Show 0 9 0 K 9 0 W A IN I 1 D IN THE I 1 B A ai y chief of police biggy lost from launch D turning returning to san francisco fancisco ran cisco san francisco no nov v 30 william J biggy chief of police golib of this city I 1 was drowned late tonight while returning across the bay in the police patrol launch patrol chief biggy had been to Bele Dele vedere a suburb fo 0 o call on police commissioner kell who resides there ile ho boarded the launch to return to the city about I 1 ocl ocic ana while the boat was out on the bay ife complained of feeling cold to engineer murphy the only other of the launch murphy advised biggy to go to the cabin at the stern of the boat murphy then went forward to attend to his engine and did not see the chief again he came on deck aeck as the boat neared the city and noticed that the chief had disappeared a search or the boat falling failing to to locate him murphy made all speed to the dock whore where lie reported the accident aej and went out into tho the bay again to search for the missing oft officer leer numerous boats boat wore hurried to the scene and a careful search of the bay begun ever sinco the suicide of morris haas the man who attempted to kill assistant district attorney heney and later took his own life at the county jail tho the relations between chief biggy and the graft prosecution has been strained to the bre breaking altIng point charges and counter charges have been filed by parties to the controversy tro versy in tho the attempt to fix the blame tor for the tact fact that haas had haa or had not secured a pistol while in jail charges of incompetence and dereliction of duty have been filed against the chief and in return lie he hied similar charges against capaan of police duke who searched haas in the court coun loom and against detective sergeant thomas F durke burke who was in charge of haas at tho jail |