The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
CHIEF. MARTIN AND DETECTIVES
MINIMIZE FLANNERY'S INFLUENCE
Prosecutions Witnesses Favor Defense but
Make Significant Admissions

rclsring that he had never in his life
met Abbott
Nothing was done yesterday in the
investigation OF the several alleged in
stances of jury tampering, which the
district attorney and sheriff Of Marin
county have been investigating. Both
OF the county officials were too busy in
connection with the conduct of the
trial 10 give any time 10 the other in
vestigation yesterday. The grand jury
has been called TO meet Thursday
morning, however. and most OF the i'm
portant witnesses who Will appear be-
fore ii were in court yesterday under
subpoena.
BasSity Makes Noise
Jerome Bassity. the missing witness
who successfully evaded process serv-
ers for several days and was only To-
Gated Monday night was in court all
day. He made his presence known dur
ing the morning session by rising un-
expectedly from his seat in the body of
the courtroom and calling attention to
subpoena. The occasion for his an
nouncement was based on District At
torney Boyd's statement to the court
just before the noon hour that he had
no other witness in attendance whom
lie wished TO call at the time and his
request for an adjournment Bassity
promptly arose from his seat and with
out preliminaries addressed the court
in loud voice.
Il am Jerome Bassity," he declaimed.
I have been subpenaed to be here, and
I'd like to know what it is for
Bassity was quickly squelched by
Judge Lennon, who ordered him to sit
down, and during the rest of the day
he remained inconspicuously in the
background. District Attorney Boyd
said last night that he was holding
Bassity as a witness for rebuttal and
also as a witness to be called before
the grand jury Thursday. Bassity was
found Monday night, after a long
search, at the home Of Meyer Cohen,
an old intimate OF the Ruef- f-Schmitz
crowd, at l231A Masonic avenue. but
attempted 70 escape even after he was
reached by the subpoena servers.
GenazZi Subpenaed
William Genazzi. a brother of Juror
Henry Y. GenaZzi, who has been
wanted since last Friday on account of
his connection with an alleged attempt
TO influence his brother and another
member of the jury TO give their sup
port TO the defendant. was found late
Monday night and put under subpoena
lie was in court yesterday, accom-
panied by HIS sister, Miss Carrie Cen
azzi, who confessed TO District At
torney Boyd and Judge Lennon last
Saturday that William Elliott, Flan-
nerys night manager Of the Richelieu
saloon. had asked her to use her in
huence with her brother to have him
go light" on FlanneTy.
All the witnesses who are wanted
before the grand jury viii be held in
constant attendance upon the court
until Thursday morning, at which time
new sensations in connection with the
investigation of alleged jury tamper-
ing are expected to break.
REBUTTAL WITNESSES
Chief Of Police John B. Martin was
the prosecutions first witness yester-
day morning, and he was accompanied
across the bay by Captain of Detectives
Wall and Detectives John /. Barrell, T.
]. Bailey and Thomas Burke, who
were subpenaed by the defense. Cap
tain Duke was also subpenaed by the
defense, as were Fremont Older, editor
OF the Bulletin, and Isidor Jacobs.
Neither Older nor Jacobs was called
yesterday. but it is understood that the
former will be used by the prosecution
as witness in rebuttaI.
District Attorney Boyd's first ques-
tions 10 Chief Martin related to a con-
Vsrsation with Assemblyman Al
Wheelan on February IL, on which
date, according to Joseph Abbotts tes-
timony, Wheelau, at Planners direc-
tion. secured the release from the city
prison in San Francisco Of two Of the
"steerers" for the Sausalito poolroom
who had been arrested in this city
Martin stated that he had held a con-
versation with Wheelan on the date
mentioned, but was not permitted to
tell the subject of the discussion
In relation TO the appointment OF De-
tective Farrell, who, Abbott testified,
had been introduced TO him by Flan-
merry for the purpose of making ar
rangements for protection, Martin said
that Farrell had been put on the plain
clothes detail about two weeks sub
sequent TO his own appointment as
chief Of police.
TALK OVER APPOINTMENTS
When these appointments came up
for consideration Mayor p. II. McCar-