HENRY HOFFMAN, Sworn In For The State, 172nd To Testify

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HENRY HOFFMAN, sworn for the State in rebuttal.

I am inspector of the street car company. Matthews is under me a

certain part of the day. On April 26th he was under me from 11:30 to

12:07. His car was due at Broad and Marietta at 12:07. There is no

such schedule as 12:07. I have been on his car when lie cut off the Fair

Street car. Fair Street car is due at 12:05. I have compared watches

with him. They vary from 20 to 40 seconds. We are supposed to carry

the right time. I have called Matthews attention to running ahead of

schedule once or twice. They come in ahead of time on relief time for

supper and dinner.

CROSS EXAMINATION.

I don't know anything about his coming on April 26th. We found

out he was ahead of time way along last March. He was a minute and a half ahead. I have caught him as much as three minutes ahead of time

last spring, on the trip due in town 12:07. I didn't report him, I just

talked to him. I have known him to be ahead of time twice in five years

while he was under my supervision.