South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-19
REDS THREATENED.
WILSON, CHARGED
District Attorney Says He Will
Prove Bomb Plot Was
Part of Big Plan.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 19.-That
Pres't Wilson's life was threatened
by an anarchistic organization
known as the "Blasters'' of which
Thomas ]. Mooney. on trial here
for murder was a leader, will be
shown by evidence TO be presented
in Moneys trial Assistant District
Atty. Edward G. Cunha declared
Thursday in supreme cout in the
opening address 10 the jury. Il will
prove" said Cunha, that these men
plotted revolution against the gov
eminent l will prove that they said
in an edition of The Blast the
weathercock in the White house.
had better watch out. Suppression of
the voice of the discomfort leads to
assassination"
To Show MONEYS Motive.
Beginning his address in court
Cunha outlined the history of the
bomb explosion here last July in
which ten persons lost their lives
and in which ii is charged that
Mooney had part.
Il will show a motive for Moon
ey's participation in this crime and
that he encouraged it," said
Cunha 81 will porve that prior
TO January, 1916, Mooney. Alexan-
der Berkman. Miss NJ. +. Fitzgerald
and others entered into a con-
spiracy TO bring about an uprising
against property owners. the con-
fiscatiOn OF private property and the
destruction of government. and that
they called themselves the Blasters'
and publicly announced in The
Blast the objects of their conspir-
acy. I viii connect Mooney with this
conspiracy by letters i'm his own
wiling and by articles he wrote in
the Blast.
The Blast. / will show that they
planned to create a prejudice against
and to betray the American fedora
ton Of labor. l viii show that be
fore the parade Mooney declared
preparedness must be thrown back
into the teeth of its advocates
Mooney declared If the government
had a large army the revolution
would be nipped in the bud.
Against Preparedness.
Cunha said that Mooney and the
other conspirators in their compaign
against preparedness declared that
the first one of them to be APP
preached by a recruiting officer
should shoot him down.
The Blast. an anarchistic pa
per. is printed in San Francisco.
Berkman. its editor. at last accounts,
/ was in New York city raising funds
to use i'm MONEYS defense. Miss
Fitzgerald is associate editor. The
office Of The Blast was raided re-
Gently bv the district attorney.
Surgeon OH Stand.
The first witness called by the
posecution. DR.. w S. Stafford,
autopsy surgeon for the coroner.
who examined the bodies Of the vic
Tins after explosion. declared in
cross examination that. in Ibis opin-
/ ion the bomb could not have eX-
ploded from the sidewalk because
many of the victims received wounds
i'm the head
He declared later that he did not
mean exactly what he said. and ask
/ ed Mr.. Cunha 10 be allowed TO take
the stand Friday and clear up his
statement
Cunha. i'm his address to the jury.
said the paragraphs in the Blast on
which he based his charges Of con-
spiracy against the prisoner was as
/ follows "The federal government
has suppressed The Alarm of Chi
cago. and The Revolt Of New York.
We are not going to say that it IS
an outrage Why should the govern
ment not commit outrages? Inva-
sion Of personal liberty; suppression
OF free speech and free press
silencing Of nOn-confOrmists and
protestants. shooting down rebel
lions workers-all of this is the very
N essence of government.
we don't complain. We under.
\ stand Wilson's position. He must dc
Il his masters bidding This is the
sane policy But We want to war;
the weathercock in the White
house that it may not prove safe
Suppression of the voice Of discon
INT leads TO assassination. Vid,