A short time after he received a letter from Mrs.Baker, requesting him to call upon her: he obeyed the summons, and was shown into her bedroom at the hotel.

The moment he got there, Mrs.Baker pulled two pistols from under the pillow, and discharged both at his head.

Hoffman rushed out of the house; scarce was he in the street, when Mr.Baker and three other ruffians pounced upon him, dragged him back to the hotel, and placed guards at the door to prevent any further ingress from the street.

They then stripped him perfectly naked, lashed him with cow-hides till there was scarce a sound piece of flesh in his body, dashing cold water over him at intervals, and then recommencing their barbarities.

When tired of this brutality, they emasculated their wretched victim with a common table-knife.