The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-04

BAN FIkANcihCp. Cal. Dec. g.
Startling new evidence ia tho Pro
parcdnezs day bomb disaster In now
being put IN shape for presentation
Co Secretary OF Labor Wilson and
hts associate commissioners here
studying labor conditions.
II may result In demand by the
president on the governor for tn.
pardon % Mooney aud billings. now
under sentence 90 death and for ne
respectively. and for the dismissal Of
the indictments against the other
bomb defendants
n H. expected 20 result In tho az.
rest Of an entire new group Of dc.
PENDANTS. whouS names have no; 90
far appeared In the eAs0
May Dust riekrrt
such zetion would probably re-
suit In a cleanup Of thr local dis.
triet Attorney office and an en.
tire change Of prosecutor for
the nsss ea.rs. Dist. Atty. Chas.
iicksrt. who has prosecuted tho
bomb eases. ALREADY faces a re
call election.
- HNHHHH y tA"NAN - taFfF aHsA"A 80
s;ructi0nS from the pr~nlden, to
maze a new and careful invrauea-
ton OF tho bomb pio, and the
charges Of frame up In the Mooney
prosecutions The case Of T'hosna.
J. Mooney has been used In Russia
b. the anarchists and ertrrYS rad
lcaia nr an Illustration Of sAmrrs.
can niinjustio- and oppression OF la
Dor
Tn. president desiren n assure
himself that there has h~~n no mis-
carriage Of justice. or. ~ there has
been one. to have ), Immediately cor
r~ctcd.
Labor Position
Labor has contended from the
start that Mooney and his associate
defendants wrro not guilty. An alibl
photograph In tho case shows Moo
ncy and his wife on a building far
from the nccns- within n few minutes
% the explosion that killed 10 people
and wounded 80 In 1915. A street
clock In tho picture fired tho time.
Letters to local newspapers before
tho parade. warning Of violence. and
warnings TO women against march.
Ing In tho parade. given by slender.
dark men. who might have been
Moxlcana or Of some Latin blood.
were clues that the prosecution tx.
nor~d.
These CLUES have bc~n followed by
private investigators. with tho rcaui,
that mass Of discriminating evil
dence against a group Of notorious
anarchists has been unearthed.
Documentary evidence of the
existence and operation of such
gang has been secured.
Gang Scstters
The gang has been allowed 70 scat.
ter. because Of the refusal Of the die
trict attorneys office TO follow thes.
clues
Some 81 its members are in jalis
on minor charges, some are In Flu.
rope fighting in tho war. others arc
scattered from coast TO coast. But
most Of them are under surveillance.
and n tho government should decide
to act IN the case. could DO rounded
up in short order
a partial statement of this cvt
dcncc has been made 20 tho United
States attorneys office here. That
office awaits requests from Score
tary Wilson before proceeding fur.
Ter.
we have taken no action In tho
matter" said Assistant United stntos
A 49,
have been made to us. which. II true.
might indicate Moneys Innocence.
but the proof haa not been turned
over. and without long and careful
investigation I would hesitate TO
comment on these cases now.
Willsie In Charge
$50 far an know, the office has
no Official connection with tho case.
and Is not likely 20 have. unless in.
strucuons come from Washington or
n request comes from Secretary wiz.
son. OF course. any matter that was
offered us would be turned over 10
Secretary Wilson and his inyestigat.
ors."
Reports from Washington are that
Chief wilkie. head OF the govern.
ment secret service. viii come here
to take charge OF the Investigation.
IL Secretary WILSON reports to the
president there is ground for more
complete federal investigation.
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