Show ST PETER FLED Hadnt the Nerve to Face the Men S Whom He Had Bobbed Oakland Cal April SJohn St Peter wanted in i Pittsburg for the embezzlement em-bezzlement of funds belonging to the Window Glass Workers association ot which he was preceptor and treasurer treas-urer has been arrested here St Peter arrived here eight weeks ago accompanied accom-panied by his wife and little stepdaughter t step-daughter He went under the name of John Michels for a time but later took the name of John Thomas He invested in-vested lfO in advertising schemes but the venture proved a dead loss and then soughtwork He failed to find anything to do and for a month he I and his family have been in destitute circumstances They pawned everything every-thing they had and then appealed to the Associated charities St Peter spent his last cent buying a tickef to San Francisco yesterday and after his arrest Chief of Police Lloyd had to provide food for the wife St Peter was superintendent of the association a combination of 6000 wage earners at Jeanette 27 miles from Pittsburg and his brother is corresponding secretary of the branch He admitted last night that he had taken 600 belonging to the association and had foolishly fled I rather than confess his error to his 4 < friends He declared that he was ready I to go back and would waive requisition requisi-tion papers i |