The San Francisco call., 1908-12-02
BIGGY'S MOVEMENTS.
TRACED BY BOARD.
Police Commission investigates
Circumstances Surrounding !.
Chiefs Death

The police commission devoted large
part of yesterday forenoon TO an inves-
tigation of the circumstances surround
ing the death of Police Chief william j.
Biggy. Several witnesses were called,
and the movements of the chief were
traced from Sunday until the time he
vanished from the launch
It developed that Biggy had desired
to make the trip to Belvedere without
attracting special notice and had stated
that some matter had arisen about
which he desired to confer. with COM
missioner Keil. Just what this special
matter was has not been .divulged: .:Ac-
cording TO. Policeman A. L. Martien,
who spoke with Biggy just before his
departure, it concerned something which
had come up after Keil left. the city
Monday evening.
MARTENS statement bears. out the as
sertions of Engineer William Murphy
that Biggy desired to make the trip to
-Belvedere and at the same time to at
tract as little attention as possible:
CHIEF DESIRED SECRECY
The statement of. Policeman Martien
follows:
About z O'Clock I was watching
the police boat at the Mission
street wharf while Engineer MUIR
ply went TO supper. Chief Of PO-
lice w. j: Biggy called at the boat
Immediately after Murphy left. The
chief stated to me that he wanted
to go TO Belvedere and he did not
want any one to know 1t, as some
thing had come up that he wanted
10 see Mr.. keiI about after MF. KeII
had, left.
He asked me to go In the cabin
of the boat with him, as he did not
want any one to know that he was
7 going TO Belvedere. He gave: me a
cigar and he said the: pleasure :.
would be his, If were smoking, as
nobody would see in the cabin.
The balance of the conversation
had with the chief was about the
usual topics of the day. He seemed
TO be in good humor. When En-
gileer Murphy came from his sup
per the chief ordered me to go ON
my heat and then the boat pulled
out.
The other witnesses summoned by
the commission were Captain OF Po-
lice Conboy, Lieutenant NJ. /. Carroll,
Captain j.. J. o'Meara, James Woods,
manager of the ST. Francis hotel; Cap
tain James Kelly of the police depart
ment, Engineer william Murphy of the
police boat Patrol. and Police Commits
sioner KeiI.
MOVEMENTS BEFORE DEATH
BY these witnesses it was established
that on Sunday afternoon Biggy had
taken an automobile ride through the
with Detective Sergeant Thomas Muir
ply, Captain O'Meara and Policeman
McKevitt. Biggy accompanied Captain
O'Meara to the latter's home at 1855
Twenty-third street. where he took din
ner. spent the night and took breakfast
the following morning.
After breakfast on Monday morning
remained through the day, leaving at
about 4:sO o'clock. From his Office he
went to the St Francis hotel, where he
was seen by Manager James Woods.
He left the hotel between $50 and
5:45 and went toward the ferry He
dropped into the cafe of Kilburn &
Hayden in Market street near the ferry
at 6:10 and dined there. He spoke with
Mr.. Kilburn and mentioned that he was
in a hurry as he desired to go to
Belvedere. He left the restaurant
shortly after Z o'clock. Biggy had
taken his revolver from his pocket in
the restaurant and left it behind. II
was later found by Mr.. Kilburn.
From the restaurant the chief went
to the Mission street float, where he
took the launch to Beivedere. The tide
was low and Commissioner Keil went