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MRS. LE0NARD'S MURDER.
Fastening the Web About the Man
Known as Harriott.
speeial to Me Jerseu oitu Ney,.

FREEHOLD. Dec. 8. 1s91,-It has beer
Harriott. is the proper name of The man
charged with the murder of Mrs. Leon
ard, at Atlantic Highlands. last Saturday.
There are also several new features de-
veloping. A witness has been found who
saw Aubertine leave the house of Mr..
Leonard Saturday, pass through a hedge
and cross a f1el,i OH a run, putting On his
coat as he went. He did not change his
clothes in the house, but in the bushes
some distance from II, where he threw
away his dirty corduroy trousers, which
were subsequently recovered.
The implement with which Mrs.
Leonard was hit back of the ear was
probably a bit OF iron. There was oply q
small pool OF blood near Mrs. Leonard's
head, when she was found. The hit Of
rope, which had evidently been taken
from a harness, and was probably a rope
halter, wa wrapped five times our
the dead woman's neck. and tied in a
peculiar knot, which has caused the be-
lief tlat the man who tied it knew
enough OF ropes and knots to be Il sailor.
The most damaging evidence yet Sc
cured against Aubertine was the discov-
cry OF prints OF dirty hands upon a part of
Mrs. Leouard's clothing. Investigation
Shove that the marks revealed fer
tllizer such as the prisoner was carting
on The day Of the murder.
The prisoner. if il was he who did the
brutal murder with which he is charged,
had made a neat calculation Upon
his chances of escape to New York. 1t
was evidently his intention to catch the
night market boat at ksyport and TO be
in the city before daylight Sunday.
When he reached Keyport ne fou I'D that
the boat had been discontinued only a
HuU pr ttUn hofnrn III xvnnr II 10 C1fIi fn
the steamer Minnie Cornell and got this
information. He then remarked taat he
must gel a place to sleep.
He WAS allowed to sleep on the Cornell
in consideration of helping to load the
coal she was taking on.
Mrs. Leonard was murdered between
three and four o'clock Saturday after
noon. Aubertine re che the Minnie
Cornell at half past seven D. M. at Key
port, a distance of about eight miles from
the scene of the crime. 1t was said here
today that his movements between the
AS woull appear before the next Grand
Jury, which will meet the first Tuesday
in January.
NOT MRS. sALzMAN's AssAILANr.
Ferdinand Mut;er of Irylngton called
at the Jail yesterday, expecting to impli-
cate Auberline iu another crime. Three
years ago josef SalZ mann. u Swiss la
borer. Vas employed by Mutter at his
airy. While the husband was engaged
In serving his Newark customers, Salz-
mann assaulted Mrs. Mutter by striking
on the mead with Il hammer. He then
wound a rope around the woman's neck
tried to hang her. Mrs. Mutter, after
her assailant escaped, managed to loosen
the rope and thus save her life. Her
were so severe. however, that she
etwee life and death for sew
eral weeks, but anally recovered. Salz-
ann was never apprehended,
When Mutter read of the Atlantic
HIGH nds tragedy. the coincidence in the
features of the two crimes caused him to
Believe that Mrs. Leonard's alleged MUIR
1erer was Salzmann, his former helper. |
He looked at the accused murderer tor
minute and then informed Sher- |
If Smock that Aubertine was not the |
nan who had attempted to murder his
wife.