Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-11-24
INDICTMENTS FOUND.
The Lsbors Of the Grand Jury in the
Haddock Murder Case Com
plstsd.
Indictments FOR Both Murder and t,sn.
spiracy Returned Against Arensdorf
and others.

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and Others.
For more thnn week past the public
bias been almost impatiently awaiting the
hn'iings of the Grand Jury n the Haddoc's
murder case, The inter st in whi,h has held
high tension from the time the crime was
committed, over three months ago. The
Jury has finally completed its work, re-
porting the resu t. Of its invest cations 10
the court on Thursday afternoon last.
While the officer, OF the court deem it adj
visable Mt present 10 make no fur
Their statement to the inquiries OF re-
por'ers than that al the parties lounl
over by the magistrates at the prelim nary
exam;nat ON are indicted for the offenses
for which they are held, yet from almost
official authority the details Of the jury's
work in the case has been ascertain, d.
Two ipdi,tm nts. one for murder and the
other for conspiracy, were returned against
each of tie following persons. all Of whom
are shown by the evidence 10 have been
present when the fatal shot was fred:
John Arensdorf.
II. l. Ieavitt,
Henry Peters.
Sylvester Granda, (Ganders,,
Albert Koschnitski (BismarehA
Fred MHiichrath, Jr,
q, Louis Plath,
George Treiber,
Paul Leader,
Henry Sherman.
The acton of the jury in returning
double indictments in each Of the above
cases is ccmmendable, since it leaves no
chance OF the guilty parties escaping. Each
must first clear hims. If of the Indictment
Tor murder, and then answer to the charge
OF conspiracy. On their own statements
already published. all OF the part;es named
above are implicated more or less in the
conspiracy, while no reliable evidence has
yet been made public chan ing the general
belief. established by the evidence in the
preliminary hear ny. that Arensdorf fred
the shot. Conflicting as some OF the state
ments no doubt were, the Jury unanimously
held that double indictments against each
was the safer plan. II is stated that
Leayitt was indicted at his own request;
that after consulting his attorney he con
Guided il might be well to have bill re :
turned against him with the under
standing implied That nothing slionld come
OF 1t when brought up for trinl. 1t will be
remembered that prior to Lenyitt having
made his statement charging Ar nsdorf
with the murder. he was promised immu-
nifty by the Governor and Attorney G., n
eral, so far as such promises conld he made
relating to the conspiracy. Should it be
shown, however, that he was more deeply
Implicated, the promise of executive infiu-
ence in his behalf does not apply.
So far as has been learned, the evidence
before the Grand Ju,y was about the same
as that given to the Coiouer's Jury. Sew
eral parties whose statements have been
published as bearing on the case were not
called, their evidence being considered Of
no importance and little to be relied upon.
Among these was Deal, the railroad man,
who claimed 10 have been approached by
Adelsheim, saloonkeeper, with propo-
sition Of pay il he would secure o party to
do up" the Methodist preacher. Meals
knowledge Of the facts was found to be
very meager. Also Juhl. the Dane, brought
from Norfolk, Neb., was not heard. his
statements being very much mixed. 1t is
suspected that the Dane has been seen
by the defense and will be brought MS a
witness in their behalf when the trial comes
on. None OF the prominent saloon men IN
Sioux City were called, the attorneys for
the prosecution thinking it best to dispense
with their testimony.
OF the ten men implicated in the crime,
six are now in Sioux City and four are in
parts al yet unknown. John Arensdorf is
held in bonds Of e25, 900 on the two
charges OF murder and conspiracy, the bail
IN the first named case being $40, 900, mud
in the last $1,000; Fred Munchrath, Jr.,
Paul Leader and Henry Sherman are held
in bonds of 5000 each on the conspiracy
charge; Albert Koschnitski Bismarck ,
Is in Jail in default of So, 200 bonds on the
two charges Of murder and conspiracy,
$2O, 900 being required on the first charge
and vt, 600 on the second; Lsavitt is held
In $500 bonds as a witness. The where
abouts of Tfeiber, Plath, Granda and Pc
tiers is unknown. The above mentioned
bonds were exacted by the magistrates be.
fore whom the parties were arraigned for
preliminary hearing some weeks since.
Bail will NO doubt be furnished and ac-
cepted in Arensdorf = case, and most Of the
other parties will likely be able to furnish
unquestioned security for their appea' ance
when wanted.
The Sioux City Journal on the 10Th
inst, in its account OF the jurys report,
The evidence before the Jury disclosed
the fact that just previous TO the murder,
there existed in the city conspiracy, the
magnitude Of which has never been
dreamed of. The idea OF this conspiracy
among those interested in the liquor traffic
was to do up" number of prominent
temperance people, who were forward in
pushing the injunction suits. 1t was not
developed that the general intent of those
interested was to kill these people, but SIM
ply to give each one good thrashing, with
the view Of soaring them out of the work
begun. There were, however, persons
connected with the conspiracy who would
not hesitate to do worse, should the oppor-
tunity be presented"
A number Of the jury was asked about
this conspiracy by an Evening Times re-
porter, and in reply said:
Il am not telling what passed in the
Grand Jury room, but am free to tell what
did not occur there. No such evidence of
great conspiracy as the journal states
was presented to the Grand Jury. II any
such evidence had been presented, indict-
ments would have been found. believed
before went on the Grand Jury that there
was no conspiracy to murder Haddock;
that plan--formel the evening Of the
murder-to waylay him and beat him, re-
suited in the murder. No evidence pre-
sented to the Grand Jury showed anything
beyond this"