The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-04-20
JUSTICE IN SAN FRANCISCO.


 bombing of the preparedness parade l in San Francisco last sumner, have so far resulted in the conviction ol | the first two, one of whom has been sentenced to the penitentiary and the other to the gallOws
 The testimony collected against them depended upon some persons of criminal propensities and who had themselves got within the meshes of the law. and two or three others about whom relatively little was known.
 These latter were Mrs. Edeau and her daughter and wealthy cattle man from Oregon, one OXman. who in other respects was relatively un~ konwn.
 These latter were the ones who secured the convictions and although their testimony was riddled by fats, bv the testimony of business and professional men, by photographs
  ence, apparently that testimony united with the testimony Of men and women who had been promised reward for their evidence in one shape or another, weighed with the jury so heavily that it could not be offset.
 The jurors were professionals, ons man called admitted that he hah drawn over $1050 as a juryman within a couple of years and others confessed to similar salaries. Thai was their business. and they were not going to hurt it by proving re- fractorv in cases where the author ities wanted to get conviction. Anybody can understand that.
 The most shocking discrepancies cropped out in the prosecution s testimony It is worthy of note that not a little evidence given in the Billings case was amended by the witnesses to adjust itself to the facts which the defense had already adduced, in the Mooney case.
 It was proven and remained un- contradicted throughout that an eff fort had already been made to get Mooney for his activities in labor union circles. II was proved and not denied that an offer had been maoc of S5000 to one man if he would ill., .crimnate Mooney in another dyna- mite frame-up Bourke Cochran ill his address to the jury pointed out that the prosecution had not dared to contradict syllable of that evidence.
 Hundreds of people watching as Oxman swore he watched, and as the Edeau women swore they watch ed saw no such jitney of which OK man thought so much as to make d note of the number. Police came upon the stand and admitted under oath that the streets at the time were closed to vehicular tratfic. Photographs showed Mooney far from the scene at the time and d tell tale clock stood out of the rest of the crowd of watchers showing when and where was Mooney Yet despite the evidence and the facts Mooney was declared guilty as was Billings.
 Now comes the aftermath Estelle Smith admits that she was tempted with a bribe and the wealthy C1ttl" man" Oxman says that he was 10 b. heavily rewarded and that 1e was coached as to his testimony III the office of District Attorney Fickert.
 Cochran said in concluding his ad- dress;--
 ''The District Attorney asks you to stangle and kill this innocent man. But justice cannot be strang- led permanently. One element es- ,sential to the preservation of our land is the integrity of our judicial system. That threatened and the fabric of the republic collapses :. The District Attorney has told you that this act was an attack upon the flag. I say to you, gentlemen, the flag is but bunting unless it stands for justice
 Men, doubtless sincere and worthy men, complain from time to time at the lack of respect which the masses are showing for the legal procedure