The San Francisco call., 1908-12-03
-KeiI Is Contradicted

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KeiI Is Contradicted
Commissioner Ken had explained
that a. copy OF the statement in which
the resignation story was included had
been forwarded te the mayor.
r.. I sent copies Of my statement to
the mayor. and to several others, who.
thought. would be Interested in it.
+ Will moi mention their names
said he:
=. IN glarIng conflict with this state
nlent is the declaration Of the mayor
when questioned about his receipt of
the Kefi statement.
4 have ,feceixed no communication
or intination whatsoever from Police
Commissioner. KEEL: relative to the re-
signatien OF Chief of Police Biggy,"
said his honor with emphasis. Il have
not seen Mr.. keit and. have not dis
russed the matter at length with any
q the commissioners"
Did the mayor say he had not re-
5eeived my stateEneAt?S Questioned Keil.
...yNell, then. guess the mayor is right
No. won't say when 1 sent it to him.
: Good day. -.
whether the conflict. of opinion be-
tween Cutler and Keil and the dis
orepenoy of statement between keiI
and the mayor will lead to misunder-
standing. or whether explanations will
be demanded. remains te be seen.
Lengthy Statement
The statement prepared by keii COW
ers the. incidents which happened from
the time Biggy arrived at Belvedere
until The moment when he bade Ken
good might and started on the fatefuI
ride. back to this city.
=. Several large typewriter sheets are
filled ssith.the minutes of the converse
1ien between the two men. but only a
small portion has so far been surren-
dered for publication by the secretive
and mysterious commissioner.
That Biggy was in an overwrought
fraine:of mind when he arrived at Bel
Eedere there can be no doubt He
plunged at once into the recital of his
troubles and harked back to the time
in the early eos when he first entered
politics BY running for the state SEN
ate.
Keil says that Biggy nearly broke
down and cried when he spoke of the
promise he had made at that time to
his wife
Following is that part of the state
ment which KeIl. consented to make
public.
-. When the chief entered the house
he complained Of feeling very cold.
owing TO his trip across the bay.
i Immediately got out some Scotch
whisky and cigars and poured out
a. good stiff drink for him and took
a. small one myself. We chatted
for about two hours. He was very
much exercised and worried over
the articles in The Call. and stated
that he did not object SO much to
the. criticism of his public duties,
but that they were delving into his.
=. private affairs and framing up lies
about HIS actions;up TO the present
date and also of the past He was
very much worried about the po-
sition in which the mayor was and
also the commissioners; especially
did he feefShis toward Mayor Tay-
ior. -:
He spoke to me about resigning,
and I told him not to do anything
hastily, that tomorrow morning at.
d. 10 o'clock he should come up to my
once and + would Immediately
telephone on my arrival in town to .
the other commissioners and haye
them there ana: we could then out
line a plan which would meet his
approval. and the approval of the :.
others interested.
He also stated that in 1892, when
he FIRST entered. public life, he en-
tered it at the behest Of his friends
20 break the power OF Chris Buck
ley and Sam Rainey. In entering
that fight he did so in opposition to
his four brothers in law, who were
strong partisans. and his beloved
wife. the mother of his four chill
dren- During this campaign he was
making speech out in the park on
the same night in which his son
was born. which one have forgot
ten, although he mentioned the
name at the time.
It was. in this campaign, If / re-
member correctly, that he was
elected 20 the state senate. After
the election his wife. who had. been