premise: Police are searching for the man who punched an employee at a Manhattan bakery and stole its tip jar.Police say the suspect removed the tip jar from the counter at Buttercup Bakery in Hell's Kitchen.When a female employee tried to stop him, the suspect reportedly punched her in the face and then ran away.Police described the suspect as a black man in his 20s or 30s, and he was last seen wearing a pink hoodie and all dark clothing.
hypothesis: The female tried to verbally stop the man, but he punched her. 
reason: There's no indication of how she tried to stop him. 