Spokane County WA Archives News.....Rejected Lover Kills Bride September 16, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/wa/wafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com May 13, 2008, 1:33 am Morning Oregonian September 16,1904 September 16, 1904 Murderer Then Commits Suicide With a Revolver Spokane,Wash.Sept 15.- A double tragedy took place this morning near Mead. Mrs.Henry Hoft,a bride of one day, was murdered by a rejected lover named Hoffman,who then committed suicide. The wedding of Miss Emma Light to Henry Hoft took place yesterday.This morning the bride left her husband's farmhouse on Green Bluff Prairie to go a short distance away.Becoming worried by her failure to return,Hoft started a search. A short distance from the house he found the body of his bride,who had been shot to death. Nearby was the body of Hoffman,with a revolver in his hand. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wa/spokane/newspapers/rejected90nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb