The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-14
ROOSEVELT WIRES
DENUNC|AT|ON Of
HENEY ASSA|[ANT
Sends Message to Wife of
Frisco Prosecutor Who Was
Shot Down in Court.
CITY IS TO AVENGE.
Mass Meeting Called to Punish
Thug Haas and Any Con-
spirators With Him.
CITY IS TO AVENGE.

/ WASHINGTON, Nov. 14-President
Roosevelt, upon hearing of the attempt
made on the life of Francis j. Heney.
sent kilograms to Mrs. Heney and
Rudolph spreckels expressing his
horror and detestation" of the deed.
To Mrs. Heney he wired
Am ineXpressibly shocked at news of
the attempted assassination Of Mr..
HeYey. and am greatly relieved at the
news this morning that he is doing well
and will probably recover I hope you
will accept my deep sympathy. Like
every good American, l hold your hus-
band in peculiar regard for the abso-
lutely fearless way in which he has at
tackled and exposed corruption without
any regard to the political or social
prominence of the offender or to the
dangerous character of the work
Your husband has taken his life in
his hands in doing this great task for
our people and he is entitled to the
q edit and esteem. and above all to the
heartiest support, OF all good citizens.
The Infamous Chara cter al the rIun
who has assaulted him sh0uld add rot
only to the horror AMI datasta:ion felt
for the deed but to the determination
of all decent citizens to ctlmp out the
power of all men of this Kind
Heney's Work Must Go On.
The following is the tevt of the teIe-
gram to Mi Spreckles:
Am ineNpressihly shocked a. the at
temped assassination of tieney and
most earnestly hope that he will re-
cover The Infamous character of the
woud-be assassin, no less than the in
famous character OF the deed. call at
tent!on in a striking way to the true
character of the forces against which
Heney and your associates have been
struggling.
Every decent American who has the
honor and interest of the country at
heart should join, not only in putting a
stop to the wave of crime to which this
mans act is but one of the symptoms,
but also in stamping out the hideous
corruption in which men like this
would-be assassin are bred and flourish
and that can only be done by warning,
as Heney has warred, relentlessly
against every man who is guilty of cor
rupt practices without any regard 10
his social standing, to his prominence
in the world of politics or in the world
of business.
Il earnestly hope that Heney will re-
cover, and | give utterance to what !
know would be Heney's wish when !
say that / earnestly hope that, whether
he recover or not, there be no faltering
in the work in which Heney has been
so gallant and efficient a leader
San Francisco Stirred.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. fire.
quently in the recent past the people of
san Francisco have been startled and
aroused by revelations and develop
ments in the tangled maze of the prose
cutons for bribery and corruption that
followed the sudden overthrow of Abra-
ham Ruef and the boodling supervisors
of the Mayor SChmitZ regime, but never
has the city been more profoundly
stirred than by the attempted assassina-
ton late yesterday afternoon Of Francis
J. Heney, the special assistant of the
Distriot-Attorney's office.
Mr.. Heney was shot and seriously
wounded in the courtroom by Morris
Haas, an eX-convict, residing in this
city, whose past criminal record Heney
exposed a few weeks ago after Haas
had qualified as A juror to pass upon
the guilt or innocence of Abraham Rucf,
now in the midst of mis- third trial for
bribery.
ENnacfeH N