The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-01
By JACK O'BRIEN

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court room is packed with workers.
witnesses, jurors, police and stool
pigeons. Thugs from the Red Squad
study every face.
Suddenly there is a stir. Tom Moo
nsy is brought, handcuffed, into this
capitalist court before capitalist
Judge to answer a framed up murder
charge.
Mooney has for a few days DOTTED
his prison toys and left the smell of
onions behind the walls of gray San
Quentin He wears a blue suit. Looks
dignihed, poised. His face shines. 1t
reflects the tremendous victory
achieved in this trial by the world
wide demonstrations for his freedom.
FIe smiles. He looks confident. And
rightly So Behind him stand the
workers of the world
Mooney sits down between his
counsel, Leo Gallagher and Frank p.
Walsh. Gallagher. International La
Dor Defense attorney, comes from Los
Angeles-home of Red Hynes, Amer
icas legalized gun-thug. For years
Gallagher has unflinchingly faced
the white terror in the "City of An
gels" He has been arrested, yiciously
beaten. while heroically struggling
for the rights of the workers. He was
fired from a law professorship be-
cause Of his activity. "Wiry old fire
brand" sneers the capitalist press.
Judge Ward
Judge Louis H. Ward, perfect SYM
Dol of frame-up justice. Rotund, ar
rogant, pompous, suave, speaking in
deliberately modified voice to i'm
press one with the dignity" Of his
court, pretending to be neutral-even
friendly to the defendant-yet at ey-
cry critical stage of the proceedings,
quietly and automatically Stabbing
the defendant in the back.
Occasionally he throws his head
back on his chair and gazes vacantly
at the ceiling.
He represents justice-the same
brand that framed Mooney and has
kept him in prison for II years after
the case against him crumbled to
dust.
Justice In a Hurry
Mooney has been in prison for II
years. He has been in this court about
an hour. But they want to get it over
with--to hustle him back. The court
decided that it is taking too long to
examine the jury panel He takes a
hand to speed it up. He refuses to
call recess. 1--WE will stay here I'M
til jury is selected"
The Jury
Where do they get them? parade
of business men, accountants, secre-
taries, professional jurors. Are there
no addressed people In San Fran
cisco? Where are the unemployed,
the Negroes, the Mexicans? Although
the prosecutor knows he will ask for
an instructed verdict, he challenges
anyone remotely resembling worker
its force Of habit.
THE People"
Assistant District Attorney William
Murphy represents the Chamber of
Commerce, Better Business Bureau,
F1eishhacker, Croker and the other
bankers. Thicknecked, with a red,
humorless face. Murphy, in the name
OF THE People" refuses to prose-
cute the case because "at this time
no evidence is available" Under pres
sure from Mooney, he finally admits
that the reason no evidence is avail
able is that there never was any.
1.-THE Peoples AdviSor-Charles GOff'
Nothing could better illustrate the
conspiracy to keep Mooney in prison
by trying to make a farce out of this
trial after having failed to prevent it
to keep from producing in court
the fake exhibits and perjured testi-
mony on which they tried to hang
Mooney II years ago-than the fact
that sitting at the counsel table and
advising" the prosecutor, was Cap
tain Charles Golf, one Of the origi-
nal Mooney frame-up crew. Golf was
police sergeant and member of the
Bomb Squad which worked under
Fickert and SWanson-two of the
chief frame-up artists. Golf has had
finger in almost every part Of the
frame-up pie. He arrested Rena Moo
ney at the time of the street car
strike, shortly before the Prepared
ness Day disaster. He was there when
the defendants we're booked at the
police station; he helped frame wit
nesses and arranged the fake identi-
fications Of the defendants at the po-
lice station.
Golf is q bridge between the two
trials-the original frame-up where
they produced the fake evidence and
the present trial.
Before the selection of jury COM
meneed. Gallagher demanded that
the court sign an order for foreign"
witnesses chose outside the county,
such as Ed Nolan, Israel Weinberg
and others. He also demanded that
the prosecutor be requested to pro-
duce important documentary evil
dence in his possession. Both denied.
Plenty of Money for Frame ups
THE County is broke" remarked
the Judge. What hypocrisy! They had
plenty Of money TO frame Mooney.
Gallagher jumped to his feet. His
grey hair bristled," said San Fran