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Show . Marital Rift Develops ' v ' V I' i - MR. AND MRS. TOM MOONET Her triumph mar hava unhappy ending Tom Mooney Divorce Plan Rewards Wife Who Waited SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. I (INS) Tom Mooney wants to divorce tha woman who waited patiently and courageously 22 years for his release from prison. But, through her attorney, gray-hairsd Rsna Mooney, who was a young bride when her strapping husband was given a life term for the San Francisco Preparedneaa day bombing, ssid she would "fight to the last ditch" rsther than have the marriage ties severed. Rumors that Mooney desired a divorce were heard aa soon aa ha left San Quentin prison last January Jan-uary 7. after receiving a pardon from the newly elected governor, Culbert L. Olson, California's first Democratic governor In 40 years. Mrs. Mooney waa there, alternately alter-nately laughing and crying aa tha 'prison gates opened for "my Tom." Behind her husband's i "They ssy I am an anchor ( Tom. "All through tha black, blttsr years I've fought for him. I helped save him from tha gallows. I helped get him out of prison. I gavs everything I could afford from the tiny aum I earned aa a music teacher. "I toured the stste apesking for him. Several times I had to borrow enough money for railroad rail-road fare. "Now Tom la tha hero. He speeds around the state in planes snd automobiles, listening to the applause of thousands of people. "I am on relief at 45 a month. "I asked to see the records on Tom's income, but they wouldn't let me look at them. "I wanted to go with Tom on his tour, but they wouldn't let me. "Now we're old. We hava been married 27 yeara and we've been through a lot." broad shoulders, aha timidly followed fol-lowed him on the triumphal auto cavalcade to Sacramento and then to San Francisco. But, after the first great momenta mo-menta of Joy, however, Mooney appeared to pay little attention to er. Soon she retired to her tiny uptown up-town . apartment, while Odooney eaten Listed. .-himsclL aL. aLarge-downtown aLarge-downtown hotel with his multitude multi-tude of admirers. Mooney himself had made no statements regarding a possible divorce, but.ssveral of his confidante confi-dante admitted that there "aeemed to be a bitter separation." Mrs. Mooney. a copyist In the San Francisco federal music project proj-ect office, confirmed the rumors. "Yes, Tom haa mentioned a divorce. di-vorce. I can't understand it," aha aid. . . . "After all wa have been through wa should be that much closer together. Maybe all tha crowds and praise and tha excitement hava gone to his head. |