Arizona republican., 1917-07-26
MRS. MOONEY IS ACQUITTED; OTHER
 CHARGES PENDING
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when I saw Miss Pearl Seaman. who had both of her legs blown off in the explosion, come into court. It was hard for me to understand that I was being charged with a crime of this nature. When I am free 1 will devote my life to giving Miss Seaman a musical education"
 No statements were forthcoming from the jurors as to their long delib- eratiens. They said they would have nothing to say about the number of ballots taken and as to how they bal loted, in accordance with an agreement made before they left the jury room.
 Judge Emmet Seawell complimented the jurymen on the patience they had shown. He told them, however that he would not comment on their verdict because of the fact that the defendant still had other indictments against her.
 Attorneys for the defense sent tel egram to Bourke Cockrane, the New York lawyer who defended Thomas Mooney, advising him of the verdict
 That one of the other bomb defend ants soon will be brought to trial was indicated by District Attorney Fickert.
 He said he had not decided which it would be. In addition to the five orig inal defendants, Alexander Berkman, editor of the Blast, an anarchist pub lication which was quoted in Mrs Moneys trial, recently was indicted for murder in connection with the bomb explosion. Berknan is now un- der sentence of two years imprison- ment in the east for obstructing the operation of the selective draft
 Our failure to convict Mrs. Mooney i2ly e.;v I, to our other experiences in prosecuting women. Jurors hesitate to convict a woman, particularly if she is charged with first degree murder"
 Demand by the prosecution for the ln1ilctlon of the death penalty, rarely before asked in California in the case of a woman; widespread interest of labor unions, public controversy involv- Ing credibility of states witnesses and charges by the defense that important evidence had been fabricated, were fea- lures which marked the trial of Mrs Rena Mooney for murder resulting from bomb explosion here last July.
 Mrs. Mooney, music teacher, wife of Thomas J. Mooney, was arrested a few days after the explosion, which, oc- curing at 2:0S P. M. in the course of a preparedness day parade July 22, killed ten persons and wounded more than forty men, women and children. At about the same time the Moneys were arrested, Warren K. Billings, Israel Weinberg and Edward D. Nolan were taken into custody by detectives.
 The state contended that the explo- sion was the continuation of conspi- racy plot of wide notifications, with the five bomb murder defendants as the ringleaders.
 Billings was tried, convicted of mur- der and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mooney was sentenced to death on a verdict of murder in the first degree without recommendation for mercy. Both sentences have been held up pend ing appeals to the state supreme court. The others are now awaiting trial. No- Ian is at liberty on bail.
 Dissatisfied with the verdict in the case of Thomas J. Mooney union labor organizations, which contributed large iy to the defense fund through the h. ternational Workers Defense League. caused the appointment of silent