Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-10-27
THE HAUD0CK MURDER.
M(W and Import mt Evidence Con.
esrning this Complicated Case
Unearthed.
K1snitski and Greibcr Agree with
Leavitt that AreHsdgrf Mas the
Assassin.
IDes Moines snocinl.l

lDes Mones special
he mystery attending the Haddock muir.
det in Sioux City Is sls~,y clearing mp.
One Of the most important wiines5etf Who
ifat bf1ve very closely connected with the
nufder himself, 7sas man named Kosnit-
ski, commonly called Bisifiatek' He dis
poAred immediately after the r,iufiet. st+d
4 police found him iu San Francisco and
M6ngkt HIM back last week. lie WAS first
taEsn III this cit. before Gov. Larrabee nnd
tb Attorney sHene.,.l, and he made con-
fi1rtm which colfob6rates the confession
afDLcavitt, alrcHsly tixing tht et fas ssFc4
the brewer, Arensdorf. The confessiys
was fitads last Saturday, but the prosecu-
ton have kept Il secret till tonight, when.
by permission of the Attotn' y General, il
Is given to the pubic. He c0tfesses that
ne assisted saloonkeeper 10 hir, ni1i, 10
assault Haddcct. but he claims that an
other man fred the s-sal shot. I,s testi-
yhots shows that the iifittdet was the result
Of sa1tth plot, and re- one bst the sa-
looms, were eonCettfed iii it! The eSiifr,'
sion is regarded MS the hiost ittItefts siit es:
dence yet produced, and is staiility m It's
developments. 1t is as follows:
MY name is Albert kosnit.ki On the day OF
Hsddoek's murder went to see Sylvester GAN
working, faksd 10 him = few minutes I told
him that salootlkseTer Treiber wished to see
was to induce Gander to beat Hsdsoek. Gsndar
pfotnsad to see him. then Went bt,,te snd re.
friained an iicnr or an hour and hall, and AZ
half-past pt O'clock l went to Treiber s 81
bon TrSibet asked ME IL had seen steam
boat C1srhe" tsylvestet aander, ] replied,
yes. He theii sett 're T.. Gs,,der's house, and
gave me FIVE cents fof stfetfssf fsrs;, went 10
lander's, but he had gone to town Wen. bach
20 Treiber's saloon, but did not find tiandeI. !
went 8ovn the street about or Laf-pnst :
o'clock and f-,ptd George Treiber Mnnchrath
togrsph was shown @ to me tieIvftSt,. inever
saw him before. When met the ,..ity TreIher
sept hin, and Sylvester Gander to FadGc's 81
houee to see n they would not meet him. We
went to the hc+se ard stayed about ha,t an hou:
and returned to the pSrty When we ret N al
Sylvester Gander asked for hotsey for a 2nhk.
Plsth gave him p cents &c Ganae, t tsn ysrt to
Treiber sent tander and myself to Chas. Ebei .
hardt's hotel to inquire whether the buggy had
Aeturted; Jhe house Ioine the stable. asked
Eberhards Jlit hr did rot know. Then asked
him to go to the stt1.s snd inquire, A. could
not speak English very well. ae sert young
man, who returned and said that t.e hrgsy had
not come.
Gander and I then went to the corner oi
Fourth street 10 match for Haddock, as request
ed by Treiber. Gander went to Eberhardt 8
saloon ana ufH0H some WHISKY. ne TetuTneu
and both OF us waited while until all yeturned.
The buggy came at the same time. l #ept &,
Dan OConneli's saloon and asked for a drink.
had no money, and asked fer the proprietor, who
was not in. then left the saiCs,u and went to
the corner Gapder went TO the ct9Nr Y Fourth
street Then i2ottcet thst Brewers Sfe'-iotl
and Henry Peters had come into the crowd
heard them say to Gander We don't want
you, YOU drunken fellow, and Pashbd him out OF
the crowd. Paul Leader, a saloonseepef STEP.
ped from the crowd toward me and said These
men will have trouble / think we had bettef
leave replied "Yes, that is so; let us go.
Then the crowd came nearer Fourth and Water
streets. went toward the alley. As the crowd
approached the corner saw Haddock come out
of the barn and cross the sidewalk. John Arens
dorf and the other brewer, Henry Peters, met
and shot him Leader and ran to the Farmers
Hotel. Arensdorf aud the crowd ran across the
bridge. drank some whisky and then went r.
Fourth street TO J. thlmers saloon, where
drank glass of beer. Some one thihe in and
said man was Killed. I went dowh town and
then went home about II 6clock, The hext day
] met Gander in the morning and he said Let
us report the whole thing" I said: You car
DO what you please l went to the saloon and
and then Gander went home. went home also
The next day George freiber came to me a,
my house about 10 a M. and esid "iou must
hurry away from here" Treibef tfen gave me
SI25. He said that when was drunk I might
talk, and thnt would get twenty years in The
penitentiaiy any way for my part II the mattel
did not like to 50. Treiber then wanted tht
money back. told him | had use for the none,
and would not give it back Treiber then SAID
that they would get me out OF the way, aftei
which he left The next week, the Monday fol-
lowing, fixed a pump somewhere. Fritz Folgel
met me there. Folger is cousin to Gaf6tr
lie told me that his cousin had left and that had
| better leave also; that ! might possibly get fff
| teen or twenty years in the penitentiary. tolt
| him that bad no money. Then Fritz Folgel
said: you got sl25 like sylvester Gander."
my wife took the rest away from NE, and that
| did not have cent left Then Folger and
| went to the beer garden When there Arens
n" he riding ons IN hsa As he
| You got money to leave | replied that my wife
| took the money, and that had no money to 90
| Then Arensdorf took me to the water closet il
| the garden and asked me if saw who fired ths
| shot. Ireplied yes. Arensdorf said You has
| better hurry and leave; it might be pretty har,
| on You II you don't. l will give you another
| you. Fred Folger will go with you n ways aDt
| give the money to you when you are On the road
| told him all right, you all want me to GO
| Arenscorf wanted me to leave the next morning
when Fritz Folger should take ,ne in his bagg,
| to Salix. The next morning it rnined and Frit
/ did not want to go on account Of bad driving
| Tuesdal afternoon went to the beer garden
/ Peters came along and saw me and said "Yo,
| G. d son of a gun, are you still here? Ii
| see you again, no matter where, will shoot yo,
/ down
/
| Fritz came and said it was time for me to ge
| away, rs my life was not safe. He said "
! would start Monday morning. We left the mex
| morning for Salix, and thin Fritz Folger CAV
me S35 ] left the same day for Omaha and tn
| same night left fOr California. After being il
| San Francisco for two three weeks ] wrote 4
| my wife to sell the house and ceme to San Fran
| cisco. She wrote ba..k for written consent
! sent the written consent aud INV wife came
Fritz Folgcr tod Inc on TIE roivi between Sion
| City and Sail. that his cousin Gander had tol
hat 7
| to go To Sioux CITY. think that Folger know
where sylvester Gantler is