1. Fremont Older was a newspaperman and editor in San Francisco, California for nearly 50 years and an important activist in the progressive social and political life of the era and area.
11 Facts About Fremont Older
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Fremont Older is best known for his campaigns against civic corruption, capital punishment, prison reform, and efforts on behalf of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings, wrongly convicted of the Preparedness Day bombing of 1916.
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Fremont Older claimed that this was after reading the story of Horace Greeley.
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Fremont Older worked in Virginia City, Nevada, on the Enterprise, then moved on to the Redwood City Journal, later writing for the Alta California.
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In 1895, Fremont Older became managing editor of the San Francisco Bulletin.
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On September 27,1907, Fremont Older was kidnapped and threatened with murder by private detective Luther Brown, said to be working for the grafters.
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Fremont Older originally believed Mooney was guilty, but changed his mind and spent 20 years working for the release of Mooney and Billings.
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Fremont Older died a few years before Mooney was pardoned by California Governor Culbert Olson in 1939.
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Fremont Older regularly tried to reform drunkards and criminals with mixed success.
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Fremont Older died at a hospital in Stockton, California after suffering a heart attack while driving.
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Fremont Older was buried at the Los Gatos Memorial Park, San Jose.