The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-29
MRS. LEONARD STRANGLED.
SURPRISED At HER EASEL ny THE
MURDERER, LOUIS HARRIoT

SURPRISED At HER EASEL ny THE
MURDERER, LOUIS HARRIoE.
Ne Winds . Rope Five Times Around Her
Neck and Knots it-Afterward He stnvos
In Her Skull with an Iron Dar-seen
Running Away and Looking Backward
The Motive, Arrest Follows Swiftly.
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS. Nov. 2a-In that scat
tering OF farm houses along the shore OF Rari-
tan Bay between Atlantic Highlands and Key.
port the most pretentious is tho homo Of
Charles T. Leonard. He is q man whom his
neighbors point out as prosperous and
content far beyond tho common run.
He was not especially we'll of seven-
teen years ago when he married An.
ME Glover, o young and pretty school
teacher. whose parents were not only In good
circumstances. but were regarded as OF very
fine family. Leonard knew how to work and
how to save.
He made every inch OF his garden farm
count His wife did her own work. and learned
to keep the expenses down to the very least.
As the years passed they began to got rich.
Now Leonard Is q director in tho Atlantic
Highlands National Bank. stockholder In
another bank principally owned BY his brother.
and has very profitable farm. short tlmo
ago his wife's mother died and left her $50. 900.
So they could not only count themselves rich.
but could look forward to their three children
being rich after them. Leonard never changed
his habits with increased wealth. His wife con-
tinued to do her own work. assisted by her chill
dren. although their house was furnished in a
way that would seem to call for at least one SER
monest labor. He got the reputation Of being
q close man. and some Of the neighbors pitied
his wife. She seems to have been sweet and
attractive woman. She was 80 years old
short tmo ago and time had been kind to her.
She had slender form. q bright and rather
handsome face. She did good deal OF paint
ing and fancy work. and read much. despite
the amount Of hor work.
Leonard got in tho habit Of hiring immi-
grants to work on the farm at small wages.
His last experiment with immigrant labor be-
gan two weeks ago last night. He had sent UP
to F. r. Barandon's employment agency. 12O
Greenwich street, New York. for a farm hand.
and Barandon sent him down a young man
who promised well.
He appeared at Leonards house two weeks
ago last night. He was tall. strongly built
young man Of perhaps "a years He had black
hair. u small black moustache. gray eyes that
shifted about good deal. and a rather surly
disposition. He said he was from Lorraine.
and spoke both German and English brokeniy.
MIR. Leonard SAYS no thinks he said his last
name was Albert or something like that. They
all called him Louis. His wardrobe consisted Of
the rough suit he had on. an extra pair OF
trousers. q coat, an extra pair Of shoes. and
rude and wel-worn shoemaker's outfit in
GLIDING q last. He agreed to work for So u
month and board.
As soon as the ice was broken no showed
hat ho INN cprf ~ TN
fact the Leonards neither understood nor
liked him. He was not good farm hand. and
when Mr.. Leonard told him OF his mistakes
he either looked dark and surly or scowled Mt
M-. Leonard. aud mnttered .hinGs that rt-o
no doubt uncomplimentary In his own Ian
cuage. But there was no serious quarrel with
him. and Leonard was fairly vol satisfied
with his bargain. Last Wednesday morning
Mrs. Leonard caught him whipping the horses
again. and was surprised ut the temper he
showed. He sulked ulI day Thursday. and
hs G The ns far to
good morning She spoke to her husband OF
this. it was so noticeable. that tho young man
Leonard has been making asparagus beds
IN field about hall mile d str from his
noon. After dinner. which WAS at u o'clock.
they hitched teams to two farm wagons which
the barn and between the Farm and the house:
Before gong out to the fields. Mr.. Leonard
the he bay S' window Of the Eitehsn making a
Grayon picture OF marine view. She was
spessS IN hs snd rS ss tss shss
n ns.a This MSs fc 5 @ 0F ."0 A''F
their wagons q Az md ,j sirread o cat the con.
s afns Ieen n @ork
to do in tho field and remained behind A short
time beoP lo1knG w from his Wor he had
children. Bcrta: 10 years Old. and Charles,
years OLD. went together to see ono OF tho
Louis dToyG "Eay 1Gen sS h o2kEa
arer f%r sr tb ,s
sad to Tas msa that Would I aha r
It Ths G 20 got back with the load. This was
Leonard went, to work and became so much
dying Ho did not notice that Louis. the farm
hand. was not returning with that SECOND load;
" Mt se Sfn n IL was g.
Then he wondered what had become Of Louis.
and Iel to bemPanpg hif pte In hayinE such
the wagon. looked rcgretfully, ut the beds.
ac Dt tSWar he much
As he got OPPOSITE the house, on mi Ho way into
the barnyard, his daughter Alice came out OF
tbs, house. He stopped his horses. and she
Where's mammal She Isn't in the house,
"She must have gone out somewhere" said
Leonard, Where's that idle farm hand?"
He's down ut the pig pen. guess" said
Leonard looked Cd and spw the horses heals
stnble. Then he walked down to the sty and
called Louis No ono answered. He went
hitched to the wagon and ungparded. Louis
was nowhere about. Leonard went to tho
were Al Ct home qnd had been uE stairs and
she was going to stay at homo and work at her
picture. and they were surprised that she had
gone out
Leonard thought perhaps she had been call
sa Iy a' s n1t
clothes to SEQ what she had worn Neither
looked In every room; Alice, merely glanced
Into room which had been left unfurnished.
and which had three doors-one opening into
M Kitchen: another into the dining room. tie
Ing but tho odds and ends usually there. She
had looked In ut the door which opened into