Show mf hward bward solves mystery 0 of f murder CHICAGO the chicago sun times has his disclosed that its secret wi witness reward plan buce succeeded ceded in solving the murder of a wealthy 79 old oid recluse A reader sent serit tho paper a coded clue ciuc that solver the year 3 ear car old oid ilay inc inn and resul resulted ted tel in the arrest and confes confession slon dion of calvin hoffman 23 the sun times said gald id under the tipple code system i tem se set t up by the stin times the paper did not know the thy name of its secret tipster and it probably pro oro bably babiy never will be learned hoffman noffman confessed to police erint cint alry H ry QS and assistant s i tuey rhey abbey blattberg that he was oo of 00 of a gang ot of six men who beatI beat ferman engelhard to death in a robbery attempt that netted only 12 the paper said police aiso also mrs Ear eat earline lire madison as a ruit tault of the tip lip I 1 hoffmans oft off contessi conr conf essl essi ssan said the boblie robbery ry attempt was planned panned in her home three other blen cn implicate implicated d by hoffman are believed serving sentences for other crimes one other man is being hunted engelhard vas vat killed ii IT jhio ls flat hat in a south silo si slum he was a bachelor and D nce olice gilce uce could uncover no clues officers said the crime may have gont gon unsolved unless the paper had set up its reward nian olan that resulted 14 li the secret tip the ube sun tig timo tiro instituted the system after a federal bureau of in vesti gation cation report revealed more than chicaro chicago murders last year went unsolved |