The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-04
REFUSES ID KILL FATHERS MURDERER SideIight on Life of Francis
 Heney KILLED MAN IN ARIZONA Though Boy Is Trained Up to Avenes Muredr He Assures Fathers slay- CT That Act Was Unsuitable.
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KILLED MAN IN ARIZONA

A stirring bit of real life is reoounted by Will Irwin in his article, in the April American Magazine, about the attempted murders and plotsNo assassination which have marked the progress of the San Francisco graft prosecution. The story Is told in connection with a well known affair of Francis Heney when he killed a man in Arizona, and is as follows:
 'Dr. Handy, local physician for the Southern Pacific company in Tuscon, was a violent and dangerous man. He had abused and deserted his wife and she was suing him for divorce. Handy declared that he would kill any lawyer who took her case. Heney did t<ke it. T will shoot him with his own gun' said Handy When the case was won Handy a map much larger than Heney, met the young attorney, backed him up against a wall drew Heney's gun from its holster and started to make good his threat. Heney fighting desperately, managed to turn the revolver against Handy, and to shoot him dead. Heney, at his own request went through @ preliminary examination and was discharged Subsequently the grand jury, during Heneys absence in another county heard the evidence of dozen or more eye witnesses and refused to n- dict.
 Mrs Handy died six months afterward, O4t was brought up by pr. Handy's sister, woman who had something of her broth CTS temper and persistence, and who has always denounced Heney as a murderer
 Twenty years later that oldest boy, a fine, outstanding young fellow with something of his fathers mighty courage, was in San Francisco running an auto- mobile for a city department. Abe Ruef, whom Heney was representing, heard of nnf fnr I'm fOol 6 @f ,,aa con and to his office.
 want you to go down to Arizona and get that - Hef1ey indicted for the murder of your father said Ruef. I'll send you down there. We will take care of you and prepare the way. As matter of fact, Howard Harron, an assistant city and county attorney, who had been ap- pointed to office through Ruef's influence, had already spent weeks in Arizona seez ing what could be done to procure the indictment of Heney. Since no ball is given on murder charge, this indlct- ment would have put Heney out of the way for months. At this time the super visors had not yet confessed, and Ruef was facing only the French restaurant ex- tortion charges.
 Handy heard him through and asked for time to consider
 And the same day voice over the telephone said to Heney: T am the son of Dr. Handy of Arizona, whom you may remember. I want to see you on partic- ular business
 "When, in the west, the son of man whom you have killed sends word that he wants to see you, 1t Is @ time for shift ing the gun. Heney did shift 1t; but he met Handy alone. And the young man, sitting down peaceably, told quite simply the story of his offer from Ruef.
 '' I thank you,' said Heney when he had done. But why do you tell this-to me?
 |" Mr. Heney,' replied Handy, was brought up to believe 1t was my duty to kill you-that I was no man unless I did