The San Francisco call., 1908-07-18
Local Authorities Search in
Vain for Brother of Dyna-
mite Suspect
Man Who Confessed" Faces
His Mother and Declares
His Innocence
Prisoner John Now Says He
Admitted Gallagher Outrage
While Drunk
LangdOn and Burns Are Pre-
pared to Charge Prisoner
With Crime

Working on the theory that Peter
C1audianes, brother of the man now
under arrest on suspicion of being i'm
phcated in the Gallagher dynamiting
cases, may still be in San Francisco,
the detectives at work on the case
turned their attention yesterday to
securing all his known haunts. There
were a good many smiles and shrugs
among the Greeks of his acquaintance
when it was suggested that he might
be in hiding in San Francisco, and the
result of the investigation heightened
the suspicion of his presence here.
The search in Nevada still continues,
but no clew has been secured by the
police of Reno or the neighbOring
cities to substantiate the rumors that
he is In hiding in that vicinity. On
the contrary, many of his acquaint-
ances in this city have scoffed at such
suggestion and openly asserted their
opinion that he was still here De-
tectives searched the city last night.
but no arrest was made.
MOTHER PLEADS FOR TRUTH
The last effort OF District Attorney
Langdon and Special Agent 3urns to
force from John Claudianes a retrac-
ton of his now positive assertions that
the original story he told concerning
the carrying out of the dynamite plots
was hoax in it's entirety was made
late Thursday night, when the lads
mother was taken to him and pleaded
with him almost tearfully TO tell tha
truth. This effort to break him down
was as fruitless as have been all 9TH
ers attempted since his arrest.
Again and again the mother begged
her son to explain mis- original con
fession" and if guilty to admit his
crime. but Just as often the prisoner
asserted his innocence and declared that
his admission that he was the person
who set off the dynamite at the Schenck
home and the Gallagher houses was
the result of drunken responsibility.
They got me drunk he cried, "and
then 1 told them things that were not
true. It's all a pack of lies and the
papers are all liars / never did it.
didn't do anything at all, and aIn't
going to talk. I didn't want you here
You go away now haven't done any
thing, only 1 was drunk when 1 said
those things, and they made me drunk
on purpose
REPEATS HE Is INNOCENT
That was all that Mrs. Claudianes
could draw from the lips of her SON.
over and over he repeated the declara-
tion that he was innocent, but he re-
fused to explain his connection with
the case or to attempt In any way TO
clear up the mystery Mrs. ClaudianeS
made the trip from Chico to San Fran
cisco at the request of District At
/ torney I.angdon, who believed that her
motherly influence might draw from
| the prisoner statements which all otn-
/ ers had tried in vain TO secure It
was a sad trip for the nard WORKING
woman and she begged that she might
\ he spared the ignOminy Of seeing her
/ son behind the bars. Consequently
/ Claudianes was taken secretly from his
/ cell and in a quiet room with District
Attorney LangdOn and Special Agent
Burns his mother talked Win MIN untiA
far into the night
\ Nothing that might assist In
\ strengthening the case which the
prosecution is trying to formulate
/ against John Claudianes and others
whom they suspect OF being his ac-
| completes resulted from the interview,
but the prisoners refusal to talk was
/ at the suggestion of his attorney. Mrs
| Claudianes spent most of the day yes
\ terday at the home of her daughter
| Mrs John Pauduveris, at 1858 Six
teenth street. Oakland. but left at
/ o'clock TO return 10 ner nome IN CHICO
Il know nothing about all OF this
except what has been told me-" said
i the disturbed woman. My sons left
me after the fire and I know little or
nothing concerning them. came down
] here to see my son and to see IL any
/ thing could be done for him. I must
go home right away because my hus-
band is i'll and there is no one but
myself to take care OF my lodging
/ house."
SAYS NEITHER HAS NERVE
John Pauduveris, her son in law.
said:
Il know both John and Peter, but /
do not believe either one OF them has
nerve enough to do such a job as the -
Gallagher dynamitings- John was Sc
/ verely injured about the head several
years ago by a fall which caused
meningitis He was considered as en-
tirely unreliable and worthless. I have
not seen either John or Peter for
couple of years. They did not come
to see their sister"
Jonn Claudianes was taken out OF his
cell lin the city prison yesterday after
noon and spent several hours in Oak
land with Special Agent Burns Sew
eral neighbors in the vicinity OF the
Il Schenck home were brought face to
face with the man in the hope that
some of them would recognize him and
Il corroborate his original statements that
he prowled around the neighborhood
for several weeks before the crime was