Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-25
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Lieutenant Collins, of Chicago
Police, Searching City for
Leonard Leopold.
THE ITALIAN Is RELEASE D
Man Taken from Train at Muscatine
Not One Wanted for Murder-ln-
vestigating Deputy Coroner.


vestigating Deputy Coroner.
After Lieutenant Collins Of the Chi
ca@O police department had been call
cd TO Muscarine. the Italian giving the
| name OF Angelo Mano. taken from the
Rock Island train which passed
through this city yesterday, was re-
leased. the lieutenant being positive
that he was not Leonard Leopold, the
man wanted for the murder of Mrs.
Margaret Leslie in Chicago. L.ieuten-
| ant Collins. who is accompanied by
/ Charles :. Hayden. of the Chicago
Il 'FTibuuc. returned last evening tu Rocil
i Island. and spent the night here. They
/ registered al the Rock Island house.
| and Icil the hotel early this morning
II stating that they expected to retula
/ this evening II j. understood that
II Mr.. Collins has been personally max
ing q search in the three cities today
Il for the man implicated in the murder.
L The police have been engaged during
II the night and today watching all tn"
1 trains. and keeping watch over The
Il railway yards. restaurants ana saloons.
Il The Chicago authorities seem confident
H that Leopold is not far from Rock Is
\ land. and "a careful search j. being
made.
4 Conductor Gave the Zip.
/ Yesterday noon when the Rock Is
lands fast California train arrived
here. Captain Hemfnway and police of
/ fc.rs went through the train and sat
Q =. lsi.
/ were looking for was not among the
! passengers. Later. when the train
! was between Davenport and Muscatine
! The conductor wired to Mayor McCass,-
rim. stating that the man was on the
train. The mayor at once notified
/ NuScatiue 10 arrest the man Indicated
. by the conductor. ana hold him until
: further instructions. When the man
! was taken from the train Mayor Nc
! CasIiriu was communicated with. and
/ he and Captain Heminway went 10
/ MuscaJine in the afternoon. Captain
Heminway returned early in the even
( Ing. bu, Mayor McCaskrin remained
until Lieutenant Collin arrived late
al night Lieutenant Collins stated
mat the man was not the one wanted.
ana me was placed ON train to con
rinue his Journey TO Globe. Ariz The
detective then returned TO this city.
. The Chicago Tribuue's representative
came from Chicago with the detective
I ia order 10 furnish first hand informal
zion To his paper. Lieutenant Collins
this afternoon went to Bureau To try to
-et some race OF Leopold there.
; Was at Bureau.
! The word received here is that Leo
pold left Chicago Monday night. and
went TO Bureau. to the home of NJ. }.
/ WEIGH. former druggist in Chicago
| by whom he was employed. Yesterday
I morning when WEIGH read the report
Of the confession of Howard Z. Nicho>
! las. involving Leopold. ii is said that
| he advised Leopold TO give himself
up. and that Leopold then left the
place and has not been seen since. He
| is thought to have boarded a Rock Is
| land westbOund train. and it is now be
! lieved that he did not remain on the
| train until he reached the three cities.
Investigating Another Line.
In Chicago another line of investiga-
! ton is being followed. Coroner Hoff-
man seeking TO learn why a verdict of
suicide was so summarily returned in
! the case that gave so many indications
of murder. His investigation involves
| Sergeant George PeaTsall of the Chi
cago avenue police station. and Deputy
! Coroner John Cummins. who directed
the inquest where a verdict of suicide
| by gas poisoning was returned 1t is
stated that the examination of the
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| cial. as indicated by the details of the
confession of Nicholas. The absence
Of the woman's Jewels. and the failure
to establish motive for suicide. the
police and coroner now admit. should
have given rise at once TO suspicious
of murder. Testimony that should
have been taken is said to have been
shut off at the inquest Friday.
Deputy'S Act Irregular.
Coroner Hoffman is quoted as saying
that Deputy Cummins acted irregularly |
in not notifying him before the inquest
was closed. when the woman's father
and the undertaken insisted that she
had been murdered Deputy Cummins
in his defense states that he believed |
il to be case Of suicide until Nicholas |
made Il confession, and says that the
assertions of the police were so posi- |
tive that the woman had killed herself
that he did not think it necessary TO
continue the inquest.
Difficulty i'm Department.
The police are troubled over the |
prompt publication. of Nicholas con
fession. as Chief Collins had given pos
tive orders Tuesday evening that moth
ing concerning the confession or about
Nicholas should be given out. The
chief demands to know why it was Civ
en- out. and Assistant Chief Scheuttler
SAYS he is just as anxious to know as
is his SIIDPrior