The San Francisco call., 1910-05-17

the time of the raid, and then identified
them and explained the use to which he
found them being put at the time of
the raid. At the close of his direct ex-
animation Knight announced that he
did not care to cross examine the wit
ness.
Before Joseph Abbott was. called to
the stand Attorneys knight and Mar
tinelli of Flannery's counsel were again
warned by the court to move their
chairs farther away from the rail of
the jury box, where they had taken
up their position. Boyd objected that
he was given no privacy for consulting
with any one if he desired to do so, and
Judge Lennon asked the attorneys for
the defense to resume their regular
places.
On direct examination Abbott said
that he had known Flannery nearly
all his life and that they had been on
the most intimate terms during the
last five years He told of his San
Francisco visit last October, and said
that before returning to Seattle he had
arranged with Flannery TO come back
to San Francisco and conduct a "payof'
game. which he described as a bunko
swindle similar to that operated in Sau-
salito. where bets were laid on fake
races with the names of fictitious
horses listed on the blackboards.
FAMOUS TELEGRAM IDENTIFIED
Abbott made an excellent witness,
answering questions quickly, concisely
and without nervousness or hesitancy.
He said that Frank Hazel. the fugitive
member of the pool room gang, also
knew Flannery well and had visited his
saloon almost daily. In recounting his
own dealings with Flannery he led up
to the famous telegram sent to him in
election. in which Flannery wrote, Joe,
my promise is good" The telegram was
/ Identified and introduced in evidence,
and the witness told of his visits to Salt
Lake and Reno between November and
the latter part of December of last year
and of his return-to San Francisco.
In the course of the ensuing con-
versations with Flannery. Abbot said
that FIannery told him that he was go
ing to put a lot of the detectives of the
police department out into the fog
belt" and showed him a list of mem
bers of the department, opposite many
of the names on which he had placed
checks and marks.
He asked me if ! knew various
ones" testified Abbott, and what I
thought about them. I told him that I
didn't know more than one or two of
them personally. I asked him about
Detectives Bunner and Freel, who were
/ then on the bunko detail, and he said.
I will attend to them all right He
! also told me often that he would let us
know when to go TO work"
PROMISED THEM ANYTHING
The witness said that Flannery had
! told him that he and Hazel and Mac
! Sherry could have anything they want
/ ed in San Francisco, and that Flannery
! himself mentioned gambling houses,
! craps games, poolrooms, penny arcades
end pay-off places" After he had
! spoken to Flannery about his plan of
/ going temporarily to Sausalito, he as
! serted that the latter asked him II
everything was fixed and told him 10
''be careful over there.
"Flannery wanted to know if we
would have any men working for us
! over in San Francisco for the Sausa-
! Tito place" he testified, in answer to
questions by District Attorney Boyd.
/ He said that if was going to have
any men-any steerers-working for me
over in San Francisco / had better give
him a list of their names so. that il any
! of them got into any trouble he could
! get them out of Jail. | gave him a list
/ of six or eight or more written out.
Soon after the Sausalito poolroom
/ had opened, Abbott stated, he received
word that John Bull and a man named
/ Clark. two of the "steerers," had been
arrested in San Francisco. lie at once
went to see Flannery.
My God, already" demanded Flan-
merry.
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