Arizona republican., 1909-06-18
Closing Argument of Pros
 GCutOP HeRey
HE THREATENS DEFAMERS
Granting of Immunity to Sup ervisors Was Necessary to Successful Unearthing of Plot--Remarks on Bosses and Bossism.

san Francisco, June 17.-ProsecutOr Heney laid down his half-completed argument in the case of Patrick Cal houn tonight, after relating his ambi- tion to become district attorney of the new administration in San Francisco. 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 a five months trial.
 AIr. Heney expects to conclude by to- morrow afternoon at the hour of ad- journment. and it is hoped that Judge William P. Lawlor. after the submis- sion of the argument, will elect to give his instructions, which will require about three hours to deliver, and will give the case to the jury in a night session. otherwise the instructions will be deferred until Saturday morn ing
 MT. Heney exploited the history of several political bosses with whose his tory he manifested acquaintance. GO down the line" said the speaker. Re member Tweed of New York. Butler of Missouri, Blind Chris Buckley, Sam Rainey and Phil Crimmins Of San Francisco. Can you recall whether they divided with their subordinates? Do you suppose they prospered with out the cooperation of the men they put in officer
 Ia alter, .taT r., 1erY,oF,etrata fo jury that the prosecution had no course open save to grant Immunity to the supervisors who gave the most direct testimony against the defendant, and he related in every detail the history of Abraham Ruef, Eugene E. Schmitz and the other men charged with com plicity in the bribery of the labor union administration
 One of the several dramatic features of the day was when MT. Heney, reach ing a discussion of the activities of William NJ Abbott of the legal force of the United Railroads, walked to d point opposite Mir. Calhoun, and, shak- ing his finger at the subject of hls dis course. said: "I am talking about William NJ. Abbott, than whom no inilder villain ever cut a throat or scut- tied a ship. In appearance a Sunday school superintendent. he is yet one of the men who was responsible for this record of black iniquity."
 MT. Heney spoke in a courtroom packed to the doors, and crowded be- yond the doors into the lobby of Car penter's hah. A score of women stood all afternoon in the throng at the back of the big auditorium, and twenty DO licemen Wearied of their task long be- fore the available seats were filled. The disappointed residue of spectators were driven away from the entrance by mounted patrolmen.
 Judge Frank II. Dunne before whom several of the graft defendants have been tried, shared the bench with Judge Lawlor. and the large audience included several prominent clergymen-
 on the subject of bossism, MT Heney said. What a spectacle is this for American citizens The history of the country shows that the menace tO our existence as a 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 classes, as they were at the time of the second election of 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 the police may be blinded. 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 in vcstments in their gas and railway and telephone privileges.
 But you don't mean that they join hands with the tenderloin to accom- plish these ends2 Yes, that's exactly what I do mean. An that is what makes the boss possible. By sending the Ruefs and that il5 to the peni- tentiary you do not change conditions; you merely create a vacancy for an other boss
 MT Heney said he was willing Co de vote his time to a principle; that he had been forced by conditions to ac- cept a nomination for district attorney of San Francisco, and he bitterly scored the attorneys for the defense on account Of their criticism Of his acceptance of funds from Rudolph Spreckels. For an hour he defended himself and his associates from attacks made upon the graft prosecution.
 Early in his address he assailed the defense for what he declared to be abuse heape1 upon him and his col leagues by the attorneys for the de- fense. and he dramatically gave notice fE,. in, he