Evening star., 1928-04-08
SEEK EXHUMAT|ON
ORDER TOMORROW
ProberS viii Examine Leh-
man Girls Body for Traces
of Operation.

When the body Of Miss Eleanor Leh-
man is exnumed' this week it will Be
Thoroughly examined 20 discover wheth-
er an Illegal operation was attempted
AlsS prior to Elle girls death, March 3.
i'll the Office ef LOUIS w Hoffman. ply
SiNtheFApiSt. who is being held without
bali m the District Jan for action of
the grand jury.
Leo A. Rover. United States attorney,
and his assistant, Miss Pearl MCCALL
have announced their intention OF 60
Ing before the grand jury in few days
and asking for the Indictment of Hoff-
man og1 a charge Of ffSt degree murder,
They reached this decision after Mrs.
Dorothy Menree, also known as Dottie
King. had stated that she took Miss
Lehman 10 Hoffaaas Office and had
alleged II was for an Illegal operation,
ana that Hoffman deliberately broke
Miss Lehman'S neck when the girl went
iHto commissions rs he was preparing
20 perform the operation,
Reason for Action.
Mr.. Rover and Miss Mccall decided
late yesterday afternoon, to ask the
District Supreme Court tomorrow for
an order to exhUme Miss Lehman'S 5
body They adopted this course be-
cause il developed that DR. A. NJ Mac
Donald. deputy coroner. who performed
the autopsy on the body. did not make
q complete eHsnaSna tlogl, although he
reported that the cause Of death was
q broken neck
Dr. Macdonald reported no evidence
OF an illegal operation.
Because DR. Macdonald reported no
evidence Of ar Illegal operation and
gave the cause Of death as a broken
neck Mr. Rover at first decided to ask
for an Indictment for murder without
bringing up the question Of attempted
operation.
Mr. Roper'S future course win depend
upon the result Of the examination to
be made when the body Is exhumed It
Is expected that the court order to ex-
hume the body wiz be signed tomorrow.
Charges Threat.
Miss Lehman was % years old and
Lived at 30 e street Mrs Monroe, who
accompanied her to Hofman'S office. is
- years ola Mrs. McnFee says that
Hoffman threatened 70 have her jailed
Il she told what had happened Re
told her to say that Miss lehman had
come TO see him for an adjustment
% cure headache. she says
Becoming frightened Mrs. Monroe
left the city. After q search, she vas
discovered and brought back from Pat
eTSon. ~ J. Nc charge wiz be pressed
against her. She viii be held. however,
as q material witness.
In the presence OF Mai. william
Peake. TAIL superintendent, Hoffman
denied that he Attempted an opera
ton on Miss Lehman He said he knew
nothing OF medicine or surgery and had
had never handed q surgical inStru-
msnt.
Miss Monroe was taken before United
States Commissioner Turnage Friday
afternoon. and released on $500 bond
as 3 Government witness.
After having been at liberty on a
$500 bond. Hoffman was Fearrested
Thursday and committed to the District
jail without ban. No formal charge has
yet been made against him, but Mr..
Rover said yesterday that II an attempt
should be made by his attorney to o.
tain his release on habeaS corpus writ.
formal charge Of murder VIII be made.
Saw Her m Commissions.
One Of the witnesses who viii be
summoned By Mr. Rover 70 appear be-
fore G1e grand jury viii probably be
Campbell Howard, an attorney. who
testified at the inquest that he was
II 6onnfans of6ce for few minutes
and saw Miss Lehman in commissions.
He was not present, however, when she
died, and knows nothing Of the alleged
breaking Of her neck by Hoffman.
Although DR. Mcdonald did not re-
port 70 the coroner's Jury that the
autopsy showed Miss Lehman TO be in q
delicate condition. he made known that
fact TO the United States Attorneys
Office aYad that 4raE nya6 ~ fra raaun..e
why a determined effort was made to
bring Hiss Monroe back from New
Jersey.