Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-10-29

Chicago, Oct. 26.-The police be-
Heve they are close on the trail of
Leonard Leopold, wanted here for
the murder Of Mrs Margaret Leslie,
the actress. A telegram from Bureau
Junction. H., is positive in the state
ment that Leopold left there Wednes-
day, walking in a n0rtheasterly direc-
ton. The police believe they will
come up with him inside of II hours.
Deputy Coroner John Cummings
was summarily suspended by Cor
oner Hoffman pending investigation
of the deputys inquiry into the death
of Mrs. Leslie, in which a verdict of
suicide was returned by the jury.
Coroner Hoffman said his action in sus-
pending Cummings was to enable him
to probe the reports Of negligence in
refusing to allow the father of Mrs
Leslie to testify at the inquest as to
mis- theory that his daughter was muir
dered and robbed.
Was Arrested After Murder.
Leopold passed the night after the
finding Of the body, in the Harrison
street police station, after being ar
rested on a charge Of assault. This
fact came out when an effort was
made by the police to trace the move
ments Of the fugitive from the time
he left his partner in crime with the
spoils of the murder and robbery in
his possession. Both of the men, It
is now shown, occupied cells the day
after the crime was committed.
Leopold Drank Heavily.
According to the confession of How
ard E. Nicholas, he met Leopold in a
saloon the afternoon of Thursday and
reproached him for wearing one Of
the diamonds stolen from the dead
actress. Leopold is said to have been
under the influence of liquor at that
time and his further libations during
the afternoon got him into the trou-
bic that brought him to the police
station.
Search for Il ispeld was centered yes
terday around Bureau, few miles
from Spring Valley, Ill.,, where it was
@ONeAAASN liz A4elO oOIlG dIbeI Tie cI1uS.
He is believed to be hiding near there
now and the country is being thor
oughly searched. Posses may be or
gained to scour the woods and search
the farmhouses.
Advised Leopold to Give Up.
A tip received from there was cor.
tirmed in an interview with M. J..
Walsh, a druggist there, who former
ly had a store in Chicago and for
w{pm Leopold once worked. The
'hlz.cnng trip on which the men went
ended Wednesday morning and when
they returned to the town Walsh
picked up the Chicago papers and
read Nicholas confession and his int
plication of Leopold. He called his
former clerks attention to it and ad-
vised him to give himself up.
'Oh, that is nothing. I had little
to do with it, Leopold is said to have
answered. They can come after
me if they want me-
few minutes later Leopold said
he wanted a drink and walked across
the street to a saloon. Walsh fol,
lowed, intending to urge him further
to surrender. The saloon proprietor
told him that Leopold had not
stopped, but had walked through the
saloon and had gone out the rear
door That was the last seen of him
All trace was lost at the door and
the search was then transferred to
Rock Island train that had left about
that time, going west All the sta
tions were notified and the train WAS
searched several times.
Suspect Is Wrong Man.
At Muscatine, Iowa, a man was
arrested and Lieut.. Morgan Collins of
the Chicago avenue police station
went there, but found the man under