The San Francisco call., 1897-06-18

that he thought the b 90 on his hands
had dried when he picked up the revolver.
Officer Colen testified th while stand
ing at tie corner of Battery and California
T cts he heard a whistle blown twice.
He was with Officer Samuels At tie time.
he glanced toward Market streai and saw
Ferrenback, who WAS apparently much
excited. He hurried toward hin and hey
both entered HoTman's store, ter Fer
rem hack had runC in for the patrol wagon.
H de- cri bed his Introduction to The man
living in a dying condition and the carry
ing out OF Hoffme en- 10 the patrol wagon.
The hat was about an inca iron Hoh-
mans head and was lying upside down.
When he picked up the pistol from the
desk, where FeTrenback had placed 1t, he
noticed spots of blood on it. -Four bits OF
bone were found in the rear office, and
three or four pieces in the room where the
body was found. The blood stains were
on the fat space on the lett side of the re-
volver. between the barrel and the handle.
He arrived at HOffman's about 6:5T P. NJ.
IN response to FeTrenback's call. lie
passed Hoffman's at $3.50, but noticed no
door open there, nor any men talking IN
front OF IL Battery street.
Rupert Emanuel, the mysterious and
hitherto unnamed witness OF Chlet Lees,
stated he was at present engaged in the
Assessors cffice. On June L be took the
80 P. NJ. train in Oakland, at Broadway.
He could not tell what time the boat ar
rived on this side. He went to saloon
on East street and took two rink4 of bee r
and some sandwiches. He then departed
for the Mills building. He looked at the
ferry clock as he left the saloon. 1t was
6:25 P NJ He walked along the south side
of Marx ct street. When he came to Bush
street he turned into that thoroughfare.
At Bush and Battery streets he noticed
the main entrance OF Hoffman, Rothchlld
4 10 fxr-n
One was a snort man and the other was
taller and stouter. He knows neither
Hoffman, Fgel nor Friedman. The
smaller man had an aEbuTn-colored mus
tache 81 thought the men were engaged
in angry argument" he said. The words
| heard the larger man say were as iol-
lows: You come inside and L will eX-
pain. 1 will tell you what it is Wit
ness was about four or five feet from the
men when he overheard this. He arrived
at his office at 6:40 by the Office clock.
''Uur timepiece,' he said, ''is generally
two minutes too fast.
He noticed a yelled woman walking up
and down Bush street near the Holman
store. She was dressed in a dress of dark
cloth. Her hair, he said, was the color OF
her dress-dark-
Officer Love of the California street sta
tion testified to the circumstances OF the
sending for the patrol wagon and the re-
moval of the dying man to the Receiving
Hospital. He believed that HoHmans 5
hands were bloodstained at the time the
body was removed. He did not look in
side OF the dying mans hands.
Detective Crockett arrived at the Hoff-
man store after the removal of the dying
man. He was shown the pistol by Colen
and saw the blood on the plate on the left
side The witness took possession of the
weapon. About 1880 p. NJ. a woman, who
said she was the nursegirl at Hoffman s.
came into the store and said she had been
sent by Mr. Hoffman to see why Hoffman
had not been home to dinner. She said
Hoffman did not ieel well when he lett
home that morning-that he was in bad
temper, not sick.
On Ach's suggestion the witness was
asked relative to the condition of the car
pet when 1t was taken up by Lees orders.
He said there was trail OF blood Between
the two Offices just as shown on Chief
Lees diagram. He had noticed no foot
prints in the blood on the carpet. He