Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-11-06
LEOPOLD CAPTURED
ADMITS COMPLETELY.
ALLEGED AccoMPLIcE in CHI.
cAeo MURDER TAKEN AT
WAUsAU, Wis.
FATHER SAID TO HAVE
GIVEN POLICE CLEW
Mole on Left Cheek Also Aids in APP.
prehension of Much-Wanted Man
Prisoner Shifts Blame for Crime
on Nicholas.

Chicago, Nov. 3.-Leonard Leopold,
named by Howard Nicholas as the
stranger of Mrs. Margaret Leslie, an
actress, in a room at the Palace ho.
tel in North Clark street, after the
woman had been chloroformed and
robbed Of her diamonds, was captured
Friday in Wausau, Wis. He con-
fessed completely in the crime, but in
sisted he was only an accessory, and
placed the burden Of guilt on Nicholas,
who, he intimated, was the real STAY
er of Mrs. Leslie.
Leopold's father who lives in Mich
igan, is said to have given the police
a clew by telling them that the young
man had an aunt in Wausau, and that
he might go there to visit her. It is
not known, however, that this infor-
nation was received in time to aid
in the apprehension Of the fugitive.
Leopold, for whom the police had
secured the country for two weeks.
will be brought to Chicago Immediate
ly. He declared he would waive extra.
dition.
Detective Alfred A. Hanson was
sent by Capt. O'Brien, of the detective
bureau, to Wausau to bring Leopold
back.
Caught by Wausau's Chief.
Leopold was arrested by Peter Ma
lone, chief of police Of Wausau, who
Immediately notified Capt. O'Brien Of
the capture. A short time after news
of the arrest was received, Capt.
O'Brien talked to Chief Malone over
the long distance telephone and
learned that Leopold had made par
tial confession.
In his confession Leopold declared
he had not choked, strangled, or rob-
bed the actress. He said he was in
the room with Nicholas when she was
killed, and admitted getting some of
her diamonds. He sold the diamonds
taken from the dead woman, he said,
and with the proceeds was able to
fee from Chicago and escape capture
for several weeks.
Mole Leads to His Capture.
The mole on Leopold's left cheek,
which was described in thousands 81
police bulletins sent out by the de:
tective bureau, led to Leopold's cap
ture. He is supposed to have gone to
Wausau to visit an aunt although
the Wausau authorities did not know
he had relatives living In the town.
He was living at 8 local hotel under
the name of George Henry, and was
arrested when his actions caused sus
picion. He was identified from pc
lice bulletins, and put through the
"sweatbox" by Chief Malone. Their
he admitted his identity
Before breaking down Leopold main
tanned that he was railroad employee
and was waiting for the arrival ,ol
train on which he was to work. HI
denied knowing Nicholas
When he collapsed under the sweat
box pressure to which he was sub
jected to more than an hour, he ad
mitted knowing Mrs. Leslie, and theI
told bit by bit his knowledge OF thu
crime. Always he insisted that Mich
olas was the real murderer
The police now think that while de
tectives were making q frqltlesl
search in the vicinity Of Bureau JUNO
ton, ILL.,; Davenport, Ia, and Molin'
and Rock Island, ILL.,, Leopold escapes
! and headed northeast. At one tim,
a man supposed to be Leopold wa
seen walking out of Bureau Junction
headed in that direction.
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