The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-19
WILLING TO RETURN, HE SAYS,
BUT NOT AS A
PRISONER.
NEAT PROJECT ARRANGED
BY WHICH HE AND EGE MAY START
FOR THE MILL CITY To-
NIGHT.
I'LL MAKE ALDERMEN QUAKE.
Alleged That He VIII secure Practf-
cal Immunity by Telling All He
Knows.

There was method in Charles F.
Haney's madness when he was doing
all in his power to thwart the efforts
of the Minnesota authorities who were
endeavoring to secure his return to
Minneapolis under arrest. 1t transpireS
now that Haney had at no time OBJ
jected to standing by the promise made
some time ago that he would come back
of his own accord, but he did object,
and most strenuously, to coming back
at the expense of the state of Mime
sofa and as the prisoner in the charge
of deputy sheriff of Hennepin county.
Deputy Sheriff James H. Eye spent
some time at the Haney residence Sun
day last, and as a result of the inter-
view has announced to his superior
here that Haney will accompany him
to Minneapolis in a very few days, GER
tainly before next Saturday. Albert H.
Hail. attorney for Mr.. Haney, was
present at that interview. A second
conference will be held today, and 1t is
not at all unlikely that Messrs. Haney
Hall and Eye will depart from Normal
for Minneapolis tonight. Deputy Sher-
if Pat Callaghan, who has been camp
ing in the vicinity of the Haney home
for some time past, left Normal last
night, and will arrive here this morn
ing. Mr.. Haney's determination to re-
turn Immediately made Callaghans
presence no longer necessary
This move on the part OF Mr.. Haney
IS nothing more than was expected by
his friends. Though coming back I'M
der arrest, he is, in view of the fact that
he might wait for the habeas corpus
proceedings to be argued next Satur-
day, doing so of his own volition. The
presence of Attorney Hall in Normal
is significant, as it is understood that
some sort Of an understanding had
been arrived at between Mr.. Hall and
the Hennepin county authorities, which
will bear considerably upon Mr.. Ha-
ney'S future movements, such as trips
to Mexico etc.
AS nearly as can be learned, the in
forma ton coming from a county off,
cial, the agreement between Mr. Ha-
ney's representative and the county
is as follows: Mr.. Haney is to return
to Minneapolis, where he will be ar
ralgned on the charge against him and
admitted to bail in an amount easily
secured. He will go before the grand
jury, where it is expected he will dis
close the inner workings of the city
hall ring for some years past and give
SAAoN GCdy SOCI Il1lOI lIdllOu DIS Will I0dC
to the Indictment of perhaps six or
seven aldermen. Then Mr.. Haney will
be allowed to depart for Mexico, the
trials Of the various aldermen being
set for June and July. At that time
Mr.. Haney will return to Minneapolis
and appear as witness in these trials
He will be under bail bond in his own
case, and his trial will also have been
set at the time of the other trials It
will be continued, however, from time
TO time and finally nolled, and, when
MIR. Heney's services in MINNEAPOLIS
VIII nave ended, he will once more de-
part for Mexico, where the baleful
hreezes and pernicious climate of the
North will be forgotten and buried with
the past, likewise municipal experiences
and rheumatic aff1iction
To some people this may not sound
like the sort of programme Haney
would be apt to follow. Many believe
that under no circumstances would he
ever divulge any of the secrets which
ne has in his possession regarding
city hall affairs. With Haney, however.
II mas gotten to be a matter of self
preservation. An extended residence
IN this country would undoubtedly
prove fatal to him. His affection is a
very serious one, and he was perfectly
sincere and acting upon the advice of
his physicians when he announced his
intention OF leaving MINNEAPOLIS long
before the public of Minneapolis knew
that an investigation was in progress.
He appreciated as well as did every
one else who gave a thought to the
matter, that it was useless for him to
continue to hang out against the efforts
OF the authorities to bring him back
to Minneapolis. If he could have baIk-
| ed them at every turn he would have
been compelled to remain in Illinois or
suffer the chances Of arrest as soon as
he reached another state, but such pro-
| ceedingS as this, to a, man in his con-
d1tion, would undoubtedly have landed
him in an early grave. He had to either
choose between staying in Illinois or
coming to Minneapolis as a willing wit
! ness, and he has apparently grasped
| ait the latter alternative His own
| trial cuts little figure, as it will never
come to pass if the programme at pres
| ent contemplated is carried out.
With Haney, therefore, it may per-
| haps be matter of as serious a nature
as life or death, and if he has chosen
| the former, it but exhibits in him one
| of the strongest instincts Of human
nature, a desire to live and enjoy good
| health.