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TEARS INI 4 a▲KANSAS CITY▲DEATH STORYVCE (f eCHILDREVS TROrDLLS I KD TOHUSBAND'S SLA YIN(., MRS.HUHOFF SAYS.Blt;fcif a * 0 - - *.YHiile a Dozen liojs 21 n«l Cirls Waitmto Te Jin in Dot herd Bruce Trial,the Widow Tells of Jho Throats That.He Made.bKansas City, May 4.— A dramatic recital of the slaying of Patrick H. HoffnmStJanuary 8 at the home of his neighbor, pecherd Bruce, 2G14 Askew avenuecame yesterday from the lips of MrstoMary Hoff, the widow and mother ofthree children. Quarrels among chi!-todren in the neighborhood led to thewtragedy. The testimony was givenIn criminal court in the trial of Bruce\\for second degree murder1The courtroom, with Judge BrownHarris presiding, was crowded withneighbors of the two families. Aboutone-half were women. In one of theassistant prosecutor’s rooms a groupof children awaited their call to thestand.tcsi01Mrs. Hoff broke down and weptwhile relating how she went to thefront porch of the Bruce home andfound her husband dying. She testi-fied, after she composed herself, thatshe took his head in her lap afterBruce had said to her:*4 / 4Come and get him—what’s left ofvmir hiichAfirl 99fiVdvbicc
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Chillicothe Daily Tribune
Chillicothe, Missouri, US
Wed, May 04, 1927
Page 4
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