The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-11-02
MANY FAMOUS MEN OF THE WORLD
CONDEMN FICKERT'S "FRAME-UP"

alibi was established by twenty-five
witnesses and buttressed by sixteen
photographs. And yet Mooney was
condemned to death. Think of it!
An innocent man to be murdered in
cold blood by you and by me, by our
laws andsour justice; man who not
only never committed the crime, but
regards it with loathing, as insen-
safe, malevolent, horrible. Such a
judicial murder is worse than thou
sand murders of passion, or of hat
red, or even of greed. 1t shocks
the conscience of humanity and
brings justice into contempt. One
word, l think, may be said to these
capitalists: 1t is extremely unWise
of them to perVert the law and di-
minish mems faith in the justice
of the courts. They may find one
day that belief in the impartial
judgment of the courts is the only
barrier between them and mob vio-
lence."
SHAW is SARCASTIC
George Bernard Shaw (the famous
Irish playwright and satirist), writ
ing to Frank Harris on the Mooney
case, says: "That sort of thing is
always going on in America. What
is the use of writing at the angry
ape? If he won't listen to Shake
speare he won't listen to me, |
have no illusions about the Golden
West; probably, however, it only
appears to be the worst place in the
world politically and judicially, be-
cause there is less hushing up; that
is, less solidarity among the gov
erning class than in England and
Russia"
Paul Scharrenberg (Secretary of
the California State Federation Of
Labor): District Attorney Fickert
of this fair but unfortunate city of
San Francisco very nearly succeeded
in carrying through a diabolical plot
to send a human being to the gal
lows on framed-up evidence. Only
for the timely Oxman disclosures
Tom Mooney would have hung by
the neck until he was dead. Ed
Nolan and one or two others might
have shared the same fate, or re-
ceived a sentence of life imprison-
ment instead, were it not for the
fact that something slipped in that
beautifully woven web of manufac-
tured evidence. This is law and
order beyond the fondest expecta-
tion of the most uncompromising
labor crusher. This type of law
and order proves that no innocent
mans life or liberty has been alto
gether safe in San Francisco with
the present District Attorney in
office"
PRIEST OUTSPOKEN
Very Rev. Timothy Dempsey (well
known st. Louis Catholic priest):
"If justice finally prevails, Fickert
and his employers will retain the
loathing of all decent men, but may
have, in common with all the forces
of reaction, the comfort of nursing
eternal enmity against the Irish
World, Frank P. Walsh, the veteran
Bourke Cochran and the fighting
trades unionists of America, who
have defeated their damnable con-
spiracy."
George p. West Qate of Federal
Industrial Relations Commission)
''My investigation leaves not the
slightest doubt that Nolan, Mooney
and other defendants are being pros
ecuted on account Of their labor
activities. There is grave danger
of an appalling miscarriage of JUS
tise."
John Spargo (noted sociological
at is evidently a con-
spiracy to crush organized labor
The only way to save Billings, No
Ian, Weinberg and the Moneys is
FOR the workers everywhere to give
his conspiracy the widest publicity
and to make their protest nation
vide"
VICTIMS OF FRAME-UP
Congressman Curley (also Mayor
IF Boston,: II am satisfied that
Thomas j. Mooney and all the other
are the victims of
frame-up, and l will do all in my
power to expose the injustice"
John p. White president of the
United Mine Workers of America:
The 100000 miners affiliated with
he union of which | am president
demand a new trial for Mooney and