in addition to founding the first local mooney-billings defense organization, berkman travelled the country raising funds and public consciousness in support of the effort and winning the commitment of prominent new york attorney w. bourke cockran to work on the case on a pro bono basis. many pages of "the blast," unsurprisingly, were committed to the mooney-billings defense effort. this activity lead to another police raid on "the blast's" offices on december 31, 1916. in this second raid the publication's mailing list and editorial correspondence was seized.