The Washington times., 1929-08-15
By JUDGE
FRANKLIN A. GRIFFIN

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MY interest In the Mooney case
does not arise out Of any personal
relation with Dr personal feeling for
Mooney himself. for have no belief
in nor sympathy with any OF his
alleged beliefs or doctrines. ! have,
however, deep personal interest IN
the case OF the state Of California
vs.. Thomas j. Mooney for the reason
that in that case in the court over
which I presided, 1t has been demon
strated beyond all doubt that a gross
miscarriage of justice occurred.
At the trial there were four witt
nesses and four only. who connected
Mooney at ali with the crime which
was committed at Steuart and Mar
ket Streets on Preparedness Day.
They were John Mcdonald, Mrs.
Nellie Edau and her daughter. Sadie,
and Frank G. Oxman. OF these. Or.
man and Mcdonald placed him at
the scene of the crime and the Edaus
testified to his presence at 721 Mar
ket Street, from which point 1t was
contended that Mooney and his &C
defendant. Weinberg: Mrs. Mooney
and Billings, drove in Weinberg's
jitney to the place of the crime.
COnfesses to Perjury
The testimony of the Edaus was
important only for the reason that
ii tended to corroborate that of
Oxman, who swore that he saw
the same four people arrive at
Steuart and Market Streets in the
same conveyances a short time af-
ter its departure from the Edaus
observation.
The testimony Of Mcdonald is
shown to be false by photographs
Of the Preparedness Day parade on
its arrival at Mason and Market
Streets. Innocently taken by one.
Hamilton, these photographs EN-
braced part of roof of q
building over a mile and q quarter
distant from the bomb explosion
and disclosed Mooney and Mrs.
Mooney upon that roof at the very
moment Mcdonald testified to their
presence at the scene of the crime.
In addition to these circumstances,
far more important is the fact
that Macdonald has since con-
fessed under oath that his testi-
mony was perjured.
Testimony OF the Edaus has been
entirely discredited by two mem.
bers of the Oakland police depart.
ment. The sworn testimony of
these police officials disclosed that
few days after this tragedy at
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Edau called on the Oakland Off
cials and informed them that she
was present at the scene of the
thereof.
She was thereupon taken to San
Francisco where the defendants
who were then under arrest were
shown her, and she not only stated
that she could not identity them
but that they were not the guilty
persons. Subsequently in examina-
ton of these irreconciliable state
ments. Mrs. Edau stated that she
and her daughter were at Steuart
and Market Streets lin their astral
bodies
Oxman Also Perjurer
Frank C. Oxman was by far the
most important witness produced by
the State. In brief he testified he
had arrived in San Francisco within
an hour of the time of the bomb
explosion; that he saw Mooney and
his companions arrive at Steuart
and Market Streets in Weinberg's
automobile jitney bus: that Mooney
had a suitcase, presumably contain
ing the bombs, in his hand, that be-
cause of the suspicious actions of
the party, he took the license mum.
ber of the automobile and that he
was able to identify the members of
the party. It has been since DEM
onstrated that Oxman's testimony is
entirely false and that he himself
was guilty Of perjury. 1t now ap.
pears that at the time Oxman says
he was in San Francisco, he was in
reality in the town of Woodland
and that he did not leave there un-
til after the bomb was exploded at
Steuart and Market Streets and did
not arrive in San Francisco until
$50 p m. that day.
The detailed story of the Mooney
case is far too long to be embraced
within the space allotted me. Suf-
flee it to say that every witness
who testified against Mooney has
been shown to have testified falsely.
There Is now no evidence against
him, there is not serious sugges-
tion that any exists.
In the face of this demonstrated
perjury. in the light OF its willful
presentation to the jury trying Moo
ney. and In view of the willful sup.
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favorable to him, no fair.minded per-
son who will familiarize himself
with the details of the Mooney case
will now deny that Mooney is en-.
titled 70 he pardoned.