Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-24
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The Call OF Aug. Is says:


In II sweeping confession made to
District Attorney Langdon and Spc-
cial Agent William J. Burns, trans
Cribed, signed, and sworn to, Pete
Claudianes has laid bare every de-
tail OF the diabolical scheme to muir
der not only Jim Gallagher. but
Spreckels, Heney, Langdon. and
Burns.
The young Greek has told how he
touched off the fuses which caused
both the Gallagher explosions and of
how he and his brother, John, and
Felix Pauduveris plotted and schem-
, cd for weeks To make the effort to
kill Gallagher successful. That was
but an incident, however. of the
work which they intended to do, for
wholesale slaughter of every one con-
nectcd with the graft prosecution was
the ultimate end they had in view,
and to accomplish this they were
ready to sacrifice the lives of any
number Of persons, regardless OF
NHoHl 'neN HiSut Dc'
| Pete's confession has wiped away
the last vcstige of a suspicion that
the dastardly crimes might have been
the work of one or two fanatics. The
document Is one OF the most cold
blooded confessions that has ever
been known to criminal annals--riv-
aling the famous tale of Harry Or
Chard in scope and brutality-and II
carries the responsibility for the plot
directly to the doors OF men caught
In the dragnet of the graft prosecu-
ton.
II was in the brain OF one of the
highcr-ups that the idea of the series
of crimes originated: It was thii
same man who planned every detail
for the carrying out of the murder
Gus attempts: 1t was to this man tina
Felix Pauduvcris went for instruc
items and advice concerning ever,
move that was made: II WIS thi
man who was to pay fabulous sun
for the ACCOMPLISHMENT of the muir
million dollar fund for the dcrcns
of any ore of the active participant
vino might ever be caught and charg
cd with the crime.
I Pete Clnudianes does not swear I
the identity of the arch criminal. II
says that Pauduveris always led hin
' to believe and that he always di
believe, that his real employer wa
4 were cognizant of Ruef's plans an
d were concerned with him in tn
v wholesale murder plot. That Is II
j., far as he gocs;- yet he has cited score
y, of circumstantial incidents and d,
a tails to bear him out in the hell,
II that the one-time boss of San Frar
y cisco was the man directly benin
O. Pauduveris.
W Sensational aG IT Is from beginnin
y, to end, the confession Of Pete Clau'
~ lanes has already been corrobOratC
In every essential detail from III
purchase of the dynamite to Peter
escape on bicycle from the scene
the crimes. Not only that, but Il
confessions of both Peter and job
he are corroborative In every respec
l. dovetai together absolutely. an
n were each completed, signed, an
IN sworn to before the two brothe
X were brought face to face in Distri
IN Attorney Langdon's Office yesterdf
~ afternoon.
II was between o'clock Fridf
night, when Pete Claudianes WI
brought into the city in the custot
of Burns and other detectives. al
H. O'Clock yesterday morning. tn
~ Pete's remarkable story was tol
is For an entire week the young Gree
as had stuhhornly stuck to his denial
the truth OF any part of his brother
d, confession, even in the face OF &C