The San Francisco call., 1897-06-24

received bv Hoffman, Rothchild & Co on Nav
II Tor $3.50 AZ. II was draft on the Angie
California Bank, limited. 1t was not credited
TO them and WIS deposited by Figel in the
First National Bank 10 his own credit on May
ID. The firm name was Endorsed by Figel
without authority, and receipt, which was
not coDied, was sent by b i'm to Gilman.
On May 13 the firm received from Hale Bros.
Petsluma, q check for S277 90, which was
treated exactly like the Gilman check, depos-
tied by Figel to his own credit
May IL draft on the eAnglo-Californta Bank
was received end so charged on the books.
tlgel took the draft 10 his own Dank and de-
posted there to his own credit. On the 10Th
he drew check tho firm 10 the same
amount. This was double shot
In April c. P. Bishop sent a remittance
OF S466 %. Figels receipt for the amount is
here, but they were not credited with the
amount Another remittance was received
from the same firm in March for $295 II which
was treated III the same way.
On April 80, again, he charged the bank
with deposit OF 1912, W hich does not appear
In the account at the bank
May II there was rece we'd from the Board
OF Trpde 1896 SO through the Anglo-C Caliior-
MIA Bank, 1896 36 which was iudorsed, "Pay
10 the order OF Theodore A. Figel," and de-
posted IN the First National bank. to his
credit On the 18th of May, after MI Hoffman
returned, this amount was charged being
paid TO the Board of Trade, SO tnat the firm
not only was robbed OF the amount in the first
place, but was charged with It's outlay, max
ing double loss.
While Mr.. Hoffman was in New York and
Mr.. Rothchild was here attending to the busi-
ness Figel depos tied in his own name in the
First National Bank checks signed with the
name of Rothchild for $500.
would call your attention to this, as it has
never been charged, even by Figel, that Roth
child was misappropriating the firms money
or that he ever set fire to the building This
was on the 22d of January and Mr.. Hoffman
arrived from New York on the oath. These
checks were through the London, Paris and
American Bank, and there were no payments
credited through that bank between the 2Ist
and the Goth. The cneek Ior $500 was drawn
against bulls pay. bic.
On February 10, 1897, there was a draft
charged TO the order OF the London, Paris and
American Bank for $1,000, signed by Edward
s Rothchild, which the bank did not receive
On March there was another Charge OF $500
70 the bank, VIII ch wss net paId, and on
March still anot her in the sum of $500.
On the 9th oil March Mr. ROIhehIId left for
New York. On the 10Th another check for
$500 was charged TO the bank but not paid
Dut charge of $4,000 was paid.
On the 11th cneck for $1,000 was d. posted
by Figel to his own credit IN the First National
Bank. Several OF the cheeks paid by the Lon
don, Paris and American Bank are missing.
The witness stated that FigeI had owed
Mr.. Joseph $1,000 on a note for more than
q year, which he had taken up since the
death OF Mr.. Hoffman.
He now stated that an envelope, roug h.
lv torn open, addressed to Figel, had been
found among the papers and in the pres
ence of Chief Lees il had been sealed up.
He now, with the consent of the Chief,
opened The envelope and drew out 'the in
closures. They were copies OF statements
of the firms business prepared by Figel
for submission to Rothchild. together with
other figures bearing on the firm S affairs
The envelope in which these we're inclosed
and bearing FigePs name bore evidence OF
having been roughly torn open.
With this Ach turned from the checks
and books and figures TO the pistol and
the story attaching to IL. He could not
see. he said, how the shot in the front
rim OF the hat could have been fired bv
the man who wore it, the ball striking as
it did low down in the wall. He went all
over the measurements of the rooms and
the relative distances from point to point
of blood stain and bullet mark He
retailed again how half dozen men had