The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-11-17
ALAWYER SHOT
BY a Saloon Keeper because, As
He Claimed,
HE HAD RUINED HIM


Third Trial of Abraham Ruef, OH
Charge of Bribery, Brought to an
Abrupt Halt by Man Shooting the
Prosecuting Attorney in the Court
Room in the Presence Of Many.
San Francisco, Nov. 13.-Francis
]. Heney, leading figure in the
prosecution of municipal corruption
in San Francisco, was shot and Sc
riously wounded at 4:23 o'clock to-
day in Judge Lawlor's Court room
by Morris Haas, a Jewish saloon
keeper, who, had been accepted as a
juror in a previous trial of Abraham
Ruef and afterwards removed, il
having been shown in Court by
Heney that Haas was an eX-convicU,
fact not brought out in his eXami-
nation as a venireman.
The shooting of Heney occurred in
the presence of many persons in the
Court room during a recess in the
trial of Abraham Ruef, on the trial
for the third time on the charge OF
bribery. At o'clock tonight Mr.
Heney, who regained consciousness
and will likely recover, said:
II will live to prosecute Haas and
Ruef."
The Court had taken a recess for
ten minutes and the jury had left
the room. Heney and Ruef's attor-
neys, Ach and Dozier, had just re-
turned from Judge Lawlor's chamD-
ers, where they had been summoned
by the Judge for conference. After
the conference Ach and Dozier re-
turned to the Court room and Heney
returned to his customary seat.
He was talking with former Super.
visitor Gallagher, who had just pre-
viously undergone severe cross
examination by Ruefs attorneys
when Haas rushed up out Of the au
dience. Haas approached Heney
placed revolver against the prose-
cutor's right cheek and fired. Heney
fell over on the desk, blood stream
ing from the wound. Haas was. i'm.
mediately seized by by-standers and
thrown into the empty jury box
where he was held on his back till
the police came.
Haas, while venireman in the
second Ruef bribery trial, was put tc
severe examination by Heney
while he was examined for juyr dlI.
ty. He asserts that the information
brought out by Heney in his question
resulted in the ruin of his business
that of a saloon keeper.
Haas in the second Ruef trial had
been passda as juror. Then one day
in Court Heney dramatically pro
duced photograph of Haas, taker
at San Quentin penitantiary, in con
vict garb and with cropped hair ant
with his number across his breast
Haas collapsed in Court, admitting
that he had been a convict. He wa!
Immediately discharged from the
jury.
News Of the shooting spread rap
idly, and an immense crowed gath
cred in the corridors of the Cour
building. A large force, Of police
headed by Chief Biggy, surrounded
the building and kept the crowt
back. A number of men, who wer
suspected of beisg there to Great,
trouble, were arrested
Haas in statement after thu
shooting said:
Il am the wronged man. l do no
care what become of me now.
have sacrificed myself not for m,
own honor but for the honor o
those who are situated like myself
I would not have brought my fouI
children into the world to bear sucl
brand if l had known that the fac
that | was a former convict wou,t
become known. Honey ruined me
That is why ! shot him"
After the shooting Judge Lawlo
called the Court to order and imm"
diately ordered Ruef taken into Gus
tody, overruling the objection o
Attorney Ach. Attorney Do2ier ask
cd that the witness, Gallagher, alst
he taken into custody, but the COur
declined TO issue the order. Th'
Judge then adjourned Court unit
Monday.
Close examination Of the woun'
showed that tive bullet cntcre:
through tho right cheek and lodge,
under the left ear. 1t barely missed
the carotOid artery, and at another
point the arteries were not rupt
ured.