The sun., 1894-09-02
MRS. HOFFMANN'S MURDER.
FEIGENBAHN s4FS IT Vas DOVE
BT mrs COMPANION
Hs Hsd s--sEIea Feitsv Tr-.p fsts Bis
Rss-. He ssy~-His story Not Beuevss
Stains that whitews-h CouId Not Co,-
eesi-The Mssivs Apparently Robb-ry

Stains that Whitcwas sh Nutd Not
eesi-The Mssivs Appsr~-tiy Robsery.
Michael He ofmaan says that Carl Fetxenbahn.
the tramp lodzer. murdered bis mother in order
% rob her OF g. which he had seen ia her posses
SION early in the evening. The murder 9t Mrs.
Hoffman, occurred at / O'Clock YESTERDAY morn
tnz At j44 East sixth street. The story was told
briefly ia The SCS.
Mrs HOFFMAN and her son had lived In the
tenement there eighteen morths. TbeT hal two
rooms. One was tair.-ized the other vas small
and dark. There are forr rooms on the door
and the two On the opposite SIDE e the hai. from
the Hotfnanrs are occupied by German fam
ily. Young Hoffman, l. 20 years old tai tad
slender. bat with muscles IKE iron. ais skin =
dark. lie worked s1r the American Portrait
Company. and with the SIS a week lie earuet lie
supported hia mo-her.
some time ago Mrs. HhT-aar suggested that
tt the smaller ruurl could Re let % a lodzer IL
would tighten the burden os rTanins tle house.
and Michael agreed 20 iet .:. They s1und
iodser In Carl Fsseabahn last T1esd A. EsISsn-
balm told M-s. HOFFMAN that te va. zn-,iener.
and that be had good place. og. as Ae vas
paid only once a month and 1t vas 80 near the
end Of the month he could rot vay any rent "A
advance. Tie would have money % SATURDAY
be said. and would pay her then. Mrs Hot--
mann let him have the rOon with that under
STANDING.
Feigenbahn Is az underszrd man. He looks
Ike \ curntrymln. His face ia not an eyti one
nor Is its expression pleasant. The three days
he lodged with the uoffrnanns he was away dur
ing the day and got in late at night On Friday
night he came home early Mrs. Hoffman, was
mp and Feizen hahn said he WAS tired. Ms.
Hoffman, asked him II he would ike to have
some beer. lie said he would. and she got her
pocketbook. containing 81 in one-doLar bills.
Fegenbahn watched her a. she cocS ttll from
the roll. He went after the beer and brought
the change 20 her. Al hour later they AL went
TO bed. In the larxs- roam ot the two ;here
old leather-covered bed lounge. Mrs.
Hoffman occupied tnat. A. the foot ot the
lounge was cot, which stood between the
lounge and the door OF the small room. Young
Hoffman, slept. on the cot. The young
told this story II the murder yesterdly.
Il was waked up by M mother -obbtns. The
lamp vas turned low. 7 rasn Z a. awake. and
l raised myself up and asked what was the
matter. / saw my mother was resting on her
elbow. Feigenbehl stood BY the side OF the
Iounss and he held the butcher knife in his
Hormann leaned forward and held his rtxhs
hand above his head tn a position . strike.
Il dtdn't understand. | want all awake.
Bat swung my legs around and gave the man
the window on the nrt escape and cried Police!
Murter' Then look ed oacS % see Il he tql-
drove the knife dou aco my mothers throat"
OF the occurrences Of the next few moments
Il.
the room and found his mother On the f0or
ss.ptns tor breath. He went INTO the .od<gr,s
men Who had Heard his cries. came. NJ.
HOnmann died ~ they entered the room. They
window and n the Courtyard below they .@Gnd
the krtfe with which the killing haSi been done.
Il was carVias knife With -tx-Inch blade.
The blbie va. ground At The point "a both sides
and seemed sharp ~ razor. The policemen
also found 4 whetstone in the lcdzer'' rom. It
lo1Ned A. tr II hhdnt been u,e'i more than once.
" lille the policemen were SEARCHING the place
Meier F-aGsh and Abraham Davis. who lives at
I'll Henry street saw man dash ont Of rns
alley 1t the side II the house. kounds5nan DJl-
Enn OF the Eat Fifth street station saw him
too and put after him ov-rtakinS the Fugitive
after running a block II vas Felzerbahn
Ecizen balm said he was chasing a unaa who had
murdered woman. His own hands were
that made Dugaa believe ne had the murderer.
Ho[mann fSden,ised him there a, de man be
hAd seen stab his mother.
Before coqrt opened IN Essex Market yestsr-
day the police made a more careful search Ot
5iood an3er FtEsn Sshn. bed n tSe 'Sfii pio~ VT 3;
they touad a deep -. Evidently the nGrrter-r
bod struck 'n a.: a.ri 40, hit hi- victim. He
Il was blgy r, ,IAl force with that that hhi
entet W.. ;.ornHa ". H,- heat Fls near
EaS -ea-rhrt &c ,." s-a'toG gocketo'ot vas
spGad. but Tot cent Of =, rev. HOFFMAN riCC-
baaa had gone tr The toe- N-s. rrrnia had
h!ttrn the money N e-r-aG drawer. And had
ley LElr hT[laTA .TL'4E NN FE" 1ErEl.-
Inaa rusan and the rEo policemen Who had
murder. His hand. bore evidence ot hls crime.
While n the stat:Du-hoCse cell he mad r-bbed
them on the vh!tewa,Eed wall AMI in the
~h.t-vash. He had not been able ~ RIB the
curlsrs by the anger aai.-. and The t.o't vas
He r1ld the Judge De rouJtnr speak ! W ri u
English; and then n ,Te-'uaG BE- len, m,are'i his
[Are and sad was a. TIE result u putting CON
-telGr IN 4 rDrn CANTON. He .JC Sr~-e,i -.lC -
ws a tramp and park l0dSer. He had been
earning ,.;tle money now ant then az odd .6b-. I
He lad met another unfortunate Ike himself. i
and lad planned 10 seizure gdSiag :jrt-vg AZ The
price for one, one vIs 20 a're room, and, |
after the people IN the house 1ht gone - bed.
,, sne 9tIe. ,t va, a. 20 os st z ah1 sEey w2g'G oc-
had done this. He lad let biz crupan!on In I,
about mHtn!shr. b sa!:, sad then lat EDue - !
murder. A. he lvnke. his com pani0n ran into I
the room from the Que occupied BY the Fl H!fmans !
And .eapet our ?t the N.Eiow lad nade his way /
;. / made after him said Fsiz-nbaha. but
he escaped ll-. AID cov IN l,cgsst.
FeiSsn bahn was aor asked t0 explain the .
blood 90 his hands, or hait a dozen spots thl;
porketonok came into bis possession. He rolt B
liz story with a straight rl,e AMI az Air u I
a. q, a., r,I ,Gs VA. AZ 'ns III
Court, and va. rsulanded gntIl AondIY, when .
a.a ns s b asxT % b fbsaEt u & re T'gs, rst6s 3Hs s
court adjourned. He vas ANXIOUS 20 tell bis
% him.
Hoffman, -aid that be- had heard Feizeubahn /
talk u ais mother about getting larger room. I
h wanted bis brother u cuus and 1--we with /
him he said.
. The police say they put no rTed-nce in Feigen- .
bahns story u his tramp Gpmpa1lpn- They ars .
sure that their prisoner i the murderer FeIxsn- .
balm doesn't pretend 20 give N accurate de-
scriptlpn II the all-ZeTl com DlE.up. His story
viii D. investigated. notwithstanding. for II Sc .
had a com pau.uE the police tA-Gk Il possible
that both we're concerned n the intended rob .
berry.
Charges AEaIasG = Park Police eaAa-