South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-23
SENSATIONAL
EVIDENCE IN
M0ONY CASE
Result of Disclosure, After
DiCtaphOne Report of Work
Carried on by Officers.
is Submitted.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 23.-Rev-
Citations OF alleged crookedness in
the secUtiOn of many cases. Grim
inal and civil, in San Francisco
courts, including q charge that at
tempts were made 10 manufacture
evidence against Mrs Reno Herman
Mooney. wife OF Thomas j. Mooney.
were contained in a report made
public here today.
The report as printed here bore
the signature of John B. Densmore.
dire ctor Of employment, and was ad-
dressed 10 William 3. Wilson, secre-
tary of labor at Washington. The
report was dated Nov. l. Mr. Dens-
more would not deny ne made the
report but intimated that il must
come through official sources at
Washington Densmore was sent to
San Francisco some time ago by
Sec'y Wilson to investigate certain
governmental affairs.
Long stenographic reports Of al
legged conversations obtained by die
taphones dealt with alleged acts
tending 10 involve a former justice
of the California supreme court, a
member of the public prosecutors
office and a number OF persons who
have figured in cases of national in
terest. including the famous San
Francisco graft cases. In one in
stance there is mentioned payment
Of $4,000 with allegations THAI
this amount was passed.
Wife of Alleged Murderer.
Mrs. Mooney, the object Of the
alleged attempt TO manufacture GER
tain evidence. is the wife of Thomas
J. Mooney. awaiting sentence of
death for murder in connection with
the preparedness day bomb eXplo-
sion here July p, 1916 She was in
dicted with her husband and three
others on 10 counts of murder. COW
ering the 10 deaths from the eXplO-
sion. She was acquitted on one
count. four counts were dismissed
and she now is on bail awaiting dis
position OF the other charges.
More than 40 columns Of news
paper space were filled by the re-
port. Many columns Of stenographic
reports OF alleged conversations OBJ
tanned by telephone devices were set
out. Details Of alleged meetings be-
tween an official and certain motor
ious characters were given. sum-
nary Of facts" was appended 20 the
report. alleging conditions existed
that justified the federal government
in taking action 70 assure TO the
bomb explosion defendants their
rights"
Mention was made in the report
Of instructions 70 make "a secret
and altogether formal inquiry into
the Mooney case and the summary
bore on the alleged unfairness Of
the bomb case trials.
Result OF Trial.
Four o. the bomb cases have been
tried. In the first, Billings was SEN
fenced TO life Imprisonment. In the
second. Mooney was sentenced to be
hanged. In the third and fourth,
weinberg and Mrs. Mooney were &C
quilted.
Summarizing the published find
ings today. the report said "practi-
cauv the whole case against Mooney,
Billings and Mrs. Mooney was made
to order" The conclusion. the re-
port states. was reached through di-
rect evidence that seemed sufficient
and also by the alleged facts adj
duced in the investigation intending
10 show corruption. The report al
leges that certain things render it
incredible that he (neming an Of
fciaD should be either impartial or
honest in the conduct OF a case Of
this nature: that he is and has been
for some time past in cooperation
with notorious Jury and case tixers. v
Fickert's Statement.
Dist. Atty. Charles NJ. Flicker,
who headed the prosecution Of the
defendants in the San Francisco
bomb explosion cases, tonight sal
in connection with the report involv-
ing criticism OF the prosecutors
office:
NY investigation and those GER
tain federal officials were reaching
so close TO some OF the higher-ups
IN the bolsheviki movement that
thev became stampeded.
Fortunately I am in possession
OF certain written documents, that
will vindicate my actions"