| Show SHOCKING MURDER clfo of a former salt lake man murdered in san aan an francisco dec IS the vacti victim M 01 of af the horrible murder here yesterday proves to be mrs mary alary clute wife of a former resident of salt lake details df at the crime are most revolting and the fact that the murder occurred in ln in occupied house with the family at home adds to its boldness mrs airs clute was engaged in moving and had bad two paper hangers and a carpet layer employed about 4 the two p paper aper hangers were seen to leave the premises by parties who lived in the flat below sola afterward the noise caused by the carpet stretcher ceased and in a f few ew mi nutell violent screams were heard by the people living below who were too timid to interfere help was summoned but before it arrived a man was seen to depart from the house bonse by a rear door when asked what the trouble meant he be made no rey but bat mane made his escape parties soon after entered the apartments and found the body lying about tour four feet from the door with the skull crushed A bloody railway car coupling pin lay near by smeared with blood life was extinct though the body was still warm the position of the body indicated a double crime which has hag been confirmed by an autopsy evidences of a struggle were everywhere apparent and the body had evidently been choked almost into insensibility before being overpowered mr E R clute husband of the ran murdered r woman was assessor and collector of salt lake city from 1890 to 1893 1892 some time afterward moving to san francisco where mr clute engaged in the cigar business mrs clute was an accomplished and beautiful woman of about as 35 years of age and was admired by a all 11 who knew lier her the police have arrested a man whom they believe to be the murderer and claim to have evidence enough to convict him not only of this crime ant of another murder which happened a year veal ago ile he is a russian known as albert hoff bioff but in full his name Is albert frederic c geor george geore e bockhoff kock hofF his denial denials are contrad contradictory e and illogic and he has been positively identified as the man who came out of 0 the house after the woman s dying ing cries cries were heard further incriminating evidence against the prisoner Is the fact that he be is left hand and b his is left hand is cut as by the sharp flange of the coupling pin with which the murder was committed holt is a so an anarchist and is suspected of being actively connected with the ni hi bi lists list the autopsy revealed reve oled five wounds on the comans womans head aside from the horrible mutilation of the face the left hand is also bruised iloff feels that he is in peril of ills his life and is as nervous a man as the officials have had in charge for a long time sir clute who is now a traveling salesman saleema n was in nevada at the time of tho the murder lie ile is almost crazed with grief and ills his friends fear lie will kill the murderer on sight |
