The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-01-07

MINDED man say | had my day IN
court? | say NO.
Il is your duty as the representa-
tive of all the people TO protect theli
interest by having Billings ana my
sclf brought back and placed upon
trial again on another indictment anu
bring before a new jury all OIL the
evidence, "FRAMED' and OTHERWISE
and let them bring in verdict &c
cordinp to the facts, and we VIII pe
vindicated When that day comes'
| will at least know that justice was
done. so far as it can vindlcate
man. and | will rest more easy, re-
gardless of when | am relieved from
suffering under the present Judg-
ment. oo,,n,,c11
IF YOU FAIL TO ACCOMPLISH
THE DESIRED RESULTS, BE
CAUSE SOME ONE HIGHER RE
FUSES TO COMPLY WITH 1oUE
REQUEST, YOU WILL ALWA6S
HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
NOT DOING THAT WHICH YOU
PROMISED YOU WOULD Do,
namely, Bring BILLINGS AND
MOONEY BACK FOR ANOTHER
TRIAL"
When the Oman letters were first
discovered, the trial judge PASSED
the Buck" to the attorney general,
the attorney general "Passed the
Buck" to the Supreme Court, and the
Supreme Court "Passed the Buck" to
the jury, the record and the governor;
then the trial judge had to Pass on
coram nobis proceedings, which would
have set aside and vacated the YER
dict and granted a new trial. he
PASSED the Buck" to the Supreme
Court and the governor, and they
passed it back to the jury.
1t is high time that the Passing
the Buck" in the MOONEY CASE
came to an end, and meet the situa-
ton as it should be met, by another
trial which is the best and only way
to determine the truth or falsity of
the charges against us. There is
nothing in law, procedure or practice
to prevent district attorney from
trying a defendant a second time
where there is more than one indict-
ment pending against defendant, If
he feels the results of the first trial
did not sufficiently deal justice to
the accused or the people. Failure
to do this is failure to keep your
promise to all of the voters of San
Francisco who supported and elected
you largely on this one condition, and
you must accept that responsibility
with all its consequences; as my peo-
n (f,.,o nf 1oh
movement) are going right ahead
with this struggle until their efforts
are crowned with success.
They were responsible for the
union labor representa- tives that an
peared before you. These same labor
union delegates who appeared before
you on this case will carry this fight
to its logical conclusion. Their voices
will be heard again by you; they will
report back to their respective unions
what you have or have not done.
They will be on the job from now on
and any single individual or official,
or group of men or officials, will be
exposed who stand in the way of
justice being done in the mooney
CASE"
| am now about to launch a new
publicity campaign based on Rc-
cardi's revelations. 1t will be my
purpose to place the story of Jim
Groom and his rubber band before
every citizen of the United States
along with the information that
Groom was the clerk who drew the
Mooney jury. 1t is my contention,
and | will make it clear to the nation,
that this recent Hall-of- Justice scan
dial is but another chapter of the
Mooney case. And in placing before
the people of America this new evil
dence in my behalf, / shall hold up
to the national scorn the name of
every man who has been instrumental,
directly or indirectly, in cheating me
of justice.
Hoping and trusting that you will
carry out your promise, l will close
with the request that you give this
letter your earnest consideration and
attention.
Very sincerely,
(Signed) TOM MOONEY.