The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-15
CALHOUN WIRES TO
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
President of United Railroads
Furious Because Heney Fore
stalled His Attack
Declares He Seeks information
to Invalidate Prosecutors
Official Acts

Official Acts
Patrick Calhoun's interest in the led
eral connections OF Assistant District
Attorney Francis j. Heney prompted
him yesterday to send a long dispatch TO
Attorney General George W. Wicker
sham at Washington ID. c., stating that
as an American citizen he felt that
he was entitled to know if Heney was
sworn officer of the federal govern
ment drawing large sums OF money at
the time he was acting as assistant dis-
trict attorney. The president OF the
United Railroads made the telegram
public last evening and with it Tor
NAL statement
CALHOUN DECLINES TO ANSWER
Calhoun was asked if the purpose OF
his Washington investigation INTO
Heney's public career was to secure
evidence which might show that Heney
was disqualified from acting as an as
sistant district attorney at the time
he conducted the grand jury inqulsl-
tion which resulted in the Indictment OF
Calhoun and BIS associates for the
bribery of the Ruef- Schmitz board oil
the indictments set aside as illegal
Calhoun said that he would not answer
that question nor in any way go further
than the statement which he issued.
The telegraphic correspondence OF
yesterday followed Heney's public
statement that he had requested AT
torney General Wickersham TO make
public any matter in connection win
his federal work.
STATEMENT By CALHOUN
Calhoun's statement and copy OF
the telegram sent to the attorney
general follows:
Mr.. Francis J. Heney has seen fit, in teIe-
gram to the Hon George W. wickersham, attor-
ney general of the United States. given by him 70
the morning papers, to grossly libel me and mis-
represent the reasons for the application OF my
official evidence Of his appointment as an oinceI
of the federal government and the payments
made by the federal government to HIM WIN
characteristic mendacity he states that tne Cd,
ject of obtaining this information is to make IL
the basis of false and malicious statements. =,
In HIS telegram TO Mr.. Wickersham he aruuiy
seeks to limit the information Of payments made
to him to the months of April and May 1907.
To accomplish this limitation he deloeratey
lies by stating that no other period could oy
terial. Yet he we'll knows that at this very
time am being tried by him, professedly as
assistant district attorney of the city ana
in March, 1908. His evident purpose is to OBJ
tain q statement from the attorney general that
he received no payments during April ana may,
1907, and in that way seek to hoodwink the
public.
The dates Of the payments made to Mr.. Heney
by the federal government as published By an
Oregon paper doubtless Substantially cor
rect and show large payments TO have been
made in months other than April and May, 1907,
and my counsel have made application to the
attorney generals office in good faith for the
MY of T.
Heney has professed to act assistant district
attorney for the city and county of san Francisco
States and has therefore been ineligible to
hold the office of assistant district attorney for
the city and county Of San sn tb.
ing TO the attorney general OF the United States
TO ATTORNEY GENERAL
The telegram follows:
San Francisco, May A. 1909.
Hon. George W. wickersham, Attorney General,
Washington, D. c.
have just seen in morning papers Francis ].
nsee b. stsses that the information sought lis
intended for false and malicious attacks on me
(him) in newspapers subsidized by Patrick Cal
houn and financial interests represented by him
We seek exact facts, and the truth is no basis
"for false and malicious attacks.
He lies again when he states that April and
Nav. 1907 'is the only period during which by
widest stretch of imagination matter could be
material" I am now trial under an indict-
ment returned Dy the BIhnu jury ~ xAohcy ~
stance in March, 1908.
The facts are that Francis ]. Heney was ap-
pointed at the instance of Phelan, Spreckels and
other immediate associates as assistant district
attorney of this city and county in October,
1906. Heney claims to have then volunteered
his services. His friends have solicited public
subscriptions and donations for him in order that
he might be relieved from financial stress dur
ing the period of his volunteer work. leading
paper of Portland, Ore has stated that during
ali this time Francis j. Honey was federal
officer and that he received in compensation the
following sums from the federal government:
July g. 1904. 5000; March 10. 1905, $1,000
August 10 1905, 5000; February 10. 1906,
$500; August "a, 1906, $1,000; August 8, 1907,
5000; December 20, 1907, $1,000; March q,
1908, 81, 000 July s, 1905, $4,000; January 81.
1909, $500; total TO date, S65, o00
provides that mo person holding any lucrative
Office under the United States, any other
power shall be eligible to any civil office Of
profit under this state
As an American citizen / feel that / am en-
titled to know II Francis j. Heney has been a
sworn officer Of the federal government. drawing
large sums of money at the same time that he
has professcd to act in this state as an assistant
district attorney
In view of Heney's publication Of his attack
on mo in his telegram TO you, feel compelled
to give this telegram to the press
Francis j. Heney was Informed last
evening of Calhoun's newest device.
He stated that today he will prepare an
answer TO the statement of the de-
PENDANT in the bribery case now on