Show J. J F F. F r. r Bomber Not ot Mooney S Says ys Former fJ S 'S S. S Major Majo t Man Who Put Case fOn On Corner Comer Was Latin 1 I f New Witness States t fell s of Grappling With I j Fugitive Prior to toI t I Explosion I. I By REUEL MOORE MA ILA P. P I I. Nov No 28 UP UP- UP R. R Barros Barro U. U S. S A. A tIred told tod tho tim United Press today lithe t the he saw flaw a man place a L i. suitcase t tho corner of ot Market l and Steu- Steu r it San SLIU Francisco tho day f r tho Preparedness day explosion c ij 4 that lb tho man wa was not Thomas Mooney looney or Warren 1 IC Billings I w him him running away and with him on the street jiMr r Barros now V a planter at said His features and were those of at a aHo din itlo Ho was not of at tho tim Mooney Billings type oon y and Billings were con- con Ud ded of or f the tho bombing which oc- oc md July 22 1916 claiming the tho thea themi mi a of ot ten un persons and and Injuring They aro ato now serving ser life liCe nten nc s in prison PLAINS SILENCE liked why ho had remained silent r. r fourteen fourteen- years Major Barros it was bc because be of at his In the army and that ho lie did didt t IL want to become involved In in a n nl l criminal trial was liZ commissioned a L I lieutenant th United i States army in 1912 by Major Barros said our oar years vears later I obtained a n leave leavo b to visit tho the United lies tes arriving In San l Francisco et a Manila on July 13 13 1916 D During the Preparedness day ride ado July 22 1916 I 1 posted my- my f f t o oh n Market street near neal Steuart a a. lavatory In and after aCtor re- re the thc parade again I 1 Ia Iw w a man fifty yards away awny place Ee on the sidewalk and then started running at nt top speed cud vard m roe me i lIMPED INTO ME riE Becoming Se excited I did not oW whether t to give him the right left Wt of ot way and we bumped each other I fell eli and lie he ed on on top of or me mc I was angry his leg but lut h he Jerked ty a cursing mo mG in iii a a. foreign igue I Getting to my feet foot as speedily i I pUl pursued him but he Iud iced ground and was as soon lost in throng throne of ot people still sUII running 1 I heard a aid aill aitt id itt de detonation and found m myself d on tho street and saw MW Die t running in all aU directions In m uniform and fearing a petition n ot of the tho unfortunate expert expert- Ge the excited man with who aped Into m mi me I 1 hurried home hom 4 II L MW w pictures of ot Mooney and Ini ng many t times mc Tho The man mu who Pd ped Into me had features and of ot the the- Latin race wore Tore ore a a. dark cap and he heY heavy Y n sull His taco face was haggard biff penetrating eyes Ho was of the Mooney or Billings type During the the- trial I did not care testify duo dUG to my rank In the iy y 1 I 1 feared my declaration U hI embarrass my roy organization t make ke this statement con conscious lous flY siy obligations to and to too o 5 ae so 10 far tar as Is possible for th the r of ot two unfortunate victims prison bars for fourteen IEVES IN INNOCENCE My Ill sincere belief belle Is that Mooney are innocent In my years of ot public service I Imet Imet met met many persons of at different tonalities and that i Itan nan n who vrho caused the bomb out- out was not of ot t tho the same nation nation- P as Mooney loom y or Billings iy r facts as nS herewith presented not ot tree Money and Billings prison rison but I If my declaration the they have cd d for tor fourteen y years 1 am ama a ug to make mako whatever sacrifices o of ot ith Iii ij rd l x r to I o. o 9 |