Privacy hasn't been so easy to come by for the Bumbs in the '90s, since they got involved in Bay 101. "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." Over the years, he had developed working relationships with the city's politicians and bureaucrats. The teenagers had been drinking booze earlier in the night. 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. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. Tim now runs Bay 101, which he says is no easy task. "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." In her 10 years as the Flea Market's community relations specialist, Bryant has come to adore the lack of pretension among this clan of millionaires who have their offices in a mobile home where none of the furniture seems to match. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. 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. 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." Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. "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. 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. Privacy hasn't been so easy to come by for the Bumbs in the '90s, since they got involved in Bay 101. And Jeff himself had been playing poker since he was 12. "I'm a big boy." John Bumb Detar San Jose, CA (East San Jose) AGE 50s AGE 50s John Bumb Detar San Jose, CA (East San Jose) Aliases Johncelia Detar View Full Report Addresses Golf Dr, San Jose, CA Rodeo Loop SE, Rio Rancho, NM Crothers Rd, San Jose, CA Plus Addresses In Irvine, CA Relatives Suzanne Nikol Detar Michael Lynn Detar Vincent Detar 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. When Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. 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. Initially, police filed felony charges against Matthew Bumb for having oral sex with a minor and penetrating her with his fingers. 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. And he [Jeff] wants me to violate the condition which says in it that I sign away my rights and they close us down. 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. 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. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. 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. Initially, police filed felony charges against Matthew Bumb for having oral sex with a minor and penetrating her with his fingers. Now that their gaming license had been denied, a decision needed to be made--quickly. 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. 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. Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. 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. 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 fit, he took the paper he was writing on, crumpled it up and threw it out the office door. So Jeff, Brian and the remaining non-family partners backed out of Bay 101, handing everything over to Tim and George Jr. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. Jeff signed a deal with his brothers that prohibited him from owning Bay 101 stock until he got all the necessary licenses. Near the end Venzon writes, "They want to bring up the 'murder-for-hire' investigation again. 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." After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. "They had to find Snow White and Cinderella," Tim Bumb says, "and that was George and I." For all his quirks and controlling behavior, the old man is regarded as a benefactor by most family members and some Flea Market employees who know their boss to be capable of great generosity. OK--we didn't get out--OK? They recorded the conversation. 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. It did the unthinkable: Well, George, whether you want to believe it or not I do love you and you are like a father to me." The couple even had a purchase contract for a $850,000 house on Golf Links Road. Jeff tells the story differently: "Matthew was my godson. "Hell, no," George Bumb replied. (In one case, George Bumb Sr. loaned Jeff $31,250 in 1992 for his son to invest in Bay 101.) It's like we had no life except for the family." "I don't need their help," he barked at Werner. He also pulled off an armed robbery of the Aloha Roller Palace. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. 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. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. A nurse was present to monitor his condition. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. 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. Tim and George Jr. would appeal and reapply, the hope being that the club would open as soon as possible. You think this didn't break my heart?" Tim and George Jr. would appeal and reapply, the hope being that the club would open as soon as possible. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. The gambling palace Jeff Bumb--the oldest son who is often described as the most entrepreneurial of the four brothers--had in mind was going to take a lot of effort and political skill. "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 thing they probably value most is their privacy," Bryant explains. 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. "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." Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. It's like we had no life except for the family." You think this didn't break my heart?" The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. It's like we had no life except for the family." A nurse was present to monitor his condition. 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. Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. You think this didn't break my heart?" 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. At the time, San Jose, like cities throughout the state, was strapped for cash, looking at an $11 million budget shortfall. 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. During his long tenure at the Flea Market, Venzon apparently developed a close relationship with George Bumb Sr. I'm on the hook for $15 million. Matthew is the kind of guy a relative described to police as "polite," the guy parents wanted their daughters to date. But he didn't cash out. Preventive Medicine: George Bumb Jr. is a co-owner of Bay 101, where a snakebite kit is kept on-hand as a family joke. 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 followed that with suits alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination and misrepresentation. 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. 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. "I'm a big boy." Christopher Gardner "I don't need their help," he barked at Werner. And there were gamblers everywhere who had come looking for some action. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. But there was no gambling done that night. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. 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." 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. At the time, San Jose, like cities throughout the state, was strapped for cash, looking at an $11 million budget shortfall. 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?" 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. He demanded $10 million from his brothers to compensate him for violating the purported secret Bay 101 deal. 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. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. 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 Nov. 8, 1995, attorney Albin Danell, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contacted the police, apparently after consulting with Elizabeth. 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 worked for me." But the Bumbs are hardly traditional political players. 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. 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. He also runs day-to-day operations at the family-owned 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. The district attorney's office says that Bumb attorney Ron Werner turned the letter over to authorities immediately after it came in the mail. 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. "I'm a big boy." 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. 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. He chose the building's peachy-pink paint job, he says, because he wanted "a pleasant, welcoming earth tone." You know the school we went to?" 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. Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. 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. At the time, Jeff was in the midst of negotiating an arrangement to be bought out of the family businesses. Before the end of the month, the Flea Market laid off Jeff's daughters Anne and Rebecca. "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. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. she said, referring to the family-run Catholic school at the Flea Market. After learning of the incident, Jeff and wife Elizabeth did not report the matter to police immediately. PRSE Greenside Dr. SAN JOSE, CA2000-2019. 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. 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. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. 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 took care of it." So Jeff, Brian and the remaining non-family partners backed out of Bay 101, handing everything over to Tim and George Jr. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. "I don't need their help," he barked at Werner. The card club has done more than bring unwanted public scrutiny to this insular group. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. In her 10 years as the Flea Market's community relations specialist, Bryant has come to adore the lack of pretension among this clan of millionaires who have their offices in a mobile home where none of the furniture seems to match. 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. 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. He also disputes that such a letter was even necessary for Jeff to get licensed. He also pulled off an armed robbery of the Aloha Roller Palace. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. And for nearly a month, they did. His crimes included taking valuables from the bereaved family members of dead crime victims while pretending to console them. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. According to Jeff, there was tremendous pressure from his father and others in the family to keep the incest a secret. In fact, Tim and George had to agree not to collaborate with other Bumbs on any new business venture. And that ain't happening because I can't afford it." 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. ALL TOGETHER, the intrafamily litigation has spanned nearly three years. There were flowers everywhere. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. And for nearly a month, they did. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. The guy doesn't get a slap on the hand." I'm on the hook for $15 million. 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. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. 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. 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 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. top. "My wife broke the code," he says, "and I supported her." (Tim Bumb, the school's director, says it was put there to save on rent. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. Dealers stood at the tables, ready to deal the cards. I'm on the hook for $15 million. Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. attorney Frank Ubhaus asked the Bumb patriarch. The dolphin fountain at the front entrance is there because he wanted it there--water and fish are good luck. You think this didn't break my heart?" In the last five years, the Bumb family and its enterprises have been investigated for illegal political campaign contributions, an alleged profit-skimming racket out at the Berryessa Flea Market and even a murder-for-hire scheme involving Johnny Venzon, a former cop, convicted thief and gambling addict. And there were gamblers everywhere who had come looking for some action. Along the way, Jeff raised the ante, hiring Frank Ubhaus, a lawyer who represented Garden City card club, Bay 101's crosstown rival. she said, referring to the family-run Catholic school at the Flea Market. Meanwhile, Jeff and his lawyers spent 15 months trying get his father to appear at a deposition. 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. Now that their gaming license had been denied, a decision needed to be made--quickly. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. AN ATTORNEY involved likened the whole contentious affair to a divorce. 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. 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. The day before, Monday at noon, half of the club's tables were full of gamblers playing seven card stud, Omaha and Texas Hold 'Em. 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. She told police about at least seven other sexual encounters she had with her cousin after that. 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. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. I'm on the hook for $15 million. It wasn't the money, either. Christopher Gardner Ultimately, the charges against the older Bumb were reduced to a misdemeanor. And as with any divorce, embarrassing private details about the family and its businesses made their way into the public record. It's like we had no life except for the family." 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. Whenever trouble arose at the Flea Market with city code or building inspectors, the Bumbs sent Jeff to settle things. There were flowers everywhere. Werner said no. You know the school we went to?" Jeff's daughter interrupted Matthew and said, "And I didn't know better. Eight months later, the frame of the weapon was found in a Salinas pond near Venzon's home with the barrel and slide missing. 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 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." 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. "Could he [Jeff] do any other work on his own behalf?" EIGHT MONTHS AFTER its approval by the City Council, the peach-colored Bay 101 held its "grand opening." George Bumb Sr., an avid card player, held a regular weekly family poker game at his home. 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. 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. "They didn't teach anything about this. `He drives by every day on his way to his Maverick Consulting development business in Mountain View, but he never gets off the Brokaw/First Street exit to pay a visit. Tim now runs Bay 101, which he says is no easy task. When Jeff and Brian were denied licenses for Bay 101, Tim (above) and brother George Jr. jumped in. "I'm a big boy." 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." Dealers stood at the tables, ready to deal the cards. "He worked for me." And Jeff himself had been playing poker since he was 12. OK--we didn't get out--OK? Christopher Gardner Three years ago, the Mercury News listed the Bumb family in the Top 10 of the valley's most generous political contributors. The two, she said, never talked about what was going on while it was happening. Toward the end of the call, things got heated. The elder Bumb may not have been feeling well, but he wasn't too sick to remember who was boss in this family. The Bumbs had a plenty of experience with a cash business through the Flea Market, which they've run for almost 40 years. But he didn't cash out. 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. And for nearly a month, they did. Christopher Gardner For all his quirks and controlling behavior, the old man is regarded as a benefactor by most family members and some Flea Market employees who know their boss to be capable of great generosity. Almost four months later, on July 21, 1998, George Bumb Sr. appeared in the downtown offices of Berliner Cohen to have his deposition taken. 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. 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. So Jeff, Brian and the remaining non-family partners backed out of Bay 101, handing everything over to Tim and George Jr. You think this didn't break my heart?" 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. 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. George Bumb Jr., the quiet one with a flair for things mechanical, was already at the controls of Air One Helicopter.
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