The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-07-24
MOONEY NOT GIVEN
JUSTICE, IS CLAIM
Department Of Labor Report SnNs
Labor Leader DId Not Receive
EHir Treatment IN hearing
REPORT ATTACKS FICKERT
District Attorney suddenly Changed
Attitude Corporate Interests
BuHY

WASHINGTON. Iuy % Thomas
j Mooney dil not receive ml JUS.
'loc in his trial Nt san FranC,sDO tor
alleged connection With me pre-.
parcducss day bomb explosion. uu'
Cordtug 20 u report by John - Deus.
more. former special agent uf he
department of Justice, who iDvca'.-
gated lhr case frr Ihr EuNriumcu.
Ihc report dated Nov J. I9ls was
submitted fo tho house today In Ic-
fponto 10 81 rctoiution.
what the government may DO fur.
thtr to Nd Mooney is u prrpicA.ng
question Tho DnBc iH one wholly
within the IurlHdicl0n ~ tho courts
~ California The guyrruut ~ he
state already has cpmmuiod h.p son.
fruCe from death tO llfg impriapu-
mCnt The federal government
under law. ia puwcrlcF to do more
than make requests of the california
executive Whether Mooney oven
tually may get new trial llrv whoi
ly, under th, law. with The rHlifor.
MIA courts Whether he would be-
pardoncd or his prison term reduced
lies with the governor,
Action Of District Aiiornc, F.rkcrt
In asking for n new trial after the
10 AiA'lNN VI y Nun \ ''NliNHA'' NNf
truNru ~ perjury.aud then refusing
10 agree TO il. was attacked In The
report
Attitude suddenly Changes
There we're excellent grounds for
the belief" said the report. "thht
the prosecuting attorneys sudden
change Of attitude was prompted hy
rfnlRsnrlea from some ~ the CNrpor.
ate Interests most bitterly opposed 10
union labor Fickert's efforts hencra
forth were directed ath clumsy nt.
attempt TO whitewash Oxmar Hud
Justify his own motives and conduct
throughout
More than 100 closely written
pages OF conversations Of Datrict
Attorney Fickert obtained by the
dioiRsrRph placed In hH office we're
contained IN the report Secretary
Wilson, IN his statement refused TO
state what connection employees Of
the department. have had with the
case since the trial
The department OF labor" he
said through ita immigration bu
rehu, ia authorized 10 depOrt alien
anarchists. Its investiga in
these cases have developed clues that
led 10 the Mooney case It is con.
unuinE these Investigations and u II
not deemed compatible with the pub
lie interests TO disclose at thA Time
- activities, thereby placing In the
hands OF alien anarchists tho means
Of protecting themselves from de.
portation."
Mr.. Wilson declared that tho gov
eminent had not taken n part In the
Mooney case until II had ceased ~
be merely criminal case"
In September, 1917 the case OF
Thomas J. Mooney had become not
only criminal case. but an inter.
national labor case" he said dip
lomailc correspondence Indicated
that The Mooney case was being used
In foreign countries, particularly In
Russia, as n means OF destroying the
friendly relations existing between
this people and tho people OF Rus.
Ela'
Usc Dictagrapfs
Much OF the Information oh
lalnsd by DenHmore and his asaiat-
air,s, the report aald, was secured by
use OF dictagrnphs placed In the Of
flce OF Charles NJ Fckert. district
attorney OF San Francisco. where It
was kept several months
" pensmore's objections to tho
H'a' az thdHeIhNeu IN nlh report, !
include the following!
The apparent failure OF the dia-
trlct attorneys office 20 conduct a
real investigation at the scene Of
the crime, the easy adaptability OF
come OF the star ncssea: the ir.
regular method pursued by the
prosecution in identifying various de
iondAnu the sorry type OF men and
women brought forward to pruye
essential matters or fact In case
Of gravest importance the sangfroid
with which the prosecution occa
sionilly adopted an untenabie thepry
and then changed to another not
quite 80 prepOsterous and the re-
fushl OF the prosecutor 10 call wit
leases who actually saw the falling
OF the bomb"