The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-15
Wounded Frisco Attorney OR
 Road To Recovery
MASS MEETINGS ARE HELD
People of San Francisco Are Greatly Aroused By the Attack on Heney and Will Take Steps to Put
 Down Lawlessness.

San Francisco, November 14-(Special.) Francis J. Heney, shot down in court by Morris Haas, the former convict, has most promising prospects of recovery and of continuing the graft prosecutions After passing a fairly restful night and get ting several hours of untroubled sleep, MT. Heney was strong enough today 10 surgeons attending him at Lane hospital to locate the bullet.
 Bulletins issued from his bedside were sanguine throughout the day and at a late hour tonight the physicians were agreed that he had more than a fighting chance to recover.
 Heney was conscious throughout the day, but the temporary paralysis of his vocal chords prevented him from talking.
 Mrs. Heney remained at his bedside throughout the night, and was largely in- strumental in maintaining his cheerful ness.
 Today brought the wife of the pros- eeutor many messages and telegrams. A telegram to her from President Roosevelt at Washington came early in the morn- ing.
 Roosevelts Message.
 The President said in this message that he was inexpressibly shocked at the news of the attempted assassination, and was greatly relieved at the news that MT. Heney would recover. He asked Mrs Heney to accept his sympathy, aiding that the infamous character of the man who had hred the shot should increase the determination of all decent citizens to stamp out the power of men of his kind. Haas, the ex-conyict, spent a restless night at the Ingleside county jail, which was surrounded by guard of 20 police men armed with rifles.
 Haas was kept incommunicado through out the night, no one being permitted to see him except Detectives Burke and Kelly, who were stationed outside his cell.
 Chief of Police Biggey and Captain of Detectives Kelly said today that they could find no evidence that the shooting of Heney was the result of conspiracy.
 Detective Burke, who was closely ques- toned at different times during the night, made a report to Chief Biggey of similar import.
 District Attorney Langdon. who was at Fresno at the time of the shooting of MT. Heney in Judge Lawlor's court, re- turned to San Francisco early this morn- ing.
 Prosecutions to Go On.
 MT. Langdon held a conference with Attorneys Joseph Dwyer Hiram w. John son and Matt I. Sullivan. at which plans were discussed for the resumption of the trial of Abe Ruefs for bribery next Mon day. Following this conference Mir Lang don issued q statement in which he said that the shooting of Mr. Heney would not impede the graft prosecutions.
 The prosecution intends to push the case vigorously and will resist the effort to be made by the defense to have the case dismissed on the ground that. the shooting has preJudiced it.
 Believing that the tension caused by the shooting of Heney may result in an outbreak at the trial of Ruef. Judge Law Tor has taken unusual precautions to preserve order.
 As result of conference he had with Chief Biggey, a platoon of police will be on hand at Carpenters hall when the trial is resumed and plain clothes men will be detailed to safeguard the differ ent attorneys present.
 Guard In Court Room.
 It is the intention to have the at torneys railed off from the spectators to reduce tho chances of an outbreak of any kind to minimum.
 The restrictions adopted to prevent out siders from getting in communication with Hass at the county jail were modi- fled today trifie, the prisoners wife having permission to have an interview with him in the afternoon.
 So far as could be learn about the county jail Hass is adhering doggedly to his original story that he was prompted to shoot MT. Heney because the prosecu- tor had exposed the fact taht he had served time at San Quentin after he had qualified as jurior at the trial of Ruef in the Park Side bribery matter.
 An enormous crowd turned out tonight to attend the mass meeting called by the Citizens League of Justice to protest against the shooting of Heney.
 Two additional mass meetings have been announced for tomorrow afternoon. One will be held at Grant Methodist church and will be addressed by five preachers. The other meeting will be held at Cal vary Presbyterian church.
 Heney Doing We'll.
 More encouraging reports in regard to
 
 in the day but the bulletins began to fluctuate In the afternoon. The X-ray exposures in the region of MT. Heneys throat were taken under the supervision Of DTS. Moffitt Wallace I. Terry, Edwin Bunnell, q. w. Huntington and Stanley Stillman shortly after 10 o'clock Two plates were shown and after they were developed and showed no trace of the bullet the surgeons became somewhat alarmed. It was then decided to allow the plates to thoroughly dry and obtain sharper prints.
 The fear entertained by the physicians when the plates failed to show traces of the bullet was that it might have been deflected downward to region of the neck fatal to operate upon because Of its close proximity to the spinal cord.
 Immediately after leaving MT. Heneys bedside al D. m. Dr. r Fl said:
 lieney is man of exceptional vital