Bisbee daily review., 1906-01-27
FRANCIS ]. HENEY AP- PEARS AT PHOENIX Talks to Newspaper About His Connection With Land
 Fraud Cases
Arizona Republican,

francis J. Heney of San Francisco
 former attorney general of the terri i tory. but who has made his home on
 the coast for several years, and who
 has for some months past been prom.
 fnent on account of his prosecution of
 the Oregon land fraud cases, arrived l in the city yesterday morning and will
 remain here for several days. His
 coming to Phoenix is for the purpose
 of arguing today before the supreme
 court the Steinfeld-Zeckendorf case,
 as associate counsel in the case with E. S. Ives, for the Steinfeld interests. MT. Heney has changed very little in appearance since he was last in
 Arizona. He says he is glad when
 business calls him into the territory, that he may renew former acquain.
 tances.
 Two weeks ago Mir. Heney was in
 Washington, D. C., where before the
 criminal district court of the District
 of Columbia he argued for the gov
 ernment the demurrers made by Bing
 CT Hermann. member of Congress from Oregon, and Hyde, Benson, Schneider ct al. to the indictments
 returned against them for implica- ton in the land fraud cases. The gov ernment won, the demurrers being Hermann was set for trial the last week in March and the case of Hyde, Benson. Schneider ct al. for the first week in April. At that time MT. Hen ey will go east to Washington and conduct the trial for the government, but it is likely they will be the last of the land cases in which Mir. Heney will appear
 f1 am going to San Francisco when conclude my business here, and I will devote my time for a while toi my own practice" said MT Heney last night at the Hotel Adams. Tt is much more remuneratiye and there comes time when q man must look after his own interests even at the neglect of his country. My practice has had little if any attention for many months now. during which time I have been working for the govern ment, and this was far from my plan when I first went 90 Oregon on the land cases
 How were you drawn into the hu- gation at flrst?" was asked.
 Well, I thought myself under ob ligatious to the then Attorney Gen erai Knox. He had offered me the as assistant attorney general to succeed MT. Beck, and I did not feel at the time that l could ! accept the appointment, and did not do so. Not long after this the Ore gon cases came to the attention of MT. Knox. and he wrote me explain ing that the case to be tried was the first of a long list of cases and the was anxious to prosecute them vigorously. He asked me to take hold of the matter and I did so. When I left San Francisco I did not think I would be gone over three weeks at the outside. However, when I reached Oregon I found out that l the prosecuting attorney for the Un! ited States was shielding, the big fel- l lows who were involved, where they ] should have been the very men prose ! cuted. I either had to turn my back l on something that was facing me. l or go abead-and SeoPie iu Arizona know what Frank Heney would do. | So staid. In one week l had landed ! the official who was wilking at the l real offenders, and l was soon after i the real culprits. How it resulted | of course you know. There are more 1 to follow. among them Binger fer mann, for I am sure I will win that 1 case. But after that cannot say" What is the status of snE case of Nolan, the man tzNn ist0 custody here in Arizona hear Fiorences" was asked
 That matter has not come up for trial yet. and when it will I cannot say. lie was, however, one of the small fry and his arrest was made only to make up a chain of evidence against a banker named Claude Thay- CT, who in the Nolan case was the real offender"
 The statehood situation was then discussed by Mr. Heney. When he was in Washington he said he was free to make 1t known that he op- posed jointare, and on occasions when possible be did all he could for the territory. However. he said 1t was a grave question. that only the future could decide what the out come would be He hoped it would not pass and even though the bill passes the House he had a strong hope that the Senate might defeat the measure.
 Accompanying Er. Heney are Ben