Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-07-10
A CONFIDENCE CUSS.
HE BETRAYs THE CONFIDENCE OF AND ROBS HIS
BENEFACTOR.
he WAS LAST SEEN AT PARADISE.


Hoffman, came to this city, and upon his ar
rival he WAS employed at kasers restaurant
or at the St. Charles Hotel in the capacity of
garcon He was a man who had had good
| educational advantages III his native land,
| Austria, but in this country he seemed to
make poor use Of his abilities He had gram
NAUTICAL cowmand of several languages, and III
many other branches of learning he was quite
proficient. In one of his confidential moods
he told a chance acquaintance here, that he
had been in the Austrian army, but deserted,
and having no friends in this country he was
compelled to occupy the mental position which
| he did while here. A certain Carson Valley
rancher, also German, becoming acquainted
with Hoffman, and finding him to be thor
oughly educated man, took him to his ranch
III the capacity of instructor to his children.
| Hotfmans polished manners and gllbe CON
| versational powers soon gained for him the
admiration and warm friendship of the
ranchers family, and before he was there
long while, he was also taken into their, conf
dence, in all matters Of business. The rancher
had been in Ill health for a long while, ana
one day he remarked, that ii he could sell his
farms of which he had two i'll the valley, he
would 90 to Europe with his family. Hof-
man replied that Carson Valley had great at
fractions for him ; that it was his purpose
to make it his future home, and asked the
rancher what he would take for his property
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said that he had recently received advices from
Austria that 500, 900 WAS coming to him from
an inheritance, at the same time exhibiting a
letter of credit from the agency of the Roth
childs in San Francisco, for $25, 900, and
added that he would purchase the property.
1t was also agreed that Hoffman should ac-
company the man who had befriended him to
Germany, and there Fay over the purchase
money; however, he wanted to go to San
Francisco first, and arrange some little bust
ners affairs, for which purpose he required the
advancement of 5000 The rancher having
seen the Rothschild letterof credit for So 900,
believed that everything was in order and he
let Hoffman have the money. Before the lat
would return on a certain day, and requested
hat a wagon should be sent to Carson to take |
aim back to the ranch. So Hoffman went off |
On the appointed day, fearfuIly windy one,
the ranchers wife came to this city with a
wagon to meet Hoffman, but he did not ar
rive, and he has not returned up to the pres
ent day. The fellow evidently forged the let |
ter of credit for the purpose of robbing his |
benefactor. He never went to San Francisco, |
but struck ont for other parts. Recently, |
Lang, man who had formerly been timer
in this city, returned from Paradise, and |
related that he had seen Hoffman there, cut
ting quite a prominent figure in the camp.
He will most likely make some resident of
that region suffer before he leaves, if he has
not done so already, for he is reported to have
a very lnsinuating manner. The APPEALS
informant, prominent dry goods merchant
Of this city, says that Hoffman is not de-
serter from the Austrian army, as he reported
himself, but a fugitive from Justice, who had
committed some great crime in his native land,
for whose apprehension reward was offered.
He is an old confidence operator, and has
probably lived by his wits ever since he came
to this country. 1t is not at all likely that he
IS now travelling under the name of Hoffman,
for his kind of birds have numerous aliases
The migrate is about 5 feet 8 inches high,
weighs about 40 pounds has clear blonde
and full sandy beard. He is
excessively polite in his conversation, and can
EASILY lead one to believe in his superiority,
morally as well as Intellectually. Pass him ;
lround
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF - David Cochrane,
lpholsterer, was arrested last evening on
harge of having committed malicious mischief |
His case will be tried at 10 o'clock this morn
ng. A few days since Mr.. Cochrane was EN-
)lOyed by Mr.. Gus. Lewis to dress a mirror
n his saloon with green baize, Mr.. Lewis fur
ishing the material Yesterday afternoon d
Mr. Cochrane presented his bill, amounting /
o So 30, for his services Mr. Lewis claimed
hat the former owed him s. for drinks, which
1r Cochrane declined to pay, but insisted
pom the payment of his account. Mr.. Lewis
aturally refused to settle the matter upon v
hat basis, and the upholsterer went behind /
he bar, cutting large hole into the green Z
alze with which the mirror was covered.
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