Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1926, Page 34

ADMITS HE KILLED FARMER AND WIFE Former Employe, Recognized as Robber, Shoots Pair—Is Quickly Captured. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Fourteen hours after Mr. and Mrs. Ralph they begged for their farmhouse near Fremont, ) leged bootlegger and for- was arl A here he made a Ohio, e fatally shot Hoffman th lives at oir n hand, yesterday. Police say signed confession. The Hoffmans were shot when they recognized Clark, despite a mask, dur ing an attempted robbery upon their return home from Gibsonburg. believeing C l|k cimbed a_fence through the snow to a woods a quar ter of a mile aw After seeing hi automobile speeding toward Fremont, he crawled back to the home of | George Holcomb, a neighbor, who no- tified Sheriff William A Wort of dusky Picking up man, him. ther neighbor, Hoi scene oI the Hoffman, land. An operati He will ‘Winter \1('almn Suggestions. Aiken, S. C.: Augusta, G ville, N. 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Ashe- | 5735 on sale. | ns, Pull- | 8 (P —An| {|laccount as_deserving our best ei- ||| pends on our customers’ success. il| of absolute confidence |Stolen, Battered Safe, Money Gone, Is Found in Creek Battered up and encrusted with mud, the 700-pound safe stolen from Rowland's bufiet, 511 Ninth street, last Thursday, was found in a creek hetween Central avenue and_Benning road by Detective C. A. Berry of the eleventh prmlncl Saturday. But the $800 and the Greek gov- ernment bonds, which had previ- ously been in the safe, were gone. The safe was hoisted out of the mud by a block and tackle d placed in the eleventh precinct patrol. It was examined for finger prints in the hope of a clue to the cracksmen. The door of the safe apparently had been wrecked by sledgeham- mers, which knocked off bolts and hinges. The place where it was found was deserted and out of the line of public travel TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. National—“Suzanne,” muslical com- | edy. at p.m. Belasco—"Alcma of the South Seas,” drama, at 820 p.m. | Poli's—"The Big Parade,” photo- |\ play, at 2:30 and $:20 p.m. ! Keith’s—Jimmy 1'ussey, vaudeville, | 15 and 815 p.m | rle—*"'Syncopation Week,” vaude- | continuous from 1 to 11 p.m. “His Magic Wand,” vaude nuous from 12:30 to 11 p.n ident—"The Lo Battalio 3 and 9 p.m. 5" bur at . 3:10. lmnu— ;The Ilst 7:35 and 9:55 p. m 10:55 0 and 19345 'p.m. Little Annie Rooney,” 2, 4, 6:10, 8 and 940 p.m. Ambassador—"The Road to Yester-| day,” at 6:15, 8, and 9:40 p.m. Central Kose of the World,” at 2:30, 2, 3:30, 5, 6:30. 8 and 9:40 p.m. Lincoln (colored)—"That Royle Girl, 3 to 11 p.m. Again Favors Paying Claims. President Coolidge dations to the anting claims amounting to | .518 growing out of the occupation | of Vera Cruz by American troops in 1914. 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