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Mooney Pardon Rejected as Fight for Freedom Continues
Governor Rolph denied Thomas J. Mooney's unconditional pardon after a 700 word review. The report found Mooney and accomplice Billings guilty of conspiring to bomb the 1916 preparedness parade in San Francisco, killing 10 and injuring 40. Mooney supporters vow to persist, calling the ruling a class motive and a rallying point for labor.
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Bacramento
Calif
Tom Mooney
James Rolph Jr
California
Mooney
Warren K. Boungs
Fremont
San Francisco
Rolph
Moulders Defense Committee
James J. Welker
New York
William D. Stephens
Thomas J. Mooney
Billing
State Supreme Court
San Francisco Street
Rolfh
Matt J. Sullivan
California Supreme Court
Mooney and
Billings
United States
House of Representatives
International Defense League
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Royal Copeland
Einstein
Mooney and Hillings
Sacramento
James Ralph Jr
Alexander Berkman