The San Francisco call., 1910-05-28
FLANNERY JURY
WITNESS LEAVES
Grady's Nephew, Who Had Been
Approached, Is Numbered
Among Missing

SAN RAFAEL, May 27.-The sudden
departure of witness wanted by the
grand jury and the dismissal of the
indictments against James Blair
awakened interest today in the inyes-
LEGATIONS that have followed the trial
of former Police Commissioner Harry
P. Flannery
James Grady, a nephew of r. p.
Grady. one of the jurors who voted for
Flannery's acquittal, left San Rafael
last night. 1t is believed that he has
gone to Truckee. Young Grady, al
though not subpenaed understood that
his testimony would be required when
the grand jury begins its investiga-
tlons next week into the alleged Jury
tampering in connection with the FIan-
merry trial. According TO the story told
the officials stranger approached the
young man during the first day of the
impanelment of the jury and gave him
to understand in an indirect manner
that 1T would be worth $4,000 to his
uncle to vote in favor of Flannery.
Questioned regarding the incident the
lad professed to be somewhat hazys on
the details of the conversation. To a
friend he confided that he was accosted
in the street on the evening of the day
the impanelment began by stranger
The stranger opened a conversation
with the young man and gradually led
it up to the subject of the Flannery
trial.
How does your uncle feel about this
case?" he is said to have asked the
nephew.
HE did not tell me in so many
words that there would be $4,000 in it
for my uncle explained the nephew
in relating the incident. but he con-
veyed that idea quite plainly"
Since then young Grady has shown a
disposition to be silent regarding the
entire affair. Il have no desire to go
before the grand jury he said yester-
day Il am going away No charge
is made by the officials against either
the juror Grady or his nephew, but
the young mans testimony was consid-
cred important in the effort to show the
alleged attempts at jury tampering
Sheriff Taylor is said to have coll
1ected much information regarding Su-
pervisor L. c. Pistolesi's supposed con-
nection with the fake poolroom at Sau-
salito. He has spent the last few
days following that line of investiga-
tion. Foreman E. R. Samuels came
from Novato today and held long
consultation with the sheriff 1t Is un-
derstood that he is thoroughly salts
fed with. the necessity of calling a
session of the grand jury next week.
Another feature of the case which
may go before the grand jury is an al
legged attempt to kidnap Robert N
Wood. the Selma farmer lad, who was
fieeced out of $500 and whose testimony
sent Frank MacSherry to San, Quentin
to serve year for grand larceny. That
a woman, endowed with an ample share
of youth and beauty, was engaged to
lure the young man away from the
keeping of Sheriff Taylor is the state
ment made by Wood himself today
Il was warned by a detective in the
employ of District Attorney Boyd that
an attempt would be made to get me
formed me that my disappearance
would mean much to certain people,
and that Sheriff Taylor had been Of
fered big sum to be careless with me-
He said that young woman. very
friendly to one of the bunkomen, had
been employed to coax me into giving
the sheriff the slip. / saw the woman
around the courthouse after that, but
always kept away from her" Wood is
still waiting for his share of the money
which was taken from the poolroom at
the time of the raid.
Upon motion of District Attorney
Boyd. Superior Judge Lennon dismissed
the indictments against James Blair
this morning. Blair was the proprietor
of the saloon in an upper room of which
the bunko game was conducted. At
torney James Keys stated in his behalf
that Blair had aided the officials by fur
nishing Information regarding the
other men arrested. Keys also said
that Blair's wife had rented the rooms
to the bunkomen, and that the saloon
keeper had played only a minor part in
the operations. Boyd supported Keys
assertions. AS the indictments against
Edmund Blum and Edward Parry have
alsos been dismissed, Alfred Lewis is
the last of the Sausaiito quartet re-
naming under indictments. 1t is ex-
pected that he will also be released
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