The San Francisco call., 1910-01-25
BROTHERS SAY BIG
JIM LEFT OPENLY
Declare Under Oath That Gal
Iagher Made No Secret of
Intended Departure
Witness Did Not Believe Flick
ert Sincere and Thought
Prosecution Ended

Prosecution Ended
That Big Jim" Gallagher made NJ
secret about his intended departure fol
Europe. told his friends of it, made his
prepa ations openly and even said that
ne informed Detective William J. Burns
was asserted under oath by Thomas j
Gallagher his brother, in Judge Law
lor's court YESTERDAY. at the investiga-
tion being made into the sudden flight
OF the boodler. Three brothers of the
runaway witness were questioned by
District Attorney Fickert and his as
sistant. Fred L. Berry. and as the name
of William II. Langdon. the former dis
trict attorney, was freely mentioned in
the proceedings. Judge Lawlor con-
tinued the hearing to 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning 10 enable Langdon 10
be present.
Robert +. Gallagher, head of the Gal
la CHER Marsh business college. admitted
he advised his brother TO adopt the
stage as a career and as a means Of
doing some good for the people al
large"
In one Of the first conversations
had with nv brother after the expose
we were discussing his future career,
said Robert Gallagher. I told him
thought fl would be well for him to
adopt the sta sc for the future-either
TO have a piece written for him or TO
write it himself revolving round the
denial Of special privileges as a cure
for graft We talked it over, and in
the conversation he narrated some
rather amusing anecdotes about the an
tics of the members of the board OF su-
pervisors during his term of Office and
] SAID [ thought that he might be able
10 do some good TO the people by using
as moral in play the elimination OF
special privileges"
TOLD HIS FRIENDS
Big JimH Gallagher left san Fran
cisco Thanksgiving day, and his
brother. Thomas, accompanied him TO
the train and bade him goodby.
He made no secret about it" said
Thomas Gallagher. replying to the
questions Of Fickert. He went TO all
the railroad offices and inquired the
cost OF transportation, purchased his
sleeper and told his friends he in
tended 10 take a trip to Europe eX-
tending over several months. He made
no excuses for going"
Did you tell District Attorney Lang
oOn that your brother would be back
by January 10 or that he would be
available whenever wanted?" asked
Fickert
II did not I told Mr.. Langdon sub
stantially what I have told you.
was surprised Mr.. Langdon did. not
know he was gone. / said 10 him that
Detective Burns and everybody else
seemed to knOw-that my brother had
told them he was going"
Did your brother tell YOU he had
spoken 10 Mr.. Burns about going
away?' Fickert asked.
Il believe he did am pretty sure
ne did"
Did he tell you he had talked To
Mr. Heney about it?"
I don't remember that"
The witness stated that two detect
ives under Burns-DanieI Mccarthy
and f J. Wiskotchill-had been de-
tailed as q bodyguard for Gallagher
since the dynamiting of the house at
Oakland. but they had not been told
10 keep watch on him, and were, in
fact under his orders.
AT this stage Judge Lawlor asked if
Langdon had been spoken to about the
inquiry, and when Fickert said his pre-
decessor was out of town the Judge
stated that he thought the presence of
the former district attorney was desir-
able. Eickert undertook TO communi-
cate with Langdon at Modesto.
Robert F. Gallagher. proprietor of
the business college. who was exam
ined before his brother Thomas, said
he also knew Of the contemplated de-
psrture OF James Gallagher.
Did he tell you whether he intended
to return TO be q witness at any of the
so called graft trials?" asked Berry.
BELIEVED PROSECUTION OVER
''The talk proceeded along the lines
that there were not going to be any
future trials answered Robert CAL
lagher- He stated something TO the
effect that Burns had disappeared, that
Heney had disappeared, that there was
not any prosecution and that the in
coming district attorney would Ger
tainly not be in earnest in the prosecu-
ton"
pression?' asked Berry.
Yes, as it appeared to me-" the wit
ness answered.
Did he tell you he intended to re-
turnY"
u understood that he intended to
return some time and go into business,
following his profession as a lawyer in
the east"
DID NOT TELL OTHER BROTHERS
Did he ever tell you about a CONVEX
sstion with Langdon, Burns or any
OF the other prosecutors"
no, but I understood from him there
was no secret about his going. He
went around town purchasing neces-
sssry articles for the trip"
Walter Gallagher, the lawyer. said he
had not spoken with his brother 'sJim"
for more than six years and knew
nothing whatever about his departure
except what he had read. r. Gala
CHER. another brother. said he talked
with Jim q few days before the latter
left. but Jim did not say he was going
axrav and did not bid him goodby.