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. Matthew Bumb's attorney argued that the relationship was consensual. 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. At the time, San Jose, like cities throughout the state, was strapped for cash, looking at an $11 million budget shortfall. After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. Over the years, he had developed working relationships with the city's politicians and bureaucrats. "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." The district attorney's office says that Bumb attorney Ron Werner turned the letter over to authorities immediately after it came in the mail. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. You know the school we went to?" 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. "He worked for me." "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. Near the end Venzon writes, "They want to bring up the 'murder-for-hire' investigation again. During his long tenure at the Flea Market, Venzon apparently developed a close relationship with George Bumb Sr. 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. But Jeff says the loan dispute screwed up their moving plans. And for nearly a month, they did. Within weeks, Jeff says, his six-month-old dog was dead, his cat was dead and the tires of a family car were slashed. 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. The guy doesn't get a slap on the hand." Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. In a fit, he took the paper he was writing on, crumpled it up and threw it out the office door. He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. 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. 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. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. 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. And then, just when it seemed as though family relations couldn't get any worse, they did. He bought 120 acres (49 ha) of an old meat-processing plant and remodeled it to create a market with an initial 20 vendors and only 100 customers per day. 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. Whenever trouble arose at the Flea Market with city code or building inspectors, the Bumbs sent Jeff to settle things. When Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. He followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. And as with any divorce, embarrassing private details about the family and its businesses made their way into the public record. It's very tightknit," says Bryant, adding that the senior Bumb doesn't give interviews--ever. And that ain't happening because I can't afford it." They recorded the conversation. On Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. 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. 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. 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 Bumb says writing a letter on Jeff's behalf would have violated the agreement with the police chief and put the club in jeopardy. And it was very explicit in there that no Bumbs could have anything to do with the club. "Jeff is a wheeler and dealer," explained his Uncle John, the Flea Market's executive vice president and owner of the Skeeball Arcade. Jeff entertained offers to buy the club, the highest bid, he recalls, coming in at $40 million. The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. "He worked for me." attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. 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. "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. And Brian, the handsome and gregarious youngest brother, was in charge of day-to-day operations at the Flea Market. And that ain't happening because I can't afford it." She recalled that she was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt covered by a blanket. Initially, police filed felony charges against Matthew Bumb for having oral sex with a minor and penetrating her with his fingers. "I liked my name," he maintains. 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. 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. Bay 101 owners buy North San Jose hotel (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in Bay 101.) But his dream, which now seemed so close to being a reality, was about to become a nightmare. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" "He worked for me." 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. You think this didn't break my heart?" (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in Bay 101.) 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. she said, referring to the family-run Catholic school at the Flea Market. 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. Or at least he thought he didn't. she said, referring to the family-run Catholic school at the Flea Market. "And I told you that I loved you and you are like a father to me. 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. "I'm a big boy." "I'm a big boy." And that ain't happening because I can't afford it." Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. 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." When Werner broke the news that Jeff's brothers wouldn't write a letter on his behalf, he says Jeff became furious. 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. Dealers stood at the tables, ready to deal the cards. 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 took care of it." The district attorney's office says that Bumb attorney Ron Werner turned the letter over to authorities immediately after it came in the mail. she said, referring to the family-run Catholic school at the Flea Market. And for nearly a month, they did. George Bumb Sr., an avid card player, held a regular weekly family poker game at his home. Werner said no. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. 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. 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. He started telling people around the office that he wanted out of the family business. OK--we didn't get out--OK? "I'm a big boy." Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. 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. Now that their gaming license had been denied, a decision needed to be made--quickly. 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. 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. Dealers stood at the tables, ready to deal the cards. When Werner broke the news that Jeff's brothers wouldn't write a letter on his behalf, he says Jeff became furious. 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. They recorded the conversation. And that ain't happening because I can't afford it." 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. But there was no gambling done that night. During his long tenure at the Flea Market, Venzon apparently developed a close relationship with George Bumb Sr. 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. "He worked for me." Hamilton, where Latin mass is conducted on a regular basis. Matthew Bumb's attorney argued that the relationship was consensual. He chose the building's peachy-pink paint job, he says, because he wanted "a pleasant, welcoming earth tone." The state, still busy conducting background checks, still hadn't approved the Bumbs and their partners' gaming licenses. 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. 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. 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. Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. Three years ago, the Mercury News listed the Bumb family in the Top 10 of the valley's most generous political contributors. 250 Second St. San Jose, CA, 95113-2706 (408) 277 - 1231 (408) 277 - 1252 (FAX) (800) 400 - 7115 (Information) Can I sell food or drinks? Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. a natural person who has individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person's spouse, that exceeds $1 million at the time of such person's purchase of the securities, excluding the value of the . Toward the end of the call, things got heated. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. 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. 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." 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. You know the school we went to?" About 20 percent of the 130 students there are Bumb relatives.) 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 he [Jeff] wants me to violate the condition which says in it that I sign away my rights and they close us down. Well, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." They recorded the conversation. "They didn't teach anything about this. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. OK--we didn't get out--OK? 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. Well, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. (Tim Bumb, the school's director, says it was put there to save on rent. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in 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. 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. 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. George Bumb Jr., the quiet one with a flair for things mechanical, was already at the controls of Air One Helicopter. And there were gamblers everywhere who had come looking for some action. The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. Dealers stood at the tables, ready to deal the cards. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. Now that their gaming license had been denied, a decision needed to be made--quickly. He also runs day-to-day operations at the family-owned Flea Market. 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. But Jeff Bumb would greatly prefer not to talk about this. 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. George Bumb Jr. partner in the San Jose Flea Market and the Bay 101 casino, died Monday after a long illness, his family confirmed Tuesday night. 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. 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. she said, referring to the family-run Catholic school at the Flea Market. 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. OK--we didn't get out--OK? Preventive Medicine: George Bumb Jr. is a co-owner of Bay 101, where a snakebite kit is kept on-hand as a family joke. You know the school we went to?" (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in Bay 101.) 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. 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. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. 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. 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. Or at least he thought he didn't. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. 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." Soon after his confession, the word started spreading in the family about what happened. EIGHT MONTHS AFTER its approval by the City Council, the peach-colored Bay 101 held its "grand opening." "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" 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. 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. The guy doesn't get a slap on the hand." "My wife broke the code," he says, "and I supported her." She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. "They had to find Snow White and Cinderella," Tim Bumb says, "and that was George and I." 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. 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. 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. Privacy hasn't been so easy to come by for the Bumbs in the '90s, since they got involved in Bay 101. The state, still busy conducting background checks, still hadn't approved the Bumbs and their partners' gaming licenses. Privacy hasn't been so easy to come by for the Bumbs in the '90s, since they got involved in Bay 101. 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. Over the years, he had developed working relationships with the city's politicians and bureaucrats. Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. Matthew is the kind of guy a relative described to police as "polite," the guy parents wanted their daughters to date.

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