The San Francisco call., 1897-06-17

in and instructed bv him to take the
pieces of one of-the letters found in the
possession of Hoffman, which Mrs Hoff-
man had evidently torn up. The clerk
succeeded in patching the pieces together,
and it was found 20 read as follows:
March 27, 1897
Dear Dora: Your welcome letter received
wash my face IN cold water only. 1t inyigo-
rates the skin. Hot water wrinkles the face
took Hammam bath the other day. l would
not take another, Tor they knock the spots out
OF one. Clara is q heavyweight and can stan d
them. l was weighed with only a sheet on
and weighed 11212 pounds. That is good
enough ior sho- ". Was 10 the dressmaker
this morning. Addic was with She is
getting a ''tailor-made'' TO commence with
and will then get a trans parent canvas over
silk. She bought reRdy-made waist at Ehric's S
and also a hat for SIS. W lille there We!l-dressed
lady stole al immense hat She had long
black cape and she was watched by lad
detective, followed until she got 20 the side
walk and was grabbed in. She cried and car
ried on, but that did not help her any They
wear very ow-busted corsets, especially short
WASTED people, so you had better get one.
This eve Addie and husband, Jim ana Clara,
Mr.. and Mrs. Molhorn, mamma and self are
going 10 the Waldorf Tor dinner. We are get
ting very very swell. Tomorrow by way OF
variety we go 10 Zacharia's from II to L O'Clock
dinner. l will like it (niO. In the evening
Mr.. London will call on me. Well, good-by
for to-day. l will have enough to relate when
l come home. With love to you and the dear
children, am your affectiOnate
SISTER AND MOTHER.
The contents of the letter were very dis
appointing, as it was supposed to have
been written by Simon to Mrs. Hoffman
with some statements Ill it that would
tend to throw a light on the mystery of
the family trouble. 1t was nothing but a
v;vacious leeter from Mrs. Alexander and
her daughter to Mrs. Hoffman.
John Lauer, the drayman, was called.
His testimony did not vary in any mate
rial point from that given on any previ-
Gus occasion; he told of loanng Hoffman
the $50, and was not able to fix the time of
his leaving at any more accurate figure
than between 6:20 and 6:15 P. NJ. The last
he saw of the deceased he was going
around the corner into Bush street.
James Maloney was then recalled.
James had some trouble in getting his
place OF lodging located, but was dimiy
inclined to think 1T was on Mission street
somewhere between Second and Third.
Ills testimony was rather rambling, but
he still stuck TO the theory that he was
on kearny street when the whist ties blew
in the evening, or at O'Clock, and that it
was about fifteen minutes later when he
passed down by the corner of Battery and
Bush streets, where he saw the two men
engaged IN conversation, and one OF them
seemed TO be very angry. When he was
asked to be more accurate as regards the
time he asserted that IL must have been
about eleven or thirteen minutes after
O'Clock. In making this estimate he after
ward created laughter when Quizzed on it
by stating that The Coroner mad timed
him on this thing"
He could describe neither of the two
men other than that the one who did not
stand in the doorway wore a high collar.
He believed that the one who stood in the
doorway and seemed 10 be angry wore a
beard He was not absolutely sure that
the man wore beard, but was inclined to
think very strou ly that he did.
An adjournment wes then taken until 8
o'clock this morning.