The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 25, 1897, Page 4

THE N FRANCI O CAL FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1897 10-DAY MAY SEE FIGEL - ARRESTE His Fate Is Largely in the Hands of the Coroner. IMPORTANT TESTIMONY TO COME. Peter Powers Will Testify to Being Told of Heavy Losses. ACH TO ATTACK FIGEL'S Chief Lees' Peculiar Actions May Impel the Board of Trade to Protest. With the close of the Hoffman inquest to-day the fate of Theodore A. Figel will rest largely in the hands of Coroner Haw- kins, That official has the absolute right to-accept or reject the verdiet of the jury before which the inquiry into the death of Isaac Hoffman has been heard. If that verdict is murder at the hands of some person named, the Coroner, if he accepts the conclusion of the ten men, mustat once place a warrant in the hands of the police for the arrest of the accused man. On the other hand, should there bs a di- vided verdict the Coroner has the right to pprove whichever he may deem to be st and take his action accordingly. Three witnesses in particular gave in- terest tu the Hoffman inquest yesterday, though as many as twenty-three were ex- amined. Ths Coroner rushed things, as he is anxious to get through with the in- vestization. He declared at the close of the session that he would wind up the quest to-d W. M. company of or, who has been in the gel almost constantly since the 1st of June, gave the most sensational y- testimo He was telling of the fire that oceurred in the establishment of Hoffman & Alexander in 1891. After the fire had been extinguished, he said, Isaac Hoff- man came to him and said in reproving tone, “Why in — aidn’t you let it burn? The insurance companies pay good prices.” The testimony was given with- out there having been the slightest hint made 1o that remote affair in any of the questions of the Coroner. Taylor bad got through giving his testimony, 8o far as answering the questions of the Coroner, and had been asked to sign his testimony. He asked to be allowed to make a further statement, and then came the peculiar story of the fire of 1891 In his recital Taylor made mention of Harry Hoffman, and the laiterin the after- noon made a statement refuting the testi- mony of Figel's intimate. Edgar L. Atkinson, a chum of Figel, also gave “fire” testimony, in line with that given by the suspected bookkeeper on Tuesday. Both Taylor and Atkinson acted as agents in the placing of bets on horse- races for Figel, and according to their statement the net aggregate winnings of Figel through them was more than $10,000. While Atkinson was under examination he was asked if he had not told Peter Powers in February, 1897, that Figel was a loser io the extent of $17,000. He denied that he had done so. In the possession of Chief Lees is astatement of Powers made 10 that official, in which Powers relates in detail the circumstances under which Atkinson gave him this information. In spite of this fact Powers was not sub- penaed by Chief Lees as a witnessin the case. The Coroner was asked to subpena him yesterday by Attorney Ach. Theodore Kytka, a handwriting expert, created considerable of a sensation by his new theory regarding the $9500 receipt. His testimony was thai the signature of Hoffman was genuine, but that the amount of the receipt had been raised from $500 to $9500. When the receipt was first submittea to Kytka by Rothchild and Ach, according to the statement of both members of the law firm, the expert had pronounced the signature a forgery. He went so far as to explain that the word “Hoffman’ had been copied from some of the chbecks written by the deceased, and that “Isaac’”’ had been written from mem- ory. It has got to be somewhat of a question of alibis in the case—Figel’s on the 1st of June and Hoffman’s on the 18ih of May. Ach is prepared to attack that of Figel. For that purpose he has had two witnesses subpenaed from Suisun. They will give testimony going to show the character of Turnbull, who testified that he saw Hoff- man enter the Battery-street store at 6:32 on the evening of the tragedy. Ach ciaims that he will te able to prove that Tarnbull is not worthy of belief. On the other hand, he will be ready to produce not less than three more witnesses to prove that Hoffman was in Sacramento on 1he afternoon of May 18, — - AN IMPORTANT WITNESS. Peter Powers Wil Testify That He Was Told That Figel Had Lost $17,000 on the Races, Peter Powers will be one of the most important witnesses who yeu ap- peared in the Hoffman inquest. Mis statement has been in the hands of Chief Lees for some time, but he was not subpe- naed until yesterday, ana then at the re- quest of Aitorney Ach, He will be exam- ined to-day. He wiil swear that he bet some money for Edgar L. Atkinson at a racetrack. Be- fore that he had been introduced to Theu- dore Figel by Atkinson. The latter said that Figel was the man for whom he was betting the money. This was some time in February of this y On the 19th of February Atkinson bad lost heavily on Ransom, Cqda and imported Bain. At ihe end of the imported Bain race Atkin- son remarked to Powers, **That makes $17,000 that I have lost for him (meaning Figel) without virtually winning a bet,” Chief Lees was asked last night if he had a statement made by Peter Powers, H d that had. ‘Will you allow me to see it?” asked the reporter of THE CALL. “No, sir,”’ brusquely answered the Chiet. “I would like to see it. I understand it ALIBL | ¢ conteins information that may have an important bearing on the Hoffman case.” ““Well, you can’t see it. son stated that he never said such a thing to Powers?” *But shouldn’t Powers be given a chance to tesiify to what he has stated to you? | affairs; was accustomed to speak of such | Why should Atkinson’s unsupported word | be taken against that of any other man? | ferred to trouble he had had with his Do you mean to set yourself up as the judge of the veracliy of these two men ?” | ' In the conversation tbat lollowed the | Uhief admitted that he had no good reason | to doubt the word of Powers, but failed to | explain why Powers had not been called | | as a witness by him. b | BOARD OF TRADE MAY ACT. | Conduct of Chlef Lees May Be the Sublect of a Speclal Meeting. | The course taken by Chief Leesin the conduct of this case has been the subject of much adverse comment and the feeling has grown to such an extent thatsome | merchants have decided to bring the mat- | ter before the Oity Board of Trade. 1 Gentlemen prominent in wholesale cir- cles do not intend 10 allow the matter to rest asit does now, and the aspersions | than once.” cast upon the late Isaac Hoffman in the | testimony given by Theodore Figel Tues- | | day have aroused desp indignation among | | them. | "Mr. Rothchild was seen lsst night, and | though loth to impart information on the subject said: | At least forty prominent merchants | bave spoken to me to-day about Chief | said, “a way of | Lees’ attitude, and that the matter will | the jury which be brought before the Board of Tra and | that the board will act officially is almost | lawyers all to leave the room. | a foregone conclusion. Nothing o s been done as yet. The matter hasnot | been brought before the board, but tne | | feeling is such thatsome recognition must be given to Chiet Lees’ method of con- ducting this case. ‘‘1saac Hoffman’s triends will not al- low such assertions to go uncontradicted. As a man, he was honorable; as a mer- chant, he was the soul of integrity, and be generous to friends in need. Nothing Hasn’t Atkin- | cial | to conduct this inquest in my own wa while not a spendthrift he knew how to | company with the deceased one day when in commercial circles that has occurred in | of the Alexander boys was standing, and | years has aroused such general indigna- | Hoffman said that this was tie man he tion as the reflections cast upon the char- | bad referred to in that connection. Wit- and ordinary powder. He fired three shots, but only one was heard outside the store. J. W. Raphael, manager of the incorpo- roted honse of “Raphaeis,’” had lunched with Hoffman and other friends at noon, June 1. Hoffman spoke of his family matters nearly every time tuey met; re- mother-in-law, growing out of disagree- ments concerning the winding up of the affairs of Hoffman & Alexander. itness did not deem it serious. Witness was with Hoffman on the night of the fire of December 7, 1895. Hoffman acted likea madman, insisting upon entering the building while it was in flames, and wa: only prevented from doing so by the po- lice, who threatened to arrest him. Wit~ ness sccompanied Hoffman home that night and had difficulty in doing so, as he seemed nysterical. “Did Hoffman ever talk as if in fear of certain persons?’ asked the Coroner. *‘He often talked about :ome one going to 'do’ him. It was & mere matter of boast with him I thought, 1 told him he ht to ‘do’ the ‘doer.’ | id you often notice Hoffman in a e of hysteria ?"* “Yes, I have seen him that way more Mr. Louderback, who is connsel for Theo- dore Figel, leaned over and asked the Coroner to question witness further on this point, as to the state or condition of Hoffman’s mind. At this the Coroner rather pointedly advised the lawyer not to make such sug- gestions. “Thatisa lawyer's trick,” he | fat!ing impressions before will not allow here. If ivisrepeated, I will have to requast the 1am going The witness in bis further testimony t the threats about somebody him, grew out of Hoffman's vanity, he believed. Hoffman was a very successful merchant; no house could stand better in the commercial worla than that of Hoffman & Rothchild. Reverting to the subiect of some one | ‘‘doing"” Hoffman, witness said he was in they upproacied a cigar-siand where one acter of Issac Hoffman by Theodore Figel, and the peculiar explanations and conduct of Chief Lees in this matter.” TAYLOR CONTRADICTED. Harry Hoffman Has Something to Say Regarding the Fire of Hoffman & Alexande Immediately after hearing the testi- mony of W. M. Taylor yesterday regard- ing the fire of 1891 in the establishment of Hoffman & Alexander, Harry Hoffman prepared the following statement for pub- lication: It was on & Friday night whea I was asked 10 g0 10 the store and help Taglor work on the Chinese books, 80 that we might know how much money 1o draw from the banks 0 pay them the nextday. Taylor and I went there, and we worked together at the desk for about a half hour. Taylor was smoking s cigar (Lnever have smoked), and I passed & remark about it, and said 1o T it was a “stinker’” that he was smoking. He laughed and we kept on working. A few minutes aiter he said: “By Goa, it does smell as if something wss burning.” We turned around. Our backs were turned toward the front door while we were working at the desk, and we both gave a yell as we saw the fire. We both ran toward the door where { the fire was. He exclnimed, “Getme some | water.” As1knew where ihe Water st0od and Tayior did not, I went upstairs myself, got the sprinkling-can, filled 1t with_ water at the faucet, ran down (o the lower floor and com- menced wetling wherever I saw smoke or fire. When the water gave out each of us took & heayy overcoat and commenced beating the fire down, and s0on we put the fire out. Wher we finished that 1said, “Let's fina the watch- man and riogin the alarm.” He rang in the alarm. The fire patrol near the Palace Hotel came around, and they ran upstairs and opened the windows to let the smoke out. Somebody had senta messenger to Mr. Hoff- man to_come down to the store. He came down about 8:30 or 9 o’clock. Taylor and I 10 expain what haa happened. He Never mind the explauation, but and take awny the wet goods, 50 that the balance can not get injured.” He made the remark, from what the messen- ger had told him about the fire, he thought the whole house was burning. He helped take the wel goods away from the pile and put out the fire wherever he found any smoke. When the pat:ol firemen came in they told us that we did & sensible thing in not opening the doors until after we had put the fire out. | Mr. Hoffman gave Taylor and me s suit of clothes for our services in putting out the fire, Mr. Taylor and 1 were coustantly together while Mr. Hoffman was in the siore, and he neyer made any such remark about lotting the things burn as Taylor ta.ks about. Taylor is an’intimate chum of Figel, and Figel 1s down on me because he knows I was the person that cautioned Mr. Rothchild and Mr. Hoftman about his gambling on norse-racing. pratdtei g chu THE INQUEST. Experts Confirm the Oplinion That the Check Was a Forgery. Coroner Hawkins made a spurt yester- day—his effort to wind up the inquest, but 1t was unavailing, for at the hour of adjournment Chief Lees announced that he had a number of witnesses that he wished to have heard, and another session will therefore be held this morning, Among the long list of those called yes- terday but a comparatively few had any- thing material to say. George W. Russell, corporal of police, testified to having made the diagram of the office of Hoffman, Rothchild & Co., where the body was found, together with the marks of a blooay tragedy. He de- scribed the several rooms and measure- ments in detail. He made the measure- ments on the 7th of June, a week after the trogedy. There had been a good deal of comment concerning the quantity of red ink indications of blood on the dia- gram. The Chief told him not to put any- thing on the diagram which he did not find in the office. After this he examined the carpet under a magnifying glass and said there were more blood marks on the carpet than he had indicated on the map. Joseph Mogan, steward of the Receiving Hospital, testified that he had searched the body of Hoffman when it was taken there, and that he found among other things money to the amount of $545 in «il- ver in the pockets. There were no gold pieces, Jouerh Mullane, a teamster in the em- ploy ol tbe company, heard Mr. Hoffman ask Mr. Lauer for the loan of some money and Mr. Laver had handed him $20; wit- ness saw_Lauer hand over three $5 gold pieces. This was between 6:15 and 6:20 P. M. The time was fixed by the fact that he wi making his last trip for the day, nd he had subsequently timed himself going over a simiiar route to that he tray. eled that evening. M. O. Feudner told of his experiments ‘with the revolver, testing. the possibility of the sound being heard in the street outside. He said he used both smokeless 89 | aper tells the story of this slow and pain- ul writing. This signature, said the ex- pert, was not written so, and therefore was not the work of a forger. @ “You think this signature 1s genuine then? asked the Coromer, having ad- self to the changed attitude of “Yes, sir, I do,” with great confidence. “You are an expert penman yourself, Mr. Kytka?' “Yes, s “And you say you could not imitate that signature no matter how you might practice it?" *No, sir; no man conld. It would be impossible. I might write it so as to de- ceive the eye, but I could not write it with that perfection.’” Mr. Louderback here could not with- stand the temptation to ask the Coroner to press this point, so that it could not gev away. The Coroner again heatedly declared that he intended to conduct the inquest as he thought best. “‘Have you anything further?” said the | Cororer to the witness. Mr. Kytka took up his larger photo- graph of the receipt and pointing to the Higure Y said: **Yes, [ am convinced that this rec was originally for $500, and that th was inserted by another hand. In other words, the receipt has been raised from $500 to $9500, and to that extent it is a torgery." This provoked new earthquaky cendi- tions and the necessity of a hurried re- lignment of sympathies and Frn)ndius_ “You think the receipt, then, {sa forgery 50 far as the amount is concerned,” said the Coroner. *‘To that extent—ye: Mr. Louderback had lost all interest in the witness. “We all know what these experts are,” he said, sotto voce. Dr. G. A. Danziger is a distant reiative of the deceased. In a conversation with him on the 1Ist of June that turned to horseracing and betting Hoffman had said: “Why, my own bookkeeper is & heavy bettor on the races. I don’t know where they get the money. Idon’t un- stand how this fellow, on a paltry salary, can afford to own race horses.” Witness said he knew Hoffman was very bitter against certain of the relativi and when he heaid of the killing t thought came to him that some of ‘“‘the boys’’ might have had a haud in it. But, he said, he would not openly reflect upon his own family under any circumstances, and, therefore, he had given his unequivo- cal opinion to Chief Lees that it was sui- cide, Birce other names had been used in conmection with the tragedy he had changed his opinion. R i have been with him nearly every day lately.” *“Do you know & man named Peter Powers?" “‘Yes, sir.” 3 *Did you make the statement to him that you had lost about $17,000 of Figel's money 2" *4q did not.” “Did you ask Figel to borrow money from Mr.*Joseph for you?'’ “No. sir. Idon’tremember of speaking ol Joseph, I asked him to get me some money."” J. § Moran, property clerk of the Polics Department, identified the revolver found in the office the night of the tragedy. He said that the barrel when he received it was spattered and streaked with blood from the muzzie to the handle. 8. G. Murphy, president of the First National Bank, testified that Figel was at the safe deposit vaults at 5:46 on June L. Charles A. Kinkle, teller at the First National Bank, said that Figel had come to the bank on the afternoon of the 1st of June with a New York draft. He seemed excited, so much so that Mr. Friedman and himself commented on it. He said Figel brought with him a deposit tag. which witness remarked as singular, as | depositors generally leave that to the tellers. Alfred Peruts, receiving teller of the bank, said Figel brought to the bank ante- dated checks on several occasions to meet demands. It was unusual to do this. Figel brought two checks to meet a $2000 demand, one for $1000 bearing current date; the other for $900 was dated several days in advance and witness refused to ac- cept them. harles Altshul, manager of the bank, reported conversations he had had with Mr. Ach and with Chief Lees relative to Figel's transactions with tbe bank. Ach had said that there was more evidence against Figel now than there was against Durrant when the latter had been arrested, and yet Figel was allowed togo free. Witness said that he, Altshul, had re- marked to Chief Lees that he ‘““would not be in his shoes for all the police force."” “What did you mean by that?” “I meant that Chief Lees was a close friend of the Figels.” William M. Taylor had made a state- ment to the police, which was read, fol- lows: Statement of W. M, Taylor, 20 Montesuma street, near Bernal Heighis, made to L W. Lees, Chief of Police, in the matter of the death of Isaac Hoffman, Sunday, June 6, in the presence of Attorneys Rothchild and Ach. T Brst became acquained with Figel in No- vember or October, 1590, having received em- ployment as assistant bookkeeper tor Hoffman & Alexander, Worked there until after the beginning of April after the first fire. I then left for Alasks, where I was employed, with the exception of one year (when I went to S8an Jose), until October, 1896. I then came down here and looked ‘or employmeat and received and having :poken to Figel on horse- he gave me some commissions to plac for him at the track, some of which were very successtul. Understanding that the horse Tempestuous was for sale and thinking it a good buy and having no means of my own I asked him if he (Figel) would buy the horse and give me an opportunity if I should make money to pur- THEODOSE KYTRA YESTERDAY’'S WITNESSES IN THE HOFFMAN CASE. did not know the young man’s first name. Witness said he had cxpressed to ief Lees his belief shortly after the death that it was & case of suicide, but he had since changed his mind. Mra. Stevenson, who keeps a store at 11 Powell street, rave some important testi- mony about Thomas Atkinson having used the telephone in her place upon one occasion to telephone to Y-‘:gu. Bhe de- nied that she had ever said that Atkinson on that occasion had demanded $1000 from Figel. M. H. Dreyfus, salesman for Hoffman, Rothchild & Co., spent some time with Mr. Hoffman on the upper floor of the building on the afternoon of June 1. Hoff- man was in excellent humor all day snd spoke of & proposed business trip to Fresno within a week or two. Theodore Kytka, photo-engraver and pen-and-ink artist, appeared as an expert with a brand-new theory with regard to the $9500 receipt. Mr. Louderback had taken much interest in Mr. Kytka as a witness, | urging the Coroner to call him out of his turn, presumably on account of that young man’s pressing engagements. The Coroner refused to do this, but wuen the Coroner finally did call his name the ex- pert advanced with a complete surprise for all parties. He said he had made a careful examination of the receipt at the instance of Rothchild & Ach aad for no other persons, aithough ne “had been ap- proached” h}y Mr. Lloyd to do the same in benalf of Figel. He then went on to tell of the evolution of his theory in his mind; how he had been at first impressed by certain tremors and pen furrows that the signature w: forgery. He made an enlarged gho!o‘ruph. but'the weather was bad and the result not satisfactory. His study of the photograph, however, further contirmed him in the belief that the sig- nature was a very clever forgery. Mr, Hoffman had a typical check signature which differed from his other sixnature, and the comparison usfair. Witness desired to place the signature under a strong magnifying glass, and for that pur- pose Mr. Ach submitted the paper to him on Bunday last. Up to this point Mr. Louderback and those interested in the defense of Mr. Figel, and who haa been so anxious to bring Mr. Kytka forward, were showing evidences of surprise and disheartenment, and those who, because cf Mr. Louder- back's interest, had not expected this sort bf testimony pisinly showed their equal surprise but not less approval. But here th‘ou conditions began to reverse them- o] nder the microscope Mr. Kytka saw evidences in the pen iurrows and such things as to convince him that the signa- ture could not have been forged by any living penman. The up strokes, over Which the expert gioats, were all right. They had been made with a swift confi- dence, such as no forger would have been guilty of. To be sure, there were certain tremors at the end, but there were also tremors in Mr, Hoffman’s own signature. A forger writes slowly and is particular to get ':{.'. ery n!n_r{:y of lpl;c o% inal, and the disturbance on the suclace of the | Witness was asked as to Hoffman’s | family affairs, fdmily that I know of,” he said. ‘‘Al tbough be had a nurse, be insisted on washing and dressing his children every orning. his busine«s and in his family. objection I had to Hoffman was proud of himself ana his success in | business. He seemed to think that any one not having as much money as him- self was not in the same category,” Attorney M. J. Platshek testified that he knew Hoffman did not get along well with his mother-in-law. | Stewart Merrill, photographer, Oak- | land, di-played a lot of photographs he had " taken “of the blood marks, holes in | the wall and other evidences of violence. | _E. L. Atkinson, the man who played | Figel’s “system’ for him at the track, was called, and a statement which he had | prepared for the police was read to him, and he assented that it was correct. Fol- lowing is the statement: About one and a half years ago, on_Tuesday before the fire of Hoffman & Alexander, I met Theodore Figel, and talking over business Figel said that Hoffman sald to him: “The best business that conld happen would be it ihe store burned down.” This remark 1 told to my chum thatIused to take lunch with every day. We sangin church together for seven years nnd rehearsed every Saturday evening at 7:30. About 8 o'clock one night onme tardy member of the choir came in and said’ there was a big fire on Bush and Battery streets. My chum sund I both kicked each other and thought ft very funny. On May 8, 1896, 1 as a stockbroker failed and was out of emplovment un:il December 15, when I was asked by Theo 1f I would go to the racetrack to piay for himon & salary. I jumped at it Being asked now about the winnings, and speaking from memory, 1 know 1 paid him about $1200 to$1400 Decembver 31; January 81 a liitie short of $5000. About the middlie of February I had 10 go to Sacramento, 80 did not do any more for Figel until some time in March, wien I used to make a few bets for him. They were not large, nor were the winnings large. About his winnings after that I know, for 1 saw the tickets on Ruinart the second time the horseran. The winning amounted to about $2000. and I have n very ciose friends for- fiiteen years. He met bis wife at our house. This is given to the police; not for publication. 5, 1897. E. L. ATKINSON. 2 questioned at length concerning bhis relations with Figel. He said that, being out of employment, he jumped at a proposition from Figel to piay the races under his (Figel's) direction on a salary. 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Saturdaya-Kxtrateiss o e 1o len 10:30e t112:00r SANTA CRUZ DIVISION (Narrow Gauge). (Foot of Market Street.) 7:434 Banta Cruz Excursion, Santa Oruz Principal Way Stations sUNDA TS a0 b 110 110, B3 B A 1 PLE T o0 AT ween, San Francisco and Schuetsen Park same schedule as above. ‘and 18057 Leave Arrive S84 Newark, Centervil Ineffect ewark, Centerville,San Jose, 1 San Francisco. | JRSSE | man Francisco. Boulder Creek, Santa Cruzand Way 1897, tion: . isor WxEx | Sun- 1) Sun- WeEK *2:157 Newark, Centerville, Sau Jose, New Davs. | pays |Destination.| 5y | pivg Almaden, Felton, Boulder Creok, T30 ax| | Novato, |10:40 Ax| 8:40 ax Sexta Orus and Prinoipal Wey 3:30 7x9:30 Ax| Petaluma, | 6:10 Pu (10:35 ax | g1 o Stations . g 5:10 »x|5:00 Pu |Santa Rosa.| 7:35 rx| 6:32 rx ,“4;‘:,: ;;‘,',6";":“3 ¢tk e Fulion, - T:80 A yindsok 10:90 ax CREEK ROUTE FERRY. Lytton, 2 ? Geyservills, Pl el 8:30 #x|8:00 aM| Cloverdale. | 7:35 »u| 8:23 »x b1t & Sep) & 30 Toplind T From OAKLAKD—Foot of Broadway.—*6:00 8:00 10:004.M. 130 8:00 axe| H‘l‘,’k'x:n.“ 785 vu| Gizaen | 31300 ‘100 1300 14:00 *5:00r. T30 ax| 1025 Ax | __COAST DIVISION (Third & Townsend Stx.) 2:90 8:00 Ax|Guerneville. | 7:85 “" *3:004 San Jose and Way Stations (New e €:33 rx Almaden Wednesdays only)....... 1:30F 7:80 o|8:00 AM| Sonoma |10:40 Ax| B:40 ax | $7:30A Sunday Excumsion for San Ji and Santa Cruz, Pacific G 5:10 »x5:00 rx| Glen Ellen. | 6:10 rx| 6:22 x Principal Way Stations. 18:85r 7730 AM|8:00 AX| Seas POHOAUTTO R ot | s Bat i ooe Tres Eluos, Nanks Ures, 8:30 r|5:00 px| Sebastopol. | 7345 | g T.tis Obispo, Guadatupe, Surt and Stages connect at Santa Rosa for Mark Wes: Principal Wa rings: at Geyserville for Skages Springs: &t Chopesaiie for e Geysers; at Hogland for High: *2:307 San Mateo, Redw b4 iand_Springs, Keiseyville, Soda Bay. Lakepor: e Gllray, Tads snd Barciert Springaz ot Ukian' for Vichy Sorines, ATt e Saratoga Springs, Blas Lakes, Laurel Bell Late, ol 4 urp‘r Lake, Pomo, Potter Valley, Joun Day's, Blverside, “Lieriey's, = Bucknells, ' “Sanhedrin tati *8:031 Hetghts, Hullville, Baonoville "Ore’s Hor Springs, Principal Way Siatioss *8i45a . For. Bragg, Westport, Usal. Saturday t0 Monday rouBG-trip tickes ot rednced s e el On Sundays round-trip tickets t0 all points A for Mon 3 P i 7ond San Rafael at half rates. "% | * Bundapm excentad: § Sundaga only. 3 enaie only L 1t Monday, Thrsday and Saturday nizhts onl ‘Tickt Officen, 30 Markstat. Chrontete pariing. | % and Sundays. §Sundage and Mondas, . W, X. RYA! Fres. and Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent lTI.AIITl(: —AND— NORTH PACIFIC C0AST RAILROLD | ({NSRTINTO O (Via Sausalito Ferry). From San Francisco, Commenclng May 2 1897. l{ ( ]“ll‘ PAG'F'G | e g o oo, | YRAILRGAD! seov a0 | Extra trips for San on Mondays, Wednes- | Gays and Saturdays st 11550 b e T o4Re SANTA FE EXPRESS JIA DIRECT LINE—LEAVES DAILY § P. 3.; arrives dally 6:15 P. s Palace Pullman Drawlng-room, also molern upholstered Tourist Sleeping Cars, Oskland per to Ch.cago, via Kane £00, 11: :80, 6:45, 11:00 7. 3. A 3 does no: run to San Rafael; 11:00 ». a. do not run to Mili Valley. Trains marked * run to San Quentin. e THROUGH TRAINS, A. M. weekaays for Cazadero and wa; tona: 1148 P 3 Saturdays for Casaders and stations: A M. Sund; snd way staiions; 9:00 B T M’-ID:'II stations sas City. Anmex Cars for Denver and St Louis Free reclining chalr cars Barsiow to Chicago. Sauta Fe Expross via Los Angeles—Leaves dally A M. Sundays for Foimt | ® A M.; arrives dally 7:45 A . Bosion Excurslons via Kansas City, Chicago, Montreal and (he White Mountains leave every Tuesday. The best railway from California to the East New ral's, new ties, no dust, interesting scenery, and go.d meals In Harvey's dining-rooms. San ¥rincisco Ticket Office—644 Mare THE SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN J VALLEY RAILWAY col%m'f”m FROMJUNES, 1897, tralns will run as foliows: Southbound, ket stroet, Chronicle Building. Tele< Famen | Mized | ——|—=————-— | phone Main 1531. ‘D“:';_‘, Suniay | Btations, 5‘::,?& h::n- Oakiand—1118 Broadwa«. y. | Exc’ md‘ Exc’pi'd| Daily. 7 | HOUNT TAMALPALS SCENIC RAILWAY Via Sansallto Ferry). Leave San Francisco Commenol: Connections—At Stockton wi & 1. Co. ockton with WEEK DAYS-. 5, 5:15 ». 1¢. 2 ZSNDAYE 850, $20b, Toioo. "Lk T, Tickets for sal MILL VALLEY or THO&, COOK & SON, 'lfi.x‘ Market st. San Franclacg | Cunder Palncs Botela | Telspbous Al 606 |