Matthew is the kind of guy a relative described to police as "polite," the guy parents wanted their daughters to date. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. If all this weren't enough, a sexual relationship between his 14-year-old daughter and a 19-year-old Bumb cousin was reported to police, slicing the family's cherished privacy wide open for the world to see. Tim and George, under pressure from then Police Chief Lou Cobarruviaz, had already signed an agreement a year earlier that prohibited Brian, Jeff and their father from having anything to do with the card room. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. Jeff entertained offers to buy the club, the highest bid, he recalls, coming in at $40 million. Matthew is the kind of guy a relative described to police as "polite," the guy parents wanted their daughters to date. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. You think this didn't break my heart?" A nurse was present to monitor his condition. "And I told you that I loved you and you are like a father to me. Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in Bay 101.) AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. Other allegations were more dubious: Investigators chased after a tip that the Bumbs were skimming cash from the Flea Market parking lot, an accusation that was never proven. Tim and George, under pressure from then Police Chief Lou Cobarruviaz, had already signed an agreement a year earlier that prohibited Brian, Jeff and their father from having anything to do with the card room. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" First, Jeff tried to have the Bumb & Associates partnership dissolved after accusing his family of trying to force him out without paying him a fair price. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. And for nearly a month, they did. A FEW DAYS AFTER returning from his son's Oct. 13, 1995, military graduation in San Diego, Jeff and his wife, Elizabeth, got some appalling news: Their 14-year-old daughter had been involved in a sexual relationship with an older male cousin. If all this weren't enough, a sexual relationship between his 14-year-old daughter and a 19-year-old Bumb cousin was reported to police, slicing the family's cherished privacy wide open for the world to see. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. Jeff's grandfather, Frank Bumb, had met his wife, Mary, at a card parlor in San Francisco where they worked. Some improprieties did turn up: Bumb & Associates, a partnership including the four brothers and their father, had failed to file required reports disclosing more than $100,000 in political contributions made between 1989 and 1992. "They didn't teach anything about this. Whenever trouble arose at the Flea Market with city code or building inspectors, the Bumbs sent Jeff to settle things. OK--we didn't get out--OK? First, Jeff tried to have the Bumb & Associates partnership dissolved after accusing his family of trying to force him out without paying him a fair price. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson.
Amid rising tensions, San Jose Flea Market owners - San Jos Spotlight Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. In a statement to police, Jeff's daughter recounted how the first incident had happened the year before on the Fourth of July at a family beach house near Santa Cruz when the older boy allegedly started fondling her while she was asleep on the living room couch. Of the four brothers, Tim and George had faced the least resistance from state gaming officials. As a compromise of sorts, he was debating whether he should apply for a license as a gaming-club manager instead of as an owner. Snow White or Cinderella? Unlike other partners, neither Jeff nor Brian had buyback provisions in their written agreements, an intentional omission meant to appease state gaming officials who wanted them out of the picture. Well, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." he asked. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. Police reports would suggest she had, "for about a year," been giving "blow jobs" to 19-year-old Matthew Bumb, son of George Bumb Jr. And it was very explicit in there that no Bumbs could have anything to do with the club. At the time, San Jose, like cities throughout the state, was strapped for cash, looking at an $11 million budget shortfall. And for nearly a month, they did. OK--we didn't get out--OK? "We made it very clear to Jeff and everybody else concerned," Tim says, "that I'm not going to stick my neck on the line here. The district attorney's office says that Bumb attorney Ron Werner turned the letter over to authorities immediately after it came in the mail. Still Standing: Jeff Bumb, Bay 101's ostracized founder, boasts that despite various local, state and federal investigations over the years he has emerged squeaky clean. It's like we had no life except for the family." You know the school we went to?" When he was jailed, the desperate cop wrote a 15-page handwritten letter in pencil to George Bumb in May 1997 asking the Flea Market owner to bail him out. Werner said no. "And I told you that I loved you and you are like a father to me. Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. He was also the kind of guy, police records reveal, who told his mother about the incidents "because he felt guilty." AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. And then police remembered the old rumors about a murder plot at the Flea Market, where Venzon had worked as a security guard for more than 15 years. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. On March 17, 1993, the City Council gave Bumb and his partners the green light to open a 40-table card room on a 10-acre plot of land off U.S 101. After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. Well, guess what? But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. George Bumb Jr., the quiet one with a flair for things mechanical, was already at the controls of Air One Helicopter. On March 17, 1993, the City Council gave Bumb and his partners the green light to open a 40-table card room on a 10-acre plot of land off U.S 101. You know the school we went to?" Or at least he thought he didn't. The Flea Market, touted as the nation's largest, made the Bumbs rich, grossing nearly $12 million in 1996. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. FROM THE START, Jeff's three brothers and father didn't share his enthusiasm for opening a lavish gaming house. George Bumb Sr.'s loan-repayment demands came in July 1996, just as his oldest son and his wife were about to move to Los Gatos and break away from the family and its eastside enclave. She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. Tim and George Jr. worried that pressuring state and city officials to deal Jeff back in at Bay 101 would backfire and authorities would close down the card room. But he didn't cash out. "They didn't teach anything about this. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. But he didn't cash out. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. Bumb family attorney Ron Werner suggested that Jeff and his family had a hidden motive for waiting nearly a month to report the incident to police. "Jeff is a wheeler and dealer," explained his Uncle John, the Flea Market's executive vice president and owner of the Skeeball Arcade. Though authorities were never able to prove a paid snuff plot, Jeff Bumb believes the allegations were a factor contributing to authorities' mistrust of him. He can't ignore it. One of George Bumb Sr.'s granddaughters explained to police that her family was very old-fashioned: "The woman gets the short end of the deal; she is a whore. There were flowers everywhere. In response to Jeff's legal attacks, George Bumb Sr. and Bumb & Associates filed two separate suits of their own to collect nearly $1 million in loans and interest they claimed Jeff never paid. Well, guess what? "He worked for me." After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" It wasn't the money, either. And that ain't happening because I can't afford it." "They didn't teach anything about this. Christopher Gardner "He worked for me." The state, still busy conducting background checks, still hadn't approved the Bumbs and their partners' gaming licenses. Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. OK--we didn't get out--OK? Don't Shoot: George Bumb Sr., the publicity-shy patriarch of the Bumb family and creator of the Flea Market, in a rare photo which appeared in California Today magazine in 1980. After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. Tim and George Jr. worried that pressuring state and city officials to deal Jeff back in at Bay 101 would backfire and authorities would close down the card room. He was also the kind of guy, police records reveal, who told his mother about the incidents "because he felt guilty." He wanted to relocate and expand Sutter's Place in Alviso from a five-table card room to a 40-table one, matching the size of Northern California's largest card room, Garden City in San Jose. In a fit, he took the paper he was writing on, crumpled it up and threw it out the office door. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. Jeff Bumb later explained to the press that they didn't know partnerships were required to file such reports, and they paid the state a $1,250 fine. Tim and George Jr. would appeal and reapply, the hope being that the club would open as soon as possible. Jeff Bumb later explained to the press that they didn't know partnerships were required to file such reports, and they paid the state a $1,250 fine. THINGS WERE certainly simpler back in the old days, before Bay 101, when the Bumbs were known for the Berryessa Flea Market, the family-owned business started in 1960 by 75-year-old family patriarch George Bumb Sr. EIGHT MONTHS AFTER its approval by the City Council, the peach-colored Bay 101 held its "grand opening." But there was no gambling done that night. Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. I'm on the hook for $15 million. Bryant, who acts as emissary for the family and its patriarch, thinks the Bumbs are a misunderstood bunch. He also disputes that such a letter was even necessary for Jeff to get licensed. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. In fact, on the day he was arrested, records show that Venzon pawned a 14-karat-gold diamond cluster ring and a ladies' gold tennis bracelet for a total of $298 at American Precious Metals, a jewelry store at the Flea Market run by Joseph Bumb. According to Werner, molestation of his daughter became part of a laundry list of damning things Jeff threatened to disclose if his buy-out demands weren't met. But Jeff and his family started hearing that instead of showing concern and support for his daughter, George Bumb Sr. and others in the family were blaming his freshman daughter for the incident and not her adult-age cousin. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. "And I told you that I loved you and you are like a father to me. Snow White or Cinderella? Realizing that, Jeff offered to pay higher card-room taxes (next year the city expects to collect $4.5 million from Bay 101) and pick up the tab for security. Christopher Gardner The ensuing delay forced Jeff Bumb to lay off 600 workers he had hired. But there was no gambling done that night. But his dream, which now seemed so close to being a reality, was about to become a nightmare. But there was no gambling done that night. The district attorney's office says that Bumb attorney Ron Werner turned the letter over to authorities immediately after it came in the mail. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. Jeff Bumb later explained to the press that they didn't know partnerships were required to file such reports, and they paid the state a $1,250 fine. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. He also pulled off an armed robbery of the Aloha Roller Palace. Originally he was scheduled for questioning on March 10, 1997, but the old man's lawyers explained that their client was extremely ill, suffering from "severe life-threatening conditions," practically on his death bed. Eight days after the molestation incident was reported to police--and one day after Jeff Bumb formally refused his father's $6.9 million buyout offer--George Bumb Sr. sent Jeff a curt typewritten memo informing Jeff that he was terminated effective immediately and had to clean out his desk before 5pm. Well, guess what? Tim and George Jr. worried that pressuring state and city officials to deal Jeff back in at Bay 101 would backfire and authorities would close down the card room. And that ain't happening because I can't afford it." As a compromise of sorts, he was debating whether he should apply for a license as a gaming-club manager instead of as an owner. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. Christopher Gardner When the Vatican eliminated Latin from the Catholic mass in the '60s, George Bumb Sr. responded by building his own chapel, named for the rebellious St. Athanasius, at the base of Mt. During his long tenure at the Flea Market, Venzon apparently developed a close relationship with George Bumb Sr. When Vice President Al Gore called to personally invite the elder Bumb to a fundraiser at the Los Altos home of real estate magnate George Marcus, Bumb put the VP on hold for several minutes, ultimately making Betsy take the call. Preventive Medicine: George Bumb Jr. is a co-owner of Bay 101, where a snakebite kit is kept on-hand as a family joke. But the Bumbs are hardly traditional political players. George Bumb Sr.'s loan-repayment demands came in July 1996, just as his oldest son and his wife were about to move to Los Gatos and break away from the family and its eastside enclave. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. It's like we had no life except for the family." That promised to be a hard sell to the San Jose City Council, which would have to authorize both the new site and the expansion. He was also the kind of guy, police records reveal, who told his mother about the incidents "because he felt guilty." "We made it very clear to Jeff and everybody else concerned," Tim says, "that I'm not going to stick my neck on the line here. "What am I going to say to the vice president?" The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. But Jeff and his family started hearing that instead of showing concern and support for his daughter, George Bumb Sr. and others in the family were blaming his freshman daughter for the incident and not her adult-age cousin. At the time, San Jose, like cities throughout the state, was strapped for cash, looking at an $11 million budget shortfall. One wag refers to them as "the Beverly Hillbillies of San Jose." Jeff was also getting word from his nieces and nephews that his father said at a family poker game: "If it was up to him, all the grandchildren would marry each other." And Brian, the handsome and gregarious youngest brother, was in charge of day-to-day operations at the Flea Market. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. Earlier this year, a month before Venzon was sentenced to 14 years in prison, district attorney investigator Michael Schembri closed out the Venzon case, noting in a court filing, "No new information has been uncovered relating to the murder for hire case [at the Flea Market] which our department investigated several years ago." During the Venzon investigation, San Jose police dug up an old file from November 1990 in which Venzon, a sheriff's deputy, had reported his department-issued Smith & Wesson 9 mm automatic stolen. Police reports would suggest she had, "for about a year," been giving "blow jobs" to 19-year-old Matthew Bumb, son of George Bumb Jr. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. But Jeff and his family started hearing that instead of showing concern and support for his daughter, George Bumb Sr. and others in the family were blaming his freshman daughter for the incident and not her adult-age cousin. Eight months later, the frame of the weapon was found in a Salinas pond near Venzon's home with the barrel and slide missing. OK--we didn't get out--OK? The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. Originally he was scheduled for questioning on March 10, 1997, but the old man's lawyers explained that their client was extremely ill, suffering from "severe life-threatening conditions," practically on his death bed. When Werner broke the news that Jeff's brothers wouldn't write a letter on his behalf, he says Jeff became furious. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. Of the four brothers, Tim and George had faced the least resistance from state gaming officials. Deputy chief Tom Wheatley says that police wondered if Venzon, or someone, destroyed the barrel to prevent a ballistics test from tracing a fired bullet to the gun. And then police remembered the old rumors about a murder plot at the Flea Market, where Venzon had worked as a security guard for more than 15 years. Deputy chief Tom Wheatley says that police wondered if Venzon, or someone, destroyed the barrel to prevent a ballistics test from tracing a fired bullet to the gun. And Jeff himself had been playing poker since he was 12. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. Snow White or Cinderella? Police reports would suggest she had, "for about a year," been giving "blow jobs" to 19-year-old Matthew Bumb, son of George Bumb Jr. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. The dolphin fountain at the front entrance is there because he wanted it there--water and fish are good luck. After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. He asked longtime family attorney Ron Werner if his brothers could write a recommendation letter for him, something state officials had told him he would need to be considered eligible for a gaming license. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. Eight days after the molestation incident was reported to police--and one day after Jeff Bumb formally refused his father's $6.9 million buyout offer--George Bumb Sr. sent Jeff a curt typewritten memo informing Jeff that he was terminated effective immediately and had to clean out his desk before 5pm. So Jeff, Brian and the remaining non-family partners backed out of Bay 101, handing everything over to Tim and George Jr. The court saga evolved into a battle of wills between a father--a man who wouldn't even let the Vatican tell him what to do--and his oldest son, determined to break free from the old man's grasp. "He took care of it." "He worked for me." Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. Bryant, who acts as emissary for the family and its patriarch, thinks the Bumbs are a misunderstood bunch. Jeff's grandfather, Frank Bumb, had met his wife, Mary, at a card parlor in San Francisco where they worked. But Jeff and his family started hearing that instead of showing concern and support for his daughter, George Bumb Sr. and others in the family were blaming his freshman daughter for the incident and not her adult-age cousin. "Jeff is a wheeler and dealer," explained his Uncle John, the Flea Market's executive vice president and owner of the Skeeball Arcade. In response to Jeff's legal attacks, George Bumb Sr. and Bumb & Associates filed two separate suits of their own to collect nearly $1 million in loans and interest they claimed Jeff never paid. On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. Preventive Medicine: George Bumb Jr. is a co-owner of Bay 101, where a snakebite kit is kept on-hand as a family joke. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. Campaign records show that Bumb & Associates and Bay 101 have made at least $587,000 in campaign donations since 1994 to local and state politicians and ballot measures. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. A FEW DAYS AFTER returning from his son's Oct. 13, 1995, military graduation in San Diego, Jeff and his wife, Elizabeth, got some appalling news: Their 14-year-old daughter had been involved in a sexual relationship with an older male cousin. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. "We made it very clear to Jeff and everybody else concerned," Tim says, "that I'm not going to stick my neck on the line here. One of George Bumb Sr.'s granddaughters explained to police that her family was very old-fashioned: "The woman gets the short end of the deal; she is a whore. Snow White or Cinderella? "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" In response to Jeff's legal attacks, George Bumb Sr. and Bumb & Associates filed two separate suits of their own to collect nearly $1 million in loans and interest they claimed Jeff never paid. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. "I'm a big boy." OK--we didn't get out--OK? On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. Well, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." Even though all the lights were out, she told police that she knew it was Matthew "because the moonlight shined into the room through the large windows that faced the ocean." As we do our drive-by on a Tuesday midmorning, there are more than 100 cars in the parking lot. Eight months later, the frame of the weapon was found in a Salinas pond near Venzon's home with the barrel and slide missing. But the Bumbs are hardly traditional political players. OK--we didn't get out--OK? And then there's the stuff that never made it into headlines, like the alleged murder-for-hire plot out at the Flea Market. Whenever trouble arose at the Flea Market with city code or building inspectors, the Bumbs sent Jeff to settle things. Well, guess what? Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. George Bumb Sr., an avid card player, held a regular weekly family poker game at his home. But he didn't cash out. Hamilton, where Latin mass is conducted on a regular basis. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. Some improprieties did turn up: Bumb & Associates, a partnership including the four brothers and their father, had failed to file required reports disclosing more than $100,000 in political contributions made between 1989 and 1992. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. When he was jailed, the desperate cop wrote a 15-page handwritten letter in pencil to George Bumb in May 1997 asking the Flea Market owner to bail him out. But he didn't cash out. (That thing that involved Jeff when Bay 101 was scheduled to open but didn't.)" And then, just when it seemed as though family relations couldn't get any worse, they did. Even in the tangle of legal briefs and heated accusations, no one denies that Jeff is the one who hunted down a site, negotiated the deal and spent hours on the phone lobbying San Jose City Council members for a big, new gaming house in San Jose. Earlier this year, a month before Venzon was sentenced to 14 years in prison, district attorney investigator Michael Schembri closed out the Venzon case, noting in a court filing, "No new information has been uncovered relating to the murder for hire case [at the Flea Market] which our department investigated several years ago." She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. George Bumb Sr., an avid card player, held a regular weekly family poker game at his home. Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. Well, guess what? He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. According to Werner, molestation of his daughter became part of a laundry list of damning things Jeff threatened to disclose if his buy-out demands weren't met. You know the school we went to?" Their pun-afflicted surname adds to the hillbilly mystique. According to Werner, molestation of his daughter became part of a laundry list of damning things Jeff threatened to disclose if his buy-out demands weren't met. But there was no gambling done that night. "I mean," Jeff later said at a deposition, "it was a time of hurt and heartache for us--and not my father, not my mother, not my brother George, not my brother Tim, not Brian could care less." He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. There were flowers everywhere. Well, guess what? First, Jeff tried to have the Bumb & Associates partnership dissolved after accusing his family of trying to force him out without paying him a fair price. He was also the kind of guy, police records reveal, who told his mother about the incidents "because he felt guilty." First, Jeff tried to have the Bumb & Associates partnership dissolved after accusing his family of trying to force him out without paying him a fair price. In a statement to police, Jeff's daughter recounted how the first incident had happened the year before on the Fourth of July at a family beach house near Santa Cruz when the older boy allegedly started fondling her while she was asleep on the living room couch. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. But the Bumbs are hardly traditional political players. "And I told you that I loved you and you are like a father to me. Don't Shoot: George Bumb Sr., the publicity-shy patriarch of the Bumb family and creator of the Flea Market, in a rare photo which appeared in California Today magazine in 1980. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. He also runs day-to-day operations at the family-owned Flea Market. Deputy chief Tom Wheatley says that police wondered if Venzon, or someone, destroyed the barrel to prevent a ballistics test from tracing a fired bullet to the gun. "I mean," Jeff later said at a deposition, "it was a time of hurt and heartache for us--and not my father, not my mother, not my brother George, not my brother Tim, not Brian could care less." According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. First, Jeff tried to have the Bumb & Associates partnership dissolved after accusing his family of trying to force him out without paying him a fair price. Over the past year alone, Bumb & Associates and Bay 101 have given $56,000 to now-Attorney General Bill Lockyer, the man in charge of card-room regulation.
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