The End of Tom Mooney's Long Fight - Tom Mooney walked from the California state capitol at Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 7, a free man, thus ending 22 years of living prison during which time mooneyes friends waged a constant campaign for his release. shown (L. to R.) as the pardon was handed over are Gov. Culbert Olson, Lt. Gov. Ellis Patterson, K.I. Fulton, Olson's Secretary, George T. Davis, Mooney's Attorney, and Mooney. January 08, 1939. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).