The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-06-12
A CHASTITY Find.
The Body Of Maggie Thompson
Found In a Cellar,
" it'll the Head and an Arm Cut Of
and the Skull Crushed.

otto La nth, Seventeen Years Old, Con-
fesses T. hat He Killed the Little Girl and
Then Out raged Her.
CLEVELAND. O., June 1.-THE dead and
mangled body Maggie Thompson, the lit
tie girl who so mysteriously disappeared
from her home on Merchant avenue, this
city, about month ago, was found under
the house at No AZ Ne. chant avenue, only
seven doors from the hol ne OF her parents
Sunday night. The house where the body
was found is owned and occn'ied by Henry
Leuth, German cabinet maker, his wife
and their son Otto, about seventeen years
old. They had noticed terrible stencil
about the premises, and on Sunday after
noon Leuth made an investigation, which
resulted in the finding Of the body Of little
Maggie.
The police were notified and the body re-
moved TO the cellar, where, upon the arrival
Of the coroner, a minute examination OF the
body was made. The skull was found to
have been broken in on the forehead In
three places. The jaw was also broken. The
right arm had been torn off at the elbow,
but the abdominal region was too badly de-
composed to give any clue TO the further
nature Of the assault.
The Leuths were arrested on suspicion
and taken 10 the police station. Glr. Leuth
stated that he had been out Of the city sew
eral weeks, and that his wife had beon at
the hospital here for some time, and during
their absence the boy had boarded with a
brother living near by, but had a key to
their house and visited it at his pleasure.
The parties were questioned by the police
separately, and under rigid examination
young Leuth confessed that he had killed
the girl
At the coroner's inquest on Monday
young Leuth made the following statement
Of his horrible crime: ~ am sixteen years
old and live at No. 42 Merchant avenue.
Right after my ymother went TO the hospital
stopped work at Rauch a Lang's. On
Thursday, May o, was standing at our
gate when little Maggie Thompson came by
and asked me for some buttons. This was
about II 80 O'clock in the morning. told
her to come into the house and she came in
and went up stairs with me. When she got
up stairs struck her on the head with a
hammer two or three times. When she fell
pulled of all her clothing put her on the
bed and covered her up. then went out
on the street. but returned to the house
again in the afternoon. left the body in
the bed for nearly week, but did not sleep
at homo during that time. The Wednesday
following took the body and carried II
into the the cellar and carried the clothes
down there also. wrapped the remains in
the clothing and pushed them through the
opening which communicates with the
space between the cellar wall and the
foundation. crawled behind the body and
pushed It TO the spot where II was found
/ killed her because wanted to outrage
her, and after had struck her renewed
the attempt. The BANNER used had beer
up stairs for long time, and think 1t wai
brought from the old country" s g.
In the afternoon he appeared In polic'
court and was bound over TO common plea
pleas court without bail, and taken TO th'
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