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srHp 100 ia-t Inir' ninth street Hoffman
sai Yesterday that 30 hat paIi braga
N,fs - 'hia country He'e she lived with
obi. Hpfirans ard tho mans attentions
.. fhe gifl aroused Mrs. Honnans pUspi.
,,.us ~ ~ the nature of her husbands
interest ~ tho rta'ty sh'p a--isiant What
Mrs Hpfmau ,.,rned after her observation
Nas shaTtuanst hy silsta,ipn caused her -
cave her husband and ~ To- friends living
.r N,-f Virginia There she began procesd-
.gain-t Draga fpr alienation ~ Hoffman
Affections
Why Mrs hoffman thinks she could
collect 4 Judgment i'r -lch an amount did
not appear ~ any 'ru-iworihy narrative
of her hi-tprv obtained YESTERDAY There
was a story said 10 have starred from the
Thirtv--eventh street boarding house that
Draga >iegel would inherit a large fortune
soon HOFFMAN vigorously d@nied knovl-
edge of such fact aud denied also reports
81 ls,h had hs.sn IN N nj
IIraga's fathe" rad been mis- Colonel
When Mrs Hoffman gave IIp her business
here and went away her husband for the
hrst tim. since he came to the country. ~
far ~ could bee learned. went 10 work sup
porting himself and Draga Siegel on The
salary he carmel a. bookkeeper for a
candy manufacturer IN Nandam street
He acknow lodges that for time he and
Draga lived together. The young woman
went To live in a rented room AT 37O l.sxing-
ton av enue and there Hoffman visited her.
Lately he was told with increasing fire.
auency when he called that Miss Si@eel
was not at home. Watching her window
he saw sometimes after admission had been
refused To- him that Draga room was
lighted saw her shadow cast on the window.
saw the shadow of n man in the room. Then
he bought a revolver.
He continued his jealous vigiis and saw.
or says he saw. signals made by the gas jet
in Draga's room; saw a signal after ne had
received a mot az home message; saw a
man enter the mouse, shN the siduOW pI "A
man in Draga's room. Hoffman told the
police that he determined To shoot the man;
that he bought the revolver only for that
PURPOSE One night he waited until he
man eft the house met him on the sidewalk.
but did not shoot Possibly the man looked
ss II he would shoot back.
Hoffman wrote letters 10 Draga begging
her to visit him ~ his room. and las' Tues
day evening she did so. The room neat t.
his IL occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Holman
Some time after midnight Mrs. Holman heard
n pistol shot and woke her husband To tell
hm she believed the shot had been fired
close to them. IL WAS the shot HOFFMAN
fired to frighten Draga, and Yesterday
morning the bullet was found in the ceiling
over the Holmans' bed. Mrs Holman is
certain hat u was nearly half an hour later
that Hoffman began firing bullets into the
body Of the woman who would not tell.
By the time Draga had received the bullet
Hoffman meant for himself the house was
aroused and policeman was called. He
met Hoffman leaving the house. took him
back up TO the room and said TO Draga,
weak from her wounds but YET conscious:
is This the man who shot you?'
But the woman would not tell.
Hoffman himself told the story to the
police and admitted it when taken to the
lorkvllle police court, where he was held
without bail. Al that hour the surgeons NJ
Bellevue Hospital. where Draga lay, con-
sclous, but with sealed lips. reported that
che was likely to die.
Hoffman speaks but little English. He
was not much excited after being held.
answered freely and clearly the questions
opinion that a clear understanding Of the
fact that he honestly believed Draga had
transferred her affections will be accepted
es good defence for his act