Show y C AS D T TO P Billings Billings' Attorney Ob Objects to Copying of Letter S by Captain B By GEORGE D. D CRISSEY SAN F FRANCISCO ANC Aug 20 Un United United Unit Unit- ed Press The The Tho defense in the reia retrial retrial re trial ia o of Warren K K Billings t today day asked the California supreme court to cite Charles Goff Sa San Francisco Francico police polica captain for c contempt Edwin V V. McKenzie le e attorney for Billings made tho the leq request cst R after r charging that Captain Go Goff made the tie ro rounds lounds of ot local newspapers rs and urged them them t to print a letter r re received re- re c hed b by the thc court written by Andrew Andrew Andrew An drew C. C Smith The letter t. belittled the efforts of ot otI Fremont Older lder editor of oC the San I Francisco Call Bulletin a Hearst newspaper to obtain pardons for tor Billings and Thomas J J. Mooney Io ney It also asserted that Billings and Mooney were guilty of the tho San Francisco day parade bombing July Jul 22 1916 Chief Justice William m I II H. Waste presiding oyer over the hearing of oC a a apar pardon pardon pardon par par- don application for Billings g. g ruled that the court lacked Jacked l Before the however ever Associate Associate Asso Asso- elate Justice John W W. Preston leaped to his feet and und saul said ho believed Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain taut Gaff Goff made copies of oC the tue letter a addressed to thc the c court urt to use In verifying H it I I dont don't believe belleve he be deserves to bo be censured for his acU action 11 Justice Preston said The letter is a n. part of oC th tho court record hut but no effort has been made to identify the tho tho writer Captain Goff was wa lieutenant of ot police when Billings and Mooney l were elC convicted Duncan Mathewson captain of detectives l es during the b bombing in investigation In- In and now elt city treasurer was v as call called C for fot cross examination after the court ruled against McKenzie's Mc- Mc Kenzie's Kenzle's s 's contempt citation request Mathewson earlier in th the hearIn hearing hear hear- In ing said he lie believed ed Billings lIngs and Joone des deserved |