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Show member or the social-Democratic la- hor party, a Russian revolutionary p?- j gauizatlon with branches In all parts o the world, whoso avowed purpose Is the Improvement of political conditions con-ditions In the Russian empire. He s charged with having murdered or pnrticlpated in the murder of a man, his wife and a married daughter In one of tho Baltic provinces in 1006. The noxt year he came to the United States and went to work in a large manufacturing establishment. At tho hearing In Chicago, testimony was offered of-fered both by Rudowlcz and his witnesses wit-nesses that the order for killing these persons was Issued on the ground that ihey were spies, not that they traveled travel-ed around tho country in this capacity, hut they gave the names or persons taking part In revolutionary movements move-ments directed against the government. govern-ment. Thero was some discrepancy n the evidence as to whether the or dr to murder had been given by 4 county or state "group," which directs di-rects the operations of tho various branches of ibo revolutlonaryarty. j RUSSIAN WILL BE FREE Sec. Root Refuses to Grant Extradition of Rudowicz Washington, Jan. 26. Christian Rudowlcz, whose extradition charges of murder, arnon and other crimes was demanded by the Russian government, and 'involving counter charges that the offenses weie In furtherance or a political movement, will not be extradited. extra-dited. This decision was announced hv Secretary ot State Root today, in effect the extradition was refused be-caudc be-caudc the offense charged comes under un-der the general prohibition against ex-t-adltlon in the treaty with Russia, which declares that if it be made to appear that extradition is sought with the view to try or punish for an offense, of-fense, political prisoner, surrender t-hall not take place. Tho testimony i a ken in th cause by United States Commissioner Footc, at Chicago, It was held, upholdH the views taken by the department, though the commis-tioner commis-tioner upheld the Russian government's govern-ment's demand. Mr. Root- declined to comment on the decision at this time, pending formal for-mal notification to the Russian authorities au-thorities of the department's decision. decis-ion. The case aroused widespread interest, in-terest, particularly in Chicago, among the antl-Rus.-dan element, where a fund wa raised In defense of the man. The action by the secretary, it is said, doe not establish any precedent, prece-dent, as the question was regarded ot the department as simply whether or not the ca-se was ono calling for extradition ex-tradition for an offense against the law. or whether It was one of polill-al polill-al character. Rudowlct was an acknowledged 1 |