The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-16

Malpiede ultimately admitted tha
Kelley had come to him and asked tc
be put on the jury so that he coulc
make the jury fee"
! In the excitement, question was
asked of the clerk of the court, Butler
to which Butler replied that the jury
slips had been given to the prosecutor
office for use over night in violation
of the courts strict order that neither
side was to be allowed to know who was
to serve on the jury.
Had this scandal been brought to
light against the defense, the result
would have been a sensational story in
every newspaper in the United States to
the effect that the defense had been
caught at jury-flxing. But the oily gall
of the sinister influences in control of
the city is such that the story was mini
mizcd or hushed up and the prosecutors
proceed without blush to try other de-
vices.
Kelley was excused "on account OF
sickness" and both sides were allowed
to renew their challenges. Immediately
the district attorney discharged the only
union man left on the jury.
Edward Cunha, who had not shown
his face in the court since he had brok
en- down and admitted that "the Rigall-
Oxman affair did not worry him as
much as the jury situation in the
CTom) Mooney case, which situation
was the thing that troubled his con-
science" rushed back into court to aid
in getting if possible jury of syco-
plants of the Chamber of Commerce.
The jury is now about completed and
the taking of evidence will be in full
swing by the time this reaches the
reader.
What Evidence?
Every witness who has up to this
time sought to implicate Rena Mooney
in the bomb cases, the same who caused
the condemnation of Tom Mooney and
Warren Billings, has been discarded.
The Edcau women have confessed that
they told two different stories, and the
Chief of Police of Oakland as well as
Inspector of Police Smith and three fell
low-employces of Mrs. Edeau, have
proven that the two women perjured
themselves against both Billings and
Tom Mooney Whether the brazen
prosecutors will dare to put them on the
stand again or whether they will hire
other witnesses to take their places, is
not known.
John Mcdonald alias McDanies, the
drug victim, has been discrcdited and
proven perjurcr by the aibi photo
graphs which show Tom Mooney on
the roof of his house at the time he was
supposed to be placing the bomb over
mile distant He has, more than that
been caught changing his testimony,
and admitted under oath that he had
told false story in the first trial. His
change of testimony was made to get
around the photographs and sustain
Oxman, the now famous cattleman
from Oregon, who is under felony
charge for = perjury conspiracy against
| Mooney.
The prosecution announces without
shame that it intends to put ONman on
the stand against Rena Mooney, while
Oxman is awaiting trial for attempting
to buy perjury against her husband
OXman appealed his case on writ OF
habeas corpus proceedings to the Su
prcmc Court of California, He lost his
case and will have to face trial, Prose
cutor Fickert, his co-conspirator, vii
try to let him win his acquittal
Chief Justice Angellotti of the Su
preme Court, said 81 have read thu
record of the Oxman case and it seem
ed to me that RigalPs testimony was
Overwhelmingly sufficient to establish
the crime charged against Oxman, "a