The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-02
Will Relate How Graney
Told of Share of Boss
and Mayor in Belvedere
BLACKSMITH WILL
TAKE STAND AGAIN
To Be Given Final Chance
to Add to His Testimony
and Avoid an Indictment

Eddie Graney must confront in
the Grand Jury room Mrs. H. B.
Chappelle, whose testimony, as
forecasted by The Cali. is expect
ed to refresh the fight trust mag
mates memory as to the participa-
ton of Mayor Schnitz and Abe
Ruef in the profits of the Infamous
Belvedere music hall and its no
torious "oil ROOM" where the un-
wary were bled.
The whole Belvedere scandal
will be taken up again by the
Grand Jury this week. The de-
lay in pushing this investigation
to its conclusion has been for the
purpose of giving witnesses an
opportunity to refresh their mem
cries before confronting them
with positive testimony of others
and possible indictments for perjury.
The time limit on this memory rejuve-
nation vacation expires on Tuesday
The Calrs disclosure of the story Mrs
Chappelle will tell the Grand Jury
threw consternation into the camp OF
the interested parties. and Graney made
strenuous effort to head it of. Ac-
companied by two men, he visited Mrs
Chappelle and got her to sign a state
ment to the effect that she had not
made the statements published by The
Call. Armed with this statmenet. and
claiming Mrs. ChappelIe did not know
him. Graney was on the street loudly
denouncing the story as a fabrication.
SAYS WIFE WAS THERE
A representative of this paper called
at the ChappeIIe residence. 1874 Clayton
street, to be informed that Mrs. Chap
pelle was not in. and was confronted
later by her irate husband. who un-
stintedly denounced the manner In
which his wifes name had been con-
nected with the affair. crying:
TT is an outrage. the way my wife
has been treated by The Call She does
not know anything about the Belve-
dere."
Pressed with rather pointed ques
tons Chappelle admitted that he did
not know what his wife had told the
Investigators. and ultimately admitted
her presence at the Belvedere on the
night In question. when she says
Graney said:
HI hate to see tomorrow come. for
tomorrow must cut it up with Schmtts
and Ruef."
Considerably Modified. Chappelle
said that on the night in question and
which Mrs Chappel1e thinks was the
last night in February. he had told his
wife to go to the Belvedere. as he had
some business down town. and would
call for her at the music hall later He
also admitted that she did have drinks
with Graney. Dan Donovan and the
third party, whose il entity is carefully
guarded and whom Mrs ChappeIls
claims she does not know by name but
could Identify.
WILL TELL STORY FREELY
When told subpoena for his wife
would issue and that she would be
compelled to appear before the Grand
Jury. Chappelle said his wife would not
try to evade testifying. but would go
before the inquisitoriaI body and tell
freely what she knew and recite just
what happened on that night in Febru-
ary He insisted that his wife did not
fear anybody and would tell the whole
truth With reference to Graney's
claim that Mrs. chappelle had never
made the statements ascribed TO her.
Ckappelle declined to deny that his
wife had made them He said she had
been interviewed by the Investigators
and that he did not know what she
had told them
Despite the attempts OF Graney and
his friends to close the mouth OF MrA