The San Francisco call., 1898-03-18
CONNOR' R'SCICARS MADE HOFF SICK Bad Weeds and Dou btful Liquor to Induce Con-
 feSSiOns. Good Yellow Money Paid for an Option on a Gold
 Brick.
Attorney Mcintosh Narrowly Es- capped the Examiners Hypnotic
 Touch.

Attorney B. w. Mcintosh, who Is un- der investigation in Judge Cooks court for contempt told on the witness stand yesterday some of the methods the con- fession editor of the Examiner em- ployed to induce accused murderers to ease their consciences by telling of their crimes. According to his statement bad cigars had much to do with it., though once they had failed. The at torney hinted that the confession edi- tor was not ayerse to using bad whisky if the occasion should warrant 1t, though an opportunity had not been given for it's use in this case.
 During the investigation T. Garrett, the city editor of the Examiner. ad- mitted that he had given $35 of Hearst s money toward securing an option for a few hours on gold brick that a scheming operator was willing to sell him. He not only squandered good
 money, but he made the man who swindled him his guest, entertaining him at expensive midnight dinners and paying the bills for costly wines that
 were consumed while the gold brick swindle was being consummated. The gold brick was an alleged confession that Attorney Raymond claimed he had obtained from Albert Hoff, the ac- cused murderer of Mrs. Cute.
 The respondent asked to have the testimony of Hoff taken in the case, but the court gave an opinion that he did not think it would be proper to put him on the stand while he is being tried for his life, for the reason that he might be led into making some state ments that might be used against him in the murder charge. Attorney Schoo- Ter, Hoffs counsel, objected to his client going on the witness stand. He said he had prepared an affidavit and presented it to the court, but he had
 with the consent of the court with drawn it. It was to the effect that Hoff had never made confession.
 Attorney Mcintosh was put on the stand in his own defense. He said that about a week ago Hoff had told him that John Connors, reporter in the employ of the Examiner, had been to him. and offered to give him $1O,O00 for a confession of the crime of killing Mrs
 Cute. The witness told the other att torneys who are defending Hoff about 1t, and they ridiculed the story of their client. A few days later, while chat ting with E. B. Raymond, the state ment of Hoff that the Examiner had offered the accused man such a large sum for a confession was mentioned. Raymond replied that he would have some fun with the Examiner on the strength of it. He said he had done some work for the Examiner, and he would sell them a gold brick and then give them the laugh. The witness said he did not know what the intention of Raymond was. Nothing more was said about the alleged offer of the Examiner to Hoff until Saturday last, when Hay mond volunteered the information to Mcintosh that he was being chased by the Examiner for a confession he had made the editors of the paper believe he had, and that the city editor of that paper was sweating blood over it. On Sunday morning while the witness was in his office Raymond came in and said he wanted permission to go to see Hoff. The permission was refused.
 Late in the forenoon" said the wit ness, "I went to the County Jail to see Hoff, and when there Hoff told me that Connors had been to see him on Satur- day night Hoff told me that a young man named Britt, who is an office boy at the Examiner editorial rooms. came to him, and he introduced Connors Britt said that Connors was a good friend of the prisoner, and that Hoff could trust him. Connors had pocket full of cigars, and he gave Hoff sev- eral of them. Hcff lit one of them, and it made him sick. so he threw it and the rest he gave him away, fearing they had been doped. It was about 6 o'clock when Connors arrived at the jail, and he refused to leave Hoff until near midnight. He tried every way conceivable to gain the confidence of Hoff, but Hoff would not entertain any of his pleas. Connors even drew lurid word picture of a man hanging by the neck, and gave a most blood-curdling detail of the agony of such a death Hoff only laughed at him for his pains, and replied that he would rather die knowing in his own heart that he was innocent than have all the money the