The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-03-19
1000 Attend Rites
For Tom Mooney In
Civic Auditorium
Famous Prisoner Freed s
Years Ago Dies After
Operation

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dead unionist, held in the Civic Audi
tOrium. The platform was banked with
flowers and with the banners of scores
of labor unions, representing the
American Federation of Labor, Con
gress of Industrial Organizations and
Railroad Brotherhoods.
Many in the audience had worked ON
Moneys behalf during his 22 years in
prison following his conviction on per
.iured testimony of dynamiting the San
Francisco preparedness Day" parade
Of 1916,
Labor'S Unity for Victory Committee
conducted the service and II. &. Car
raSco. State Labor Commissioner. who
presided, said that it was well the
gathering was held in Il spirit of unity
for I'VE are facing Il common danger
to the great country in which we live" "
Asks Moneys Forgiveness
Commissioner Carrasco, in ending
the service, after the choir had sung
the Star Spangled Banner" and the
old |. w. w. song, Joe HILL said that
GOV. Olson i'm pardoning Mooney had
asserted he was convicted on perjured
evidence That meant Carrasco added,
that Mooney was freed because "he
was not guilty to begin with"
''As IN official of the state of Cali
fornia,' he said, 81 announce / feel
humble and on behalf of California,
beg forgiveness of the spirit of Tom
Mooney
Case Began in 1916
Death came to Tom Mooney early on
March &, at the age of IS, following
months in st. Luke's Hospital and his
fourth ma ior abdominal operation, per-
formed five days previously. He was
believed recovering but he lapSed into
uncOnSciOlSneSS on March > and died
Anna and his brother John were ut the
bedside
The famous Mooney case began with
the explosion of Il bomb during the
preparedness Day parade on July
%, 1916. Ten were killed and 40 in
jured. Mooney, II member of the IN
ternational MOderS' Union and Moo
ney'S wife, Warren *. Billings, another
uniOniSt, and two others We're arrested.
Mooney and Billings We're convicted
Mooney being sentenced to death and
Billings to life Imprisonment.
The case against Mooney was so
weak and some of the evidence so ques-
tionable that Judge Griffin, who presd-
ed at his trial, finally became CON
vinced that the trial had been unfair
and joined in the long fight to save
Mooney In 1918 President Wilson
asked Governor Stephens of California
to delay the execution, with the result
that Stephens eventually commut"d
MONEYS sentence to life Imprisonment
Labor Champions Mooney
Labor and other organizations fought
steadily in his behalf. Governor after
Governor was prlitioncd for Il pardon
Gov. Culbrrt l.. Olson pardoneC
Mooney, and, on oct. Is following, re-
leased Billings through Il commulatiou
of his sentence.
Mooney fought vigorously for free
dom during his entire Imprisonment
contending Steadlastly that he was
"framed." His ease was taken up by
labor and other organizations all oven
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