The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-22
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
raEnURDrR OF HADDoCK.

I1syitt, the Eioax City Prisoner, Makes Full
Ceafssslen, Fixing the Crime upon John Arens.
aerf-Hs Gives . Minnie Description Of all the
& Circumstances Connected with the Tragedy.
Sioux CRY. Iowa, Oct. s.-Important de.
velopments have been made in ths Had
dock assassination case. Leayltt, 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 this parties arrested. Ac-
companying Wood to Chicago was F. A.
Hill, business manager OF the Sioux City
Tribune, and J. c. Kelly. Mr.. Hill was in.
timate with Leavitt and through his in-
timacy Leavitt was induced to surrender
In q sworn confession Leavitt charged that
the shooting was done by John Arenstiorf,
foreman OF the Franz Brewing company.
Leavitt says:
About s:l5 Tuesday night, Aug. 8, 1
the Chicago and there met r. Holden,
John Hoop and Frank Cochran. We sat
down and played stud poker until about 8
o'clock. when I got up ana went down
stairs. met Champion and Staffer in
front OF their place. l stopped and talked
with them a few minutes, and then started
down to Sherman's saloon, as / was in
the habit OF dropping in there every night
before going to bed. On my way
tional bank met Fred Munchrath, George
Trieber, Louis Piath, q saloonkeeper
whose name cannot recall, and those two
Dutchmen whom Trieber said were the
mon 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
..l.., L..
said: "Leavitt, let US take aride and go
down to Greenville and see what they are
going to do" I replied, "All right" We
went over in front OF the Hub
bard house, and Henry Hibberman,
Trieber, Plath and myself got into the
hack. I 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
that way in the lost hour. They said
No" We returned to town, and started
to SO home from Junk's when VIC met the
two Dntchnen who were hired by Trieber
to whip Walker. John Arensdorf came
out with us, and these two Dutchmen
said to him, loud enough for us to
hear: The buggy has come back. :"
We THAT is, Arensdori, Munchrath, Trieber,
Plath, Henry, myself and the two Dutch
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-
eether, and Munchrath said: "If you
or your man is going to lick Haddock,
tell him not to punch him too hard, but
hit him in the face once or twice and give
him n black eye. That will do, as wedon't
| want to go any further than that" Trie-
ber said that was right. We saw Had
dock coming across Water street from the
| Columbia house. No one said word as
4 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.. Haddock pulled
something from his pocket and struck
| Arensdorf. / then SOW Arensdorf draw his
gun ard saw him shoot Haddock. saw
1 hothing more OF Arensdori.
1 Arensdorf was arrested recently in Dav-
enport, where he had gone as q delegate to
| the knights OF Pythias meeting and is ex.
| pected to arrive here shortly. Paul Leader
4 and George Lange were arrested and ad
mitted to the same bail as Munchrath and
4 Sherman. Warrants are out for the other
parties implicated in the conspir
acy. 1t is said that Leayitt has assuranc
es that by turning states evidence he viii
escape punishment. Chief OF Police Malone
has arrested another party, an eye witness
\ to the tragedy, and will arrive here with
him tonight or tomorrow. Arensdorf i,
the most prominent citizen whose arrest
followed Leavitt's confession. He was
candidate for alderman two years ago.