The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-03-31
ANOTHER JURY TO BE SUMMONED
TO TRY MRS. BOTKIN FOR MURDER
Judge Cook Announces That Information Disclosed War;
rants Change of Panel

all these proceedings above board.
There must be no star chamber doings
in this trial.
Very welI,'' said Judge Cook, as
Byington nodded assent to an open
investigation. Call the officer who
has this information"
WOMAN IN BLUE.
Detective Stephen " Bunner stepped
to the stand and Judge Cook ques-
toned him. The detective said that
Tuesday afternoon, after the adjourn
ment of the Botkin trial, he had fol-
lowed Jacob Goetjen, one of the
Jurors, and kept track of his move
ments- The juror went into a saloon
at Clay and Kearny streets and took
drink. From there he walked on
the west side OF Kearny street to Bush
and went up Bush street about twenty
feet, where he waited Within a few
minutes a well-gowned woman in a
blue tailor-made suit and wearing a
heavy black veil, which concealed her
features, crossed Bush street on
kearny and Goetjen went to meet her.
They conversed for a minute or two
and the women continued on in the
direction of Suffer street.
According to the detective the
woman continued on her way toward
Suffer street, while Goetjen retraced
his steps up Bush street to small
alley leading to Suffer street. Down
this he started and before he reached
Suffer street he broke into run. At
Suffer street he saw the woman in
blue across the street and both walked
on opposite sides of the street as far
as Grant avenue, where they rejoined
one another and crossed, entering a
lodging-ho at 500 Grant avenue.
Goetjen remained there nineteen min
utes and then came out alone. He
boarded a green car on Kearny street
and the detective left him.
IF your Honor please" said knight
and 1 am speaking without the hear
ing of the jury, there does not appear to
be any proof in this statement further
than to show that a juryman, who is
married man, as far as my recollection
goes, has committed adultery. Doubt
less this same offense could be estab-
llshed against others on the panel"
Let us hear further statements in
this matter" said Judge Cook irritably.
He had voluntarily confined Detective
Runner to what he actually saw and
had refused TO allow him to repeat any
conversations he had held with the
juror in question.
GOETJEN TALKS TO CHIEF.
Chief of Police Whitman came next
20 the stand. He said that on Tuesday
evening, after the adjournment of the
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the main office of the Chief of Police by
Goetjen, who took him to one side and
Informed him that on the previous
right he had been approached by man
in reference to the verdict he was to
render after the trial. The juror stated
that the man was of medium size,
wearing a brown mustache and was
well dressed. The proposition was
made just after adjournment of court
and while the juror was walking up
Kearny street. The proposer told the
juryman that four of the panel had al
ready been secured, but a fifth was
wanted and offered him $50 to aid in
hanging the jury. Goetjen told the
Chief that he refused the offer and the
man walked off, saying that he would
see him out at his store the following
night. Immediately Chief Whitman de-
tailed Detective Bunner to shadow the
juryman, and later sent him out to
Goetjen's grocery at Fifth and Folsom
After Chief Whitman, Judge Cook
asked for further testimony from De-
tective Bunner and the latter detailed
the incidents of his visit to the Juror s
shop. He said he introduced himself
as a police officer sent by Chief Witt
man, and asked for some place of Sc
clusion where he could hear unobserv-
edly the conversation between the at
tempting briber and Goetjen when the
former called. Goetjen finally said he
die not expect the man with the brown
mustache would ever show up, and
after waiting over an hour, Bunner
left. He returned later and the juror
told him his tempter had not been
around.
When all this testimony was in,