Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-17
JURY TAMPERERS
IN FLANNERY CASE
WILL Be INDICTED
NIGHT Manager of Saloon Owned
by Defendant is Put on
Grill by Judge
JURORS BROTHER is SOUGHT
William Genazzi Drops Out of
Sight and Subpoena for
Him Is UnSerVed
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~ AN RAFAEL May 16-Disclosures
concerning an alleged attempt to
~ influence two jurors now sitting
in the grand larceny trial of Harry p
Flannery, former president of the San
Francisco police commission, furnished
the climax today in the case growing
out of the recent raid on the bogus
Sausalito pool room.
Judge Lennon this morning called a
conference in his chambers, at which
were present District Attorney Boyd
and George A. knight, chief attorney
for the defendant.
The reported case Of jury tampering
was thoroughly gone over, and William
Elliott, the night manager of Flan-
nery's saloon in San Francisco, was
called before the judge and the two
attorneys and questioned regarding
the part he is alleged to have taken in
the matter under investigation.
AS a result of the grilling given Ell
liott and of certain admissions he Is
said to have made, the grand jury of
Marin county has been called to meet
Thursday to take up an investigation
of this and other cases.
TALKS LOUDLY ABOUT CASE
Through the efforts of agents of the
district attorneys and sheriff's offices,
1t was learned that Henry V. Genazzi,
one of the jurors, had taken dinner last
Thursday night in company with an
other juror at a San Francisco cafe OF
which Genazzi's sister is proprietor
While they were at dinner Elliott, 1t
Is alleged entered the cafe and began
talking about the Flannery case with
In their hearing, and later Joined the
party at the table. Later he asked a
younger sister of Genazzi's, according
to the statement of the girl herself
to ask her brother to "go light on
Flannery."
A subpoena has been issued for Will
liam Genazzi, a brother of the juror,
who was seen in conference with Flan-
merry Thursday, who later went to
lunch with his brother and who was
present at the dinner in the San Fran
cisco cafe. A search has been kept up
for William Genazzi since Saturday,
but he has not been found.
Joseph Abbott, one of the Sausalito
pool room operators, whose confession
served as the basis of the grand lar
ceny Indictment against Flannery, was
the principal witness called today by
the prosecution. He told of numerous
conversations with Flannery relating
to what he declared was an agreement
with the latter to open bunko games
in San Francisco under police protec-
ton to be furnished by Flannery. He
also declared that Flannery had pre-
else knowledge of the illegal opera
tions being carried on by the pool room
men In Sausalito.
ADDS STARTLING TESTIMONY
In the course Of his direct examina-
ton Abbott added several sensational
bits of testimony to his confession be-
fore the grand Jury He declared that
Flannery secured from him a written
list containing the names of all the
steerers for the Sausalito fake pool
room who would operate in San Fran
cisco. in order to furnish protection
in case these men were arrested. He
added that some time in February two
of these steerers were captured in san
Francisco and that Flannery secured
their release from jail through Assem-
blyman A. L. Whelan.
Abbott said that Flannery had intro
duced him to Detectives Harrell and
Bailey of San Francisco, who were to
furnish protection. He quoted Flan-
merry as saying:
you have two good years ahead of
you. I want you to make lot of
money for yourself and also for me.
I've waited for fourteen years for this,
and now l am going to make good
money out of it,"
Abbott was followed upon the stand
by his wife, his brother-in-law, Roland
J. Hazelton and the latter's wife, all
of whom corroborated his testimony.
Sheriff Taylor of Marin county also
testified concerning the raid on the
Sausalito pool room, and identified the
gambling paraphernalia captured at
that time.
The case will continue tomorrow.