Vallejo, California: The Alibi Clock
A photo of man next to this olde-timey sidewalk clock proved that he was nowhere near the scene of the 1916 murder he'd been accused of committing. "The Alibi Clock" is an official city landmark.
- Address:
- 316 Georgia St., Vallejo, CA
- Directions:
- Downtown. On the north side of Georgia St., between Marin and Sacramento Sts.
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The Alibi Clock in downtown Vallejo exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.
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Tom Mooney was accused of hurling a suitcase bomb at San Francisco's Preparedness Day Parade on July 22, 1916. The explosion killed ten and injured 40. But a photo of Mooney standing next to the clock showed that he was 30 miles away in Vallejo when the bomb was thrown.