The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 20, 1897, Page 1

PRICE FIVE CENTS. SUNDAY MORNING, strongly tending to show that Theodore | | Figel could have 1ad nothinzdirecily todo | | with the taking off of the dead merchant. | )'l'ne names of these witnesses the attor- | | neys refuse to divulge, as they are under | STIMONY TO SHOW | | promise to them not to doso until the gen- | tlemen are required to give their testi- | | mony. Their names have not even been | | given to the Coroner and will nat be until the day they are to he subpenaed, which 1 is expected to be on Monday. ! | B Two Men Saw Hoffman in Front of His Place of | The Western Shore of the Western World Joins in Business at About Half-Past 6 on | Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Her | | . . June . [ Britannic Majesty. THE WIDOW SPEAKS OF |could love his children more fondly than | fact that there has been indisputable evi- | THOUSANDS LEND THEIR he did. Why, his whole happiness was dence to bi- being well onthe way toward P T 1 centered in tnem ' the San K ferry at the very time that LAUDIT HER HUSBAND. d if not suicida?” ventured ik the latest witnessos allege that they saw | S. ! | porte Hoffman in conversation with another i H === My poor husband wus mu 1, she gertieman in front of the establishment | ST declared, “and by some one who knew of | of Hoffman, Rothchild & Co. A = 2 the Most Remarkab e | the litue trout ween my mothe Anotner important witness im the in- | Impressive Exercises in the i 3 bimself—some one who bLas made the | terest of Figel will ulso, in all probability, pces Made in Conpec- | most ot trouble to cloud | make his appearance and take the stand Casino at the i 4 and pla e'on the wrong track | at the inquest on Monday. This gentle- | i i tion W.th the Case, Mr £ , did your husband ca | man also is to remain unknown until he Chutes. i | a | testifies. He will give evidence tending g Beg He never owned a pistol in | to show that Hoffman had good cause to . never thought it necessary. He fear that his life was in dancer and that ’ - i Wpp | & M8N Who was given to 1 | there was need for bis going armed. g MRS. ALIXAYDER GIViS HER | meuntm Ja cowa | One of ihe strongest links in the chain | THE CHAPTER OF ENGLAND'S - R =~ sure he never had a revolver.”’ T that Attornev Ach says will prove Figel | GREATNESS. TESTIMONY “You requested me (0 speak plainly, | an embezzier is the receipt for $3500, Mrs. H. fiman. There was, you think, no which the young bookkeeper claims to | E e woman in the case ?’ | have received from Hoffman. Ach has | t ““No, decidedly not. His family and his | reveatedly made the unqualified state- | g : 2 . : Gellert Makes Some Interssting Dis- es3 were everyhiig to bim. He | | ment that the sienature _attached to this | Scotch, Irish, English and Americans 1 s 5 id to h ng home with | document is a forgery. In the possession | oin Hands in a Good and i\ closures Re ative to Figel's iat we Every | of Fizel's attorneys are a number of docu- | J & ] A fairs e dows to ments containing undisputed signatures | Worthy Cause. ST : and_how the little of the deceased merchant and these will | i ones jumped camed with hapy be placed in evidence to show that the | st 4 A ness when they ; signature of Hoffman varied materialiy | il B E Bat one evening he did not come, from time 1o time, and that tiere s more | “God save the Queen!” [ reodore Figel will have an inning be- My God! he n | difference between toese attested genuine | poo “gone SRS g e Coroner ¢ Monday, although ered! murdered zignatures than there is between the sig- =2 N S e @ h okkeeper w >, 10 ail probubility, n the v prime of life, 41 years | nature at ached to the $9500 receipt and | OP€2ing and the closing words of ths . b6 willin, Just when life looked bri | the genuine signatures witb which Attor- | British national anthem at the Diamond i = his sirugcles were over, and | | ney Ach has had it compared. Jubilee celebration at the Chutes yester- i usiness tangl-s were straightened out. | — day. Local Britishers threw aside the re- 1 He S eit 2 Wy, he e gL aust we) “I'M HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW.” |serve ordinarily imputed to them, and 1 oy S EE Lo LLIDRES — celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of i I of our ie ones as to dream of put- | Victoria" | & - S e M o e S oot s Mrs. Alexander Explains Her In- | Vicioria's a on with all the enthusi- | iodiinai mritaess (oalomn thatiH allnan And thess misunderstandings with terest In the Firm and Her |asm that the American small boy injects i : lear forThis fife. sad e [your motber?” | | Rela‘ions With Hoffman. into his patriotic observance of the Glori- | 1 = S aediity ofao ess of m‘f“,“!‘.*c‘ much Mrs. Alexander was seen at her home | ous Fourth. i Doiime will i ":~ ol h ’): “'}(“: on Sutter sireet last evening. “How can| Piversand Highlander 1 nd with- s ime to nappen in the course ot | I thank THE Carw sufficiently,” said she, | out kilts, jaunty young apprentices from { $9500 ge- welve years. Wuen I read [ “for the statements made yesterday re: | the British snips in the pay, and all who i it looks so dread- garding the insurance on the fire and my | Were proud to claim British birih or par- | Eobis Those who to L iiiement with the st entage, joined yesterday with their British h ‘ Trase Hoft. |2 leir own interest ut thie exnens “I read the account to my daughter this | cOusins all round the globe in honor | ' saac Hoff- | the heart by care noth | = Z x Ry e ] o Dovon I reatiy derhia | o i i morning, and she is as much pleased as I | the sovereign with the history of whose i ot Tha DIk alics, xb $ar sand very human be am that tbe aspersions on her husband’s | long life is closely associaied the bistory | as Theodore Figel 1s ned. 1f the | knows (ihat is, every one who wishes to | chiaracier are reiuted and that h's hon. | of the progress of the civilizad world. ] rv impaneled by e Coroner shou:d e honest) whata vistd ence there is esty and integrity have been uphe.d, not- S8an Francisco, lying peacefully on the / e between the few angry or quick words that withstauding the insinuationsand innuen. | Western shore of the western world, added may occur any day in a family, and the g hat have b dulged by the | & goodly quota to the great universal jubi- be no urrest, at | bitier, mean and malicious c ion Preituseitsidgag g dadva i Mol o A, I that can 'place on thoss same MRS. HOFFMAN AND HER CHILDREN and a Fac-| other pavers | lee which had comm a dozen hours word ecially when it may help to §38 3 “I cun_corroborate every statement | before in and’s capial om morn- c cover up a murder.” 3 i Simile of a Remarkable Letter Written by the Diude by Tite CALL excepting & few minor | ing until night mirth and merrime.t al- [ ; Fiovg *‘Do you think that Mr. H fiman’s love getails that do mot amount to much. | o464 wilh reverential eulosy ot the 1 Roth = Py % b ol a | I ady Yesterda | 8hortly after my settlement with the firm | 2 iz 5 Mo Hot for his children alone wouid have served | Ye T asked for and recelved from Ieane Hof | “*zreat English gentlewom e o restrain mim from any action against [ ————— = IS G i * | man $10.000. Six months later 36000 and | T © purade in the morning was as pic- axbe ot i z oo i s y : | th iter $1000 a month as instalimen turesque as it was unique, and the ming- { | to may be suspected of naving Ceriainly I do. Why, Baby Florence | were creeping over tue parlor windows, at | The two gentlemen in question are satd | 4ir 1. terreq Sulpts Moy o b ia e Y fel ol gkt ot . m ed Isaac Hoffman. ould the | x(.hrdmm ad o other chiid, | which the children were 5o ped. 1o sce | to be reputable merchanis of the down- | § per cent per annam. L~ P The Al b e appe - vocal, ther posi- | € y and soul; and besides 5 s ould te the fisst te comre | vwn s v - age o i Be oA penal-n P — ¢r murder no; e woul e by a i € | on g . g1 re | PO 3 the v passe | i ol and sports at the ) ¢ d vh o) v anuin, : sht to se. N v v 5 30 o’cl. P g 3 P 5 y | - s Sritish. [ ve:dict is murder the chandesa SN s slabaiag ids_ sl wtght 1 “Mys Hoffthan, how abouf ‘the ‘state- TO SHOW AN ALIBIL | between 6:25 and 6:30 o’clock. They fix | noufication of their receipt came from the | T'he stirrins music of ihe British and 5t theimitoning %6 of the ™ @\ jortune and a name in the busi- - state the time by reason of one of them havin f i \e immediate arrest of the s e By ment made by Mr. Figel concerning R b abooiniment which he whs on s war | bank and I was never obliged to remind | American natioual anthems seat thrill f / | Oh, whasaiill this dridaful siapessc |Pioke which i Teuiioals Sas Taibr i 02 | an ar | tne firm of any delay in their receipt | through the vast assembly of Britons and by Theodore |, "0 when w! A,;?;:q ’l‘:fl“‘z‘jm npet{} | posit? Mr. Fivel's explanation was that | WO NeW Witnesses Who Wil Give | to keep. 5 Above all things, Isaac Hoffman was a | British-Amer.cans, and _the eloquent a:o tharetars | 25 XS TR Inqhessitatapaniding. "1 HECS [0 o fonionke iialle e b it | Important Testimony In At the corner of Bush and Battery streets | man of his word and of undoubted integ- | culogy made by General Barnes upon the i repart o e p8 O i o o Sbsbil as Isaac Hoffma vy no money in | Figel's Favor Jey saw 1wo men, apparentiy engaged in 1 have never as much as mentioned | Queen was an American tribute t» a | “Mrs. Hoffuian, have you any idea who | the_firm, alt 1l be. 1] . conversation. One of these they both me of Isaac Hoffman in the bank, | briti-h sovereign such as might cause tha the murderer really is?"” by Charles Hoffman and Mr. R » Considerable surprise is in store to- | recoznized as Isaac Hoffm: whom they | Mr. Greenebaum, the manager, can| English blood to warm to tLeir American | | “““Idea? Yes, but idess are mnot proots “I denounce the staiement as infa- | MOTTow for those who have expressed | Poth };L_ww er:A‘, i The "fmf mlx‘i'.v d:}‘n! testity, and I have never had much con- | cousins, and in 1tseif decl he uni- H | ainers 838 #%0 . Nt prc ; ol it at Theodors Figel i« the | ¥38 UnKHNOwN to them. They will tesuifv | versation with him, my dealings having | versal esteem in which Vi held. | it was expected | 22 this is not the time—not yet—to talk b 2 helr opinion that Theodors Figel is the | oogjiively that it was not Theodore Ficel, | been principally with the clerk = 3 ! about that. I only $ Ste reterred to the partnership papers | pre zrderer of th sac Hoff- | 0 i Heoclate Hus prRcHE el = | R D and, bat each | 1.0 KOG, L SoiT, Freve, "9 1 ot Sav. 1506, whorein every cont of manes | oeen oy oh ofyihe, late 1:sac HofT- | with whom they are also well nca sainted. | MY busband was in business hers tor | PARADE AND GAMES = “!“n“ ;M “Can you t of any motive, Mrs. nced by eitlier pary apnears, and she | oeeeq ne e, inesses have been dis | - How strongly this will tend to prove an | forty years and during that time be heid | = > are een dis- | Hoffman, for bis murd.r?’ g uoted M. Rotlchild's: statemont s be. | COre'ce b7 the attorneys of the suspected | aliblfor the youns baokk reper can be ai- | & posiion in the Tirpantile citclos s-c00d | gports and Dances by Scotch and el el ;’.“ is sharcely fair Lo give il aaopa no ‘“x;“’i;xupl'\. coriaar bookkeeper, who will give testimony | preciated when attention isrecalied to the | to none. He establishe s business in | EralS HIL 535 st it X 1 ast T what might con T molive o Mrs. o E as as i i ot | — S— ~ ~ L ¢ d as one of the las witn s Bives siie now AL ..v“:nea.- et s oins Bavebe :“«m‘ iden r‘; fi::j l“k"x':lihl;;r e | The Highland pivers and the appren- - ‘1 t e stand at all, but n."f ,:i,, ju | 80d everything comesout 2s | hopeit wili, | Hoffman and some person whom he de | tice boys from the shipsin the bay consti- Reuben H. Lioyd, one of his | Ll be in & better position to tzl tected in a wrong, or some one who made | tuted the greater part of the procession in ! vy d | ,“The morning afier the murder Mr. | a ~roneful demand on iim. Jt was sug- | the morning. Ex-Chief Hugh Fraser and ! We have nothing to conceal. Isee no| HOffmen’s brother called and informed | gested that if the crime was premeditated | | a trusty band oi pipers assembled at the ! reason for Mr. Fi.el not going on the | ;x::lp_?\_r:.’i b‘A‘ band -olm‘ . day be A'lf‘" would hvi\c hvcnhmo |!rn£<‘~ eft. | ferry and met a delexation ot Hignlanders | ani | he knows at the |1oF¢that 8 have the bouks She aamitted that she had not thought | e the bav. .ads and ! in i ¥l 1o opportunicy, or | trusted any one—simply that he wanted | ble. In fact. “that would explain many | ¥ jtattans a0 aph Srponasiipadil fo b i Y oo of UhiT O | to ave them expertea ththee Makaanid | | evid nce, and as the pivers strode up and { show the ner griet over | I Have no desire whatever to prosecate | Mr. Hoffman's family certainly seemed | [ downinn-sonsiobpthedapatien dun for i d at the|8BY en rrl\jr eaven forbid! 1| to1he reposter to be oue thatwould have | = = giving her [ Want justice only. And Ishail have it, | contented any father’s heart. The chil- e i ew published Sr‘n.ny ”l.fl)\:nudren ake. even tuough | dren are particularly attract The eld ‘ Sows f 2 rewiatkable |l o he nTnnr‘e’u! my life :0 obtain it est, Myron, is 9 years of age; Samuel is 7, also the A e arad e L { Cecil 6 and Baby Fiorence } 1 tier- | Picions plenty. but I'iinot condemn any | When the reporter -left the shadows | ances in reference 1o tbe tragic affair is as | — - o | fe )W fenegs all those who are advocating the suicide theory and belping to shield the [ murderer meet with a more horrible death than my poor dear hisband.” i g ! “HE WAS MURDERED.” Mrs. Hoffman Grants an Extended i Interview to a Representative - of “The Call.” | 1] The widow of the late Isaac Hoffman } tea an interview yesterday to a re- | 1 er of THE CAurn. It was by special | ¥ ! concession on the part of the lady and her | | togand beautifying soap in | vi il e it M et | purestand sweetest for toilet, bath, and nursery. ! which she has consented to make to the ] puslic as a definition of her attitude in I tne case. | It is o clearly defined stand; in fact, the | a ive spirit with which she arrays | : ) ber-elf for the leg:l battle isa new and | I Akt conr. stariling developm -nt_in the complicated | | ot e o, T Branpy e srin, o s affair. Her unhesitating and vigorous re- i S plies to tne questions put to he on the 1 BV GT)“ prene various mi. ers affeciing the famiiy life & Sk v of the Hoffuans, whicu hitherto have 4 been insccessible 1o the pubtic, despite e 3 v i X . N # - R 2N 1861, under the firm name of 8. 0. A ex- I8l ext A Mo SEpeesion P ¥ B W 7. G ) i //// » 7 ¥4 > ander & Co., bis partner who residea in | bo alone in a| V& /i N 1l W) e E | New Y being Mark Hughes, long | o Tithneials L < f 4 7 ) 3 g ) o ) 4 e ork, being Mark Hughes, long | s her as the on an exposi- | since dead, the headquarters of the firm | yosition 10 describs authentical'y, may be taken a »secution which “My husband died on May 11, 1804, and | LEVI STRAUSS & CO’'S i to his credit be it said, that so noble was | his character, so highly was he consid- | CELEBRATED COPPER RI!VETED ered aid respected in this community, that at the time of the funeral the entire | JYERALLS AND SPRING BOTTOM PANTS | termination 10tk greatly intensifies 1. Mrs. Hoffman hasa convineing manner, and in re-ponse to the reporter’s queries | sh- told ber story evenly and collectedly. | 1 n of the prosecution’s siand. l | here being on California street, between | Be bothered with inferior goods when you 3 § Ard her vehement in tion of pun- | | Battery and Sansome. Aiterward Mr. can get a first-class article if only you | | - g b | | Alexander secured quarters at Battery | i “ 5 i jshment upon the heads of those who | | i1l eall fowil. | | sersistent/y contend against the murder ana Bush streets, where the quarters were | i i {heory aids an Indiviuual slement of ae- | retained until the time of the fire. | i After her tonsent 1o an interview had | o/ p - £ .?"L‘:‘,'.“S'fi,‘,“.;f{;“i,,?"s closed out of re- | | 0nos besrl iven BhE AN AR b e loneil Wy, o |1 N\ N S ‘ | **No ‘more successiul business has flour. | Ao made of the best materials. | e | 2 /,Y/ - W L \ N / R ished in San Francisco than that con- Sewed with the best threads. { **The wpmxl\-r inquired in preface: “Mrs. /7 3 ducted by S. 0. Alexander and Co. and | Finished in the best style, Hoffman, Rothchild & Co. Last vear the | profits of the latter exceeded $70,000. Be- | p G 1 sides the factory in New York on Broad- ‘EYERY GARHENT GUARANTEED. way, near Webster street, which employed | Hoffman, do_you think it pussible that your busband wouid have committed sui- ) c:de under any provocation “Never! never!” she repliel. “I could FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. _ 4 | seveuty cuiters alone, Mr. Hoffman found | ) face God 'm gt “wl“'nymfl'l_!“c-‘ofln"_ | it necessary to open an ann x here, which | —————————————— _ never shoyght ofguicide. e e o accounts for his visits to Chinaiown, where | ¥ ;fl»nnv‘v;;r.\”;)‘ui e 'df e il a large proportion of the cheap clothes SEND for a picture of ourf 3 o P o escape jes. A L nade. x 2 \ | W troubie seind BouL, SNt SO TR nost | " With Sie first $10,000 I received from | Factory, wo will mail one to you free f tr.vial charucter. 'Troubles such as may | the firm T establisiiea my two eldest boys | | ¢ cpare i ise betwaen any {kmilies,. 1hs ‘Momb T8 : P : v |in busiess in San Jose, purchasing | 8 | | of whic are connected in_business, and | N S S > = ‘ A L SpiArkophaias B Rkoang Uik REA even those were of the past and only | & corner ot First ant Santa Clara streets, | mentioned in a jokinz manner, as & man | - | Where they have been ever since, and | WE EMPLOY OVER 500 GIRLS. i ill often joke “about kis -in-law. 1 bave anotber boy, 20 yeurs of age, who | B Such trivial things were forgotten by us. » | o 1] i | - i Sufciae Nol Lok st our it ones " | THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION AT THE CHUTES. e yean ta whoss e 1 wit) | WaEE: 'LEVI STRAUSS & CO. i i And, caliing her chilaren, she a<ked:| ... 5 : G Z 5 i ¢ several thousand dollars more. & “Do’ you thnk a man like Mr. Hoffman. | Kilted Pirers and Jaunty "Prentice Foys From the Ships in Pert Thronged the Grounds and in the Casino General Barnes Delivered | R tobe il ohotad vl thasoln! e SAN FRANcisco, R prosp’ rous and happy, could "leave us ; % s _ CALIFORNIA, | B~ loved us too well lor that. No maas . an Elcauent Oration to Applauding Thousands of Britishers, Continued on Eighth Page. - | * H