Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-29
MOONEY SENTENCE
CHANGED TO LIFE
IN STATE PRISON
California Governor Acts i'm
Pacific Coast Labor
Leaders, Case.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
MADE TRIAL AN ISSUE
Protest Parades Were Held and
Resolutions Passed by
Hundreds.
WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER
Recent Disclosures Charging Unfair
Methods Used in Conviction Held
Responsible for Change.
WAS CONVICTED oE MURDER
fRy Assncintcd rress1


SACRAMENTO. CAL. November 2S-
IN" sentence OF Thomas j. Mooney.
sentenced to be hanged on December
10 Tor the deaths Of ten persons killed
"y bomb explosion in san Fran
'isco during a preparedness parade IN
jay. 1915 Was committed by Gov
'Tnor w. -. stephens tonight 10 life
Imprisonment. Court action 10 save
Mooney from the gullows was ex-
hausted by the prisoner. the Supreme
Court OF the United States having re-
Gently decided 1t could not review the
ease
Threats Of a national strike ia case
thc Governor did not intervene had
necn made in various parts Of the
country. ana some time ago IL WAS re-
ported that President Wilson had writ :
ten the Governor To see that Mooney
suffered no injustice. The trial judge
mad also requested new trial for
mooney.
Governor Stephenss statement an
HouhclnI the coMmutation said that in
..pnslderlns the case he had had be-
tore him the urgent appeal OF the
president Of the United states that |
srant communication"
ketusa! OF the United States Su-
prcinc Court, Novem ber Is. TO review
The sentence OF hanging imposed upon
Thomas j. Mooney ended court acton
III - case tnat excited international IN
.eresi. The death sentence passed upon
INN was Tor the murdcr OF Mrs. Myr-
lie Irene Van Loo. OF MERGED. Cal. one
ot ten prisoners Killed by a clockwork
Bomb which exploded Oh Market Street
an san Francisco during 4 prepared
ness day parade there July -. 1916.
Four others were indicted win him on
ten counts of murder, but his case was
ganizations OF sever.l Countries
strikes were urged in various parts OF
a. nd M h.Y Xt-ap. Il f,,
other countries as laSor's protest.
resident Wilson interviewed by ask
obtain a new trial for Mooney He
ordered an Investigation by a commits
sion which recommended a rehearing
war9 -Four rr,sd OF 'he t,ys persons indicted
sentenced 10 be hanged May II. 1917.
Warren Is. Killings q shoe clerk. now
99nment Mrs, Henn Herman Mooney,
an automobile bus driver. We're acauit-
ted on one charge and now are al lib-
der, while Edward n. Nolan, a ma
chtnist sun is awaiting trial.
MONEYS alleged activity IN san
ized by violence. and his alleged In
dustriai Workers OF the World ahilia-
lions drew suspicion toward him and
his wife. They were arrested five days
after the explosion. at tucrnevilic, Cal
ifornia. They said they had read in
newspapers tharthey were wanted and
they had telcgraphed the police they
would surrender themselves. Four %!
the ten counts Of murder against Mrs.
Mooney. Billings Weinberg and Nolan
ability TO proceed on them.
Moneys trial opened January 3, 1917.
and ended with his conviction Feb
ruary 10.
OREGON CA1"rLEMAN PROVED
THE IMPORTANT WITNESS
Frank c. ONman. Il cattlcman Of Dur
kcc. Ore, the states chief witness.
testified In the Mooney trial that he
borg drive to the spot where the ex-
plosion occurred and saw Billings de-
nosit SUITCASE supp9sed TO contain
torneys charged that OXNan testified
falsely against Mooney and that he
sought to induce +. T.. Rigal. of Gray
ii had similar information. Rigall
came to San Francisco and testified at
ton of perjury that OXman induced
him TO come here and offered to divide
with him portion Of ii large reward
offered for MONEYS conviction OK
man was acquitted.
II also was charged that three others.
two of them women: had perjured
:nIs .mllows. but at the cha charges s We're C. not not
pressed.
Mooney appealed TO the California
supreme Court for now trial and
hv tho state Attorncy-GcncraI. u. :.
Webb. Charles NJ. I'ickcrt. district at
tcrncy Of San Francisco. who prose-
cutcd the bomb murder cases. opposed
the consent as irregular and vicious
and ii was dismissed. Moneys appeal
WAS denied. March ], 1918. the SUI
prcme Court. stipulatinG it could not
consider evidence outside the record
MOONEY FILES APPEAL
WITH CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR
Mooney appealed to Governor Ste
phens for a pardon and. meantime.
court for writ of "coram nobis" tbc-
fore us. the King), an action seldom
rcsortcd TO, whereby suitors under the
common law could seek reversal of a
Judgment obtained by fraud Attorneys
said all other legal means were eX-
haustcd except this appeal TO the basic
the hanging reset for August a3, 1Sis. M
Mooney had been i'm death row" az
san ,.i, onemtin prison prison since since July ~. The
after tic explosion Five days later.
exactly two years after his arrest.
Mooney was Irepricvcd TO December IS
by Governor stephens 10 allow time for
him to review the record
Action OF the United States Supreme
court Gs,,, N9vemher i IS; closing the long
memorandum by Chief Justice White
refusing ,'rit OF ccrtiorari.
During the two years world wide
appeals were made TO labor bodies 10
act III support OF Il new trial Rus
sian radicals naradcd i'm Pctrograd and
made Il demonstration before the Amer
lean embassy. The American Fcdcr.,.
iIon Of Labor. the London Trade Conn
Gil and other organizations made nuh
lie demands Tor Il new trial for Mooney
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