"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. Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. He and his brothers had a plan, he says. Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" It's very tightknit," says Bryant, adding that the senior Bumb doesn't give interviews--ever. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. October, 2020 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. He and his brothers had a plan, he says. You know the school we went to?" 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. Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. 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. 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. 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. She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. There were flowers everywhere. 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. ON AUG. 11, 1995, Jeff sat in his Flea Market office scribbling on a piece of paper, plotting his grand return to his peach palace. 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. 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. 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. Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. I'm on the hook for $15 million. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in Bay 101.) 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. The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. At one point in the investigation, sheriff's detectives had Jeff's daughter call Matthew while he was working at the Flea Market to confirm the sexual activities. 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 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. In fact, he hasn't set foot in the place since October 1995, the year he stopped talking to his father and three brothers. SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KBTX) - The family that owns the H-E-B supermarket chain is one of the richest families in America, according to rankings published by . "It's a very strong family. "He took care of it." Jeff didn't mind, though. Well, guess what? The Bumbs had a plenty of experience with a cash business through the Flea Market, which they've run for almost 40 years. "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." 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. "He worked for me." I'm on the hook for $15 million. 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." 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. When Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. 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. ON AUG. 11, 1995, Jeff sat in his Flea Market office scribbling on a piece of paper, plotting his grand return to his peach palace. "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. Dealers stood at the tables, ready to deal the cards. It did the unthinkable: 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. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. Well, guess what? You think this didn't break my heart?" OK--we didn't get out--OK? EIGHT MONTHS AFTER its approval by the City Council, the peach-colored Bay 101 held its "grand opening." She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. 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. "My wife broke the code," he says, "and I supported her." 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. Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. But his dream, which now seemed so close to being a reality, was about to become a nightmare. 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. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. 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. Over the years, he had developed working relationships with the city's politicians and bureaucrats. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. "My wife broke the code," he says, "and I supported her." She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. And Brian, the handsome and gregarious youngest brother, was in charge of day-to-day operations at the Flea Market. "He took care of it." Or at least he thought he didn't. 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. Bryant, who acts as emissary for the family and its patriarch, thinks the Bumbs are a misunderstood bunch. 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. When Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. 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." He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. 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. Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. You think this didn't break my heart?" "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." Whenever trouble arose at the Flea Market with city code or building inspectors, the Bumbs sent Jeff to settle things. They recorded the conversation. Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. 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. Finally, in July 1994, the state cleared Tim and George and gave them a conditional OK to let the games begin. 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. Nadia Turner Money, Net Worth. Whenever trouble arose at the Flea Market with city code or building inspectors, the Bumbs sent Jeff to settle things. 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. And there were gamblers everywhere who had come looking for some action. 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. 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 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. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. Initially, police filed felony charges against Matthew Bumb for having oral sex with a minor and penetrating her with his fingers. 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. ON AUG. 11, 1995, Jeff sat in his Flea Market office scribbling on a piece of paper, plotting his grand return to his peach palace. "I liked my name," he maintains. The guy doesn't get a slap on the hand." And it was very explicit in there that no Bumbs could have anything to do with the club. 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 is a wheeler and dealer," explained his Uncle John, the Flea Market's executive vice president and owner of the Skeeball Arcade. Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. Christopher Gardner But Jeff was confident. 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. 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. 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. It's like we had no life except for the family." 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. ON AUG. 11, 1995, Jeff sat in his Flea Market office scribbling on a piece of paper, plotting his grand return to his peach palace. 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. But he didn't cash out. 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. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. "My wife broke the code," he says, "and I supported her." And he [Jeff] wants me to violate the condition which says in it that I sign away my rights and they close us down. 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, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." 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. 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 also disputes that such a letter was even necessary for Jeff to get licensed. 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. "And I told you that I loved you and you are like a father to me. You know the school we went to?" And there were gamblers everywhere who had come looking for some action. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. I'm on the hook for $15 million. 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. 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. The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. "And I told you that I loved you and you are like a father to me. 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. "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." "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." Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. Or at least he thought he didn't. Christopher Gardner 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. 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. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. Jeff's grandfather, Frank Bumb, had met his wife, Mary, at a card parlor in San Francisco where they worked. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. 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." You think this didn't break my heart?" The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. 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. 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. On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. 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. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. "He worked for me." They recorded the conversation. 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. Bryant, who acts as emissary for the family and its patriarch, thinks the Bumbs are a misunderstood bunch. And it was very explicit in there that no Bumbs could have anything to do with the club. Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. 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. Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. The ensuing delay forced Jeff Bumb to lay off 600 workers he had hired. It wasn't the idea of gambling. Whenever trouble arose at the Flea Market with city code or building inspectors, the Bumbs sent Jeff to settle things. You know the school we went to?" "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. Werner said no. Tim Bumb says writing a letter on Jeff's behalf would have violated the agreement with the police chief and put the club in jeopardy. "They didn't teach anything about this. The Bumbs had a plenty of experience with a cash business through the Flea Market, which they've run for almost 40 years. Christopher Gardner At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. 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? (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in Bay 101.) On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. 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. Christopher Gardner "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."
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