to hear: 1.-The bug
gy has come back. We, that is, Arens-
dOrf, Muncrath, Freiber Plath, Henry,
myself and the two dutchman started to
20 toward the stable. | dropped behind
and met Henry Sherman and we followed
on behind, and Langc, the Painter was
following us. BY the time
we reached the stable, we had
got close together, and Muncrath
said fyOu or your man is going to
lick HaddOck, tell him not to punch him
too hard, but to hit him in the face once
or twice, and give him black eye. That
will do rs we don't want to 90 any fur
ther than that Freiber said that was
all right. We saw Haddock coming
across Water street from the Columbia
House. No one said Il wordas JnO. ArcnS-
dOrf started toward him. lie came up in
front of HaddOck and looked him i'll the
face and threw up his hands in front OF
ITaddOck's face. Mr.. HaddOCk
pulled something from his pocket and
struck ArenSdOrf. then saw ArenSiOrI
draw his gun and saw him shoot lIaddock.
| saw nothing moreof Arcnsdorf." lie was
arrested yesterday in Davenport where he
had gone as delegate to a Knights of
Pythias meeting and expected TO arrive
here during the night. Paul Leader and
George I.ange, were arrested to-day and
admitted to the same bail us Muncrath
and Sherman. WarrentS are out for other
parties implicated in the conspiracy, and
it is said Ieayitt has assurances that by.
turning states evidence he will escape
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