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Case Description

Hoffman, Mrs. Elmer, murdered, throat cut. 41st and State Sts., by her husband, who committed suicide by cutting his own throat. She died in Mercy Hospital and he in Co. Hosp.

Case Number

886

Circumstances

Date of offense	August 24, 1889
Date of death	August 24, 1889
Address	41st and State st.
Type of death	Homicide
Type of homicide	Intentional murder
Method of killing	Other stabbing, stabbing unspecified
Weapon	throat cut
Motive	husband killed wife then suicide
Murder/suicide?	Yes
Circumstances description	Domestic violence
Total number of victims	1
Related to Prohibition?	Yes

Victim

Name	Hoffman, Mrs. Elmer
Gender	Female
Race	White
Ethnicity	Other, european
Name of hospital where victim was taken	Mercy Hospital
Victim/defendant relationship	Husband/Wife
Related by blood or marriage	Spouses

Defendant

Name	Hoffman, Elmer
Gender	Male
Race	White
Related by blood or marriage	Spouses

Police

Total number of defendants arrested	1
Defendant ID'd at scene	Defendant identified by someone else at scene
Allegations of police corruption	No

Legal

Charges against defendant	No charges recorded
Type of legal decision recorded	None
Allegations of police corruption	No

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