The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09

Jumped up 1TOu1 tuS> pHOH0 tuCH
and went to vannatta's room, No. 143.
Wolf was sitting on the bed and didn't
say word all the time was there. 1
told them they were going too far.
and that they had better look out I
said I knew. just what their game was
and that they were tampering with the
jury. vannatta started to talk back
and told him I'd put him where he be-
longed-behind the prison bars. When
started out OF the room they followed
me. said something to Wolf and he
said, oh, shut up. You can't run q
bluff like that on me- It's no bluff,'
told him. I know all about you and
you'll get your deserts by the court
where TIL report the matter Burns
told you to say that, didn't her" sneered
Wolf. I called him q liar and that
ended It."
After tho episode In the room Wolf
and Vannatta entered into a, quiet dis
cussion at table in the hotel lobby,
where they were busily engaged draw
ing up telegram. Their tones became
audible several times, and parts OF their
conversation drifted to listening ears.
I won't sign It," Wolf said at ono
time. I've been going on record every
time and It's up to you to go on record
this time"
Vannatta signed the paper and pock-
eted 1t. and then there was further
discussion. during which there was q
reference to passing" something at
o'clock in the morning.
The suspicious circumstance con-
nected with the latter reference IL that
o'clock is tho hour at which the
guard outside the windows OF the
rooms where the 1urymen sleep is with
drawn. At that hour the shades in the
rooms are raised, and this is the signal
which relieves the outside guard from
his duty. Biggy does not believe that
anything could possibly bs passed into
the rooms, but connects the words
which were overheard with this change
| Of guard.
These startling incidents last night
were preceded by an event Friday aft
ernoon, to which Biggy attaches the
utmost Importance. It was just after
the return of tho jurymen to the hotel
been conducted to their rooms The
wives Of Jurymen Bancroft and Capp
were waiting In the hotel lobby to
speak with them, and Biggy personally
accompanied them to the front OF the
hotel. While he was there with them
william Biggy NJr.. his SON. aecompa-
nied the other ten members Of the jury
to q washroom In their corridor, and
two strangers crowded into the room
with them.
Selecting two OF the Jurors. the men
struck up a conversation about the
weather and when the jurymen left
the room accompanied them into the
hall. One of tho Jurors turned to
young Biggy and said: THAT man
seems pretty anxious to set me into
conversation. Who Is her"
BY that time tho two men had turned
and Biggy followed them They walked
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street Biggy followed them for sew
eral blocks. He then returned to the
hotel and reported the incident to his
father. Elisor Biggy stated last night
that he has an excellent description Of
these men and that they can be identi-
ned II found
Two other incide- ts after the ne
nouement concerning Wolf and Van
natta last night helped to confirm the
at work IN the st. Francis hotel. A
package which had been left for q
member Of the Jury at the hotel offlce
earlier In the day and which Biggy
had intended to inspect before deliver
Ing was found to be missing. Nothing
could be learned of its whereabouts.
At about the same time this discov-
cry was made q stranger who had been
lettering about the hotel lobby while
the excitement over the events earlier
In tho evening was at its height was
seen in one Of the corridors with q
key In his hand. He was not . guest
Of the hotel. and when questioned as
to what he had been doing In the hall.
way stated that he was going to Z
washroom. He them disappeared and
could not be found whom search was
made for him.
Wolf ana vAnnattA made IN sRors
last might to laugh on the matter con.
Meeting them with tho schmitS case ~
q huge joke. but neither gave an ex-
PLANTATION Of his butinSss about the
hotel. Both men avoided discussing 8
the salient features Of the charge made
by Biggy. vannatta denied his con-
nection with tho local detective agency,
declared that he was speculatcr and
real estate man and that his interest In
attending the Schmits trial was merely
that Of any citisen. He said It was =
coincidence that he and Wolf were at
the hotel. and that they always made
| their home there when In the city. AT
the hotel It was stated that they were
not regular patrons.
VOLTS statements were similar to
thoss Of vAnnAttA, but neither would
answer direct questions concerning the
telephone Incident OF that OF the con-
versation In the hotel lobby.
6OIn "Ol1 ana Annotto A0vO III
savory regulations In San Francisco.
The former, who is . nephew of the
late chief Of police and captain Of de-
tectives, I. W. Ices, was police SER
geant on the force and was discharged
IN December, 1909. after = hearing be-
fore the police commission at which he
was accused of having taken money to
protect several saloons south OF Mar
kat street IN evasions OF the law. One
| OF these was the saloon conducted by
| q. b. Simpson and Al Nein at Seventh
and Mission streets. He is regularly
employed by the United glass works at
115 Eddy street, selling decorative
glass.
vannatta has been engaged a. . pri-
vate detective in this city for num-
Der OF years. He was originally with
| the Pinkertona a. an attache of their
| local ONCE, but was dismissed FOL
causes which his former employers re-
fuse to make public. He then engaged
| IN private detective work In divorce
cases on his own account and figured
unenviably in several notorious cases
| For time he forced his wife to par
ticipate in his spying upon married
| mon 9nd wom0t.