The San Francisco call., 1897-06-24
NO ARREST TO BE MADE FOR
THE PRESENT.
Heavy Additional Defalcations Brought to
Light-Joseph's Remarkable Con-
versation With the Book
keeper.

There was grand climax at the Hoff-
man inquest yesterday. More sensational
testimony was developed than at all the
previous sessions put together.
Attorney Ach on the day previous had
promised something of a sensational char
acter, and he more than fulfilled expecta-
tIons. He fatty contradicted the sworn
testimony of Theodore A. Figel by incon-
trovertible evidence on a most material
point.
Figel testified in the most positive man
ner on Tuesday that he had partly writ
ten the receipt for S95O0 on May IS and
that it had been signed by Isaac Hoffm an
on the same day. Ach, by the produc-
tion of a telegram. showed that Hoffman
was not at his place of business on the
18th of May.
That there may be no doubt of the char
acter and language of the testimony given
by the young bookkeeper on this vital
point transcript OF his testimony was OBJ
tanned from the official shorthand re-
porter of the Coroner. That which bears
on the receipt is herewith given:
"wiI you state the facts leading up to the
e.ssu - u thfs receipt" ssked Coroner Haw
kins
WELL" said FigeI, al told Mr. Gellert that
Mr.. Hoffman had drawn quite sum of mon
ey, and Mr. Gellert asked me if I had receipt
for it, and that is the first time ever thought
Of getting a receipt"
where was this receipt given?"
at the store.'
''Wss anybody present?"
YES, the office employees were there. Z"
"Did they know of this?'
Ubaf A fha ha ft,o
receipt-that Mr.. Hoffman gave me the re-
ceipt?"
YES"
Il don't really remember whether told Mr..
GelIert at that time not"
What time o the day it that he gave it
10 your"
at was, think, rather late in the after
noon.''
ION which day %
MAY 49,"
"You say you remember the date of the re-
ceipt?"
MAY 49,"
Mr. Figel, when you made out this receipt,
did you place the name OF Hoffman, Rothchild
& Co there?"
"Not at that time, no, sir
when did you first start write
the rsceipt?' ?''
MAY 49,
May IL, at what timer
al think it was-I don't really know the
time of the day, but l think it was late in the
afternoon"
"Did anybody see you writing the receiptP'
al don't really know whether they saw me,
but if they came out over to my desk, / sup
pose they would have seen me-"
"How much of the receipt did you
write the first time %
MAY Is, &S5OO-at various times
"Did Dir. Hoffman sign it then?''
''He signed it and asked me why the
name was not in. -
This space Indicating where the firm name
sppears) was b ank?"
This space Was blank; yes, sir"
"Whsn did you fill it imp"
''I think ON the following day, on the
Ieth.'
After the witness had testified to num-
Der of other matters he was led back to
the receipt, and the following was the re-
suit:
this receipt are you positive that you
got Isaac Hoffman to sign 1T on the 18th
day of May %
s.weII, as far as my recoli e ction goes,
yes, SIR
..Did you make the entry into the
petty cashbook on the 18th day of
May?'
$50 far as my recollection carries mo,
yes, sir -
s'NOw, Mr.. FigeI, is this the same day
hat you got the receipt that you made
his entry %
81 think it was, yes, the same day
All these apparently insignificant ques-
$ were prom pied by Ach. At times
Coroner became somewhat impatient
what he considered we're mere repe;I-
is and wan ed 10 know the motive OF
in asking them. but Ach simply per
ted, without offering any explanation.
referring 10 this portion of the exami-
alton Ach said yesterday; "Of course /
ouldn't tell any one what / was after.
ould have been foolish 10 have done so.
What if l had let the Chief of Police
know what | had? Where would | have
been, judging from the way the Chief has
obtained satisfactory explanations from
Figel on everything else?'
Attorney Ach was on the stand but
few minutes wien he cast CONSERVATION
into the Figel camp.
He called attention to the testimony
of FigeI that the $1,000 receipt was
signed by Hoffman on May 1S, and fol-
lowed this up by declaring that HOff-
man was not at his place of business
that day. In support of this assertion