Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-18
HENEY EXPLOITS
HOW BOSSES AID
THEIR ElFNCH EN-
PROSECUTOR ABOUT THROUGH
IN CALHOUN TRIAL
SHOWS AMBITION TO BECOME
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Declares State Had No Alternative but
to Grant Immunity to Super
visors Who Gave Most
Direct Testimony
(By Associated Press.)

~ AN FRANCISCO, June H.-Fran-
~ els j. Heney well-known through
~ out the country as a prosecutor be-
fore he came to San Francisco four
years ago, laid down his half-complet-
ed argument in the case Of Patrick
Calhoun tonight after relating MS am
bition to become district attorney OF
the new administration in San Fran
cisco, and after outlining, with all the
vehemence of his fiery disposition, the
theory of the prosecution that tends
to connect the president of the United
Railroads with the charge of bribery
that has served as the basis of five
months trial.
Mr.. Heney expects to conclude py
tomorrow afternoon at the hour OF ad-
iournment, and it is hoped that Judge
William p. Lawlor, after submission of
the argument, will elect to give ms
instructions, which will require ABOUT
three hours to deliver, and will give the
case to the jury in night session,
otherwise the instructions VIII DC
deferred until Saturday morning.
Mr.. Heney exploited the history OF
several political bosses with whose his
tory he manifested acquaintance.
go down the line" said the speaker
"Remember Tweed, of New York; But
ler. of Missouri Blind Chris Buckley
sam Rainey and Phil Crimmins OF san
Francisco. Can you recall whether
thew divided with their subordlnates
DO YOU suppose they prospered WITHOUT
the co-operation of the men they put
in office?
Has to Grant Immunity
He a+tempted to demonstrate to the
iurv that the prosecution had no course
omen save to grant immunity to the su,
narvisors VINO gave the most direct
testimony against the defendant, ana
he related in every detail the history
of Abraham Ruef, Eugene e. Schnltz
and the other men charged with COM
plicitv in the bribery of the labor
union administration.
One of the several dramatic features
of the day was when Mr.. Heney, reach-
ing a discussion of the actlvitles ot
William M. Abbott of the legal force OF
the United Railroads. walked to a
point opposite Mr.. Calhoun and, shak-
ing his finger at the subject of his dis
course, said:
'I am talking about William M. ABB
hott. than whom no milder villain ever
cut a throat or scuttled a ship. In ap-
pearance q Sunday school superlntend-
ent, he is yet one of the men who was
responsible for this record of black IN
iquity."
Mr.. Heney spoke in courtroom
hacked to the doors and crowded be-
yond the doors into the lobby of Car
nenters' hall. A score of women stood
all afternoon in the throng at the back
of the big auditorium and twenty po-
licemen Wearied of their task long be-
fore the available seats were filled and
the disappointed residue of spectators
were driven away from the entrance by
mounted patrolmen.
Judge Frank ii. Dunno, before whom
several of the graft defendants have
been tried, shared the bench with
Judge Lawlor, and the large audience
included several prominent crergymen
Mr.. Heney Talks of Bossism
On the subject of bossism, Mr.. Heney
said:
what a spectacle is this for Ameri-
can citizens. The history of the cour-
try shows that the menace to our eN,
istence as republic lies in our great
cities, where we foster the bosses
Bosses are not created-they merely
take advantage of conditions. They are
supported by two large classes, as they
were at the time of the second election
of Eugene e. Schmitz. One holds forth
in the Tenderloin, where they want a
permit to commit crime, to run opium
Joints. dance halls and to rob drunken
men. hoping to arrange it that tho
nolice may be blind. The other class
preys from above. They are the people
who live on Pacific avenue and in the
so-called fashionable neighborhoods
They want higher dividends from their
investments in their gas and railway
and telephone privileges.
But YOU don't mean that they join
UNan5arlniIl N accom- :
plish these ends? Yes, that's exactly
what / do mean. And that is what
makes the boss possible.
"By sending the Ruefs and that ilk tc
the penitentiary you do not change con-
ditions: you merely create vacancy
for another boss"
Mr.. Heney said he was willing to de-
vote his life to principle; that he mao
been forced by conditions to accept d
nomination for district attorney of Sar
Francisco, and he bitterly scored the
attorneys for the defense on account OF
their criticism of his acceptance OF
funds from Rudolph Spreckels.
Defends Himself
For an hour he defended himself and
his associates from attacks made upor
the graft prosecution
1t is practically assured that Mr.
Heney's address will continue through
out tomorrOWS session OF court
Standing near the spot stained with
his blood last November, when he was
shot down in the courtroom during the
trial of Abraham Ruef, Heney, who
has directed the San Francisco bribery
graft cases for the past three years,
began this morning his final argument
to the jury in the trial of Calhoun.
In Htter disregard of the orders of
the court that no one be allowed to
stand, it was almost timpossible for the
newspaper men to work their way
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