The Case Against R.C.
Hoffman for Abduction
The case against Mrs. Verda Bell and R.C. Hoffman, charged
with registering at the local hotel as man and wife, they not being married,
and the one against Hoffman for abduction, were brought to the attention of
Judge Kirkman Friday morning.
The counsel for the defendants insisted upon a trial this
morning, inasmuch as his clients were unable to give bond, and were being held
in jail. The prosecuting attorney declared that the state had been unable to
prepare the case and that several witnesses were absent from the city, as well
as several lawyers involved, and for that reason asked for a continuance until
Monday morning. The continuance was granted.
According to the police, the husband of Mrs. Bell has of
late been in in the habit of working about 18 hours a day, and several days
ago, on returning home from his work, found his wife absent. This led to the
investigation resulting in the arrest of the parties at a local hotel.
The charge of abduction was preferred against Hoffman on the
presumption that Mrs. Bell was forced to accompany him to the hotel, according
to the police.
Hoffman was said to have gone to the hotel early in the
evening and procured a room for himself and his wife, who, he is alleged to
have said, would arrive on a train later in the evening.
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