Ka kammala wannan magana: A ranar 28 ga Maris, 1944, wata gobara da aka yi zaton an yi ta ne da gangan, ta halaka New Amsterdam Hotel a San Francisco, California. Wannan ita ce gobara mafi muni a wannan birni tun lokacin da
1906 San Francisco girgizar kasa, kashe 22 da rauni 27. A ranar 3 ga watan Agusta, 1944, George Holman, mai shekaru 47 mai mallakar cafe, an same shi da laifi a San Francisco na 22 na kisan kai a mataki na farko don kunna wuta. A ranar 15 ga Agusta, an yanke masa hukuncin rai da rai guda 22 a kurkuku.