The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-14

was arrested nearly a year later in
tended that he was entitled to the
use of his collections in order to
cover expenses he pleaded guilty in
the superior court and was SEN
tiary.
In the course of a lengthy state
ment made to the police after his ar
rest the prisoner declared:
'Heney pronounced his own death
sentence the moment he denounced
me in the court 80
This, as far as appears from the
facts now made public, appears to be
the attitude of Haas. He alludes con-
stantly to the shame and disgrace he
has experienced since Heney several
weeks ago, confronted him as he sat
in the jury box before a crowded
in convict stripes. He has expressed
desire to be shot or hanged for
what he has done; he has accounted
for his movements of yesterday in a
more or less straight forward man
ner and he has steadfastly declared
that no one except himself knew of
his preconcefved determination to
slay the man who had exposed. his
in the statement as made public to as
sociate any other person with Haas's
attempt, but it is believed the pris-
oner in the SecluSiOn of the county
morning subjected to a more rigorous
examination.
Public Meeting Called.
Prominent citizens and attorneys of
the city gathered last night at meet
ing where spirited addresses were de-
tect the cause of justice. The out
come was call for a mass meeting to
be held tonight in Dreamland
pavilion. The call is as follows:
ITO the Citizens of San Francisco :
Francis j. Heney has fallen by the
hand of an assassin. shot from behind
while fighting at his post in the cause
of justice for the people of this city.
He would be the first man to appeal
to the calm reason of the citizens to
preserve order and proceed only by the
process of law, to look not for ven
geance, but to demand justice through
the courts. We make the same ap-
peal
1.-The prosecution will proceed We
are assured that the trial of Abraham
Ruef will continue without interrp-
ton.
THE Citizens League of Justice calls
upon the citizens of San Francisco to
lend their aid to the cause of justice,
and to that end mass meeting of
citizens is hereby called for Saturday
evening, November IA, at Dreamland
rink at O'Clock. We call upon every
citizen to be present. (Sighed)
THE CITIZENS LEAGUE OF
JUSTICE
Hirman Johnson and Matt I. Sulli-
van, two of the attorneys who spoke at
the gathering last night, announced
that they had offered their services to
the district attorney as substitutes for
Mr.. Heney. While moderation was
counSelled by all the speakers there
were. at the outset unmistakable ex-
pressions of hostility to the courts and
predictions that Haas would not lack
aid in his defense. Former Mayor Jas.
D. Phelan charged directly that the
crime must have been inspired.
Rudolph Spreckels, the millionaire
banker, who financed the prosecution of
the supervisors and Ruef and who has
been in frequent attendance at the
trials, said:
1T is time that drastic measures
were used to suppress the reign of law
lessness."
The police are today convinced that
Haas had planned carefully his at
tempt upon Heney's life. In the base
ment of his home are the marks of
numerous bullet holes, indicating that
some person had been firing at a tar
get and neighbors have been found who
volver shots at various times during
the past fortnight.
Added. to this is the statement of
the witnesses in the court room of
whom there are dozens. Attorneys and
newspapermen, policemen and detec-
tives all appear to have noticed Haas
when he was within a few feet of his
unsuspecting victim. Two private de-
tectives assigned to Heney as body
guards were within 10 feet of him, and
while both observed the mans inten-
ton, to spring for his extended arm,
they were too late. Haas had the wea-
pom within a few inches of Heney's
head when he fired and it is the danger
of blood poison resulting from burned
powder or other matter in the wound
that is most feared.