El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-23
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Act On Mooney
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Condemned Man Comments
On Densmore's Cor
ruption Report.

San Francisco. Calf, No. 2S.-Pro-
posed intercession TO governor Ste
phens and mayor James Rolph on the
part OF San Francisco labor in behalf
Of Thomas J. Mooney. and promised
grand jury action. formed the after
math today OF a published report
bearing the signature of John B.
Densmore. federal director Of employ
ment. that certain questionable &C.
tivities were discovered in the Mooney
and other cases.
Thomas J. Mooney. under a SEN
tence OF death as an outcome Of the
preparedness day bomb explosion, to-
day issued a statement, through Mrs.
Mooney, discussing the report. 1t was
an investigation Of the Mooney case
that brought out revelation OF alleged
crookedness in other cases, uncon-
nected with the bomb trials, but tend
! ing to involve the same set Of per-
sons.
Mooney Makes Statement.
Moneys statement follows:
The Densmore disclosure speaks
for itself. Just think what a similar
investigation would have disclosed II
II was inaUgurated in the early stages
Of the frameupl These corrupt forces
cover the state of California, and
labor can expect no justice from these
financial bandits. operating under the
guise Of officialdom. unless the fed
eral government strips them Of every
vestige OF authority and power. 9th
erwise, our government is a mockery
and deserves the contempt Of the
world. Their business is fixing
juries for murderers, wealthy degen-
crates. fenccE and all the saturnalia
of the underworld, which is the basis
OF this power prostituted to murder
workingmen who may be obnoxious 10
the open shop movement.
Says United States Should Act.
The United States government
should take complete control Of the
prosecution Of the individuals exposed
by Mr.. Densmore, under the espionage
act and that section Of the United
States constitution which makes it 4.
felony to deprive any citizen Of his
rights without due process Of law.
This astounding disclosure more
than justifies the charges we have so
repeatedly made for the past few
years, that we were the victims of a
chamber OF commerce conspiracy.
But I am still under sentence Of
death and the date o. my murder is
Friday, December 18th.
CSigned) Tom Mooney"
Tfckert's Statement.
District attorney Charles " Fickert,
who prosecuted the defendants in the
San Francisco bomb explosion cases, I
made the following statement in con-
nection with the report. involving
Of the prOsecutior's office.
Ny Investigations and those OF GER
tain federal officials were reaching so I
close 10 some Of the higher ups in the /
Jolshevik movement that they be-
zane stampeded.
Fortunately, I am IN possession Of j
certain written documents that will 4
yindicate my actions"
Corruption Charged.
Revelations Of alleged crookednessi
in the prosecution Of many cases,
criminal and civil. in san Francisco
courts. including a charge that at j
tempts were made TO manufacture evi-
dence against Mrs. Rena Herman
were contained in a report I
made public here Friday.
The report as printed here bore
the signature OF John B. Densmore,
director Of employment and was ad-
dressed to William B. Wilson. secre-
-ary OF labor at Washington.
Long stenographic reports of al
legged conversations. obtained by die
.aphones, dealt with alleged acts
tending to involve a former justice
81 the California supreme court, a
member Of the public prosecutors Of
Ice and a number Of persons who
nave figured in cases Of national in
terest. including the famous SAM
francisco graft cases. In one in
itanoe there Is mentioned payment OF
$4,000 with allegations that this
mount was passed