Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-13
ATroRKeY Wopps sIArEmghr.

Ehe Process by which sseavittund Uis
Confession yer Secured by the
Authorities
Sioux City Journal 18th: Attorney
ID. w. Wood, who has had charge OF tho
saloon injunction cases here, and who
was instrumental in bringing Lsavitt
back, cams to the city on Sunday. A
reporter sought him yesterday, and
found him in DON No. 16, engaged in
conversation with several Of the attor-
neys in the case, and a few citizens, who
are prominent IN the investigation.
The reporter was pleasantly received.
and bid to wait just q little while. This
he did to the extent of an hour, and
then lett promising to return again. In
the early evening the visit was repeated,
and this time with better success. Iu
the room he found Mr.. Wood. Hsrry
Lesvitt and Deputy Sheriff Morse,
while sitting near the window at the
further side were Mre. Leavitt and Miss
Minnie Dnup, of st. Louis, who
came with her to the city yesterday. In
answer to o request for an account of
his journey after Leavitt, Mr.. Wood
said: 81 left home September %, with
a warrant sworn out by myself before
Justice Armstrong, Of Arlington town
ship, this county, for the arrest of III. l..
Leavitt, John Arensdorf, Fred Munich.
rsth, George Treiber, Louis Plath,
Henry Sherman, Henry Peters, and
three Others whose names are unknown,
all charged with a conspiracy to kill
Rev. Geo. O. Haddock. On the back of
that warrant was the following notation:
estate of Iowa, Woodbury. county, ss:
l hereby appoint d. w. Wood aud F. a.
Rill special constabIes to sery the with
in warrant, with full power and author.
ity to make arrest, and perform duties
of c%ouRtables.
A.. FL. ARMSTRONG,
Justice OF the Peace III and for airing.
ton Township
Previous to this, and while / was at
Onawa locking after the Injunction
cases, I told District Attorney Marsh
that / wus satisfied that If the proper
immunity from punishment was guaran-
teed, that some of the parties interested
in the case could be induced to turn
states evidence, and further that |
thought Harry Leayitt was the proper
party. In view of this Mr. Marsh gave
we the following letter:
"'Onawa, TO-, Sept. l6, 1SS6-Hon. a.
j. Baker, Attorney General of Iowa
Dear Sir: l told you heretofore that
the day might soop come when it would
be advisable to promise protection to
some one who would turn states evil
dence in the investigation of the murder
OF Rev. George @. Haddock.
i think now is the time, and Harry
Il. Leavitt is the man. l have little
hopes of finding the murderer without
some one turns states evidence. |
would advise such writings from your
self, as Encouragement and the GOV
ernor of the state, assuring MIR. Leayitt
protection and immunity, to the extent
of your several mowers, authority and
influence in case he does SO furnish evil
dence for the state for the conviction of
the guilty party, or other guilty parties.
Such writings presented to him may,
We hope, bring the evidence and the
truth. / not only advise il, but with
your concurrence, will SO act, to the ex
tent of my authority. am your obedi-
emit servant, s. NJ. MARSH,
District Attorney, Fourth judicial
district
with this letter in my possession |
went to Webster and received assurance
from DIR. a. Edwards, editor of the
Northwestern Christian Advocate. and
Rev. Wllmot Whitfield that they would
stand by me in my efforts to get
Leavitt.
From there / went to Des Moines
and secured assurance from the Cover.
nor authorizing me to receive sworn
statements of such facts as would tend
to disclose who We're the guilty parties.
l also received in reply to the letter OF
the district attorney:
"'Des MoineB, To-, Sept. 20, 1856
d. W. Wood, Esq, Sioux City, Io-Dear
Sir: In answer TO your question l viii
say that il in your investigation you
fin that Harry Leayitt ID not the really
guilty party In the murder of Rev.
Hsddock, but owing to his connection
with the parties who planned and ex-
ecuted the murder. was situated sc as to
render him liable to prosecution as an
accessory before the fact. and you find
that he is in possession of facts that viii
lead up to a disclosure of the really
guilty parties, and he will disclose these
facts upon oath in a proper prosecution,
fully and uDreservedly, so as to bring
such guilty parties to justice, [ will,
as the chief law officer OF the state, give
NiIs LSbNlbb Il tuC psotSOtiOh anu
immunity from prosecution that the law
invests me- with. This will, of course,
be upon condition that he make full
and complete and unreseryed dlsclos.
ure OF oil facts which we know to be
in his possession, Yours truly,
a. j. BAKER,
Attorney General of Iowa.
81 then ~telegraphed f. A. Hill to meet
me at the Commercial hotel, in Chicago,
aud bring a copy of all the evidence
taken before the coroner 8 jury. / arrived
IN Chicago on Saturday, September %,
and Hill came in on Monday, the 9th.
On the intervening Sunday | went to
the First NJ. h. church and sat under
the drlppings OF the sanctuary for over
an hour, and after dinner went to see @
Il. Smith and f. b. Adams, better
known as "Yank" Adams, who are pro.
prietors of the Amusement Bureau OF
America and OF the Sporting Journal. ]
told them / wanted Leavitt, and gave
them the money to pay for dispatches,
l told them he wat somewhere between
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, New Orleans
and Charleston, s. O., and it cost SIS
to send che messages. After a day or
SO an answer cams that he was billed to
show at the Princess theater in Mobile,
Ala, October 4, and was registered at
the Getz house as FL. L. Leavitt and
wife.
"After finding him a message wa sent
telling him that he was wanted in Sioux
City, and to come to Chicago at once.
he came as quick as the cars could
| bring Inn.