The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15
MRS. HFNFY KEEPS
CLOSE TO HUSBAND
Brave Woman, by Her Loving
Ministrations, SoOthes the
Injured Prosecutor
Last Bulletin From Bedside Is
Most Encouraging and In
dicates Recovery

Constant. through the long watches
of the night and the trying, anxious
hours of the day, Mrs. Heney has never
been out Of earshot Of her suffer
ing husband since he was taken to the
Lane hospital. A slight moan brings
her hurrying to the bedside and a hun
dred times an hour while he sleeps she
steals gently into the room smoothing
q pillow or rendering hundred little
services to her loved one
The sufferer derives great relief from
her presence, and at a particularly
painful moment the pressure of her
hand gives him courage. The wound
Is still extremely painful. but he
braVely hides the suffering and smiles
and chats cheerfuHy with his wife.
Loads of flowers arrived at the hos
pital yesterday and were taken to the
sickroom and to Mrs Heney's apart
ments adjoining. Hundreds OF visitors
poured in all day with coincidence and
encouragement for the brave little
woman and then she has to leave the
patient and tell again and again how
he is faring, stealing back to the sick
room and often bearing little messages
of comfort and sympathy.
All day long telegrams poured in ad-
dressed to Mr.. and Mrs. Heney and they
were opened read in the adjoining room
and their contents conveyed to the pa
tient at the most suitable time The
telephone operator in the room below
answered 4 thousand anxious inquiries
every hour during the day.
FOLEY VISITS CHIEF
Only one man besides his intimate
friend and coworker. Rudolph Spreck-
-
| tectiVe Foley, the man who was his
guard in the trial and who sprang to
the aid OF the brave prosecutor too late
TO stop the murderous hand. was the
first man to see Heney yesterday morn
ing. He called al Z o'clock. after wait
ing an hour to gain admittanca, and
Heney. who is advised not to speak
waved his hand to him and smiled in
recognia ton. Foley remained in the
corridor from that hour until midnight
Heney slept we'll during the night
and awoke shortly before I o'clock. At
S o'clock the physicians. Mofitt, Terry
and Bunnell. met in consultation. and
were Joined by Dr.. Huntington and DR..
Stanley Stillrnan.
At o'clock DR.. Mofitt issued bull
Iletin to the effect that the patient had
spent the night well and was doing
better than could be expected.
At 9:40 Heney was taken t@ the
X-ray laboratory and pictures Of the
head were made by DIR. c. NJ Cooper,
the S-ray expert of the hospital. with
Drs Mofitt, Terry and Bunnell in at
tendance. Two plates were taken, and
after having been in the laboratory
about ten minutes the patient was
taken back to his private ward with
out having suffered any i'll effect from
the moving.
Owing to the length of time it would
take to develop the plates. the doctors
decided to postpone further consulta-
tion until o'clock in the evening.
BULLETIN AT IL A. VI.
At 1ita. M the doctors issued an
official bulletin of the patients con-
dition:
The patient has rested easily
throughout the night. Pulse. tenlpera-
ture and respiration about normal. In
dications are that he will be able to
get some sleep this afternoon. He is
doing as well as can be expected, and
there is absolutely no danger of seri-
Gus complications today
We will hold another consultation
at tonight to decide what course will
be necessary.
n. c. MOFFITT.
IVY. I. TERRY.
EDWIN BUNNELL'
Rudolph Spreckels was at the pa
tents side early Yesterday morning