The San Francisco call., 1897-12-17

wound upon his hand he stated that he
had received 1t by pulling up carpet at
a place where he was at work. He has
slept with me the last two nights.
He first spoke about the wound in the
grocery store. Yesterday morning while
in tie saloon at the rear end of the gro
Gerry some one was reading an account of
the murder and one of the boys said:
'Hoff. this looks like you,' or 4 guess you
are the man.
"Hoff replied: by eolly, it's too bad. l
have known the lady for a long time and
was to go to work there to-day
Goepel further stated that Hoff was not
excited and listened attenIively to the
reading of tie account.
Last night Chief Lees received the fol-
lowing dispatch from the husband of the
murdered woman:
WADswoRTH Nevada.
Leave no means uutried TO capture the as
sassin. win be in city on the morning over
land. Answer Truckee. E. r. CLUTE.
The Chief replied as follows:
E. r. Clue WadsUorth, Neu: Albert Hoif,
upholstered. arrested and charged with the
murder.
Henry Emeyer, the night clerk in the
LlIIOGIt 11ONScs has lhaNC u 10
Detective Seymour. He says that shortly
before o'clock Wednesday evening Hoff
entered the house.
The clerk noticed that his hand was
bleeding and he asked him how he haC
been hurt. Hoff said that he was fool
ing" with n nail and had his hand cut
Emeyer advised him 10 see doctor, as
b. ood poisoning was likely to set in.
Hoff subsequently left the house. the
clerk thinking that he intended 10 consult
a doctor.
Hoffs story of why he took the round
about route to town, by way of Guerrero
and Liberty streets, when he could hav
made better time and saved himself the
trouble of walking two additional blocks,
is borne out in some particulars, and in
others given the lie by the persons liv-
ing on Liberty street for whom he used TO
work.
Mrs. SieDerst, who lives at No. ., de-
MES having the slightest Acquaintance
with the man ana states emphatIcaIly
that he never aid any work for her.
Mrs. Helen lives at No. t. She knew
nothing of the man, and says that If he
ever did any uphOlstering work for her
she has forgotten the occurrence. To the
best of her knowledge nothing of the kind
has been done there tor long time.
The people who live at No. were ab-
sent. They are described as two ladies
who work in some one of the Postoffice
departments, and the neigh bors do not
think anything in the upholstering line
mas been done there. They feel sure that
such is true for some months back.
s., a bar
No. s. MIR. BIumberg stated that he had
never heard of Hoff before and positively
had had him do nothing II The way Of
work for him at any time.
At 10 the first confirmation of the mans
words were found. A family of the
name of Schloss resides there. One of
the daughters of the family stated that
iour or five months ago Hoff had mended
mattress for the family.
He has also done other work for US al
various times previous to that" she said,
land appeared to be a genial sort of fel-
low. My little brother Sig TOOK quite
fancy to him"
When the little boy was questioned he
evidenced an aversion to talking, but ad-
mitted to his sister that Hoff had passed
the house in the evening and that he had
spoken to him. He ran away before the
language used could be learned. Young
Fred Blum berg and Mendeu SChloss had
not seen Hoff, but both seemed TO remem-
ber him in a general sort OF way.
a domestic employed in the Schlo3s
family aaid she went TO the door Wednes-
day evening in response 10 a ring of the
hell and noticed a man answering Hoff'
description passing by in the direction of
Valencia street. She remembered dis
tinctly that he had full black beard and
Carried an article or articles wrapped in a
piece of cloth of some coarse material,
such as carpeting. He seemed to be walk
ing lesurely.
Coroner Hawkins and Autopsy Surgeon
Gallagher spent several hours yesterday
afternoon in MAKING an examination and
autopsy. A special examination was
made TO determine whether in addition TO
murder another crime had been COM
mijted, but no result was arrived at on &C
count OF the fact that :he Morgue, being
makeshift like the County Hospital and
the Pesthouse, is not provided with
the things necessary for such examina-
tious. One OF the requisites was micro
scope ana spectrOscopic attachment.
OF course, there were no such things in
the Morgue and for q time il looked as
though the ends of justice would be ham
perei by the decomposition of the SUB
stance TO be examined, but later IN the
afternoon DR.. Henry kugeler of 1905
Howard street, out of old time friendship
for the Coroner, offered TO make the
necessary microscopical and chemical ex-
animation.
No bruises were found on the limbs OF
the murdered woman and her underwear
was but slightly torn. She was found ly-
ing on her back with her arms straight by
her side. The murderer nad not searched
the body for valU ables. II robbery had
been his motive he was scared away by
the old man downs airs calling up and
asking what the matter was.
The wounds, eleven in nu m Der, were all
on the head and face. The nose was
broken and the skull was fractured. There
was also large bruise on the back of the
left hand, received without doubt while
attem pting to ward off blow of the mur-
derous coupling-iron, which weighs about
seven pounds