Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-09-20

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ca closely by the detectives.
FOR month the murder was q mys-
terry. Mrs. Myers stuck to her first
story. The police believed that there
was man somewhere, a lover of
ners who had helped in the murder,
out there was not the slightest clew
TO snow where he was.
Hat Gives the Clue.
1nen one day, as detective was
examining the mans bloody hat found
IN the closet, he saw inside the crown
label with name upon it, but it
was SO smeared with dried blood it
could not be read. He carefully
washed the blood away, and there
came out In bold relief the name of
a merchant in Higginsyille, Mo. To
clever detective the rest was easy.
with the. hat and shirt he went to
H1gg1nsville, called upon the mer-
chant and showed him the hat and
shirt -...
i suppose sold that hat and the
shirt, too. 1 have some here exactly
like them," said the merchant, and he
took down box of shirts exactly like
the one sound in the Myers home.
For nearly two hours the merchant
walked up and down behind bis coun-
ter, his chin in his hand, trying. to
think to whom he had sold that hat
and shirt, the detective waiting for
the result. At last the merchant ex-
claimed:
Frank Hoffman! l sold him that
shirt and hiatt"
"And who is Frank Hoffman,"
asked the detective.
He was young man here who
went away just month ago. l sold
him those things the day before he
left"
The detective found that Mrs. NY.
ers had visited Hoffman in Higgins
vile shortly before the murder. The
records of the post Office showed that
a registered letter had been received
by Hoffman in Higginsville from
Mrs. Myers in Kansas City two days
before the murder.
How Hoffman Was Found.
The next thing to do was to find
Frank Hoffman. His parents said he
had gone away to look for work short
ly before the murder of Clarence Ny
ers in Kansas City. The detective
thought it likely that Hoffman would
! write to his folks. The postmaster
promised to hold any letter that
might come to the Hoffman family,
and to notify the detective, who re-
turned to Kansas City and waited.
Within week a letter came from
Walla Walla, Wash. The postmaster
sent for the detective. Together they
| opened the letter. It was from Holt
man, who was living there under an
assumed name. Armed with reQuisi-
ton papers the detective went to
Walla Walla and arrested Hoffman.
How did you find out where I
was?" was the first question Hoffman
asked the detective. !
1--WE discovered you through Mrs.
Myers" said the detective. "She has
confessed all and is in jail in Kan
sas City. She says that you were in
love with her and that you sneaked
into the house with your face black
ened like a negro and that you MUIR
dered her husband so she would be
free to marry you"
"She puts it all on me, does she?"
asked Hoffman.
"Yes, she will turn states evidence
and hang you and go free herself"
answered the detective.
She's liar; she did it herself!"
Hoffman exclaimed, and then he told
the whole horrible story. The truth
of every detail Of 1t has been proven
since by circumstances.
The confession Of Hoffman is a
document in human ferocity scarcely
eQualed in CRIMINAL annals. He told
Of his early friendship for the slain
man, the development of love be-
tween him and the wife and how to-
gether they planned the removal of
the innocent barrier to that love. Had
not Myers awakened as Hoffman
crept upon him. armed with q billiard
cue. the wife might have been but a
tacit accessory to the murder. AS 1t
transpired she became the more
| guilty, AOI OA 6C~AAS AOA AuoOe1A0
struggling for his life she disregard
ed his cries for assistance and merci'
lessly attacked him first with bed
slat, then with pair of scissors. and
finally and successfully with his own
razor.
Her Remarkable Nerve.
She then turned up the flame OF the
lamp. She gave Hoffman one OF he,
husbands clean shirts and pair OF
cuffs from a drawer, and her hus
bands hat He wore these away, and
was wearing them when the detec
lives arrested him in Washington
He washed the blood from his hands
She gave him $40 and he slipped out
into the night, leaving her alone II
the house with all its ghastliness.
That Is the one almost incompre
hensible thing about this whole hor
rible affair It is difficult to believe
that frail woman Of 20 would stay
there alone from midnight until day
light. But she did. And she probabl.
worked hard most Of the time. Sh,
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