The San Francisco call., 1908-08-17
Peculiar AIacrity of Efforts to
Secure the Release of
Peter CIaudianeS
Felix Pauduveris' Promise of the
Backing of a Million May
Be Verified
Tool of Higher Ups Is Taken to
Oakland and His Story of
Plot SubStantiated

For the first time since the fateful
night In April when a dynamite bomb
was exploded on the porch of the
house occupied by James L. Gallagher
in East Oakland, imperiling the lives
of the household, Peter Claudianes
yesterday saw the premises at which
he made a diabolical attack on the
chief witness against Abe Ruef and
the defendants in the graft cases.
Peter was in the custody of District
Attorney William H. Langdon, Spe-
cisl Agent William ]. Burns and De-
tective Charles Con. He had been
taken over the route of his Oakland
movements prior TO the murderous ex-
plosion- He was positively identified
by creditabIe witnesses in such way
that the story he told Of his fearful
crime was perfectly corroborated.
UNCLES TO FURNISH BAIL
II the plans Of Peters friends carry
he will not be long in jail. Both of
his attorneys. Nathan c. Coghlan and
]. W. Scott, said yesterday that they
WQulQ seizure eOJn the elu,UUU Dali
necessary TO secure the release of the
Greek who is now held at the city
prison on a charge of conspiracy to
commit q felony When asked who
was to furnish the securities Coghlan
and Scott replied that uncles OF the
young prisoner would come to his re-
lief. One Of the kin is named Claud-
lanes and conducts a saloon in Oro-
Vile The other surety is said to live
in this city
Neither of the attorneys could ex-
plain why Peter, the worst criminal
of the two brothers, according TO his
own confession, should secure his re-
lease so readily after his arrest when
the family made no effort to come TO
the aid Of John Claudianes. Johns
testimony did not bring the crime as
close up to its instigators as Peter
does.
Coghlan. when questioned on that
point last night, declared himself un-
able to explain the paradox.
Il am not attorney for John, you
remember he said.
Peter had a fear yesterday morning
that he might have talked too much
and IN a conversation with Chief OF
police Biggy made what he considered
a shrewd point Nothing that 1 have
said except in the presence of my at
torney may be used against me, 1 give
Won warning on that" said he.
WEALTH BEHIND PETER
The alacrity with which the wheels
that produce bail money have be-
gun to spin since Peter has been in
SaiI bears out the promise made to the
confessed dynamiter by his employer"
and accomp1ice, Felix Pauduyeris. II
ever YOU get in trouble over this bust
ness there will be $4,000 in bail money
available and $1s00O.O00 behind your de-
fense." Felix promised
According TO Coghlan, part of that
hail money is about to be produced
Coghlsn has ever been henchman OF
Abe Ruefs.
IT is understood by the prosecution
that only. the picturesque first confes-
sion of John Cuadianes saved Cal
lagher from a third explosion Peter
was in Reno at the time Of the con-
fession and circumstances strongly in
dicate that he was there TO purchase
dynamite for third explosion. After
the failure Of the second outrage to do
anything but partly destroy Gallagher s
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