Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-14
HthtY WILL RECOVER.
FROM ASSASSIN'S
\ BULLET
Z al District Attorney Who
\ JSeCuted Ruef Is Serl-
ously Wounded by
Convict.
CITIZENS MEETING
DEMANDS JUSTICE
Mass Meeting of California viii
be Held Tonight to Consider
Plans for Prosecuting Ruef.
and Heney'S Would be
Assassin.

san FRANCISCO, NOV. 14.7ASSlStant
District Attorney Francis J. Heney,
who was shot down in the superior
court room yesterday while conduct
ing the prosecution of Abraham
Ruef. will recover from the effects
OF his wound unless the predictions
of his physicians fail. He slept long
and we'll and there has been no re-
currence of the nausea that followed
the shock and pain last night.
Morris Haas, the ex-convict and
former Liquor dealer who fired the
bullet into Heney's head, spent a
sleepless night in the cell which was
guarded agsinst possible mob vio-
lence by thirty police officers. armed
with rifles. In a statement to the
police Haas sad: "Heney pronounc-
ed his own death sentence the mo-
ment he denounced me-"
Abraham Ruef also spent the night
In Jail, having been incarcerated i'm
mediately after the shooting by order
OF Judge Lawlor, as precaution
against further violence. No violence
was attempted during the night.
After a meeting of prominent citi-
zens and attorneys last night a call
was issued for a mass meeting to-
night asking the citizens of San
Francisco to "lend their aid to the
cause of Justice" Arrangements have
been made to continue the prosecu-
ton of Ruef without interruption.
Frequently since the disaster of
1905 have the people of San Fran
cisco been startled and aroused by
revelations and developments In the
tangled maze of the prosecution for
bribery and corruption that followed
the sudden overthrow of Abraham
Ruef and the boodling supervisors of
the Mayor Schmitz regime, but never
has the city been more profoundly
stirred than it was by the attempted
assassination of Francis j. Heney,
special assistant district attorney.
Heney was shot down in the court
room during short recess in the
Rueff case yesterday afternoon by
Morris Haas, an ex-convict, whose
record Heney exposed a few weeks
ago after Haas had qualified as a
Juror in the Ruef third trial for
bribery.
Attorneys for Ruef had just finish
ed long cross examination OF James
]. Gallagher, self confessed ego be-
tween" for Ruef and the board of su-
pervisors, and who turned states evil
dence. At the conclusion of the cross
examination Judge Lawlor announced
a recess and part of the crowd in
the court room left.
Heney was sitting at a table with
two officers, his special body guard,
"a 70 f. n h
eG from the right and before his in
tention could be surmised, pulled a
revolver from his pocket and fired,
the bullet striking Heney just in
front OF the right ear. Heney fell
back into his chair and before Haas
could fire again the two special offi-
GERS overpowered him.
Attract d by the snot the crowd
outside rushed into the room. Heney
rose from his chair. stood for mo-
ment and was caught as he fell. A
doctor m the crowd attended him
and as quickly as an ambulance could
be secured he was taken to the emer-
gency hospi al where an examination
was made of his wound. Later he
was removed to Lane hospital. where
he is now resting anu the latest state
ment from his physicians says: He
has a good chance to recover"
The gravest danger appears to be
from blood poisoning and today an
effort will be made to locate the bull
let and the exact course of the
wound. Heney was shot in the right
side OF the head as he leaned for
ward over the table. The bullet en-
tered a half inch in front of the
right ear and lodged in the left side
of the neck.
Immediately after Heney had been
removed, Judge Lawlor convened
court and granted a continuance of
the case. He ordered that Ruef be
locked up in order that there be no
danger of violence.
Haas was placed in jail and spent
the night walking the floor OF his
cell. Immediately after the shooting
ne made a statement In which he
said that he shot Heney because the
latter denounced him as an ex-eon-
vict and that in so doing Heney had
ruined his life.
District Attorney Langdon who ar
rived this morning from Fresno. an
nounced today that he would accept
the services OF Matt i. Sullivan. Hir-
am Johnson and j. ]. Dwyer. prefer
raA f,rr In, a