The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-06-22

ber 10th. This honor is extended
to Mooney as a testimonial of the
faith of his brother union members
in him. 1t is but one of many re-
suits in. the ranks of Organized La
Dor of the exposure of the monster
fraud by which he was convicted.
From the National Headquarters of
the American Federation of Labor at
Washington to the Pacific Coast,
Organized Labor to a man is con-
vinced that Tom Mooney did not
commit murder, and also convinced
that his prosecution by hired perjury
paid for by the Chamber of Com
merce of San Francisco is the be-
ginning of great drive for uproot-
ing and destroying the American
Labor Movement.
Prosecutions Opening Address
Ferrari's opening harangue to the
jury on Monday lasted two hours.
Just as Fickert had formerly an
nounced that "Oxman is the man
whose testimony will put the rope
around Tom Moneys neck" so lit
tie Ferrari now announces that Sam
uels is going to be the man who'll
help in the lynching of Rena Mooney.
The second new charge is that
Mrs. Mooney, whilst watching the
parade from the roof of the Eilers
Building, remarked, "What a beau
tiful mess a machine gun would
make of marchers below" At the
very moment that Rena Mooney is
supposed to have made this remark,
her sister, Mrs. Belle Hammerberg,
was standing by her side watching
her husband march in the parade.
Numerous friends and pupils of Rena
Moneys were marching, too, and
Rena Mooney had nothing but the
warmest affection for them. This
charge is a poorly constructed lie,
worthy of it's masters.
The Taking of Evidence
Police Captain Duncan Matheson
gave testimony on cross-examination
which is destructive in itself to the
States case. Matheson testified
that Police Chief White had given
orders that no traffic should be al
lowed on Market Street after one
o'clock on the day Of the explosion
and that he, Matheson, carried out
this order before one o'clock.
If this be true, as it certainly is,
then the entire story of Weinberg's
jitney bus parading down Market
Street with Tom Mooney on the
front seat and a suitcase of dyna-
mite on the running board, casting
aside the procession, is as impossi-
ole as it always has been absurd
'On Again, Off Again" Stafford!
The now famous autopsy surgeon,
DR.. David Stafford, testified on Tues
day. DR.. Stafford performed the
autopsies on the victims of the ex-
plosion and he was in a good posi-
tion to Judge from what direction
came the missiles which caused
leath.
In Tom MONEYS trial the doctor
testified that Judging from the di-
'ection of the wounds, the bomb
must have exploded before it hit |
he ground" His testimony created |
/ sensation, as it was a complete
contradiction of the State theory that |
4 suitcase bomb caused the ex-
)losion.
That might Cunha and Fickert got |
lold of him and pointed out how dis
lstrous his evidence was to the pros
,cution. So the next day poor
Stafford took the witness stand again
md swallowed his testimony of the
previous day. "No one ever asked
ne that question BEFORE" he ex-
planned. What the doctor meant
vas that Fickert hadn't coached him
and he inadvertently told
he truth.
On Tuesday he swore that the
Wounds on the bodies he examined
showed an upward" direction. A
ew moments later he swore, "There
vas no general direction at ALL"
He admitted there were wounds
m the heads of some of the victims
nut couldn't explain how missiles fly
ng upward" could have made these
Wounds.
Hearst Joins the Conspiracy!
The infamous Hearst has openly
oined the conspiracy. His local
,aper announced the other day, with
he usual blare of trumpets, that
hree special correspondents" would
over the trial, $50 that the people
night be acquainted with every de-
all of the trial" To the uninitiated