The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1897, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO the suicide theory. Attorney Ach made a remark which Chief Lees considered nad a tendency to lmasa whose ideas run on I 12 prejudice the minds of the jury in favor bezzlement, forgery and murder, but he | expressly disclaimed any intention of ciarging this triumvirate of heinous ¢ been thrown out by the attorneys of the | irm that the books had not been properly ; . | or correctly kept, but nothing of adefinite Theo Figel Explains the| oo vas given out. The experting of murder, and in excited tones Lees told crimes against any particular person, : . of the books has therefore become an im- | Errors Found in His ‘ | | ‘ ‘ LSI Figel, which he declared indicated em- | terious tragedy, vague intimations have portant feature in the investigation of the | tragedy, but no expert bas yet been put | on the books, though Chief Lees insisted on the day after the tragedy that they should be at once experted. To this ob- | jection was made by Rothchild & Ach, | the firm’s attorneys, and the statemen: is now made by them that the actual ex- perting of the books will not be commenced until the arrival of E. §- Rothehild, the New York member of the firm, who ' is expected on Thursday or Friday. Here and there, however, cer- tain entries in particular accounts have been examined by Rothchild & Ach, ana on the result of tuis invesugation Mr. | Ach made 2 long statement seriously re- | flecting on the integrity of Figel. All thess investipations center about the $9500 which Figel claims was drawn out of the business by the late Isaac Hoff- man and for which Figel has produced a receipt allegged to have been signed by the dead merchant. While pursuing | these investiga'ions it was found that cer- tain checks which Figel claimed he had casbed for Hoffman were missing, and | | that the bankbook of the firm had also | disappeared. { When these matters}were called to the | attention of Figel he accounted for the missing checks by saying that the de- | ceased merchant had taken possession of { them when they came back from the bank | | in canceled condition, allowing it to be biitia et atartiing | SHfny RERAT s {:;:::Amad that Hoffman had destroyed | brought to light within the past twenty- When directly questioned as to whether | four hours in the Hoffman murder mys- | his books would come out all right under | | nim he had no right to make such com- | ments. Late last night Mr. Ach made a state- | ment relative to certain transactions of | | From time to time, ever since the mys- | Accounts. LAWYER ACH MAKES A DISCLOSURE. He Cbarges the Bookkeeper With Continu:d Em- bezzlement. AND WITH HOARDING THE PRC- | CEEDS, The Accused Denies the A legations and Blames the Dead Merchant. returned to his store. That letter con- tains statements made by Mr. Hoffman self-congratulatory of the firm's business success for the year ending May 18, 1897 “From the postmark on the letter it is ascertained that it was penciled in the postoftice at 7 p. M. In the letter the dead merchant spoke of the pride he felt in the success of the current year and gave the amount of the sales up to May 18 at $50.000. “Atter Mr. Hoffman mailed the letter it is clearly evident that he returned to the store, a8 a short time afterward he was found mortaily wounded and dying in his private office. “On the same day, June 1, he wired his h partner, E. S. Rothchild, a congratulatory telegram on the firm’s success. In order to under-tand the circumstances, irrespec- tive of motive, on whicn I base my opion- ion, as do also my partner, Mr. Rothchild, and Attorney Naphtaly, associate counsel, that murder has been commirted, itis necessary to call attention to the prem- ises. “*According to the statement of Officer Colen the body in which but littie lite remained was removed from the store and started for the Receiving Hospital at 6:55 P. M. Tue officer stated that ne wasin and about the premises eight minutes prior to the removal of the wounded man. When I asked Colen where he was stand- ing when summoned he :aid that he was at California_and Battery streets. He beard two whistles blown and walked one block in the direction of the store, then seeing the crowd gathering ran the re- maining block and met Officer Ferren- bach in’ front of the establishment in h the tragedy occurred. do not know what Officer Ferrenbach says at the present time, but if his state- ments be true he must have found suspi- cious circumstances which led him to en- ter the building and discover the dying man, and in that case he must have sent in a call for the patro! wagon prior to5:45. The interior of the offices discloses many peculiar facts and circumstances. “Mr. Hoffman must have been in the rear room when he was shot, as is appar- ent from the blooa stains on 'the telephone room door and the wails immediately sur- rounding it, and the targe blotch of clotted blood on the carpet in that vicinity. It is alsoevident that he made strennous efforts to rise from the floor after having been shot, as is manifested by the smeared blood on the glass and walls. At that ime he must have either been shot in the @' T e INOENTATION [] i~ wace | CHAIR | OESK - gy - Teteonong D0R [INDENTATION N PARTITION ®. 3 VHERE ASToL. \CAAIR S 5% Founp § 75 o \ Do - BuLLer " har * WAS Foynp B B e | capt® D 4 i " . —————— v | 1 HOFEMAN 5 s TR | | il e DESK case or STAR-wAY PIGEON-HOLES . LEAONG Up SHELF = TYPE WRITERS Raorz Generac OFfFice, PLATFORN ="~ Diagram of the Offices of Hoffman, Rothchild & Co., Where the of June I Occurred. Mysterious Tragedy The heavy and smaller irregular blotches indicate where bicod was found. Hoffman is supposed {0 have been sitting at the desk indicated in the upper right-hand corner of the *‘private conversation room” when the first shot was fired. The in- deuntations on the wall back of the desk and on the partition at the side of the desk w fired and which first passed through the rim of Hoffman’s hat and was found n the ¢ first occupied. The ere presumably made by the first bullet bair back of the one that Hoffman had first effectual shot 1s supposea to have been received at the spot marked with the dark biotch on the left, [Drawn from the original in possession of Chief Lees,] tery is the positive knowledge that the books of the firm of Hoff Roth- child & Co. contain false entries in counection with the cash account, with th: accounts of Isane Hoffman and of the Paris, Lundon and American Bank, expert examination, Figel frankly ad- mitted that they would not. He stated that he had made false entries in the | | bank’saccount in the firm’s ledger on the suggestion of Mr. Hoffman, as the latter | | apparently did not want the books to | show he had been drawing in excess It is this that tho friends of Hoffman | Of his regular allowance. Figel further | pont to as evidence that a motive | declarel that he allowed himself to be existed for patting the senior memlmrrgmdladhml Hie matier oy Mr. Hoffmas S e o until the last draft of his employer for e $3500. Figel stotes that this made an Figel's friends find their cause for con- | aggregate of $95(0 that Hoffman had | gratulation in tue discovery of a new wit- |drawn within two months in excess ness whose testimony, they say, tends to i of his stipulated allowanze, and prove an alibi for Figel, and of another that as a matter of self-protection to him- witness who corfirms the as-ertion made | celf he insisted on the bank’s account be- i | ing rectitied, on Hoffman being properly y el to Chief Lees 1that he intended to | e firm’s books with the $9500 | sell 32-caliber revoiver and buy a | and on Hoffman giving him a receipt as a weapon of greater power. | voucher for the amount. An exciting episode transpired while the Coroner's jury was examining the premises of Hoffman, Ro.nchild & Co, vesterday, which demonstrated the strong | teeling that is behind the opposing work- | ers on the case—those who are imbued ith decided leanings toward murder and one but himseif could make the books bal- ance, as many entries had to be made ot which he alone knew. He intimated that the data for these entries were contained in certain memo- rania, but where these memoranda were | he failed to state. { It was the intention of Rothchild & Ach to compare the firm's ledger account of the London, Paris and American Bank with the firm’s bankbook of the same institution, but a search ior the latter proved fruitiess, ,The only thing to bs done under the circumstances was to secure from the bank a transcript of its account with the firm of Hoffman, Rothchild & Co. This | request has been made 1o the bank, and the transcript is now being prepared, ~As s00n as it is ready the crugi i will be made. e N SR g DEDUCTIONS FROM FACTS. Statements by Lawyer Ach Show Murder, Embezzio~ ment and Forgery. “In my judsment there exists no doubt | | all right in other respects he said that no | | | BEW TO-DAY. ITCHING SKIN DISEASES SPEEDY CURR TREATYENT for torturing, disf to uring, itching, burning, and scaly skin and scal disesies with lose ofhair: — Warra baths withcr, | U¢ Lhat Isaac H“:m;n s ok down by TICUEA SOAP, gentle applications of CuTiovrs | 30 88:assin,” sais ttorney Ach last (ointment), and full doses of CuTiours Reso- | evening. *I base my opinion on & chain VEXNT, greaiest of blood purifiers and bumor cures (Uticura Is s0ld throughout the world. Porras 106 & Caxwu. Coxr., Kol Roston. R o te GOy Tiching e Dhonams " ree. RED ROUGH HANDS frissazhuossiae of facts pointing to that solution of the merchant’s mysterious death, and that ! chain of facts will defy the a:sauits of the suicide theorists. “It is unquestioned that Mr. Hoffman was seen posting a letter addressed to his brother Charies, which 1s now in the hands of the police, after 6 o’clock on the evening of June 1 It is unquestioned that after posting the letter referred to he When asked if the books would foot up | .ok brain or in the mouth for it is unques- tioned that ke bled profusefy. “At12 o'clock noon on June 2 I made my first appearance on the scene and while examining the break in the wall caused by a shot, in an endeavor to find from which direction the bullet came that broke the plaster, the portion of the bullet which split in Mr. Hoffman’s skull was found beside the desk in the rear room. ‘‘At that time I made a close inspection of the carpet stretching across the floor from the ielephone-room to wuere the body was found, in the presence of a num- ber of people, and I couid find no eyi- dence of the aeceased having dragged himself over the carpet, and there were no bloo stains on the duor opening between | the two rooms. hen Mr. Hoffman was found, at 6-45 ock, be was in a dyirg condition, face in a pool of his own blood, and so far as falling from ex 1austlon it was im- possible. Tt is impossivle for any physi- cian or other person conversant with the | effect of a gunshot wound to contend that | Mr. Hoffman, afflicted with the shots that caused his death, could have walked or crawled from the back to the front reom and reach the position in which he was found. If these conditions be true muny persons would iike to understand how the pisiol came to be found in the back room. “I further assert that when Mr. Hoff- man was in the back room and when hs was in the front room alive but uncon- scious and before all the shots had been fired the eviience is indisputavie that his hands were bloody. And on the checkered grip hanale of the revolver there 15 no sign of blood. As to the shot through the hat { defy any person to put himself in the position that will enable him to shoot that hole or a similar one in his hat and have the bullet hit the wall in the m. er it is known to have done atan angle toward the floor. I insist, from personal examination and from the examination of others, that no trail of biood disfigured the carpet from the rear room to the frontone. And it likewise Appears impossib.e for any one to retain the power of reasoning and the power to walk with a piece of bone driven into the brain, which was found resting by the side of one of the bullets. ‘‘After the portion of the bullet was found on the floor on the afternoon of June 2, the finding of which was oc- casioned by my investigation, three or four men, in the presence of policemen and one detective, took whisk-brooms and swept up ‘the carpet, inding sev- eral pieces of bone that had been torn from the skull of the mer- chant by the bullet. I desire here to 4 EDWARD THOMAS. state that every bit of evidence discovered | by myself, my partner or associate coun- | sel has been immediately placed in the hands of Chlef of Police Lees. All the evening papers of this date assert thata | quarrel took place between Uhief Lees and mysell during the visit of the Coronor’s jury to the store, where the tragedy took place, to-day. I enter- tain only the friendliest of feeling towara Chief Lees. Nevertheless, it is true that I objected to his statements to the jury, be- cau-e he was not sworn, because Coroner Hawkins was not present and because 1 | did not believe he had a greater right to | make statements to the jury at that time than to myself or associate counsel. “We are not in the case to make a mur- der or to charge ary indiv ing committed it if a homicide has been committed. Buat we are here to investi- gate fully into the cause of Hoffman's death, and if it was murder to ascertain the motive and bring the guilty parties to justice. We would like to know how it was that at the place where the wounded man struggled to regain his feet and besmeared the telephone-room with gore was found partially opened and cov- ered with bloed an evening paper of June 1. For several days I have noticed in the newspapers statements by Fi-el and state- ments by Lees as to the significance of the evidence found did not show murder or guilt of any one. In this evening’s paper a statement 1s mads by Lees that Figel had satisfactorily explained to him the circumstance of the §9500 receipt. That receipt is dated May 18, 1897. “Mr. Figel admitted toJ. M. Rothchild words ‘Hoffman and Rothchild’ were writ- ten by him subsequent to the filling up of the body of the receipt and subsequent to its having been signed by Hoffman. It is apparent that in the original receipt in our possesslon varts of the receipt were written at different times and with differ- ent ink than other portions. “'Figel was examined by Chief of Police Lees prior to his knowledge of this re- ceipt and did no: disclose anything con- Mr. Figel called at my ofice and delivered the receipt to my pariner, Mr. Rothchild, stating that it 'was the one matter con- cerning which he had said nothing to Lees and he wished to inform Rothchild regarding it.”’ ere Mr. Rothchild intervened and said : “'Mr. Figel entered my office and siated that Isaac Hoffman had obtained from bim at various times sums which amounted to $9500; that when he obtained {the sums he had directed him to charge the sum drawn and give him (Hoffman) Hoffman & Rothchild checks payable either to Isaac Hoffman, bearer or cash, and that the total amount of the checks advanced by Figel to his deceased em- ployer was $3500. “Mr. Hoffman, according to Figel, told | him that he did not desire his partaers to know that he had drawn these amounts from the firm’s bank account and when the amount became so large Mr. Figel became alarmed and told his assistant bookkeeper about the transaction. The assistant | bookkeeper asked Figel if he had a re- | ceipt and was answered in the negative. Figel assured him that he would procure | one immed:ately, and on May 18, the day the firm’s books were closed, he claims he received the receipt now the subject of comment from Hoffman. “I asked Figel, continued Mr. Roth- child, if he made an entry of the amount advanced on his books, and he answered me in the affirmative, saying that he had man, with Hoftman’s knowledege; the checks, accoriing to Figel’s statement, eing desiroyed when they were returned from the bank. “Subsequent to my partner’s interview with F.gel,” continued Mr. Ach, *1 tele- phoned to Chief Lees to come to my office and I would furnish him with the motive either for murder or suicide. I made an appointment on inst. at 3 | pert, examined the receint with exemplars | of Hoftman’s handwriting, and deter- mined that the receipt was a forg- ery. I met the Chiel and several | of his corpsand adyised them that I be- | lieved Figel had an account at the First | National Bank, and I thought it would | be advisable 1o investigate the firm’s ac- count at the London, Paris and American Bank, the clearing - house number of which instiiution is 17. ing the matter I uscertained that Figel bad run an account at the First National Bank. [ telephoned to the Chief and ad- vised bim that Mr. Figel had ordered his accounts written up and vouchers affirmed the bank president that those vouchers be held #nd not delivered to Figel, and the | Chiet acted accordingly. In the meantime I examined Figel at my office and he told ma he had obtained tue receipt on May 18. I investigated the petty cash book prior to tnat time and discoversd that ali the cash entries were in the hand- writing of Mr. Giellert except the last one, which was wriiten by Figel, a credit to bills payable and charged to C. and I | Hoffman, the amount of the receint, | $9500. The business year closed May 13, | and this was the last cash item of the y he cash item posted from the petty in Gellert's handwriting. It was ind s- putably an aided item as all the accounts had been added up and footed, but the iooting had been erased in order to make the entry. *'I communicated with Lees and in the presence of Bohen Figel stated that the items which comprised the $9500 were not more than five or sx. And he had kept them on a pencil mem- orandum which lay on his desk for three months, the yeriod covering the historv of these transactions, and tnat on May 18 Figel requested a reeeipt of Mr. Hoffm 1n and as he aileges the merchant smilingly said that the account could not be so large. Neverthcless he gave him the receipt. “Mr. Figel, in the presence of Mr. Bohen and' myself, 1aa back over the checkbook and fiaaliy pointed oat two stubs numbered 2490 and 2491, dated re- and myseif on several occasions tnat the | cerning it. On the morning of the 3d inst, | credited bills piyable and charged Hoff- | he third | 3 o'clock with Chief L es, and prior to that time with a hand writing ex- | *On Friday, the 4th mst., in investigat- | and Linsisted that the Chief demand of | : to the firm cash book also closes the ac- | | count in that yolume, and it was entered | | two of the checks advanced to Mr. Hoff- m I have examined the books of the | Paris, London and American Bank jand 1 nnd that no check was presented on the 1lth inst, but a check was credited on_that date 10 The- odore Figel in the First National Bank on No. 17, the clearing-house number of the London, Paris and American Bank. | “Mr. Figel, 1 understand, has stated in one interview that he said he stated ‘if anybody asks you state that you got this check from Mr. Hoffman,’ and to another he said that he save to Hoffman three $1000 biils and a $500 bitl. In other | words, that be cashed the check for Hoff- | man. “To me he stated that he did not what Mr. Hoffman did with this know ! $5500 dence showing that Mr. Figel did not | mention this check to the Chi f of Police | until he ascertained that a certain wit- | ness would not utter a falsehood concern- | ing it as was requested by Mr. Figel “An examination of the bankbook and accounts of Mr. Figel will show that he | deposited checks to his own credit at the | First National Bank on No. 17 (London, Paris and American Bank) coinciding in amount and date with checks drawn by | Hoffman, Rothchild & Co. on their bank. | “On the first day of June there was re- ceived in San Francisco from a debtor of | Hoffman, Rotnchild & Co. a draft for| $1482 75. On that dav Mr. Figel made a | depoit for Hoffman, Rothehild & Co., and | for another person to whom he was owing some money, and he deposited to the | credit of the person alluded to New York | exchange to the amount of $148 “And upon the books of Hoffman, Rothchild & Company there is no cred.t for this amount of money or any smount of money to the firm which re- | mitted, but we have received word by telegraph that a receipt has been received and it will be forwarded to us. | “The original draft is now in New York | and has Mr. Figel's name uvon the back | | of it, and was never seen by the person to whose credit it was deposited by Mr.‘ Figel. “On that day, when making the de- posits, it was noticed by at least two per- sons that Mr. Figel was excited and ner- vous, and in making out the deposit in fl;nnz in the year he made it 1895 instead | of 1897, “We have submitted the recei $9500 to experts and have receive vpinions that it is a forgery. ““We have also received telegraphic ad- vices from New York that sintements and letters tending :o contradict some of the statements made by Figel wul be brough: here by E. 8. Rothchild, who will arrive here by Thursday or Frilay this | | week. | | We expect also to receive photographic | copies of the New York draft before al- lud:d to. | “We do not charge Mr. Figel with mur- der, but we assert that these transactions, to say the least, require the fullest ex- | placation on his part. |~ “In reference to the keys of Mr. Figel | we understand that he has stated | that be did not know what he did | | with them, and they are now in the | | possession of the Chiet of Police, | | deiivered to him by Mr. Gellert, | to whom they were delivered by a messen- | ger from Mr. Figel, who at the same_time | delivered a me-sage from Mr. Figel Indicating a particular key, he said: | ‘Tel: bim this is the key io the Busn- | street entrance.” ' B e CORONER’S JURY. Nearly All From Bush Street—Chlef Lees Got Angry. Yesterday moruing the scene of the death was gone over by the Coroner’s jury and every detail carefully explained by | Chief Lees. It was 9:30 o’clock before the roil was called by Coroner Hawkins, after | which, piloted by Deputy Tyrrell, the jury, consisting of the following gentle- men, proceeded to the scene of the trag- | | ed B. Fross, tailor, Bush street; J. | Erb, boot and shoe dealer, 176 Russ; F. Schneider, restaurant-keeper, 334 Bush; | W. L. B. Smith, 320 Bash; W. Geiman, 335 Bush; C. Hoffman, 421 Bush; F. Braun, tailor, 440 Bush; J. Perriano, | dealer in fruits aud cigars, 442 Bush; J. Heller, 327 Grant avenue, and J. Cullegan, 317 Sutter street. Chief Lees met them in the store on their arrival, and begen his explanations in the back room adjoining the telephone closet. It was in this room that the hole | was made in the west wall by a bullet | which was afterward found on the seat of a chair near the desk standing immedi- ately under the indentation. Here also | the pdol of blood soaked the carpet and stained the floor underneath, and splotehes of blood marked the partition separating it from the telephone closet. | The position of the newspaper found on | the floor near the pool of blood, also the place where the pistol and powder-stained bat luy, were pointed out by the Chief. He then called the jury into the front room, which was used by Mr. Hoftman as his private office. The position in which the body was discovered, the blood stains on the bandsome mabogany de-k, and a clot of blood and hair clinging to thedoor- | jamb, as wel blood stains all about the | apartment, were explained to and in- | spected by the jury. | Just before tne jury had finished their spection & question from one of the jurors elicited an explanation from the hief that the dead man must have waiked or been carried from tne back room to nis private office. Attorney Ach of the firm of Rothchild & Ach, counselors for Hoff- man & Rothchild, who had been a spec- tator of all the proceedings, at this point said in aloud and excited manner, “Why don’t you say shot in the room? 1f you're going to say that I'll speak out. He was sbot in this room."” | The Chief rose from the slightly recum- bent position he haa assumed in pointing out the position in which the body was fonnd and ejaculated witn some heat, “You cannot ‘ram that down my throat and I do not propose to let you.” Attorney Ach then lelt the room and was afterwaid seen in consultation with | t for their | spectivaly March 10 and 11, the foi-| Autopsy Pnysician Gallagher. Shortly mer for $i500 and the latter for | afierward the jury was dismissed by Coro- $2000, which he stated he believed to be | ner Hawkins, who informed the members The fac-simile on every wrapper signature of MI o: CASTORIA. ¥EW 7T7O0-DAY—DRY GOODs A e e e USSP 52503 T OOV —-TEIE-— - check or any other that ha received. | ks “1 will at the prooer time produce evi- | | arriving within it saw, and it vanishe remaining days buy al one else. all. If you can’t We can save you have a few Kid Gloves entirely sold out of kid Ribbons and Laces. & Silks we are losing s Jackets, Capes, Skirts, Ladies’ Tailor-made s Suits we have made awiul cuts. ment has to go. prices. every body that is in b We are now in it only would see how much we lose every day our doors are open just wa fied purchasers. in our store than in combined. Did you say the publicdon’t know a good thing when they see it? Watch “The Maze’’ crowds and see. first and see if we have what you want. we have you can buy it cheaper of us than any books and Leather Goods of all kinds. We can save you money in Hosiery, Veilings, Every lady that has bought Flowers or Hats from us since the sale is the best advertisement we can have for our low We necessarily undersell any and You’ll find more customers GLOSING DAY ' THE MAZE The story is soon told—The Maze,” came, d. Now, in these few 1 you can of us. Tryus If don’t patronize us at money in Beits, Pocket= We left at 75c. We will be gloves in a few days. In Dress Goods and a pile of money. In s 0 Every gar=- i usiness to make money. to lose money. If you tch the crowds of satis= almost all the others POODSSHOSHOTHVE %%?mfizu:aer g ROP ¢ IHe Mowxes that they would be notified by postal card when the inquest would be held. —— A PRINTER’S STORY. He Heard One Shot Fired at About Half-Past 6 O’'Clock. Edward C. Thomas, a young printer, was seen yesterday at the printing office of George Wall, at 1505 Polk street. He is | bright and intelligent looking and tells | his story in a straightforward manner that carries conviction with it. He said: “I left the office at ten minutes after 6 o'clock !ast Tuesday night. I took matters easy and walked down Polk street to Bush and theuce to Market and the ferry. I ook the south side of the streeton my way down and when I reached Kearny street crossed to the north side 10 reud the bulletin board located there. After glan- cing over the announcements of the news I recrossed Bush street and proceeded on my way. usly after I had passed the Bank of British Columbia and when passing the building which separates tbe bank from the store occapied by Hoffman, Ruths- child & Co. I was startled by the smoth- ered report of a pistol. You cannot mis- take the sound. It sounded as if it was some distance away and seemed to come from towara Market street. : “] expected to see men running some- where. I saw no one, however, excepting a rather stour, florid-faced man d a brown suit whom 1 had pass; bank corner and who was :till standing there. I then resumed my way and ou a block of tne depot clock (0 see how much hands pointed to six- looked at the ferry time I had. Th teen minutes to 7. “I went into the waiting-room of the depot and I was there fully five minutes | before the gates were opened to admit passengers to the ferry. % “After I zot home and wkile 1 was eat- ing dinner I told my brothers what 1 had eard. DS Bridey ] cid ot pay muoh atisn- tion to the papers, outside of reading the headlines. 1 noticed Wednesday morning that there had been a suicide but gs three | shots had been fired did not connect it with the report I had heard the night be- fore. “On going home last Friday night I| read the article fully for tne first time and then it struck me that the report that I heard was of one of the shots that caused Hoffman's death.”” Mr. Thomas went on to say that it ordi- narily took him twenfy-two minutes to walz from Mr. Wall's office 1o the point where he heard the report of the shot, and that he had twelve minutes to reach the spot where he glanced at the ferry ciock. Korn’s Story Denled. In reference to the statement made by Leopold L. Korn that he passed Special MARKET ST., COR. TAYLOR AXD GOLDEY GATE AVE. | Officer Ferrenbach shortly before 6:30 ’clock on the night of the tragedy M | Ferrenbach de absolutel | Korn could have seen | mentioned. | TItis Ferrenbacn’s ct | California saloon e | o’clock, leave his ove »at the | his first rounds, which occug hour. Then he returns by street, dons 'his overcoat for the night and de- parts, occasionally stopping to have a chat with Mr. White, the proprietor of tre cigar stand in front of the saloon. His statement as to his movements is fully | borne out by Mr. White and Mr. Golinsky, | proprietor of the California saloon, and if Mr. Korn passed Ferrenbach it must have been in front of White’s cigar stand, from which point it would, from the nature of the street, be impossible to see the stora { ia whicn Hoffm % MINING CLAIM DECISION. An Interesting Opinion in the Waterloa Company and Doe Case. An opinion was handed down yesterday | by the Judges of the United States C Court of Appeals that is of some interest to mining men. In the | district in San Bernardino County the late J. 8. Doe owned two mining claims {on the of a hill, known he Orien- | tal No. 2 and the Red Cloud. The adjoin- ine claim up the hill, the Silver Kin, owned by the Waterloo Mining Compar The executors of the Doe estate began an sction in the Circuit Court of the southern district to restrain the Waterloo Company from trespassing by sinking a shait through its own ground into the Doe | claim. Juage Ross held that if the defendants could show that their shait ran on one continuous vein no injunction could be granted. Considerable expert testimony was given which showed that in the Silver ing and Oriental No. 2 there were thres distinct veins, two in the former and one in the latter. Judge Ross heid that the Waterioo pecple could follow the: veins, even into the Doe property, bu that they could not touch the third vein. | From this decision they appe: | Judge Ross’ judgment was sustained. - MORTON SPECIAL Baggege iransferred Also moved in the cit | Furniture moy | Freight transferred and 408 Tuylor street and 650 Ma | ‘Telephone Main 46. | s ~ An 01a Man Kills Himself Emanuel Cohen, & mus committed suici by shooting hin The old man bad for several monik suicide duriug the lesves a widow re-i DELIVERY. teamers, ete. furnished. NEW Crow G TO THE SUCC v requests from patients : at a dis anc the low prices we have given the public the pustt rate until June 20 on ail work done 11 our offices Our_pacents are fully protected against t operators are siilled svecial We are not compe tog wich cheap dental estab.ishn than half those charged by them. 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