The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-11-27
THE SHOOTING OF HENEY.

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Following is The Call IS account of the
shooting of Heney:
1t was at 4:25 O'Clock, while the
court was settling back into a browse
after recess of a quarter of an hour,
that the tragedy befell with sickening
suddenness. For several minutes the
throng which packed the hall had been
moving back and forth for breath
of fresh outer air before the case was
resumed, but most of the spectators
had returned and the seats were filed,
while a crowd was packed in the stand
ing room at the rear of the court. Judge
Lawlor had summoned the attorneys for
both prosecution and defense into his
chambers for a consultation concerning
instructions in the case, and this con-
ference had just been concluded.
Attorneys Return to Court From
Chambers.
Ach and Dozier, Ruef's attorneys,
walked from Judge Lawlor s chambers
to the front vestibule of the building
and were standing on the steps con
versing together, while Ruef was sew
eral yards away near the curb by his
automobile. Assistant District Attor-
ney O'Gara had left the room for n
moment, and the tables reserved for
the attorneys were vacant, but the
press representatives had returned and
seated themselves at the long table di-
rectly in the rear of the attorneys
chairs. Judge Lawlor had remained
behind in the chambers.
Heney, on leaving the chambers of
Judge Lawlor, stepped to the front of
the building, but returned ahead of the
others and resumed his accustomed
place at the corner of the prosecution IS
table, next the right-hand side of the
courtroom and within few feet of
the gate leading through the bar to the
witness stand
AL McCabe of the district attorneys
office stepped forward as Heney seated
himself, and standing with his back
toward the aisle, entered into a whis-
pered conversation with him.
James l.. Gallagher, who was under
cross examination as a witness, had re-
manned in the witness chair during
most of the recess, but when Heney re-
seated himself Gallagher arose and
walked through the gate and stood
waiting for McCabe to finish his con-
versation before approaching. Heney
was looking up into MeCabe's face and
was laughing.
Flash Blinds Spectators in Court.
Then came the binding flash that
stilled every sound and,>that for a see.
ond stunned every mind and every mus
Gle beyond power of action. No one
had noticed Haas as he slouched down
the long aisle with his hand clutched
tightly against the revolver in his
pocket, for the crowd was streaming
IN and there was nothing toNlesignate
him from a score of other courtroom
loafers and "regulars." He passed the
corner of the press desk and then rush
ed forward single step. His hand
flew out to the side of Heney's head;
there was flash of metal, report, a
glare that filed the courtroom, but
there was no cutlery.
His body bent forward, his hands ex-
tended rigidly at his sides, with one of
them-the right-still grasping the
smoking revolver, and with his jaw
swung limp and his eyes glaring like
the orbs of a beast at the prey it had
just struck down, Haas fell back a
pace or two and there stood petrifed.
The fraction of an instant elapsed and
James Foley, Heney's bodyguard, was
upon the assassin in savage onslaught.
He tore the pistol from Haas hand
and flung the man to the floor, where
he pinned him until Deputy Sheriff
Frank Coyle, Policeman +. w. Robl of
the courtroom detail and one or two
spectators and press representatives
rushed to his assistance.
Heney's Guard Balks Second Shot.
Foley. who has constantly been near
Heney in the courtroom, was seated in
his usual place across the aisle from
the latter's desk and about ten feet
away when Haas made his last stride
up to Heney. No instinct could have