Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-26
Such Decision Of Secy. Root in
Case Of Russian Charged WITH
Many Crimes by Russia.
REAL OFFENsE is POLITICAL
Action Of Department OF State
Does Not Establish Any
Particular Precedent.
Man l. Member of Social Democratic
Labor Party--Guards Couldn't
Make Him Understand.

Washington. jan. 26-Christiau
tudowicz whose extradition on
charges OF murder. arson and other
crimes was demanded by the Russian
government aud involving counter
charges that the onenses were In fur
therance of a political movement will
not be extradited. This decision was
announced by secy. OF State Root to-
day
In effect the cXteraditiou was re-
fused because the onense charged
comes under the general prohibition
against the extradition treaty with
Russia, which declares that IL II be
made To appear that extradition is
sought with the view to try to punish
for an offonse of a political prisoner.
surrender shall not take place. The
testimony taken i'm the case by United
states Commissioner Foote at Chicago.
upholds the views taken by the de-
partmcnt. though the commissioner
upheld the Russian governments de-
mdnd
Mr.. Root declined TO comment on
the decision pending formal notih-
cation 20 the Russian authorities Of
the departments decision
The case aroused widespread inter-
est particularly in Chicago among
the autl-Bussian element where
fund was raised ia defense Of the
man.
The action by the secretary, il is said
does not establish any precedent as the
question was regarded at the depart
meut as simply whether on not the case
was one calling Cor eNuaditiou for an
/ offense against the law. ur whether il
WAS one OF political character.
Rudowicz was an Acknowledged meln-
I ber Of the Social Democratic Labor par
| tv. a Russian revolutionary organiza-
uon with branches in an parts Of the
world. whose avowed purpose IS the
improvement Of political conditions in
the Russian empire. He is charged
with having murdered or participated
in the murder of man. his wife and a
married daughter in one of the Baltic
provinces IN 1906. The next year he
came 20 the United States and went 10
work in a large manufacturing estab-
lishment Al the hearing al Chicago.
testimony was offered by both Rudow-
icz and lis Witnesses that the order
for killing these persons was issued
on the ground that they were spies
not that they travelled around the coun-
try in this capacity. but they gave the
names of persons taking part in reyo-
luuonary movements directed against
the government There was some dis
cgepancy in the evidence as 90 whether
fhc order 90 murder had been given
bv county or state "erouu.' which
direct the operations pt the various
branches of the IeNuutiuu8r marty.
RUDOWICZ WAS DAZED.
Chicago. Jan. -6.-Tns good news
nom Washington was slow u reach
ing Christian RudoNiCz There was
no one at the jail where the prisoner
was confined who could peak Russian
and attempts TO reach his LAWYERS with
the Associated Press bulletin found the
man absent
When the bainns aud guards tried
to impart the good tidings TO Rud-
oWicZ he Eazed stoidly az them Pres
entity one Of the guards resorted 20
pantomine He initiated tho click %
"a telegraph instrument. pointing out
doors. jumped up and down patted the
prisoner ON the back. Slowly tho lat
ter broke into a smile and point
90 iuterrogatively 20 Washington,
granting Hugh" wheroat the qua rdg
nodded and the Indications were that
he at least comprohended th..t some
thing fortunate had happened TO him.