Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-14
Lawyer Shotin Court
At Trial of Abe Ruef.
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With him now and do not care what
happens to me-
News of the shooting spread rapid
ly and an immense crowd gathered IN
the corridors of the court building. "A
large force of police headed by Chlef
Buggy kept the crowd back A num-
Der of arrests were made. TWO or
| those taken were suspected of being
there to create trouble.
Mrs. Heney and her mother hurried
| to the side Of the wounded man. as
did also Father Allen of st. Ignaturs
| church
In probing the wound the doctors
discovered that the bullet entered the
| cheek, penetrated the mOlar bone and
lodged under the left ear. Shortly be-
fore o'clock Mr.. Heney was wholly
| conscious and the surgeons believed he
would survive.
| Haas in statement said: Il am
the wronged man. l DO not care what
becomes of me now. L have sacrl11ced
myself not for my own honor, but Tor
the honor of those who are situated
| like myself. ! would not have brought
my children into the world to bear
such a brand if l had known that the
fact l was a. former convict would pc
come known. Heney ruined me. That
is why l shot him."
Ruef and his two attorneys, VINO
We're out on the sidewalk were start
led by the report and started for the
court room, but were forced down the
steps by the crowd rushing frantlcal-
ly out and the police refused to ad-
nit them.
What has happened" shouted Ruef
to The Associated Press representa-
tive, as the latter ran out to the near
est telephone.
"Heney has been shot" was the re-
ply.
"My God. Who did that?" he ask
ed
Ruefs automobile stood in front OF
the building and he Immediately or
dercd his chauffeur to get the near
est physician. The car returned III
few minutes with DR.. A. S. Tuchter.
Mr. Heney lay on his side in the court
room for some time with piece OF
rug under his head. Finally an am
bulance arrived and conveyed the
wounded man to the Central Emer-
gency hospital, four blocks away,
whence he was removed later to the
Lane hospital.
The report of the attempted asSassl-
nation spread throughout the city like
wildfre and caused intense excitement
and Indignation. An immense crowd
gathered around the court house.
Several hundred persons followed the
ambulance from the hall to the Emer-
gency hospital and down town nun
dreds gathered around the bulletin
boards. Within a few minutes after
the shooting Chief of Police Buggy and
w. j. Burns, formerly United States
secret service agent, and now at the
head Of special detectives employed by
the prosecution in the bribery graft
cases, Rudolph Spreckels, a capitalist,
who financied the prosecution. Cap
tains OF Police Gleason, Duke and
Wright and a large force of policemen,
We're on the scene. There was no
hostile demonstration in the big crowd
in front of the building, put some
threatening murmurs were heard
Ruef was surrounded by a large
crowd and he quietly slipped away.
going with DR.. Tuchter to the latter's
office for little while. This led TO
the report that the former political
boss had disappeared. Special Agent
Burns censured some of his men for
allowing him to get away and the chief
Of police Immediately sent men to hunt
for him. Ruef, however, appeared in
front of the building little later and
sent in word that the officers at the
door would not let him in. He was
Immediately brought into the court
room
RuefS attorneys denounced the
shooting as dastardly outrage. Ruef
was taken into custody after the shoot
ing. to safeguard his personal safety.
Francis j. Heney has had a remark
able career in Arizona. California and
Oregon. After leaving the University
of California he studied law and later
worked as a cowboy in various parts
of the West. He hung out his shin
gle" in Tucson. Ariz., where he be-
came known for his fearlessness. Dr.
Handy of Tucson announced that he
would shoot on sight any lawyer who
tools up the case of his wife, who was
suing for divorce. Heney took the case
and was attacked by Handy, whom he
shot dead.
After his return to San Francisco
I1tIf'S Was dppOiIlleQ SptCidi pI''St-
cutor for the government in the Ore
gon land fraud cases. Through his eff
forts United States Senator Metchell.
Congressman Williamson and other
prominent men were convicted.
Heney was called to San Francisco
several months after the fire of 1906
to prosecute Mayor Schmidt. Abraham
Ruef and other men charged with graft
and bribery He was appointed assist
ant to District Attorney Langdon. Ruef
caused the Doodle board" of super
visors to remove Heney and appoint
Ruef to the post. This move was
blocked by the courts.
With the financial backing of Ru-
dolph 'Speckels and the assistance of
William J. Burns. formerly in the
United States secret service. Heney
soon obtained confessions of grating
from the entire board of supervisors.
Ruef was brought to trial on the
charge that he had extorted money
from French restaurant keepers He
broke down in court and pleaded
guilty