Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-01
.L|PPO[D WAS N
THIS CITY SUNDAY
Lieutenant Collins, of Chicago
Police Force, Spends the
Day Here
INFORMATION is POSITIVE
is POSITIVE
Collins Sends Officer vannetta to
Boone to Investigate Clue There -
Collins Does Not Think Man Under
Arrest is Lippold, and Gives Reasons
-LippoId Was Going West.

That Leonard M. Lippold, wanted in
Chicago for the murder OF Margaret
Leslie, the actress, was in the city
last Sunday, is the statement made
to the imes-Republican today by
Lieut.. Morgan "A. Collins, of the Chi
cago police force, who arrived in the
city this morning from Tama.
Il have positive information" said
Mr.. Collins, that Lippold was here in
the Northwestern yards Sunday after
noon. He was In hiding In gondola,
a part of a west-bound freight train
That much / know, but that is all [
do know for sure. That he went on
farther west there is hardly any
doubt"
Thinks Little of Boone Clue.
Lieutenant Collins thinks but little
of the Boone clue altho on the fast
mail this morning he sent one of his
men, Officer James Vannetta, to in
vestigate
AS told at length in the T.-R. of
wednesday the suspect arrested AT
Boone was very repulsive In appear
ance owing to the fact of his long use
or drugs. For this reason alone. to saw
nothing Of discrepancies in description.
noticeably weight, Lieutenant Collins is
inclined to discredit the prisoner as be-
ing Lippold. Mr. Collins SAYS that
Lippold Is not Il confirmed dope fiend. T"
put mas only been using the drug about
year. In appearance he is very neat
ana not In the least repulsive.
Was in Clinton.
Lieutenant Collins says that there
Is absolutely no doubt but that Lip.
pold was in Clinton, as told in the T..
r. dispatches Wednesday. He alsl
knows he was in Belle Plaine and
Marshalltown, but at any point far
Their west he is not SO sure.
Lieutenant Collins has been travel
Ing In box cars and hanging around
railroad yards ever since he left Chi
cage to investigate Lippold suspects
He says that I4ippold is hard whiskey
drinker, and a frequenter of saloons.
Druggists All Notified.
Every druggist in the city has been
notified by Chief of Police Nicholson to
be on the lookout for any one answer
ing Ltppolds description who may be
in quest of morphine. The druggists
have all promised to advise police
headquarters at any time any request
is made by man answering the de-
scription.
Lippold, Not Leopold.
Lieutenant Collins says that Lip
pold's name is not Leopold, as has been
universally printed by the newspapers
He has known the man a long time
and says that perhaps no man alive
knows him better than he.
Description of Lippold.
Lippold is about 25 years old, s
feet, inches, well built, chestnut hair,
sallow complexion, eyes sunken, thin
features, smooth shaven, mole under
left eye near the base of the nose,
smoking cigarets continuously, is a
morphine fiend, and uses a hypodermic
Syringe and has raving eyes. He has
somewhat dissipated look, and last
wore light drab colored overcoat,
dark gray or blue serge sack suit and
light gray college cap with black band,
known as Johnny Jones style.
He is drug clerk by occupation
and is a graduate of the University
of Illinois School of Pharmacy, class
of 1902.
Lippold's crime, in the murder of
Mise Leslie. was committed on October