The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-04-20
PERJURY PLOT
TOHANG MOONEY

tin of April 10, last Friday prints
the following interesting story;
Sensational events, following the
amazing revelation of criminal con-
spiracy in the Oxman perjury plot,
gave cumulative effect today to yes
terday's exposure.
Mrs. Nellie Edau, star witness
against Warren X. Billings, and one
of the most important witnesses
against Mooney, admitted having
failed to identify the defendants, and
of having said she was at Stewart
and Market street, instead of 72l
Market, at the time of the explosion.
District Attorney Fickert had order
ed William H. Smith, Oakland police
inspector, to whom Mrs. Smith had
told this story, to withhold the testi-
mony and "keep his mouth shut" ac-
cording to Smith,
+. f. Rigall, brought to San Fran
cisco by f. C. Oxman to give per-
iured testimony against Mooney, is
now on the way to San Francisco to
expose this conspiracy. He wired At
! torney Tom O'ConnOr this morning
that he will come here with all speed
to tell his story.
Duncan Matheson, captain of de-
| l. - h.
brands the plot as nasty mess"
and says he will do his utmost to
complete the exposure.
After the prosecutors had learned,
according to their own admission,
that Rigall was "the bunk" they en-
tertained him lavishly, and II days
after Assistant District Attorney Ed
ward Cunha says Rigall had con-
fessed to him that he had not been
in San Francisco on the day of the
explosion, the prosecution said he
would be produced to refute the af-
fdavit of Mrs. Charlotte lie Posse.
This statement was published in the
morning papers of February IA.
Following the most extraordinary
exposure of witness Juggling in
murder trial perhaps ever revealed in
America, now comes revelations that
the testimony of Mrs. Nellie Edau is
as equally unworthy of credence as
that of the cattleman Oxman.
Next to OXman, Mrs Edau was the
most important witness in the Moon
ey trial. In the Billings trial, in
which Oxman did not appear, she was
the most important witness.
Il went to District Attorney
Charles Fickert and warned him
that if anything crooked was being
Matched up l would not be connected
with it, but would do my best to
expose it. Mr.. Fickert listened to
what | said, but made no reply"
This is Matheson's disclosure TODAY
OF his early suspicious of plot to
send Tom Mooney to the gallows,
suspicious which he took to District
Attorney Fickert himself. The Dis
trict Attorney made no reply" to the
charge of a frame-up.
MathesOn Warned Fickert
Matheson today made statement
to the effect that he had warned
F1ckert the proposed testimony of F
. E. Rigall, brought to San Francisco
from GRANVILLE, iIllonis, by F. C
Oxman, star witness for the prosecu
ton, looked so CROOKED" to him thai
he would have nothing to do with it
Will Expose Nasty Mess"
Matheson was in conference with
Assistant District Attorney Edward
| Cunha this morning relative to tn,
expose of the frame-up.
/ After the conference the captai,
stated that he told Cunha it wa.
very unfortunate Rigall had eve
! been brought here at all; that it hat
opened up a nasty mess and that i
: was his itentiOn to exert himself t,
expose it and to punish all those VIII,
were connected with it.
| Captain Matheson said that al
though he had been kept in the darl
as to Rigall, why he was brough
here and what his testimony would
> be, he was suspicious of Rigall tn,
. first moment he saw him.
Il was suspicious of Rigall from
the moment l first saw him. | die
not like his looks" continued Captai,
Matheson. 81 took the matter up will
Chief of Police White and he advise,
; that | speak to the District Attorne,
about it.
Fickert Said Nothing
| Accompanied by Lieutenant Stew,
V. Bunner, I went to the District At
torney's office on the suggestion O.