The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-14
|lNC|S ]. HENEY
||(I N COURTROOM.
Inv Of the Famous Graft
prosecutor Fires Bullet
Close Range.
|rsnED ATTORNEY HAS
GOOD CHANCE TO LIVE
ud.Be Murderer Was Ex-
Man, Whom
Heney Had Exposed.

. I. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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4 A. midnight Heney was rest =
- easily and no uufavorable r
Tmptoms were noted "
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|.S FRANCISCO, Nov. lS.-The
Francisco bribery.graft cases hard
matte climax today when Assist
|Distyict Attorney Francis j. Heney,
lac been III charge of the prosecu-
durirr its tortuous course of two
4 was shot and seriously wounded
a crovded court room by Norris
. an ex-convict. The shooting oc-
Il durinq q brief recess i'll the third
. q Abraham Ruef on tho charge OF
Ii. which is now in It's eleventh
1Ieney is now resting easily in
[sne hospital. and the physicians
Ikas bis wound is not fatal. Haas
he city prison. The would"be as
4, i o saloonkeeper, who was drawn
. be jury panel in the second trial
7aef and who, after having been
[cnrily nassed by both sides, was
Id IN dramatic manner by Mr..
h ns m ey.convict and discharged
Il the Jury. Haas declared after
noting that Heney bad ruined bis
Il by this exposure, and that he had
mined to kill him for that reason.
Details Of Crime.
n Heney had finished the cross.
Ei1stinn al noon OF James L. Gal
q, ihe prosecution S most important
81 in all the bribery graft cases
| he self.confessed between y
1st aud the former board OF super
Henry Acb, chief counsel for
bad submitted Gallagher 10 Sc
<ps.examinatiou for two hours in
!Rrnoou, when Judge Lawlor de-
Z bFief recess at i:05 0 clock.
. 1ry filed out and Mr.. Heucy and
and Dozier. at the request Of the
went into his chamber to confer
llm on some proposed instructions
jury AT the conclusion of the
'tpce Ach, Dozier, Ruef and Judge
n went ont Of the courtroom 10
free! in front of the building,
IS located on Fulton street near
Ness avenue.
heuey, instead OF going outside
10y q brief airing, stepped Tor a
y into an anteroom, and then
back TO his counsel table. While
Of the people who crowded the
Dom until there was no standing
'eit had also gone out on the side
'lere was still d large crowd in
Dom
no Warning for Victim.
Honey was leaning over his
sonyersing in low tones with Al
y, chief clerk in the district at
e office. Directly in front OF
Hs James L. Gallagher, the wit
representative Of the Asso
rress had just walked TO Mr..
Ianle and was standing at his
3T waiting for an opportunity
ek 70 him, wien a small man,
s'uled, approached the assistant
"a ron behind in quick steps,
"a aellberation, Suddenly his
lnq shot out, and before the
ge'@an' MeCabe or John Foley,
special ,hodyguard, sitting
ugnt ieet away. could make a
enere was flash and loud
.ang through the court room.
moment everybody scemcd
anu paralyzed- The woulG-b he
1X nloac revolver was within a
'iisS ~ half OF Ileuey's head when
zoe Trigger. stepped back, his
@s sac, ope hand still clutch
smoking pistol, as if he bcsi.
as' 70 do. For a fraction Of .
,,,ss Az impressive silence followed
yy,. while The smoke of The shot
.6s 6Vs,ea s"s, away. Then followed d
J crcwd Terror Stricken,
q IN 0He ne shouted: "HNEy God! re
, neney!" A chorus of moans
4 kt|yw w crowd. Half the people
tearing further shooting
3 Ilaas" a rush for the doors. Be.
y ami Ip9uiq pq raise his pistol again
4 c@an @ Z. }. Wiskotchiil, a special
y ~ .ns were Upon him, threw him e.
Y I'm aug ,wrested the weapon from
he struggled, but wa.
Ind thc. ,"e llry, box, thrown on bis
,l}I ,ltrssaaes55e sas5e held down. just as th,
|,cuyh ~ oy the shot, came burst
= arosa .nelf private entrance. Mr.
y ID S;e out Of his chair, nut hi,
IN bead, the blood streamine
LII Iis l!hgers and rcddcninc fbt
III I9nt Of him, leaned nTer ~
~ Is wa. was caught as be begar
(lliyow was laid on the floor
dcfos,i and John Foley, iw,
~ attorUvcs connected with th,
pr IA NJ n.eey's office, holding hi,
n frovn, Inc pool Of blood whicl
rf bslo~r / hole which appeared I,
~ I'd ar Gis right temple. He wa
8 ,ep,sssoSa soa when The Associate,
and ,a,lvc snc dropped down b.
n, sero, 1seokc to him his firs
j. Dra,h 'end for my wife. -
w Seemed Imminent.
= holn = :, fincks, who was in th
side .oe time. rushed to Nh
y md nraec n,aec hasty cXamina
~ M '4apnuced him fatal,
y "a. the na meney was perfectI,
i,'3 Z, hown ,pa pscaiiar smile for whic
g's II" "rs a, sun lowering aToun,
~ a'a'iy hurt Turning hi
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