Thomas John Mooney was born 28 Mar 1879 in Illinois, USA, to Bernard Mooney who was a coal miner, who died at the age of 36 of Miner's Con. His wife was Rena Hermann.
Here's the link to the newspaper article 27 July 1916:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119692082/thomas-j-mooney/
Here's another article from the same date
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119691911/thomas-j-mooney/
Here's some from 1917
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119691670/thomas-j-mooney/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119692687/thomas-j-mooney/
There are many articles and I am not going to post them all here but I did attach them all to the tree I made him on Ancestry.
Below is a photo of protest in Manhattan in Union Square on March 9, 1918 from the Library of Congress.
1919
Inmate: # 31921 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 17 July 1918 (San Francisco)
Crime: Murder 1st Degree
Term: Death by execution
1939 he is pardoned by Gov. Olson who then collapses and is taken to the hospital.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119693926/thomas-j-mooney/
Thomas dies 6 Mar 1942
According to Wikipedia:
After attempting a lecture tour, Mooney collapsed from illness. The California Federation of Labor turned down a resolution to pay his bills, as his politics were deemed too radical. While dying in a San Francisco hospital, Mooney, at 59, had only a few visitors, and only a few letters from friends. From his bed he helped advance a campaign to free Communist Earl Browder as Chairman of the "Citizens' Committee to Free Earl Browder."
Mooney died at Saint Luke's Hospital in San Francisco on March 6, 1942. A large funeral celebration was held at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium. He is interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California.
What do think? Do you think he should of been executed or life in prison or was justice served?
I attached some very interesting YouTube videos for you on Thomas and the terrorism the bombing had on the public.
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