Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-01
.HEILWACON HAD
FEARED MURDER
Victim of Shooting Had Fremont
ton That someone Was
Going to Cr0ak.7

Someone's going to croak to-
day" said Louis Heilwagon, COM
monty known as Louis Kleinau.
Yesterday morning when awakened
by Henry Dennhardt, about 7:45.
KIeinua was addressing Willard
E. McDougal. a roommate> in the
little house in the rear of the DEM
hardt premises.
This was brought out in the in
quest over the body of Kle:nau,
who was killed at o'clock yester-
day morning by three bullet shots
from the revolver in the hands of
Henry Dennhardt, at the latter's
home. 62S Seventeenth avenue, East
Moline. Coroner John II. Maberry
conducted the inquest at the East
Moline undertaking parlors yester-
day afternoon. The verdict of the
Jury. composed of w. d. Chambers,
Ed Milloen, P. W. Kelly, H. W
Weaver, Fred MautZke and Ralph
Kennedy, was came to his death
from three bullet wounds inflicted
by a revolver in the hands of Henry
Dennhardt."
Spectators at the inquest who ex-
pected to see exciting scenes, were
disappointed. Dennhardt and his
wife. on the request of their attor-
ney, George D. Long, East Moline
city attorney, did not give testi-
mnoy.
First witness to testify was Mrs.
Mary Won Ach. 1904 First avenue,
East Moline, a friend of the trio and
at whose home Mrs. Dennhardt had
spent Tuesday night Mrs Won Ach
testified that Mr.. Dennhardt came
in his machine to her home early
in the morning to take his wife and
Mrs. Won Ach to Rock Island,
where the latter was to be a wit
ness in a trial in which DennhardC
was the defendant. While on the
way Mrs. Dennhardt asked to stop
in her home, saying that she wanted
to change her blouse. AS the
three entered the house they
saw KIeinau, sitting half asleep
ii kitchen chair. He was
awakened Kleinau asked that
Mrs. Won Ach stay in the kitchen
while he and Mr.. and Mrs. DEM
hardt went into a front room where
Kleinau wished to ask Mrs. DEM
hardt a question in the presence of
her husband.
The next thing Mrs. Won Ach
heard were screams and a shot.
She saw Mrs. Dennhardt run hyS-
terically down the street, then
heard the second shot. Running
from the house, she had gone about
one hundred feet when she heard
the third shot.
Carl Quensten, son-in-law of Mrs.
Dennhardt. testified that last Sun
day he had taken Dennhardt's gun
from his home with the latter'S per-
mission. He said that Dennhardt
called at his home yesterday morn
ing and asked for the revolver say
ing that he wanted to give it to his
attorney as evidence in a case
which was to come up that morning.
henry Dennhardt, clean shaver,
nicely dressed. calm and reposed.
sat quietly throughout the inquest,
occasionally speaking to his attor-
ney or friends sitting about. He
showed no sign of fear of conse-
quenceS. At the conclusion of the
INQUEST he talked with friends and
babe them farewell, always smiling
Mrs. Dennhardt refused to sit next
to her husband and changed her
seat as he came toward her. With
a staggering step she walked into
the morgue to where the body Of
Kleinau lay. Only through her self
control was she able to go to her
home, 10 minutes later.
Dennhardt was bound over to the
grand jury at the inquest and will
probably face the charge of muir
der, to which he confesses, next
week. He was taken the county
Jail last evening
KIeinau is survived by two chill
dren, twins, who reside in Rock Is
land with their mother, who is re-
married. He also has two brothers.
Otto Kleinau of Moline, and George
Kleinau of Jefferson City, Iowa. |
Kleiau was born at Hampton Bluff, |
Dec. 81, 1880.