Show I DENMAN URNS DOWN PLACE IN i MOONEY PROBE Former Fornier Chairman of Shipping Ship ping n Board oarL Declines on I I PI Plea a of Inexperience i iSan ISan San Francisco Dec 7 William 7 William Denman Denman Den Den- man former chairman an of oC tho the United States shipping board tonight d declined dine I appointment by Secretary of oC Labor L William B. B Wilson as special representative o of or that department in a county coun coun- county coun 1 t ty grand Irand Jury investigation In of or alleged Irregularities charged In a report published published pub pub- I here under signature of or John JohnB B D. Densmore dealing with tho ho case of I Thomas J J J. Mooney Densmore's report charged Irregularities irregularities In connection with the trials u 1 of ol Mooney his wife Mooney and others indicted for murder as a result I of or a bomb explosion here Jul July 22 1916 i In which ten persons were vero killed It was presented to Secretary Wilson at whose behest Densmore said he made mado the tho Investigation Mr Ir Denman In a formal statement I to the Iho Associated Press said sald he declined de declined de- de tho appointment because ho he lacked lacle experience In criminal law and procedure and J because of the tho want of or tho the criminal Investigators Investigator's or prosecutors prosecutor's prosecutors prosecutor's pros pros- temperament The statement follows s o I 1 have ha no personal familiarity with an any of ot tho the facts Involved in Mr Ir Densmore's Dens Dens- mores more's report on tho the conditions of tho the district attorneys attorney's office or the Mooney Moon Moon- I ey case caso Tho The first intimation that m mj my namo name was under consideration came yesterday through h the press After Arter car careful rul consideration of or tho the I position i 1 Iam am asked to accept I feel feol that m my l lack cl of experience in criminal law and procedure and want of or the criminal Investigators Investigator's or prosecutors prosecutor's temperament make it Improper that I should take taka It My Iy high personal re regard re gard Bard for tor Secretary Wilson lIson adds to m my disappointment In n declining to assume a responsibility in a matter of such serious Importance to the state as Is I set forth In Mr Jl Densmore's report |