The San Francisco call., 1908-07-15


His features look familiar. / am posi-
tive that 1 saw him near the house on
two or three occasions before the ex-
plosion."
GALLAGHER RECOGNIZES HIM
Gallagher was first shown a news
paper photograph of Claudianes. The
picture was not a good one, and CAL
lagher said that he could not identify
the man. few minutes afterward,
when a better picture was placed in
his hands, with but slight hesitation he
declared that he was sure he recog-
nized the features IS those of man
he had seen lettering about his Oak
land residence on two or three different
evenings prior to the attempt to dyna-
mite himself and his family.
At the time Gallagher said he had
paid little attention to the fellow, but
he was able to recall his features when
shown the picture.
Tom Gallagher. his brother, also
looked at the pictures The instant
he saw the second photograph Tom
Gallagher declared that he had seen
the man several times.
why, I am absolutely certain that I
saw this fellow more than once in the
rear of Judge Doolings courtroom dur
ing the progress of the trial of Abe
Ruef," said Tom Gallagher. Il am very
sure of this. Beyond doubt it is the
same person"
Special Agent Burns took Claudianes
from the city prison yesterday after
noon and journeyed to Oakland with
him, where for nearly an hour they
were closeted with Captain of Detec-
tives Petersen Of that city. The pris-
oner again denied his story of the bomb
throwing and declared that he was
drunk when he made such assertions.
Captain Petersen questioned him at
length and became convinced that his
story of the dynamiting was made out
of whole cloth.
PETERSEN SKEPTICAL
Il am not impressed with the truth
of what that man Claudianes says"
said Peterson. He denied today that
he ever made the statements credited
to him, and I believe he went over
the ground in East Oakland and at Bel
mont street to prepare his tale. He
said that when he was with Langdon
he was under the influence of liquor
and that he did not remember what he
said
II believe he is not telling the
truth about that but L am certain he
is a cheap faker trying to get money.
The Bulletin refused to pay him, and
Detective Tom Murphy who has been
working on the Gallagher cases in San
Francisco talked to Claudianes. Then
the Greek went elsewhere
I'VE are making an investigation to
see If we can connect him with the
outrages, but it looks doubtful now.
So far as his brother enters into the
case, do not understand why a Greek
writing to a Greek about secret mat
ter would write in English and not his
native language. The letter appears
to be a fraud, but it's authenticity will
not be entered into at present"
Detective Burns stated last night that
while he is not convinced of the truth
of Claudianes' original story he does
not believe the man to be crazy, but
rather smooth crook.
L cannot say much about the matter
as yet" he declared. However, we are
going to the bottom of this statement
and are preparing to investigate every
detail. 1t is my personal belief that
Claudianes knows something of this
case, but I am not prepared to say that
he is the man who placed the dynamite
at Gallagher's residence"
District Attorney Langdon holds to
the belief that the prisoner was tell