Leadley was also one of the organizers of the New Pacific League, one of the first baseball leagues on the west coast, and co-owner with Bob Glenalvin of the short-lived Seattle Yannigans/Rainmakers in 1896 and the Grand Rapids Bob-o-links in 1897.\n', '

In 1899, Leadley was removed from his position as clerk of the Police Court in Detroit after $10,000 was discovered missing. A warrant was issued for Leadley\'s arrest, but he fled to Mexico City as a fugitive where he lived for at least the next ten years.\n', '

Leadley was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1858. He moved to Detroit where he worked as an accountant and also managed the Cass Club baseball team in the early 1880s. In December 1881, he was married to Mattie Jane Long in Detroit.\n', '

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