The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
A sSiStant District AttOrneV Speaks Against the
 Defendant.
A Lengthy Review of the Case Consumed the Entire
 Session.
Arguments for the Defense To-Day, and the Jury Will Be Charged
 Monday.

Yesterday mor. g, at 9:30 o'clock, the Figel case was reopened. After a few preliminary movements the court was notified that the case was ready for argument.
 Prior to the openinT statement Judge Cook decided that the testimony of J. Lauer, a drayma I, would not be ad- lnitted. The defense had made an ob- jection to it being placed on record. At this point General Barnes moved that the testimony of Mrs. Hoffman con- corning her relations with her husband be stricken from the record, but it was allowed to remain in evidence.
 The exhibits of pictures, bullets, bloody doors, wearing apparel and drawings were then satisfactorily ar ranged and the last phases of the case were under way.
 Assistant District Attorney Hosmer made the opening statements for the prosecution. He at first expressed his satisfaction that the case had arrived so nearly at an end, and then stated that he would go over the ground sur rounding the death of Isaac Hoffman. the suspicious surrounding the defend ant, and the reasons for those sus- picions which had caused the arrest of Theodore Figel, who is charged with the murder of his employer on the evening of June 1.
 He started in from the beginning of the testimony given and followed down in detail. The pictures of the deceased merchant and the revolver which caused his death were shown and ex- plained to the jury. The main point re- lied upon was the testimony given by the physicians concerning the wounds. as it was desired to impress upon the minds of the jury that three shots had been fired and that it was highly improbable for Isaac Hoffman to have fired them.
 The testimony given by the various witnesses was picked and analysed by MT. Hosmer, and from time to time he was corrected in his statements by General Barnes for the defense. Ii has been acknowledged by the prose- cution that MT. Hosmer is laporing un- der slight disadvantage, as he has not been connected with the case from the beginning, but his argument was attentively listened to by court and jury.
 The position of the bullet hole in the hat worn by Isaac Hoffman on the fatal evening was referred to at length and explained to the jury from all sides. A large portion of the testimony given by MT. Rothchild was read to the jury by MT. Hosmer, and much stress was laid upon the statements made concerning the receipt for s950O which is alleged to have been forged by Figel.
 General Barnes appeared to be slightly exhausted during the after noon session and slept peacefully from time to time, but when the Assistant District Attorney stated that the sig natures on the receipt and other pa- pers were fac-similes the general awoke and startled the prosecutor by asking what he meant by fac -simiIes. Then MT. Hosmer corrected himself and said the genuine or original sigma ture was what he had intended to bring before the minds of the jury.
 MT. Hosmer then proceeded to enter on the testimony given that MT. Figel had met Isaac Hoffman inc the store late in the evening of June 1. Why