Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-07-26

JURY OUT TWO DAYS
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see her husband. Thomas J. Mooney
who is under sentence of death for one
of the bomb murders.
Mrs. Mooney is under seven other
murder indictments growing out of the
explosion. but District Fickert said he
did not know whether she would be
again brought to trial.
Bomb Cases at End
THE bomb cases are at an end" de-
clared Thomas O'Connor. of Mrs.
MONEYS counsel. The next trial Will
be that Of Oxman" Frank X. Oxman.
an Oregon cattleman. is accused OF at
tempting subordination Of perjury in
connection with Thomas Moneys trial,
, i'm which he was the chief witness for
the prosecution.
1T has been terrific strain said
Mr.. Mooney. But knew from tho be-
ginning that justice would triumph. l
i
Pearl Seaman. who had both of her legs
blown off in the explosion, come INTO
court 1t was hard for me to under
stand that / was being charged with
crime Of this nature. When am tree
l will devote my life to giving Miss Sea-
man a musical education.
Jurors Are Silent
from
the Jurors as to their long dehpera-
tion.
Superior Judge Emmett Seawel com
plmented the jurymen on the patience
they have shown. He told them. now
ever, that he would not comment on
their verdict because of the fact that
the defendant still had other indict-
ments against her.
That one of the other bomb defend
ants soon will be brought to trial was
indicated by District Attorney Ftckcrt
He said he had not decided which one
it would be.
Death Penalty Demanded
Demand by the prosecution for the
infliction Of the death penalty. rarely
before asked in California in the case
of a woman: widespread interest of
labor unions, public controversy in
yolving credibility of states witnesses
and charges by the defense that i'm
nortan. evidence had been fabricated,
were features which marked the trsal
of Mrs. Rena Mooney for murder re-
s,,lting from q bomb explosion here las.
July
e.
Mrs Mooney. music teacher, VIE
of Thomas j. Mooney, was arrested a
few days after the explosion, which,
occurring at 2.06 p. NJ. in tho course
OF a Preparedness Day parade. July
%. killed 10 persons and wounded more
than 40 men, women and children. At
about the same time the MONEYS We're
arrested. Warren X. Billings. Israel
Weinberg and Edward y. Nolan were
taken into custody by detectives.
Conspiracy Plot Alleged
The state contended that the explo-
sion was the elimination of a con-
spjracv plot of wide ramifications. with
tho five bomb murder defendants as
the ringieaders.
Billings was tried. convicted Of muir
der and sentenced to life imprisonment
Mooney was sentenced to death on a
verdict Of murder in the first degree
without recommended tion for mercy.
10th 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 ]. Mooney, union la
Dor organizations, which contributed
largely to the defense fund through the
International Workers Defense League.
caused the appointment of a Silent
jury" composed of labor men, to hear
evidence adduced at Mrs. Moneys trial
and render an independent verdict TO or
ganzed labor.
Mrs. Mooney was brought to trial May
81 before Superior Judge Emmet Sea-
well, of Santa Rosa, and jury
The Specific Charge
The specific charge against her was
the murder of Mrs. Myrtle Irene Van
Leo. one of the ~ victims of the ex-
plosion. In addition the defendant was
charged with having been a member Of
q "murderous conspiracy" to over
throw the government and bring about
q state of anarchy. Much testimony
and many exhibits intended to support
this theory were ruled out by Judge
Seawell Various letters written to and
by Mooney extracts from an anarchist
publication called the BLAST" edited
here about the time of the explosion by
Alexander Berkman, an associate of En-
ma Goldman. and other documents,
which the state contended showed de-
signs Of the alleged group of conspira-
tors, were admitted.
AIibi the Defense
Alibi was the defense which the de-
fendants attorneys sought to estab-
Iish by a score of witnesses. who de-
clared Mrs. Mooney and her husband
had been on the roof Of the building
in which they made their home more
than a mile from te scene of te cx-
plosion. throughout the afternoon.
Mrs. Mooney and the four other de-
PENDANTS told of their movements in
detail on the afternoon of the bomb