The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-11-19

had left the our room. The attorneys
for the prosecution and defense had
returned to the room from a shor on
ference with Judge Lawler in his cham
bers. Mr.. Heney had resumed his cus-
tomary seat and was conversing with
Chief Clerk McCabe, of h district att
torney's office, when Haas came for
ward. He approached Heney, and
placing a revolver against his right
cheek, fired.
Instantly the court room was tho
scene of the greatest excitement. Some
bystanders seized Haas, others
FASTENED to the relief OF Heney. who
was caught as he fell forward, the
ical aid was summoned, and Mr.. Heney
was afterward taken to the Central
Emergency hospital, where 1t was as
certained that his wound was not nee
essarily fatal, the bullet having passed
under the brain and found Judgment
under the left ear.
Although two bo~dyguards. who have
been constantly employed to protect
Heney, We're within six feet of him,
Haas a pulled his revolver and fired
the shot before anyone in the court
room realized what was being o
An Associated Press reporter vas
standing within a few feet of Heney
as the shot was fired and helped catch
him as he fell.
The news OF the shooting spread rap
idly n an immense crowd gathered
around the hall. A large force Of POI
lice, headed by Captain Biggs, sur
rounded the building in which court
vas held and kept the crowd back.
A number of arrests were made by
h police who took into custody men
who We're suspected of being there for
the purpose Of creating trouble.
After Mr.. Heney a been removed
from the court room, Judge LAWYER
called the court to order and had Mr..
Ruef placed in custody.
Assassin's Statement.
When he was arrested, Haas said he
shot Heney because he had ruined him.
He is a married man and has four chill
dren. In a statement made to Police
Captain Duke, he said:
:Heney me In public,
which ruined my life and branded me
as an ex-convict. 1t was an outrage.
I am the wronged man. I do not care
what becomes of me now. 1 nave sacri-
feed myself not for my own honor, but
for those who are situated like myself.
By God. I would not have brought my
o children into the world to bear
such a brand if I had known that the
fact hat I was an ex-conyict would
become Known. Heney ruined me. That
is why 1 shot him"
In the second Ruef trial Haas had
beeen passed as a juror when one a
in court Heney dramatically produced
a photograph of him, taken at San
Quentin penitentiary, In convict'S garb
and cropped head, and with his num-
Der across his breast. Haas collapsed
in court, admitted he had been a con-
Wet and was Immediately discharged
from the jury.
Washington, Nov. 17.-Last spring
Mr.. Heney came to this city to confer
with the president in regard to the
prosecution of Ian fraud cases in the
West. The president has entertained
a warm personal regard for Mr.. Heney
for the vigorous manner in which he
prosecuted these cases.
Prosecutions to Continue.
fresno, Cal, Nov. T.-District Attor-
ney Langdon, of San Francisco, is in
Fresno. He arrived On private busi-
ness. When informed by the Associated
Press representative of the shooting he
expressed horror. He declared that the
prosecution would go on and said the
high criminals who had d~ebauched
San Francisco had gone the extreme
length.
HENEY HAS BEEN IN
DANGER OFTEN IN PAST
San Francisco, Nov. 17.-Francis j.
Heney has had a remarkable career
in Arizona, California and Oregon.
After leaving the University of Cali
fornia he studied law, and later
~ So " wy ~ I~
of the west. He hung out his shin
gle" in Tucson, Ariz., where he became
known for his fearlessness.
DR.. Handy, of that city, announced
thai he would shoot on sight any law
yer who took up the case of his wife,
who was suing for divorce. Heney
look the case and was by
Handy, whom he shot dead.
After he returned to San Francisco
Heney was appointed special prose-
cutor for the government in oregon
land fraud cases. Through his efforts
United States Senator Mitchell, Con-
gresham Williamson and other prom
inent men were convicted. Heney was
called to San Francisco some months
after the fire of 1906 to prosecute
Mayor Schmitz, Abraham Ruef and
other men charged with graft n
bribery.
He was appointed assistant to Dis
trict Attorney Langdon. Reuf called
the doodle" board of supervisors to
remove Heney and appoint himself to
the post. This move was blocked by
the courts.
With the financial backing Of Ru-
dolph Spreckels and the assistance Of
William j. Burns, formerly In the
United States secret service, Heney
soon obtained confessions Of grating
from the entire board OF supervisors.
Reuf was brought to trial on the
charge hat he had extorted money
from French restaurant p~roprietors.
He broke down in court and pleaded
guilty.
Next Schmitz was tried on the
same charge and convicted. Schmitz
appealed and the appellate court freed
him on the ground that the indict-
ment was faulty. This decision freed
Ruef also. Ruef was tried later on
another charge. The jury disagreed
and a new trial was ordered. This
was the case on trial today when the
tragedy occurred.
Since the trial of Ruef began a man
named Blake was convicted of tam
pering with the jury. Blake confessed
in court afterward that he had been
promised $40, 600 by counsel for Ruef il
he would serve his term and not tes-
tify for the state.
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