The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-07
that he was framed by "capitalistic prosecutors" for his liberalism and because of his labor agitation.


 Protested Innnocence
 Mooney has protested his inno- cence steadfastly and has repeated ly refused to accept paroles. He de- manded pardon and complete vim dication. He had been originally sentenced to death and his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. W. D. Stephens Nov. 28, 1918, at the request of President Wilson, while the nation was at war.
 Olson had invited anyone who opposed pardon to be present at today's hearing. The only protest was made yesterday in Alameda, by Dan F. Lamborn. brother of one of those killed in the explosion. He said that it the pardon were granted, impeachment or recall" action would be taken against the governor. He sent Olson a copy of a brief drawn up by the late Matt I. Sullivan, justice of the state su- preme court, which was the basis for the rejection of Mooney's par don petition by Former Governor James Rolph.
 If the enclosed is enough to keep Mooney in jail, is it not enough to make you pause in the act you con- template??" Lamborn wrote Olson. It was not believed that Lamborn would attend the hearing, however.
 Sign At Once
 fA t,rNfacf rny Olson presumably will sign the par don at once.
 Mooney had spent his last day in prison going from cell to cell bid ding goodbye to those who had been his companions. He had breakfast with Matt Schmidt who arrived in 1917 for dynamiting the Los An geleS Times building. Later he called on each member of the prison staff. He had pass enabling him to go about the prison as he pleased. He gathered up what possessions re- mained, having previously sent out bags of letters and documents, and changed his prisoners garb for a gray. pin-striped suit that had been tailored for him. He retired at 8 o'clock last night and was up before 5 a. m. today.
 The first person in line outside to greet Mooney was his wife Rena, who had worked unfalteringly in his de- fense while his case was argued in the courts and legislative halls of the state and nation and carried successively and in vatn before five California governors and three times to the United States supreme court. She has lived frugally in San Fran cisco, earning her way as music teacher and using all the money she could save for her huSoand'S com- fort in prison and for his lawyers.
 Crying with Joy
 She has been crying with joy for three days, she said, and was afraid today's excitement might be too much for her.
 Mooney is 56 now pale and white haired, but still vigorous and erect. He had scheduled an arduous pro- gram for himself the next few days After luncheon with close friends and labor leaders, he was leaving for Folsom prison to visit Warren K. Billings, who was convicted with him of the bombing, but who can not be pardoned by the governor because he had been once before convicted of a felony. The state pardon board would have to recommend Billings parole or pardon.
 Billings sentence originally was the lighter-life imprisonment, and despite the fact that the evidence agains him also had been repu- diated, the organized movement in his behalf has been less ardent.
 Bombing UnsOived
 With Mooney exonerated, the bombing became officially unsolved. The bomb consisted of steel pipe loaded with bullets and jagged bits of iron. Mooney's main piece of evil dence was now famous photograph showing him and Mrs. Mooney on the roof of a building where they lived while the parade was passing below them. The building was sev- eral blocks from the scene of the explosion. The photographer showed a street clock giving the time as only few minutes from the time the bomb exploded.
 The state relied mostly on four witnesses who said they saw Mooney at Steuart and Market streets at the time the bomb was placed. The state supreme court subsequently, dismissed the testimony of two of these witnesses as worthless. A third witness was charged with perjury and although acquitted, Mooney,s attorneys always argued that his testimony had been proven false. The fourth witness was John Mo