The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-22
MURDERED MAGGIE BAUER.
A CRIME yHtT IS PUZZLTNG THE
OEIICIIL EX1MINERS.



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Ncnry 'onV'nc'"R 'rr''"'o"s '"'' -" ',
pate" C"tharine Hoffman, una some '"nt
seems TO Indicate her entire Innocence.
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me usually quiet n"lghporhoOd OF val !
10Y sresm was ,nr'1Seu gqs'grua WV" pI'
o.I,onno e., ,,o ,.s, 80 ,,,a ,,I TO-, v.r,Src,,o
Bauer. who vas found dead I'm the woods. Ths
autopsy by Drs. wood and Aucrbach proved
that she had died from straneulation by
tho lack ,Inbon around the neck, and
The residents have formed 70 settled belief
~ to the guilt Of ANYBODY, although vrs. Cath
erlne Hoffman isrcgarded with suspicion, which
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rba Coroper,s i,rv ant under an awning I'm
Prom, NJ ho,c, Ion, NV a ncnh.w ~ Tho late
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trlct Attorney believes that he discovered on
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/ b'rofOoted child, leading through corn held
into the woods where the BODY was found.
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murdered Girl, ia Il Hight complexioned' rather
pless,nt-lookins, ana Intelligent German. and
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his mothers tears ma We grave ro'Sr ulnnss
was = lnid,. yrs. u uer salu lnat ~ HonIal
ii "on" sn ,9V wnrd hv a noj,hi,"r Mr.. Ifrich
nvnhHn sou, "uvru ~ ~, - , ~ - W., 20 ~,
Il yer ~ sIi'u Nrs ii una" ~ ny i Hu, h, ,ie
fthsr een.rl III and had cone To- New
iv'N l"', ua' "''., "a p'"V'. az ,. a.,
soon atlcr saw Mrs h.nan ~ Inc co.1,, OF , va
se,I AID "a o ne 10 Far Rockaway To- see her oldest
boy AID hss come to sec her hus6ind wh'lc o. tie
way She aseed fora drink Of NILS AMI | gave hcra
bowl OF NILS; Aa1gle was p1llng win inc NO
and Mr. Hoifn'n lik-a tose,9rr' between nyc
snG 'eP m1'e The @S'O9 ANA .ited So h ehSss
Messte came running in for, her honn,t
MY to sSow ner Se Road t1 vev Tcam asSed
e Lcouards w,ic d not snow the rad she said no.
Ihat l"onhri wanted nsr 10 60 askeu uer u nc
toii H.r 10 come bacx Ss aGcs a, possible Tor
dinner Sac said shc would These Sefc The last
words 81 SAID Mrs H. nnan had on \ brown dress,
WIN ufnc at the tottom, round straw nat trimmed
wi Il back, nd .lrlpci shawl She started about one
ococ, vi the htte rr across the road anu that was
The last s." OF ny niue s.f' awe.
The girl was found living under = tree with the
same clothes on "a when she went away from
her neck whica, when sue left home, she wore
as a helt.
Asked whether there had been any III feeling
between the Bauer family and Mrs. Hoffman,
Mrs. Is uer related THAT about year ago, when
as She SAID. to kecp house, she Mrs. D,ueri
spoke about her having broken up housekcep-
ing i've times before. and advised her 10 work
and make a living. Mrs Hoffman asked the
witness II it Was any Of her business. and
threatened 20 have ner arrested. Mrs. bauer
nd ed that her near st neighbors east were
! Uich.rd and Ain.rt IA ndes Who had been to
Site PRISON for stealing uica When the girl
v9s r'i.sed Richard Rhodes Irofuutly went In
search a. her After the child had been carried
nome Catherine Hoffman was r,t,ht there
Sno cried verv hard ana puled storktur n
m. rhiid AMI kissed IN, foot She went auu
,xcl lined. :. Nv Coal N VS. me that led h r
. awavl Sne Is murdered z Sic 1. hauscdY she
4. crurinedl" Shs v.uli mon keen ont,f and
gr HNurr told her thI' She was M king TO
! much noise and then The went and SIT down IN
ina eufrv Mrs Hauer added
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asked her ~ht She HAD tod me he about soir IT,,
Far Rockaway she then tuu me mat sh- corn g
from trr kockAway when she callcd at the house.
tid her t-t Mas another lie, Tor anew II ~ be so
Leonard Hoffman. who looked ike an honest,
com nttuus uiNn. aged h2. said that he mar
| ried C.thariue irainor In maica. l.. l.. in lS's.
a ! Owing to her drunkcd haDi,s he had separated
u from her on several occasions. lie desert ed
her vi.it to Mr. Bausr's on tho fatal Monday.
: See wished to he shown the way TO Valley
. stream. and he SAID that the little girl Maggie,
might go n little way, but not far The siri
ASKED her mother, who told her to come rignt
Q tack. He described his wife a violent aud un-
, truthful.
The next witness or Importance vas Mrs
D uiicn, a neightor OF the Bauers. she said that
ABOUT haf-past IN Monday morning Mrs. Hon
man called Il her place, aud asked where MIS-
Bauer llNed. o. being told, enc suid, IN LIZ
'eml'
ADoy Jackson, an old woman from the poor
! house, met kdtc ii unmag at Valley Stream
\ quarter after three O'clock on Monday alder
e Mr. Wrisnt Wien merely added 10 ths incrses
c Auseine Van Ntcklcn, a niGdle-a-ed wumAI