The San Francisco call., 1908-11-14
RUFF AND LAWYERS
DISCUSS SHOOTING
Defendant DepIOres Affair and
Tells of Sending His Chauf=
feur for Doctor
Ach BIames Crime to the Pres
ence of Too Many Armed
Men in Court

Attorney Henry Ach. chief counsel
for Abe Ruef, was standing outside the
courtroom when the shot was fired
With him was his associate. Attorney
Thomas Dozier. and nearby stood Abe
Ruef
According to some witnesses when
the shot was fired. Ruef said quickly
Did they get him?" According to
these same witnesses, when Ach heard
that Heney had been shot he said, 1T
served him right" Ach denies that he
made this statement
This is the statement which Ach
made for publication later in the day:
By Henry ACh
This all comes from having
armed men in the courtroom
have frequently mentioned that
matter. and only recently l asked
Judge LawIor to take some steps
in the matter. Heney himself
would come to court armed Armed
men should not be permitted in
court of justice.
1t is an example of what will
happen in a criminal trial. 1 re-
member that when l was a young
man such an affair happened in
justice court case When this case
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pear in criminal case.
] was not in the courtroom when
the shooting occurred. All 1 can
say is that it is a ID bastard
~ thing. Ii is an infamous outrage
and l think it is simply the act of
some crank. 1 did not know Haas
and had never seen him except that
time he was on the Parkside jury
] took a look at him again today
after this happened and remember
his face.
1 was outside the courtroom at
the time the shot was fired. There
had been a brief recess and Judge
Lawlor had retired to his chambers
for a consultation with the lawyers
of both sides. Mr. Dozier had gone
into the conference as the represen-
tative of the defense, and Heney
and O'Gara were there for the pros
ecution. After we had been in
Judge Lawlor's chambers for few
minutes Heney excused himself for
a moment, and, passing through the
courtroom, stepped into an inner
room. l am told that he entered
the courtroom a few moments after
In the meantime Mr.. Dozier and L
had gone outside and stood on the
nearby on the sidewalk by his
automobile. Suddenly we heard a
shot. A number of people came
running out and the first report we
heard was that Judge Lawlor had
been shot. We tried to enter the
courtroom but an officer had sta
toned himself at the door and re-
fused to allow us to enter. It was
only then that / learned that Heney
had been shot
I noticed that a large crowd was
gathering and 1 told Ruef that he
had better get out of the way. 1
did that as matter of precaution
for Ruef He got in his machine
and drove away.
This is a terrible thing. I do no
know much about this man, Morris
that he was a venireman in the Park
side case. 1t is not true that Heney
denounced him in court. The truth is,
nireman. / remember that Haas was il
the jury box, and one morning Heney
passed him a photograph and asked
Haas if he recognized it, 1t was &
picture of Haas in convict's clothe.
Haas was then excused from the jury
box.
/ remember that Heney did not de-
nounce him, nor did he abuse him. He
simply passed the photograph to Haas
do not know what course the tria
viii take. ] imagine, though, that al
parties viii want to go ahead since We
had such difficulty in getting a jury.