Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-18
ny ~, STAGE CORRESPONDENT.

PETERSBURG. VA, March l7.-Con-
ndcnt that In tho person OF Andrew
Jackson Mckinney he has the man re-
Hoffman. whose dead body was found
IN an isolated clump or woods in Din
WWi n County on the morning Of
M NJ a!Sih :, Morton Doodle, Common
now bending every effort toward tight
eninS the web OF circuinstantIal evil
dence which seems SO tightly woven
ABOUT the suspect
Mr.. Goods thinks a motive for the
crime has been established. The sus.
pecs admits that he was in love with
ZION mans wife. Added to this Is McIlin-
Hey INABILITY to establish an alibi so
!ar' although he says he Is confident
that he will be able 10 do SO 10 The
satiH1acAon OF any court he Is brought
SAYS HOFFMAN TOOK "TRIP
TO SECURE ILLICIT LIQUOR
On top of it all comes statement
from Charles A. Wes,cnhover, en-
pioyer of both Hoffman and McKinney.
MO MO mas conflded to Mr.. Goode In
nad planned TO go with Mckinney to
q point near where his body was found
fos gallon of liquor.
statement this afternoon. He is "i a
contractor engaged by the Federal
soNernnent TO remodel the po.t-ofiice
building. Hc employed Hoffman to do
IL
ing. HOFFMAN recommended Mckinney
~ MIN as a good man and he employed
MIN as d laborer
On Saturday night March I. Hoffman
Was 10 go down into Dinwiddie in =.
buggy. armed with q gun and 4 lug
~ given point he was 10 leave the
to the blockaders.
Mestenharer was TO meet the re-
turning rig at Butterworth Bridge ~
.ne ena OF Halifax Street, at 8 O'clock.
on time. He waited until nearly 10
o'clock. and no ono came. Then h.
started TO his rooms
SAYS MAN IN BUGGY
REFUSED TO HEED CALL
Just as he started back TO town, he
road This he supposed TO be that OF
Hoffman. He lodged into the shadow
OF an electric, Eight post and waited
Sc ser " 'ne bugs ;., to pass As It did he
Mckinney. lie hailed him as Mckin-
ney. and the man. he declares. ducked,
but made no answer:
morning. when he reported for work.
lothian did no, show up. Then the
G cor, ssso ask asked Mckinney i he had
Kinney said that ne had not. That day
liofmsn's body was found. Several
days atterward detectives began to
e,
and 5Mr. Westcnhayer decided to tell
what had transpired. This resulted in
Hckinney's arrest.
SAYS LOVE LETTERS DO
NOT MEAN ANYTHING
Nick inncy was arrested at his home
Saturday afternoon and lodged in the
petersburg Jail. lie protested his
nn9ssnsG s snd sem2hasizsd his long
n mesn,im ns,a a search Of his home dis
him by Mrs. Holman. These, he said.
did not mean anything" Among
since the death OF Hoffman, warning
him to be on his guard, because he
was being watched
Monday afternoon he was confronted
by the woman. She ia native of
Richmond. comeiy. young and intclii-
5 gent tb,I She Is twffn,y-fiSe years old:
courtroom she is said to have de declared 1,d
TO Mckinney: Yes. you killed nv
hushand-if you didn't you know WHO
did" Today in Richmond, however.
shc would not discuss this phase OF
DENIES ANY SHARE IN
DEATH OF ROFFMAN
in prison today. Mckinney was a
most detected figure. For an hour he
sat in the little conference room Of the
Jail discussing the case, and declaring
MS absolute ignorance OF any phase
or 1t il was hard for him to remember
whom he had seen on the fateful night
when the husband Of the woman he
loved had been slain. lie was certain