Show T R I 1 ur M r H fa 7 0 R HE 11 R Y MAN WHO BROU BROUGHT HT abol r CON OF RUFF fearless prosecutor who Is wag ng war on grafters in san fran c H a success in land fraud prosecute Prose cut ons san francisco the surprising turn given to the san francisco pr eions for bribery and extortion by the I 1 lea of 91 i illy and confess on by abra ham ruef the political boss of the california metropolis directs renewed attention to the man who brought this about it Is another triumph tor for brands joseph heney the man whom ruet ruef called a murderer and sought to drive out ct cf office last tall fall assistant district attorney Attorn py heney had shown the mettle of or which he ie is made in the land fraud prose unions which he sue cess fully conducted for the govern ment in olegon oregon his latest achieve ment adds another to the legal vie secured by his indomitable per si stence sis and clearheaded cognizance of the resources of the law he Is rap idly making good his promise to put the san francisco grafters behind the bars in his career francis joseph heney has had some picturesque and striking experiences after admission to the bar in ia 1883 he lie embarked in the cattle business in arizona tor for a considerable period combining therewith the management of an indian trader s store at fort apache for part of the time in 1889 he resumed the practice of his protes sion settling down at tucson ariz where he remained for six years he ile was the leading counsel in the litiza tion under which titles to the land grants by mexico in arizona were set tied and argued three leading cases before the united states supreme court in 1893 94 he was the attorney general of the territory after the CIO close e of his term he went back to san francisco where he took up civil cases until sought out to take charge of the oregon land fraud krosec he e is known as a man who makes good in whatever he undertakes in 1901 he was the cot ansel tor for judge arthur noyes of the united states court who was mixed up in the home rh g scandal it was his arg ament for in the united states supreme cruit which attracted the attention of attorney general knox to whom I 1 e was mas opposed when ulten mr knox was r ady to proceed with the cases against the men implicated in the land frauds in oregon he offered mr an appointment as assistant united states district attorney and put him in clar charge clare e of the proe utina ahe understanding was tl ti at he should receive a al tee fee for the work which would take him away horn hie hii private practice tor for a d considerable time A fill ti tie e aid of W J 13 arns ane secret bornt e a t ent assigned tc work u the evidence mr soon made it s case so strong that the e was as no chance for the guilty to escape when mr mir heney went against these men be he also went a against ainest iopu lar local prejudice I 1 very Nery lung thing was against him iven the district after ney whose asals ant he was ai at i 1 hinted to be he als disheveled to be a tool of the land grabbers yet he secure I 1 the re moval boval of this attorney and went ahead with his dorit until out of the 19 men of prominence whom he brought to trial IS 18 were found guilty and made 4 FRANCIS J HENEY off official cial who has ended graft craft rule in san francisco to carry out sentences imposed upon anem by the law of the 18 one who was sentenced to prison was a united states senator two were members ot of the national house of representatives others were the president and two members of the oregon senate a re celver of a government land office the mayor of albany ore two united states land commissioners a surveyor general a forestry superintendent a special agent of the general land office and a number of men who had an so much of the public domain that they had come to be regarded as land kings it was the 9 access of this work for the government that turned all ees eyes to him when the disclosures of municipal corruption showed the leocle i aoi ie of san 1 fancisco ran cisco the need of a folk a hughes or a jerome to push the pros edition of the evildoers heney was selected foi the work and how he has succeeded Is well known |