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Show Newspaper Secret Award j Solves Mystery of Murder CHICAGO. The Chicago Sun-Times Sun-Times has disclosed that its $100,-000 $100,-000 "secret witness" reward plan succeeded in solving the murder of a wealthy 79-year-old recluse. A reader sent the paper a coded clue that solved the year-old slaying slay-ing and resulted in the arrest and confession of Calvin Hoffman, 28, the Sun-Times said. Under the simple code system set up by the Sun-Times, the paper did not know the name of its secret tipster and it probably never will be learned. Hoffman confessed to Police Capt. Harry Deas and assistant state's attorney Abbey Blattberg, that he was one of a gang of six men who beat Herman Engelhard to death in a robbery attempt that netted only $12, the paper said. Police also arrested Mrs. Earline Madison as a result of the tip. Hoffman's Hoff-man's confession said the robbery attempt was planned in her home. Three other meri, implicated by Hoffman are believed serving sentences sen-tences for other crimes. One other man is being hunted. Engelhard was killed in his Cat in a South Side slum. He was a bachelor and police could uncover no clues. Officers said the crime may have gone unsolved unless the paper had set up its reward plan that resulted in the secret tip. The Sun-Times instituted the system sys-tem after a Federal Bureau of Investigation In-vestigation report revealed more than 100 Chicago murders last year went unsolved. |
