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Werner said no. 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. Finally, in July 1994, the state cleared Tim and George and gave them a conditional OK to let the games begin. Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. Tim and George Jr. would appeal and reapply, the hope being that the club would open as soon as possible. It's like we had no life except for the family." The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. "The thing they probably value most is their privacy," Bryant explains. Of the four brothers, Tim and George had faced the least resistance from state gaming officials. Matthew Bumb's attorney argued that the relationship was consensual. 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. In a fit, he took the paper he was writing on, crumpled it up and threw it out the office door. Christopher Gardner The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. The Flea Market, touted as the nation's largest, made the Bumbs rich, grossing nearly $12 million in 1996. He also runs day-to-day operations at the family-owned Flea Market. After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. 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. Jeff himself was hit with a federal grand jury investigation over financial transactions in connection with a multimillion-dollar residential development near Silver Creek Road. "I'm a big boy." In February 1994, nearly one year after the San Jose City Council gave Bay 101 its blessing, the state denied the Bumbs and their partners' gaming license application. Christopher Gardner 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. And for nearly a month, they did. Matthew is the kind of guy a relative described to police as "polite," the guy parents wanted their daughters to date. Dealers stood at the tables, ready to deal the cards. 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. 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. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. Behind the scenes, the Bumbs suspected their potential gambling competitors and a disgruntled former Flea Market employee of giving investigators unsubstantiated material to use against them. Seven of George Bumb Sr.'s eight grown children reside in the eastside foothills within a mile or two of their father, often on the same block. He was also the kind of guy, police records reveal, who told his mother about the incidents "because he felt guilty." But there was no gambling done that night. Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. They recorded the conversation. Preventive Medicine: George Bumb Jr. is a co-owner of Bay 101, where a snakebite kit is kept on-hand as a family joke. 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 asked. Well, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." 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. Christopher Gardner I'm on the hook for $15 million. The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. Well, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." And he [Jeff] wants me to violate the condition which says in it that I sign away my rights and they close us down. Snow White or Cinderella? The state, still busy conducting background checks, still hadn't approved the Bumbs and their partners' gaming licenses. He also disputes that such a letter was even necessary for Jeff to get licensed. OK--we didn't get out--OK? It wasn't the money, either. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. And he [Jeff] wants me to violate the condition which says in it that I sign away my rights and they close us down. "I'm a big boy." Well, guess what? At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. 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. Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. 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. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. But Jeff says that privately he and his brothers had an oral agreement--which Tim Bumb now corroborates--that would one day let him repurchase his shares and become a partner in Bay 101 again. 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. Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. 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, guess what? He can't ignore it. 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. Dealers stood at the tables, ready to deal the cards. Tim now runs Bay 101, which he says is no easy task. EIGHT MONTHS AFTER its approval by the City Council, the peach-colored Bay 101 held its "grand opening." "He took care of it." "And when I visited you at your home I told you that other than God you are the only person I've gotten down on my knees for," Venzon says on page 7. 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. And as with any divorce, embarrassing private details about the family and its businesses made their way into the public record. "My issue with [George Bumb Sr.]," Jeff Bumb complains about his father, "was his control of where you lived, what kind of house you bought, where your children went to school, who your friends are, whether your children went to college, who they would marry, what kind of wedding they would have." According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. Near the end Venzon writes, "They want to bring up the 'murder-for-hire' investigation again. 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. When Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. "And when I visited you at your home I told you that other than God you are the only person I've gotten down on my knees for," Venzon says on page 7. Just so everyone got the point, Jeff Bumb announced to the press that he and Brian were divesting from Bay 101, and records show he eventually sold his shares for $1.4 million. I'm on the hook for $15 million. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. 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. "It's a very strong family. 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. "I don't need their help," he barked at Werner. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. Of the four brothers, Tim and George had faced the least resistance from state gaming officials. Christopher Gardner Tim, the second youngest of George Bumb's four boys, was already running the family toy business, Fact Games, and Premium Pet Stores. "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." 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. Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. One month later, the state attorney general's office made a devastating announcement: Authorities had come across issues of "such magnitude" and "concern" that they would need at least another month to decide if gambling should be allowed at Bay 101. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. Tim now runs Bay 101, which he says is no easy task. Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. "My wife broke the code," he says, "and I supported her." Most of George Bumb Sr.'s five dozen grandchildren have grown up in the 95127 ZIP code and have attended the family-run K-12 Catholic school, St. Thomas More, located on Flea Market grounds since 1978. she said, referring to the family-run Catholic school at the Flea Market. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. 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. The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. And then there's the stuff that never made it into headlines, like the alleged murder-for-hire plot out at the Flea Market. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. "Jeff is a wheeler and dealer," explained his Uncle John, the Flea Market's executive vice president and owner of the Skeeball Arcade. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. You know the school we went to?" And it was very explicit in there that no Bumbs could have anything to do with the club. I'm on the hook for $15 million. 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. 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. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. And Jeff himself had been playing poker since he was 12. Dealers stood at the tables, ready to deal the cards. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. Christopher Gardner 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. One month later, the state attorney general's office made a devastating announcement: Authorities had come across issues of "such magnitude" and "concern" that they would need at least another month to decide if gambling should be allowed at Bay 101. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in Bay 101.) Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. And it was very explicit in there that no Bumbs could have anything to do with the club. 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. Today, Bumb family enterprises include the local Premium Pet Stores chain, Air One Helicopters and, of course, Bay 101. Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. And he [Jeff] wants me to violate the condition which says in it that I sign away my rights and they close us down. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. He and his brothers had a plan, he says. 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. In February 1994, nearly one year after the San Jose City Council gave Bay 101 its blessing, the state denied the Bumbs and their partners' gaming license application. But Jeff was confident. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. EIGHT MONTHS AFTER its approval by the City Council, the peach-colored Bay 101 held its "grand opening." 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." "I don't need their help," he barked at Werner. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. "My issue with [George Bumb Sr.]," Jeff Bumb complains about his father, "was his control of where you lived, what kind of house you bought, where your children went to school, who your friends are, whether your children went to college, who they would marry, what kind of wedding they would have." Initially, police filed felony charges against Matthew Bumb for having oral sex with a minor and penetrating her with his fingers. 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. He also runs day-to-day operations at the family-owned Flea Market. 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. 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. "And when I visited you at your home I told you that other than God you are the only person I've gotten down on my knees for," Venzon says on page 7. "He worked for me." 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. 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. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. And that ain't happening because I can't afford it." One month later, the state attorney general's office made a devastating announcement: Authorities had come across issues of "such magnitude" and "concern" that they would need at least another month to decide if gambling should be allowed at Bay 101. When Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. When Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. 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. But Jeff Bumb would greatly prefer not to talk about this. 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." Well, guess what? 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. "Jeff is a wheeler and dealer," explained his Uncle John, the Flea Market's executive vice president and owner of the Skeeball Arcade. Whenever trouble arose at the Flea Market with city code or building inspectors, the Bumbs sent Jeff to settle things. But he didn't cash out. Christopher Gardner And he [Jeff] wants me to violate the condition which says in it that I sign away my rights and they close us down. One month later, the state attorney general's office made a devastating announcement: Authorities had come across issues of "such magnitude" and "concern" that they would need at least another month to decide if gambling should be allowed at Bay 101. The state, still busy conducting background checks, still hadn't approved the Bumbs and their partners' gaming licenses. 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. The Bumbs made millions off of their successful gaming club, Bay 101, but the experience tore the family apart and aired the dirty laundry of a once tightly-knit and fiercely private clan. He and his brothers had a plan, he says. 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. The card club has done more than bring unwanted public scrutiny to this insular group. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. The investigation was given a shot in the arm after the arrest of Johnny Venzon in 1997, a cop who made headlines for burglarizing homes while on duty to pay for his mounting gambling debts. Jeff's grandfather, Frank Bumb, had met his wife, Mary, at a card parlor in San Francisco where they worked. OK--we didn't get out--OK? OK--we didn't get out--OK? 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.