Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-14


his lips. He evidently also believed
that he was fatally hurt. Turning his
eyes to Mr.. John 0Gara, his assistant
at the trial, he said:
Il want TO make Il dying statement.
| believe | am going to die.
Il was sitting ut my table when l
felt what | thought was a blow. | do
not know who shot me, was doing
nothing to anyone"
Ruef and his two attorneys, who
were out on the sidewalk, We're startled
by the report and started for the court
room, but were forced down the steps
by the crowd rushing frantically out,
and the police refused to admit them.
What has happened?" shouted Ruef
to the Associated Press representative,
as the latter ran out to the nearest
telephone
"Heney has been shot, was the re-
ply.
My God! Who did that?" he asked
Ruefs automobile stood In front of
the building, and he Immediately Or
dered his chauffeur to get the nearest
physician. The car returned few min
utes later with DR.. A. S. Tuchler of 703
Van Ness avenue.
DOCTORS SLOW.
Medical assistance was somewhat
slow in arriving, and DR.. Tuchler was
the first physician on the scene. Mr.
Heney in the meantime lay on his side
In the courtroom with a piece of rug
under his head. Finally the ambulance
arrived and conveyed the wounded at
torncy to the Central emergency hos
pital about four blocks away, from
whence he was removed about I
O'Clock to the Lane hospital.
The report of the attempted assassi-
nation spread throughout the city like
wi n 60 aXritempnl
and Indignation. An immense crowd
gathered around the courtroom.
Several hundred people followed the
ambulance from the hall to the central
emergency hospital, and downtown
thousands gathered around the bulle-
tin boards.
Within a few minutes after the
shooting Chief of Police w. ]. Biggy,
w. j. Burns, former United states Sc,
cret service agent, who is at the head
of the special detectives employed by
the prosecution in the bribery-g1ai1
nent capitalist, who financed the prose
cutions; Capts OF Police Gleason, Duke
and Wright and large force of police
We're on the scene.
THREATENING MURMuRs.
There was no hostile demonstration
| in the big crowd in front of the Dullu-
| ing. but some threatening murmurs pc;
gan to be heard. Ruef was surrounded
by a large number of people ana Qulet-
" slipped away, going with Or. Iucii-
Ter to the latter's office for u httie
| while. This led to report that Lh ~
former political boss had disappeared
ana Special Agent Burns censured some
Of his men for allowing him to gel
away. and the police Immediately sent
men to hunt for him. Ituef, however
appeared in front of the building ~ ~
tie later and sent in word that the OIL
ficer at the door would not let him IN.
He was Immediately plou6H. NV -
courtroom.
In the meantime several acts or the
| tragedy were being played IN difterent
| pa1ts of the courtroom. Whlle MI
| Heney was lying on the floor the news
papermen approached the woula.ge as
vet been identified, and asked him for
his name. At first he refused to give
| 1t, then he said: ,,,,oa
| mo, | don't care what becomes OF me
| now" .,,o.,t-
Ruef's attorneys denounced the shoot
| ing as a dastardly outrage
Ruaf was taken into custody after
the shooting, to safeguard his personal
safety.f - .nrrn
SAN Francisco, Nov. 13.-Francis j,
| Heuey has had a remarkable career ~
| Arizona, California and Oregon. Aftel
| leaving the University of California ne
! studied law, and later worked as q
| cowboy and miner In various parts OF
| the west. He "hung out his shlngleN
| in Tucson, Arizona. where nc becaiiie
known for his fearlessness. DIR. Handy
of that city had announced that ne
would shoot on sight any lawyer VINO
1 il. .,e q wifi
suing for divorce Heney took the case
and was attacked by Handy, whom he
After his return ia. San Francisco
Heney was appointed special prosecu-
tor for the government in the oregon
land fraud cases. Through his e1oTts
senator Mitchell, Congressman VIII
Hanson and other ptoliliiei1 i'ieit w
Honey was called to San Francisco
some months after the fire of 1905 &c
prosecute Mayor Schmitz. AbrHhan
Ruef and other men charged with graft
and bribery. He was appointed assist
ant of Dist. Atty. Lansdon. Rue
caused the doodle board OF superVis-
ors> Ia remove Heney and appoint him
TO the post This move was blockeo
by the courts.
with the financial backing OF Ru-
dolph Spreckels and TIN. assistance OF
w. j. Burns, formerly IN the United
States secret service, Heney soon Cd.
tanned the confessions of grating OF
the entire board of supervisors. Ruei
was brought to trial on the charge thai
he had extorted money from French
restaurant proprietors. He broke dowI
IN court and pleaded guilty. Next
Schmtz was tried on the same charge
and convicted. Schtnltz appealed, anc
the appellate court freed him on the
ground that the indictment was faulty
This decision freed Ruef also. Rue
vas tried later on another charge. The
jury disagreed und a new trial was or,
: dered. This was the case on trial a
the time of today's tragedy.
since the trial of Ruef was begun {
J man named Blake was convicted o
Jury tampering. Blake confessed II
court afterward that he had beer
promised $4,000 by counsel for Rue
If he would serve his term and no
testify for the state.