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Show JUDGE RESENTENCES HONEY TO K Fate of Convicted Man Now in Hands of California Executive. SAN FRANCISCO, May 28. Thomas I .) Alooniy , con vie Iff 1 oi nun Ut in rfm- flection with the prcparf flnt-HS pa rail: bomb explosion here July 22, 1 1 1 li . wa again sentenced to death today. The order or-der made hy Judge Franklin A. irlf -fin, who presided ;ii the trial, wa that Mooney he removed to Han Quentln prlHon within ten day, and there hanged at a time to he determined by the war-fjeti, war-fjeti, but not letjH than sixty nor more than ninety days from thin date. Judge Or If fin did not amplify t he ftfatement necessary to sentence, merely Hit. yi ng that the law Imposed a plain duty on him. Mooney showed little emotion. This action takes from the courts of San Francisco county a raHe which has Occupied much of their time for the past two years, and which has attracted International Inter-national attention, Oraniza tions as far i instant as ItuHsla have sought, to Inter- 1 yfYene In Mooney's behalf. Mooney 'h fate now rente with Governor j William I . Stephens of California, who I .(has a pardon petition before him, and it request from President Woodrow Wilson Wil-son for executive clemency, this request being based on findings of a federal commission com-mission that possibly perjured testimony or n t bast quest ioned testimony contributed con-tributed to Mooney's conviction. Mooney was taken Into custody a few days after the bomb explosion, which re- j sidled in the death of ten persons, and I inflicted Injuries fin thirty-eight others. He was convicted in February, 191", and since that time the courts have had con-sUmtly con-sUmtly before them various appeals, applications ap-plications for writs, and other processes In his behalf. A former death sentence against Mooney was nullified hecause an appeal ap-peal was pending when the date set for I his execution arrived. Warren EC. BUHngB, another defon-dent, defon-dent, was convicted and sentenced to life ' Imprisonment. Israel Weinberg, a third defendant, was acquitted. Mrs. Rena Mooney, wife of the condemned man, was tried for the murder of one of the bomb explosion victims, acquitted, and Subsequently Subse-quently admitted to ball on other untried un-tried charges. |