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8 THE SUN, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1919. RICH FIANCE 'DIES'; WEDDING PLANS OFF 1 ' Brooklyn Girl Is Prostrated \When Told by Phone of \Doctor's\ Death. PROBE BABES MYSTERY Pastor Aids Investigation o Dr Hoffman, Jr.\ Who Was td Wed Miss lodorhoso. MIsb Sophie Loderhoso of 147 Dean ftrtet, Brooklyn. Is crostrated and un dor the caro of a physician as tho. result of 'a mysterious telephone message re- celved by her October 29, purporting to .nnbunce the death of the man to whom' she was engaged to be married Tuesday, and a subsequent chain of circumstances leading her brother-in-la- W; P. Phil Upi of 817 Putnam avenue, Brooklyn, and friends of the stricken girl to'b llevp that her fiance was a masquerader Who has made her the victim of a hoax and is not dead at all. The man Miss 1oderhose expected to red- - was known td her as \Dr. A. Will lam Hoffman, Jr., an officer la the United Elates- - Navy, a physician or note, t perWdn of wealth with homes In Mill brook. N. Y... and Pasadena,, CaV Newspaper men were not permitted to ee Miss 'Loderhoso 'yesterday because of her illness, but Mr. Phillips said that the1 death message. hod informed Miss lioderhose that Dr. Hoirman had oeen Idlled In an automobile accident at French Lick Springs, Ind., and that Mlsa Loderhose was under the Impression that the person talking was Dr, A. William Hoffman, Sr., father of her' fiance. Miss Loderhoso's parents are dead and he lives with her sister, Emily, at1 the Dean Street address. Mr. Phillips, as aila Loderhoso's nearest male relative and ,nt her request. Inserted notices of Dr. Hoffman's death in Brooklyn news papers.. Pastor nefnse Prayer. It was not, however, until the Rev. Dr. John Holthusen, pastor of the Env tnanuel Lutheran Church of Brooklyn, Who had been engaged by Miss Loder- hose to ofOclate at the forthcoming wedding, declined her request for special prayer services for the supposedly dead man that the possibilities of the situa tion dawned upon the young woman. Dr. Holthusen said he refused to offl date at the services because be was con' Vinced there was no Dr. Hoffman who was the fiance of Miss Loderhose, and that the unidentified person he believed to be masquerading as Dr. Hoffman was not dead. The' suspicions of Mr. Phillips and Dr. Holthusen that Miss Loderhoso has been victimized follow 'the disruption ofplans for the most elaborato'weddlng rar held in the Emmanuel Lutheran Church'. Numerous invitations to the wedding had been sent out Tho brides- maids and other attendants had been selected. Plans were, complete for flowers and shrubbery for the decora- tion of the church. Arrangements had been made to have tho centre aisle of the building extended from tho entrance to the altar by cutting through a tier of pews which now blocks the nlsle In front of the pulpit about the middle of the auditorium. Included In the unique arrangements was to be the release of swarms of sing- ing birds. Miss Loderhose was com- pletely enthralled by her prospects and plans' and talked of them with enthusi- asm to her sister and friends. , Pastor Mnkc Investigation. Dr. Holthusen told a Sun reporter that he first became sceptical of the Identity of Miss Loderhose's suitor last eummer while on a visit to the White Mountain There, he said, he met a man from Mlllbrook and, recalling his engagement to officiate at the wedding of Dr. Hoffman of that place, inquired concerning the doctor. \Dr. Hoffman? Why, I never heard of such a man in Mlllbrook,\ Dr.. Holt husen said the man told him. Then, when the announcement of death came. Dr. Holthusen said persons he did not know called upon him, and others by telephone stated they were making In- vestigations. Dr. Holthusen then started Investigations of his own, which he said disclosed that no Dr. Hoffman, Jr. or Sr., Is known in Mlllbrook or Pasadena, that no such persona are known In the neighborhood of 379 Clinton street, Brooklyn, where Dr. Hoffman Is said to have told Miss Loderhose he onco lived, and that there was no automobile acci- dent at French Lick Springs upon the date of Dr. Hoffman's reported death, of that ho was able to find any one there who. ever had heard of Dr. Hoffman. Upon these premises he reached hla conclusion that there was no dead man for whom to hold services. Mr. Phillips, who was In consultation with a lawyer regarding the case yes- terday, said his belief that the person to whom his sister-in-la- w was engaged jlllIlM f 1 urs la living is strengthened by a telephone message from an unidentified poraon after the death announcement stating that \everything would bo straightened out In, time\ ; by a note left at the door of 'the Lqderhosp home last' Friday warn- ing Miss Loderhose to let the matter drop, and by more than 200 telegrams of condolence which Miss Loderhoso haa received. Durnortlne to be signed by Vincent Astor, 'William Howard Tatt and other persona of' prominence. Promised Orson for Chnreh, Mr. rhlllinn stated that Miss Loder hose was constantly the recipient of gifts of flowers, candy and Jewelry and of letters and telephone calls from tho man.' Dr. Hoffman recently had spent his time In Pasadena supervising the con struction of the future homo of himself i and bride, MIbs Loderhose believed, ac- cording to Mr. Phillips. Mr. Phillips said he had never seen the man and that Miss Emily Loderhose had seen htm only throe tlmea when he called upon her elster at her homo. On at least one of these occasions he is said to have worn tho uniform of a naval officer. Among other things which led him and other members of Miss Loderhoso's family to bellevo her Intended fiance was a man of great wealth was the nromlso of a gift of a 150.000 organ to the Emmanuel Lutheran .cnurcn or f which Miss Loderhose was a member. Included in his gifts to Miss Loderhose was a large diamond engagement ring. It was stated yesterday that though Dr. Hoffman had stated he once lived in' Brooklyn bo was not known to the Kings Countv Medical Society and that there Is no such man in the national medical directory. A Dr. Cochrane oi Baltimore, wnom Miss LoderhoBo had expected to be an usher at the wedding, waa reported in the mysterious telephone message to have been motoring with Dr. Hoffman at the time of the supposed accident and also was killed. Dr. Cochrane has not been Identified. Mr. Phillips said he understands his slsterrln-la- w first met the supposed Hoffman through a woman who said she was Dr. Hoffman's sister. Miss Loder hoso met the supposed sister last year at a party In Flatbush, he said, and the sister subsequently introduced Miss Loderhose to her brother. Dr. Hoffman. Their acquaintance grew into courtship and when they finally decided to get married Dr. Hoffman, his sister and his father called upon Mr. Phillips's wire. At that time Dr. Hoffman la said to have worn the uniform of a Lieutenant in the navy. Efforts to locate the. sister and father of Hoffman have been un successful. Mr. Phillies said that all\ the tele grams were transmitted verbally by the telephone, company each morning since the death announcement, and that he is r.ow undertaking to obtain the original copies of the messages in the hope of finding a clue to the sender. YALE NEEDS FUNDS DESPITE BEQUEST Secretary Explains Terms of Sterling Legacy. Bpectol Detpateh to Tns Son. Nkw Haven, Nov. 8. Secretary Stokes of Tale University Issued a I itatement yesterday through which hel seeks to correct the impression which many Tale alumnus have gained to the effect that' the' bequest of 118,000,000 to Yale by the will of the lata John W. Sterling of New Tone has Disced the university at the head of endowed edu-- ! catlonal Institutions and has relieved I Yale men of the necessity of con tributing to the supDort of tho uni versity. He explains tho Sterling bequest is not one to general endowment, as it I provides only for future expansion through new buildings and does not provide for the running expenses of I tho existing institution. The beauest specified that the money shall be used I for the erection of memorial buildings and, to some extent, for the foundation of scholarships, fellowships, the endow- ment of new 'professorships and the establishment of special funds for prizes. The site of the new bulldlnirs must be' provided by the university at its own expense and large additional funds will be needed. About J250.000 now needed for salary Increases cannot be met with funds from tho Sterling bequest , Secretary Stokes explained that the university depends largely upon the aid of Its graduates and that a concerted move to increase the endowment fund Is In contemplation. BRITISH BAIT SILVER EXPOETS. Dealers Here Attribute Embargo to Several Causes. London, Nov. 8. Export of silver bul lion specie has been prohibited. Local dealers In silver to-d- nt. trlbuted tho British embargo to several causes. Silver bullion, it was ntnt I Is very scarce in England, domestic con sumption navmg increased greatly In ino iasi lew momna. Another reason advanced by metal dealers here Is that the' present high price of silver In England might tempt holders to melt, coin Into bullion for ex port Such an operation, It was said, would be profitable with the high price i mo maun prevailing in London. su&bbor in Qmm- DlSUNOTE IN SiyiE The most recent in fashions COATS, WRAPS, COATEES, SCARFS AND MUFFS A wide range , of prices C. G. Ganther's Sons 391 Fifth Avenue Furriers Exclusively for Ninety-Nin- a Years BLOOMINGDALES ADVERTISE Store Opens 9 A. M. is its of 59TH TO C0TH TO LEXINGTONONE PARK AVE. 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