The San Francisco call., 1908-08-12
Peter Caudianes Would Prove
Innocence at Brothers
Expense
Valves ExtraditiOn and Starts
for San Francisco With
His CaptOrs
Tells of His Fear to Surrender
and Describes Flight to
Eastern City

CHICAGO, Aug. l1.-Peter Clau-
danes, one of the two brothers
implicated in the Gallagher dyna-
mite plots in Oakland, today told
70 the Chicago police sensa-
tional story of his fight from San
Francisco. He was captured at State
and Van Buren streets by Detective
George Burns of San Francisco,
Detective Sergeant John Rohan of
the Chicago police and ]. F. Nc
Csrthy Of the district attorneys Office
IN San Francisco. Claudianes ad-
nitted MS indentity, denied that he
had participated In the dynamite plots
against Big jim" Gallagher. the con
tessed political CRATER. and implicated
his brother JohS. who is now under
arrest IN san Francisco
II was through letter that John
wrote 10 me after i left san Francisco
that was caught" declared Claudi-
anes. and that the search for me be
gan They hunted out John and forced
q confession out Of him The reason
thing was because he couldn't get
money ont OF me
The story was told al detective head
quarters. where the prisoner agreed 10
return 10 California without extra
dition papers
i got out OF san Francisco he said.
~5ust after the bomb explosion heard
tlat John was going 10 cook up some
story or other with which 10 wiring
money CUt OF me- ] went 10 Reno and
/ opened a restaurant and gambled a
good deal John heard I was there
and wrote 10 ne something along this
-ile- You know a lot about that Cal
lagEer business am desperate I
1es6 money. You'd better pony up or
r0u-ll.fnd vour name mixed UP IN that
AFFAIR
when the letter reached Reno 1 had
q1iI there ard had gone 10 Chico. BY
lle time IL g0t 10 Chico / was back
ia Reno. The letter was returned 10
san Francisco and there fell into the
hands Of the police.
SANS HE WAS SCARED
When I read about the confession
that John had made, duplicating me,
made Up my mind 10 so back 1 got
scared out. though. by the effect that
my appearance would have on mother.
who IS sick with heart trouble: by the
fact that 4 would have 10 convict John
10 save myself and then perhaps
couldn't prove my innocence and that
everything seemed against me- Later
decided again 10 give myself up and
went 10 san Francisco. I hunted up
Burns and was standing right beside
him. ready 10 surrender. when 1 got
cold feet and red back 10 Reno.
THE gambling game went against
me and I lost my money. Meantime
Burns had got me located and ] had
10 move. I bUmmed my way 10 St
Louis and then came on 10 Chicago.
I've been here a week. Three days ago
I went into the Harrison street sta
rion and in Judge Groves court stood
rigEt By the side OF Burns. He didn't
recognize me al the time but he did
when he saw me again. I'm ready 10
90 back I'll NOT make any tight here
III Try 10 clear myself out there. though
SIS hard game when q man has 10
convict 2 brother in order prove his
innocence
CIaudianes viii be taken to San Fran
cisco tonight by Burns. Despite any
story that he may TELL said Burns, we
have the evidence 10 connect him di-
rectly with the dynamite oUtrages. The
evidence IS positive
EXCITING PURSUIT
The tracing Of Claudianes to Chicago
by enissaries Of the district attorney 5
Office in san Francisco was one Of the
most exciting detective pursuits ever
engaged in ty the police OF the Pacific
coast
Following the arrest Of Jonn Claudi-
anes. the confessed dynamiter Of Big
Jim GaliaEher's house in Oakland.
when Gallagher and six other persons
fu the house escaped death after so
pounds OF dynamite had been exploded
ssnder the foundations. every effort Of
Tie police has been directed toward
y h.. arrest OF the mans accompiices.
John CIaudianes' confession was made
between midnight and morning on July
IA He told in detail OF every spot II
which he had hidden dynamite, de-
scrlbed how he had spied on the Cal
lzkher house 10 make sure the victim
was at home before he exploded the
charge and how il became necessary
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