The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10

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to obtain an appointment as one of
the guards under Elisor Biggy in
caring for the jury. but had not been
successful Elisor Biggy said that
no application had been made directly
TO him by Wolf.
spea king for himself and Wolf Van
natta said last night;
IT IS true that ] have an interest In
this Jury. which is purely personal
one. 1t may be that / am here to see
that everything is carried out fairly in
guarding the jury. or I might be here
10 watch Biggy- ] think this VIII de-
velop in time"
IN speaking of a personal interest,
DO you mean that you are here to watch
the jury as a representative Of any IN
terest?" was asked.
.Oh. yes; I am here in the interest
OF the common people, he retorted-
Are you acting under instructions
m remaining here2"
7 refuse to answer that question
The lid is on" and Vannatta closed the
Interview without further attempt to
efface the impression that he and Wolf
were employed through some represen-
tative of Schmitz TO remain in touch
with the jury, and, possibly, to ap-
proach jurors with bribes If the chance
offered
BURNS WILL TAKE NO ACTION
Detective William ]. Burns said last
night that the prosecution had not
taken up the matter of the activity of
Wolf and vannatta with any thorough
ness, as IL was a situation with which
Biggy or the court alone must deal.
I'VE have not looked into this mat
ter" he said. IT viii say that the
prosecution is taking every legitimate
means in its power to safeguard it's
own interests. and that L have men
watching well known jury hxers here
in the city. But it would be the worst
of crimes If the prosecution should at
tempt TO tamper with the jury In this
or any other case-even worse than for
the defense 10 do so-and nobody con-
nected with the prosecution has or will
20 anywhere near any member of that
jury. ] have not seen Elisor Biggy to
talk with him since this jury was i'm
psneled. nor has any one connected
with this Office. and the reason is that
IL is my purpose to avoid the possibility
Of the slightest suspicion being direct
ed toward the prosecution"
Under instructions given yesterday by
Elisor Buggy one member of his guard
remains constantly in the rooms occu-
pied by the jurors, in addition to the
men stationed in the Railways and out
side the windows of the rooms at night.
These guards have instructions not to
converse with the jurors. Outside the
rooms a close watch is being kept In
the lobby and corridors OF the hotel,
and the movements of any strangers In
the building are closely watched.
FOLLOW JURY TO GRILL ROOM
Wolf and vannatta remained at the
hotel all day yesterday, but nothing oc-
CURED as a sequence TO the events of
Saturday evening, which might serve
as basis for bringing them before the
court to explain their presence in the
hotel and evident interest in the af-
fairs OF the jury. Both men were
loungingfn the lobby during a part of
the day and followed at a little dis
tance when the pilgrimages of the
jurors to the grill room were made, but
made no effort to speak to any Of the
members. Although suspicion points
strongly to the two men on account of
their actions, the circumstances sur
rounding their presence at the hotel
and the knowledge of their past
history in San Francisco. no definite
proof that they have endeavored direct
ly TO approach any juror or interfere
with the jury's affairs has been obtained
and Elisor Biggy does not consider
himself warranted under the circum-
stances in officially bringing the mat
ter to the attention of the court
II am thoroughly convinced that
Wolf and Vannatta are here for no
good purpose and the manner in
which they have taken the charges
that have been made against them
heightens this conviction" said Biggy
yesterday. 1T looks very much as if
they were connected with a wide
spread plot to get at the members of
this jury. and they are not the only
men in and around the hotel who will
bear watching believe that there are
several men engaged in this work,
and that these two probably are the
leaders. Now that they have been
shown up they probably will be more
careful and ! am not relaxing my Wig
lance one whit. At present l don't
think I would be justified IN reporting
odicislly to Judge Dunno, for the jury