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The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15

end of his pants The bathers in the
cots have great times over the exhibit
tion, and not a little fun is poked at
the great Arizona gun fighter in quiet
asides.
Heney is either in constant terror
of his life or Stimulates a palpitating
fear. He is as profuse in warlixe
threats as ancient Pistol. so profuse.
indeed. that the public is coming to
the conclusion that his lighting quality,
like his virtue. is of a piece with the
courage of FalstafTs lieutenant who
was clubbed into eating an onion by a
Welshman and afterwards hanged for
robbing church. But ancient Pistol
never murdered a man or fixed Jury
In Arizona. August g.
What did Morris Haas think if his
eye CHANGED to spy out that outrageous
article written for the Tribune. under
the safe and appropriate pseudonym of
The Knave?
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dict Arnold, Baron Munchausen, Uriah
Heap, Ananias. Tweed, the forty thieves
and a convict We're outstretched to
greet him. Mutt INDUCED in char
acteristic vulgarity about "Beany
mush."
On October Is Heney was shown as
an ostrich with his head buried in the
sand while his tail feathers bore the
legends, ''peon contract, $4,000 receipt
jury tampering," and below the words
fine feathers make fine Jail birds"
BULLETS AROUND "BEANY,s" HEAD
On October Is appeared the editorial
why Has the Prosecutor Put Nc
Guilty Man in Prison?" wherein Henev
was referred to as "one Francis J.
Heney. very small man with a very
big head The editorial adds: "Hav-
ing exposed him, we throw him back
into the sink of his insignfcance" The
Mutt cartoonist shows Heney as the sue
cessful contestant in prize boob con-
test"
On October 90 the Mutt picture
showed the evolution of a goats egg
into the viciously distorted features
of Heney. On October 81 Heney was
shown as a boy blowing soap bubbles
labeled graft cases"
On October % "Beany" appeared in
the likeness of Washington. with bul-
"a the cartoon was of an especially low
and degrading character. On October
25 "Beany' is shown as being for sale
On October &c appeared a series of dis
tortions of Heney's features, labeled
What in the world is the matter with
Beany's bean?" On October 27 Heney
was again compared to the murderous
bandit, Jesse James.
On October 80, together with the ac-
count of the Blake confession, appeared
this: Wouldn't Beanys mush look
great on cent cigar?"
On October 81 Heney was represented
as pig with his fore feet in a trough.
On November rats were shown run
ming away from Heney's picture.
Is it any wonder that weak Drained
Morris Haas mustered the courage to
attempt the life of the man who was
daily depicted for him in these degrad-
ing shapes? Was there anything in the
Examiner to remind him of the dignity
of human Iife-to make him respect
the servant of the law?
How, then, can the Examiner shirk
part of the responsibility for the at
tempted assassination of Heney? And
in the end of the miserable Morris
Haas, had it not guilty hand?
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DENOUNCE ATTACK ON
HENEY AS DASTARDLY
Wholesale Dairymen Pledge
Themselves TO Support the
Graft Prosecution

The wholesale dairy produce ex-
change and California creamery opera
tors association, at meeting attended
by 135 members and held last night
at the Fairmont hotel, adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions
Whereas, the attempted assassination
or Francis ]. Heney in the courtroom
OF the superior court of the city of San
francisco has shocked the moral sense
OF the civilized world and is an iner-
faceable stain upon the good name OF
the city;
And. whereas it is the duty of all
citizens of California who value the
good repute of the state and who be-
lieve in the equal and impartial ad-
minlstration of Justice, regardless of
the name and station of those legally
accused, to give at this crucial moment
some expression of their sentiments.
to the end that the orderly enforce
ment of the law may be encouraged.
Therefore, be ii
Resolved. by the San Francisco
wholesale dairy produce exchange ana
by the California creamery operators
association, that we denounce the at
tack upon Francis ]. Heney as das-
tardly and Infamous assault upon the
very foundation of Justice.
That we pledge ourselves to untiring
effort henceforth in support of the dis
trict attorney of San Francisco in his
work to rid this municipality of the
foul brood of law breakers and their
syppathizers, now impeding and
strangling the due and orderly process
of law in our courts.
That we extend to Francis J. Henev
and to his family our heartfelt svn-
pathy in their great affiiction, together
with our sincere hope that he NAV
soon be restored to his post of duty.
That the secretary of this exchange
be directed TO forward a copy of these
resolutions to the press of San Fran
cisco, to the district attorney and to
the family of Francis ]. Heney
Adopted unanimously by rising vote.
WIN. Fl. ROUSSEL. President
" ID McARTHIrR Qacratar,r
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Mutt cartoons directed against Francis
J. Heney.
COWARDLY ATTACKS ON HENEY
During April, May and June the Mutt
pictures depicted Heney in every pos
ture of humiliation that a mind inge-
nious in scurrility could conceive. In
July the Mutt pictures of "Beany' were
reinforced by the story of the $4,000
fee which. ii was insfnuated, but never
directly charged, Heney had received
for corrupt services to the Contra Costa
water company. Special Prosecutor
Beany may have to grant himself i'm
munity' said the Mutt artist, and edi-
torially Heney was ordered to explain
the alleged fee or suffer dismissal from
office.
On July 2e Heney was caricatured
with number on his breast, like a
convict. and beneath the picture were
these very truthful words: Sample of
the cowardly cartoons which should be
suppressed" this being a bit of Mutt
humor.
on July 2s Heney was represented in
company with Ruef, both carrying
money bags, and Heney also figured as
a pea and shell bunko man. This was
the artists cowardly way of charging
Heney with boodling outside the limits
of the libel law.
On July % a cartoon by Chopin rep
resented Heney in a particularly brutal
fashion with a paddock on his lips
while the Mutt artist showed Heney
as bird being brought down in flight
by blunderbuss. The Examiner
should be particularly proud of that
sinister cartoon. Who knows how long
Morris Haas brooded over IT?
HEARST VOICES VILE ABUSE
On July 80 appeared the first of the
lying articles about the peon contract
The Mutt picture shows Heney pros
trate. An editorial bears the title,
~Heney's Infamous Peon Contract
Shames His Checkless Fee" and such
terms as 'padrone.r dealer in human
cattle" "a man fined for his convivial
relations with a jury" are applied to
the public prosecutor.
In August the Mutt cartoons de-
picted Heney almost every day. The
pictures daily became more and more
brutal: the face was made heavier, the
mouth more hoodlumish, the eyes more
idiotic. the nose coarser, the ears big
ger, as the artist warmed to his vicious
work One choice bit of art showed
Heney as a dog with can tiled to it's
tail
In October the assaults upon Heney
became still bitterer and more insist
ent At the beginning of October
Hearst came to this city with his RI
diculous doodle dee candidate and He
ney challenged him to make his charges
man fashion, on the open platform,
where they might be answered. Hearst
OF course, refused he did not dare to
meet the man whom he had been calum-
mating in place where the public
could judge between them. Instead, he
devoted a part of his speech in the
Central theater to vile abuse of Heney.
Here is the way Hearst referred to
Heney that night:
Mr.. Heney says he wants to meet me
on q platform have no doubt that
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feSSeS to take President Roosevelt as
guide in his criminal prosecutions.
when the Mormon leaders set up
the doctrine of polygamy they justified
themselves with the fiction that Jesus
was a polygamist and that Martha and
Mary were his wives.
The first commandment in Roose-
velt's rule of conduct is, Give every
man a square deal
square deal. He is not only unfair,
but he is viciously and maliciously un-
fair Alliances with criminals are the
bases of all his prosecutions. He picks
out few victims for sacrifice and ar
rays against them a gang of scoundrels
whose guilt is beyond question He
attempts to resolve the guilt or inno-
cence of men of repute with testimony
bought by immunity contracts. Yet
he pretends that President Roosevelt
would sanction such business. For
tunate1y the president has placed him
self unequivocally on record on this
very question. In the course of his
address at the Charleston exposition,
April 9, 1902, he said:
"Above all, the administration of
the government, the enforcement of the
laws must be fair and honest. The
laws are not to be administered either
in the interest of the poor man or in
the interest of the rich man. They are
simply to be administered justly"
What would Morris Haas think when
he read in the Tribune of May an edi-
torial extracted from the Los Angeles
Times, comparing Heney to Emma
Goldman with such expressions as
these:
The Goldman she-scold was mild,
to the red tongued, wild, false. danger
Gus ranting of the criminally libelous
he-vomiter of vituperation.
'eThe brute was imported here by po-
litical and newspaper bosses.
He came, as usual. frothing at the
mouth, like a vicious beast in dog
days"
Here are some more utterances of the
Tribune, with dates of publication. Sc
lected from a great mass of similar
matter:
People are learning to know Heney
and to place rational estimate on his
powers and rectitude His efforts to in
timidate the courts and destroy the
guarantees of fair trial and impartial
adjudication have at last shocked and
revolted the public sense of Justice
August 4.
Francis Heney has been talking
again. He can't seem to stop his CAB.
no matter how the wind blows or what
his cause Having threatened with Jail
almost everybody in sight. the election
of Tuesday and its result caused him to
let go all control and to make more
trouble for himself and the prosecution
than all his other yawps combined
November 10.
.sTfeney has been creating no little
amusement at the Olympic club lately
by parading around the hammam de-
partment in his shirt sleeves with a
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HearSt'S Paper Incited Haas
( to Shoot Francis Heney

Morris Haas took the Examiner The Examiner his
house every morning When he had finished reading his
read and when his wife put aside his little children pored
he A. Mutt The youngsters clipped
ee and preserved them 1t quite plain
journalistic influence exeed the Haas family
by the Examiner.
District Attorney Langdon and other of prominence
he community have placed the responsibility shooting
f Francis Heney the Examiner journalistic
advocates OF and All attitude
of the Examiner Heney been will agree with
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15

Ever since the brave, patriotic men
who have led the graft prosecution re-
used 10 allow William Randolph
Hearst 10 place man Of his exclusive
selection in the mayors chair TO sue
seed Eugene Z. Schmitz. Hearst has
used the Examiner as a weapon for
the Gripping Of the graft prosecution
And because the Hearst method of op-
position consists Of INSCRIPTIONS per
sonal abuse. Francis J. Heney has been
made the target Of the most out
-ageous systematic vituperation ever
poured upon any man since the Hearst
organs brought President Mckinley to
bis bier through the hand of a crazy
anarchist Now that Heney has been
laid low the attacks have ceased 1t
IS not that Hearst is glutted with re-
venge' he is simply afraid.
The principal means Of attack resort
ed to by Hearst has been caricature.
The reason for this is obvious. Hearst
caters 10 the most ignorant of news
paper readers; his sheets are edited
down 10 the vulgar understanding. To
the slow mind Of the uneducated man,
a picture speaks quickly, especially a
scurrilous or obscene picture The
Hearst cartoons Of Francis j. Heney
ike the Hearst cartoons Of President
Mckinley. have carried scurrility and
- obscenity as far as they can be car
ried in newspaper which uses the
United States mails.
LYING AND ABUSIVE ARTICLES
The typical alleged humor Of the
A. Mutt cartoons, which have been the
principal vehicle of Hearst abuse for
not be tolerated on cheap stage from
the lowest Of the low slapstick come
5ians 1t has consisted largely in call
ing Heney .Beany," and in referring
to him as "a piece Of cheese" and in
other terms that convey no meaning
TO ladies and gentlemen. Day after dav
the columns Of the Examiner have
carried these infamous cartoons. on
many occasions there have been two or
three cartoons Of Heney scattered
through the paper, and these have been
supplemented by news articles and edi-
lorials Of a lying and abusive charac-
Ter.
Is 1t any wonder that Morris Haas
found the Examiner suited TO his low
Intelligence is IL remarkable that the
Mutt cartoons should have inhamed his
weak mind with the desire to Kill?
Several Of these cartoons showed Heney
being shot or subjected to violence OF
othere descriptions.
When this state was shocked by the
attempt to assassinate James l. Gala
Cher the principal witness for the
elaft prosecution. and the dynamiting
II his home, the Examiner Immediately
used the Mutt pictures 10 belittle the
crime and TO turn into ridicule the
men and women who had barely es-
capped an awful death.
II was IN April that Morris Haas was
exposed as an ex-convict and thrown
of the Ruef jury. Almost continuously
since that time he has been able 10
feed his grievance by the study Of
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Dargie's Sheet Attacks Heney
for Corrupt Interests

Always the fore the OF corruption politics
civic affairs, William E. Darges Oakland Tribune
distinguish itself by the championship of the gaers and the
viihcation Of Francis ]. Heney.
What would of weak mind like the miserable Morris Haas
think when he read editorials like this which appeared
Tribune OF May o. under the caption Roosevelt Condemns Heney
Francis Heney morally obtuse that he realize
that every he parades his boodn
drels immune from punishment by Rudolph Sprecke
aonts the public of decency
the teaching of which be
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15
HAAS SUICIDE KILLS
ATTORNEYS CHANCE
Los Angeles Lawyer Summoned
to Defend Assassin Is Baked
by Clients Death
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALI

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 14.-Early this
afternoon j. F. Seymour Jr., Los An
geles attorney, who has enjoyed but a
limited practice since his graduation
from the University of Southern Cali
fornia law school five years ago. was
engaged by telegraph to take up the
defense of Haas. the wouldbe assassin
of Heney He made preparations to
leave on a night train, but before his
departure was advised of the suicide
of Haas in prison. Seymour thereupon
gave up the trip Seymour is young
and ambitious and expected to make q.
record for himself in the defense of
Haas. He not only was saddened to
hear of the death of Haas, but was
grieved at the chance so tragically
snntnhad from his Frazn
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nowadays Mr. Heney would be glad to
meet anybody who is respectable, but
nobody who is respectable wants to
meet him. Let Mr.. Heney speak, not
from a platform, but from a pillory,
where he belongs"
HEARST INCREASES ATTACKS
Here is the way one of the Examiner
reporters described Hearst's retort
And when asked about Mr.. Heney,
who has been roaring and terrorizing
the timid. and who publicly challenged
Mr.. Hearst to debate, the fiery speaker
merely took up Mr.. Heney and shook
him in the presence of the crowd until
it was almost possible to hear those
jingling on the floor as they fell out of
his pockets. The address wound up
Heney and wound up with him.
Infuriated at being driven from the
theater with boots and Kisses Hearst
ordered his editors next day to redouble
their attacks. "Beany's goat" cavorted
across the pages of the Examiner more
wildly than ever. The Contra Costa
water company story reappeared. TAX
ing the cue from Hearst's personal
abuse the artist represented Heney
standing in a pillory above the city.
Mutt represented Heney and Burns
as Kolb and Dill and provided them
with this dialogue:
Myer. yass iss it der difference be-
tween me und Jesse James?'
Jesse James iss dead" The dead
was heavily underscored to drive the
meaning home to the dullest mind.
Heney also appears as a sleight Of hand
artist with Judge Lawlor shown as a
dog at Heney's feet. On this same day.
October II, an editorial entitled, "Ques-
rI,o4
swnered, contains these words:
Your hands are bloodstained. but
even they would not soil the pages of
your record"
HENEY LIKENED TO JAILBIRD
On October 13 a cartoon by Chopin
with the caption, What is the Diff
ference?" depicted Heney and Ruef as
two jailbirds side by side in one nest.
aminer spread all over the first page
the story of Judge Melvin refusing to
take the extended hand of Heney on a
ferry boat. How did Heney get ito
why did Heney get it?" ask scream
ing headlines anent the $50 900 fee. A
Mutt cartoon of characteristic humor
shows Heney getting "the hook" and
contains this doggerel:
You've amused US all. It's true, tis
That boob of yours is funny, too;
But enough's enough, the hook for
you.
Amt it awful, Beany?"
How Norris Haas must have howled
with laughter over that picture and
that doggerel.
On October IA Heney is shown fling
ing mud at the clergy and at the
statue of blind justice, tearing the local
press and being branded on the fore
head with the word "Ananias" On the
second page appears his portrait with
the finger of accusation pointed at il.
Mutt drew Heney yellow dog with
a can at his tail; again, with an elon
gated neck where TX marks the SPOT"
and also as peering into tomb where
Captain Kidd beckons him to his grave.
Haas must have pondered that picture
where * marks the spot" That day
began the editorial note reminding the
public how long the graft prosecution
had been going on.
In October a particularly offensive
cartoon represented Heney standing
while the hands of Simon Legree. Bene-
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-11-06
GREEN PRAIRIE

Nov 4.-Matt Laiture was a bust
ness caller at Brainerd Friday.
Messrs. Joseph and Charley Ander-
son were callers at Belle Prairie Mon
day.
Frank .Edden was the guest of
friends at Freedmen Sunday afternoon.
Elmer Edden left Monday for Little
Falls, where he will attend business
college.
Messrs. Joe and Charley Anderson
and Geo. Swanson were callers at
Messrs: Emil johnson and Alfred
Henderson will leave Friday for the
north, where they will trap
Ray Raslcot of Little Falls was'the
guest of bis cousin, John Eckerson,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Jarvis and grand
daughter, Olympia Laiture, spent
Sunday with friends at Randall
Charley Henderson and sister, Anna,
spent Sunday with their parents at
Little Falls.
Chas. Wittwer arrived home from
Bisbe, N. D., Tuesday, where he has
been employed.
Miss Eta Edden returned to her
home here Saturday after a week 8
visit with her sister, Mrs. D. H.
Campbell. at Culdrum. ~ -...
Miss Mary Anderson, who has been
quite i'll for some time, is somewhat
better at present.
The Halloween party given at the
place known as the old Swindel place
Saturday evening was we'll attended
and a jolly time was reported by all.
Among those who attended the
party Saturday evening we're Misses
Ethel and Maggie Chadwick and Miss
Rothweu and Albert Chadwick of
Little Falls. Mr.. Broadhead and Mrs.
j. Lambert and Miss lnez Potter Of
Little Elk, Mr.. Geo. Bailey of Swan
vile and Miss Frances Paddock of
Freedmen. ,.
Report of school district No. IL for
month ending Oct. 20:
Days taught 20
Enrolment "a
Average attendance IA
Those perfect in attendance: Dewey
Eckerson. Those absent two days or
less were Bonnie Eckerson and Olympia
Laiture.
Nellie Sullivan, teacher.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-11-06
RoYALToN

Nov. Affection day passed very
quietly in this little burg.
I. W. Bouck spent Sunday with his
daughter, Mrs. A. H. Turrittln, at
Rices.
The Episcopal and Methodist
churches have been wired for electric
lights.
Mrs. Bodwell, who spent the sum-
mer in California, has returned, and
is keeping house for Joe Miller.
George E.. Wilson went to Little
Falls Monday to attend the funeral of
the late W. NJ. Fuller.
W. w. Wilson is visiting his daugh.
ter, Mrs, e. j. Mcclellan. ..
Burdette Conner is substituting for
Harry Logan this week on route
NormanC Chance of LittleFalls was in
town early in the week, the guest
Of DR.. and Mrs. j. P. Chance.
j.. Mrs. A. M Watson is VISITING DR..
and Mrs. Anderson at Holdingford.
VIM. Esty has moved into the house
which he recently purchased from
Mrs Wallace Joslin.
Mrs. I. W. Bouck has returned from
visit to Iowa
Mrs. Jere N. Murphy came home
Sunday from Minneapolis, where she
has been under treatment in DR..
Abbot's hospital.
Mrs. NJ. j. Whan has rented her
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-11-06

Rear Admiral Evans has very high
opinion of the fighting capacity Of the
Japanese people. 'They fight intellt
gently" he declares, land die without
fear in their hearts," But he sees NO
cause Of quarrel between the United
States and Japan. In an interview ~
Rently he said:
Why, the people Of Japan have too
much common sense to go to war with
u. and we have too much forbearance to
force them into a hight Despite what
some lurid newspapers say and despite
the harm they do, there won't be any
war between japan and ouroelves-not for
tho present anyhow.
Probably no other nation in the
world is In greater need than Japan
Of peace, rest and the opportunity Of
recuperation. Her national debt II est
Of all proportion to the natural ~
sources upon which she must depend
to push her way forward as q world
power.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-11-06
East Darling

Nov. 4.-There will be concert at
the Swedish Lutheran church next
Tuesday, Nov. 10, at = O'Clock sharp,
under the auspices of the Young
Peoples society. There will be
music, readings, recitations, etc.
Admission Csc. All invited.
Chas j. Anderson of Darling died
at the hospital at Little Falls Monday
morning, aged Al years. Mr.. Ander-
son was formerly a resident OF Little
Falls. He is survived by a wife and
four children. The funeral was held
Wednesday morning. @.-
Don't miss the surprise party Satur-
day night at seven o'clock in East
Darling.
Oscar Nelson and Charley Erickson
went to the woods last week.
Miss Ruth Schelin will stay in
Chicago until Christmas.
Haps Hietman of Coopertown, n.
D., IS visiting at the Oliverdale hotel.
He was formely Darling farmer.
He was greatly impressed with the
growth during the past five years.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-11-06
i MOTHER AND SON DEAD.
DoubIs Tragedy Follows Revelation %
Secret Marriage.

New York, Nov. 6-Revelatioa by .
son to his mother Of q secret nAQ4GQ
and parental refusal to be reso4oo6d
to it Is believed to have been the i'm
polling cause Of q double tragedy u
q large uptown apartment house here.
The victims Of the tragedy were Mrs.
Rebecca Welt, wealthy widow, and
her only son, J. Nelson Veit, Wall
street broker, the circumstances Of
the AFFAIR indicating that the mother
was shot by the son, and the latter
then took his own life BY inhaling IL
Illuminating gas. Mrs. Welt lay dead In
her bed from bullet wounds in her
head and body, while her son was
fonn4 On the floor Of the bathroom In
his mothers apartment, lifeless from
.aSphyxiation. An aunt Of the suicide,
Miss Anna Welt, discovered the bodies
whom she sought to awaken Mrs. Welt,
- whose apartment she had spent the
night.
The police made the discovery that
Ydt who was supposed % % single,
vas married secretly n October Ot
s1ast year. His mother, who spent sew
sral menths each year n Europe. had
only recently returned iron France
and the coroner,s thsory = that her
1nltng ont about her sons nasr1ass
Deseltatsd quarrel bstvseo tAen,,
svlu1natlng 81 tho tr4geaz,