. California; an intimate history. e on the lifeof Mr. Heney. The San Francisco newspapers, with theexception of the Bulletin and the Call, by this time wereindulging in furious attacks on the various members ofthe prosecution, and upon Heney in particular. The at-tacks were necessarily personal, as they would not havedared to defend Ruef, even had they been so inclined, butno doubt they were actuated by fear that Heneys hector-ing methods would surprise the names of the higher-ups from the defiant Ruef, now in his third trial. Theirdiatribes, assisted by cartoons, were held responsible for th
. California; an intimate history. e on the lifeof Mr. Heney. The San Francisco newspapers, with theexception of the Bulletin and the Call, by this time wereindulging in furious attacks on the various members ofthe prosecution, and upon Heney in particular. The at-tacks were necessarily personal, as they would not havedared to defend Ruef, even had they been so inclined, butno doubt they were actuated by fear that Heneys hector-ing methods would surprise the names of the higher-ups from the defiant Ruef, now in his third trial. Theirdiatribes, assisted by cartoons, were held responsible for theattempted murder of the assistant district attorney; butthe general opinion is that the man was a hired name was Haas. There was little doubt that at-tempts were being made to fix the jury; and, as thisman had boasted that he soon would be able to live inluxury, Heney succeeded in getting him off the thirdjury by exposing the fact that Haas had sojourned in aStates Prison for forgery. He was altogether a miserable324. Copyright by Pach Brothers. GOV. HIRAM JOHNSON LAST PHASES specimen of humanity. On the 13 th of November hesHpped up behind Mr. Heney in the crowded court-roomand fired a pistol-bullet into his head, just before his rightear. Heneys mouth happened to be open. The ball passedbetween the skiill and jaw and exhausted its strength inthe soft lining at the back of the mouth, finally lodgingin the bone of the jaw on the opposite side. There was great excitement in Fulton Street that old-time crowds were there, wrought up to the pointof hysteria, and there was much speechmaking and talkof lynching. But it ended in no overt attempt to frus-trate the law, and Haas meanwhile had been rushed tojail in an automobile. When searched, no other weaponwas discovered, but that night he was found dead from aderringer wound in his head. Whether the derringer hadbeen concealed in his shoe or whether it had been passedto him in his cell with orders to use it, or
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