Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-01
jim GALLAGHER
IS VISITING in
SECLUSION HERE
TARGET FOR MANY BOMBS is
IN LOS ANGELES
FORMER SAN FRANCISCO SUPER
VISOR TALKS OF GRAFT
Believes Indifference of Some Who
Formerly Aided Prosecution Is
Great Hindrance to Lanadon
and Heney Forces

Former Supervisor James l.. Gal
lagher star witness for the prosecution
in the San Francisco graft cases; chair
man of the finance committee through
whose hands the bulk of the corpora
ton Doodle was passed to the various
members of the board, who has been
missing in San Francisco since the
| most recent attempt to aSSaSSinate
him, was located by reporter of The
| Herald in a lodging house on Hill
street, Los Angeles, last evening.
Mr.. Gallagher, whose friends in the
northern city have been wondering for
the last week in what locality he was
keeping himself pending the resump-
tion of the trial of Abe Ruef on the
next of the trolley franchise bribery
indictments, came to this city in the
company of his brother, Thomas j.
Gallagher last Monday almost imme-
diately following the adjournment of
the Ruef case.
Mr.. Gallagher has been in Los Ange-
les ever since, daily mingling with the
crowds on Spring street and Broadway,
but, strangely enough, not recognized
by any except his most intimate
friends, who kept the secret of his
presence here for the reason that he
did not wish to be interviewed or Wis
tied by newspaper men.
The brother of the former supervis-
or, Thomas J. Gallagher, who is one of
the proprietors of restaurant here,
has been with him in San Francisco
for several months, where he was act
ing as his personal bodyguard since the
, attempt made by the dynamiters on
his life.
With Brother Here
Thomas j. Gallagher, the brother,
who Is an unusually large and power
fully built man, up to the beginning of
the investigation by Francis j. Heney
and Secret Service Detective William
Burns. was at the head of the commits
sary department of San Francisco, but
conducted that important office with
out discrepancy and resigned the posi-
ton merely because of his partialltF
for Los Angeles.
E Tom Gallagher has since been in the
restaurant business here. All during
: the last few months of the dynamite
t terror in San Francisco, however, he
t has been constantly by his brother
= side, to protect him If an emergency
Y should arise.
S Attempts were made to destroy three
n of the former supervisors houses In
= Oakland, and the dynamiters succeeded
in the destruction of one and the par
= tial destruction of another. The third
= house escaped injury, but shortly after
Q this outrage an attempt was made 70
, dynamite a saloon in San Francisco
= owned partly by a man of the same
| name, the presumption being that the
! dyna1niters believed it was the prop
: erty of the former supervisor. Subse-
quently the police obtained confess
, sion from a Greek named John Claudi-
! anes, now in Jail there, involving two
other Greeks, Felix PadeauVaris and
. Peter Claudianes, who are still at
large.
James Gallagher stated last night
: that his presence in Los Angeles had
l | H. hn HXTn a mi N
g plot, but that he was simply here Ito
rest awhile"
I May Make Home Here
Since Mr.. Gallaghers arrival here he
has been visiting the various points OF
interest, and daily has taken automo
bile rides in company of his brother
A and other relatives who live in Los
" Angeles.
While nothing was stated to the ef-
n feet that the former San Francisco su-
d pervisor contemplates making his fu-
n ture home here, with his brother, II
II was inferred that he might, as on sew
h eral occasions he looked over orange
groves, farming lands in the vicinity
: of Monrovia, and other property, with
7 investment or home purposes the lat-
! ter being intimated by his brother.
! "This statement to The Herald" said
| the former supervisor, rs positively
] the only statement | have given ou'
except in testimony as witness IN the
numerous graft trials. Beyond TINS
can saw nothing. The time is not ripe
= for more" . i.
J. Mr. Gallaghers statement relative to
= the graft entanglements and conditions
u in San Francisco was dictated as 1ol-
10 lows: -
e ION the subject of the graft prosecu-
"a ton [ have nothing to say. AS TO the
- attitude of the public toward the prose
cution, II Is difficult to form an accu-
rate opinion. -,
"The business men who compose the
ID greater part of the organization KNOW
as the Citizens alliance of San Fran
er cisco we're. previous to the defeat OF
the Union Labor party there, Vlgor-
er ously supporting and assisting the pros
: ecution, but of late appear to nave
: changed their front.
This change in the attitude OF the
members of the Citizens alliance un-
doubtedlv is due to the fact that they
were not at any time particularly inter-
at ested in prosecuting anyone, put slin-
ply took advantage of the opportunity
r presented by the prosecution 10 Gus. @
the Union Labor representatives III 'n'
municipal government
mTheir detection from the ranks ol
at the sympathizers with the prosecution
and the fact that they constitute a
d. very large portion of the eligible Jurors
10 would seem to be one element OF DIM
70 Guilty in the ROAD OF proSeOueioh'
Indifferent, He Thinks
In other words, Mr.. Gallaghers state
s. ment here would imply that the mer
who formerly were active for convic-
tion, in the hope of eliminating the
union labor officeholders, are now in
no different as to the prosecution or the
grafters, so long as the desired enc
az has been accomplished /. e., the unior
y. labor representatives removed.
with regard to the oft-repeatec
ed statement. both in the press and. else
lg where, that the city was robbed by the
administration in charge at the time
II 4, of the earthquake and fire" he con-
Of tinued, "I have only to say that the
record in this regard made by the
k. finance committee-of which l was
lg chairman--of the board of supervisors
ad speaks for itself.
Il, 1.-THE taxable property of the city
es was destroyed to the extent of about
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