The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-19
HQFFNANN SLAIN,
SAY DOCTORS
Autopsy Indicates That Young
Carpenter Was Victim of
Brutal Holdup.
EVIDENTLY SANDBAGGED
BY DESPERATE THUG
Bandit Frightened Away by
Paxser-by Before Robbery
Was Committed.

THAT he met his death as the result
of n cerebral hc,norrhasc caused by be-
Ing struck on the crown OF his head
With a soft but heavy body such as n
slingshot or a sanding, was tho verdict
of Dr. A. " Hanson. county physician
and DR. T William Stevenson assistant
county physician, who held post mortem
examination OF the body of Adolph Hoff-
mann. aged SO years $50 South West
Temple street who died at O'Clock
Yesterday morning after an illness "a,
ing from Thursday morning. when he said
That he had been held up. slngged and
robbed on Third South street. between
Second and Third West streets.
Mr.. uonnann was a carpenter by trade
ana ut the time Of his death was en-
ploycG by The Salt Lake planning mn
Mrs. Hoffman, went TO Saltair Wednes, :,
day afternoon and Mr.. Hoffman, said
that he was going to visit some friends
uptown
Found by Stranger.
Shortly after o'clock Thursday morn :
Ing pedestrian. whose name the police
do not know led Hoffmann 10 the corner
nf Main and Second South streets, where
he was turned over to Patrolnlan wire.
The man who had picked HOFFMAN, up
said that nc had found him @ llinE uncon- l,sss.
between Second and Third West streets.
lie said that when he lifted Hoffman, to
his feet he reeained co1seionsneSSss ;l Ss ana ,i
the corner Of Main and Second SCUM
streets. Although Hnffmann appeared 20
be stunned. lie told Patrolnan Wire that
somebody. he did not know whether IL
had becn one man or two, had come up
behind him and struck him in the back
nj the head with something very heaVy.
he had been struck with He said that
he turned on his assa!lant and COM
incnc"d kicking when he became weak
and fell upon his face on the pa,em1enntt n1e.nt
To y,nf uEta MI
mann MIS- robbed \ valuable watch which
lie carried was not taken and about So
were In his pockets after the holdup
Mrs. Uofrmann said that her husband had
lcf, homo with abou, $40 in his pockets
and she believes II probable that he spent
about 81 during the evening:
q bad cut over his left eye and after he
heard his story the patrolman called the
patrol wagon and the injured man was
removed To his home
Mrs. Ucfmann said last night that upon
reaching home her husband told her that
be had feen slucecd by hoidup: that
man or men had come up behind him
and struck him on the back Of the
head and that after attempting to hight
for nm instant he had fallen To the side
walk and lost consciousness. Mrs Hofi-
mann said that when Mr.. Hoffman,
reached homo one or his trousers pockets
was turned inside out, but that. as far
rs she knew nothing had been stolen
from his person.
Olu NOC Io 10 WoIh'
Upon being put 10 bed Mr., Hotrmann
rested easily and slept until about 3
o'clock the same morning. His vile said
that he insisted upon going to work
Thursday and THAI she put up his lum.h
and saw him walk UP the street. Hoff-
mann went TO the Salt Lake Planning Mil.
but did not work From there he went tn
the Palm Garden saloon on West Third
Mross. is proprietor. He remained here
until shout 3 O'Clock Thursday evening,
when he went home. Mross said last
night that Hoffmann told him that he had
been hold up and Slu2ged
Shortly after reaching his home IIoff-
mann became violently insane. DR.. +.
Moormcistcr was summoned. but in spite
OF medical attention Hoffman, grew
worse until he died at I o'clock yesterday
morning
Or. Moorneister said that he was un-
ablc 10 determine whether death WAS due
&c cerebral hemcrrhaGe or heart failure
There was no fracture Of the skull as far
as could he seen.
Harry s Harper, acting coroner and
the home Yesterday morning and said
that no inquest would be called unless
somebody was arrested on which to tix
the crime.
Blood Clot on Brain.
Tic autopsy WAS held last night at $50
O'Clock at the undertaking establishment;
nf S. d. Evans. The only bruso appar-
ent on the head was cut ever the left
eye MS. however HdS SuDPTDrlaI. ana
In the opinion Of The county physician
could not have resulted In death. The
scalp was not broken or bruised. When
the scalp was removed an injured spot
was found on the outside of the skull
Under this spot and On the brain almost
directly under the crown or the head
was FOUND large ciot of blood. The
physicians said that this had been the
cause OF death
II is the opinion of DIR. Hanson that
il"ttmann was hit on the back of the
head with sling sho, or a sandhay and
that as he fell forward upon the pave
In"nt he sustained the cut over his left
eye
The police are working upon the theory
That Hoffman vas murdered by a holdup
Al the time Hoffman, told his story TO
Patrolman Wire no wounds OF a serious
nature were apparent and Ioftmann did
not appear 10 bc seriously III as he Of
fcrcd 10 walk home This coupled with
inH fact that the injured man had heen
drinking. led to the belief that possibly
HcHmann had fallen down and thus s,s-
tanned The cut over his eye. However
an investigation WAS began AT that time
Mr. hoffman, iS survived BIZ a widow.
There are no children. He was born 80
years ago at Basil. Switzerland and emil
Sritcd 10 Salt Lake with his wife about
seven years ago. He was for several
wears IN active member OF the Harmonic
society OF salt Lake City and served for
two years as treasurer, Funeral arrange
IUfntS VIII be cuiuDlatad this T1orpin.,