The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-29
Dying at5the E,dkleton I Hotel Hotel
in Stdunton.
OF. WELL KNOWN IL 3. 4. .
81, q. VIRGINIA FAMILY.
Dr. Haas Was Off on Sick Leave and
ID cached Staunton Yesterday He
#l Was Despondent from Malaria
and Was Probably Led sto
Rash Act BY unfortun-
Il ate Love Affair. n
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Ii sTAUNTON. VA April 2S.--Dr. Harold
Hamilton Haas, q young surgeon IN the
United States navy, and q native OF Har-
8risonburg, shot himself tonight in his
room ut the Ealtleton Hotel, IN staunton,
ana will die within O few hours. He left
three scaled letters to be mailed-one to
Sonora Muleen, culebra, Porto Rico.
+ y Dr, Haas, now OF, sick ] leave, shot him.
aelfainfthe right temple with q thirt tV' 9
$calibre revolver, the ball passing through
his head and odg ging in the left temple
,,ear the surface. Both eyes are shot on gout,
and he Will probably not live y through
the night. although he is now conscious ~
He Is IA brother of Ia lfordS n. Haas, q
5nri;u1Incnt attorney ofSthe HarTisonburg g
bar. & Il, sa & i ~ IS, n
ss3}8 DR.. Haas arrived In Staunton this morn
Ing at q q clock from the East and took
a room at the Eakleton Hotel. - ttde e 'a dlo
mot come TO breakfast nor dinner. Il and
Tonight between Z and 8 o clock the por- pc
ter ent TO call him. but falling 70 arouse .
+ Dr. Iaas. went out on the front porch p
ard " looking 4 hrough the u saw ssft's
rim on tbs bed covered with blood .sS Eaa
$,yrs mad tirnsels up IN a bed spread y and
n1nciny the revolver al his head y red. & =. 9
then threw The pistol on. the fioor. an : IL T.
Wien ,yll the clerk got 70 him he asked sey.
Scrnl times for the pistol that he mlgntl gl
Rfnlsh tire job. " ii \. q, Z
8t'fDr 'f.r Haas stated that he was in trouble e
and wanted to die, Iic left three sealed a
letters with memor randum "a saying
mE.lease mall these They we're tNr az.
,d,.essed to his brother, To ford ~ q aas ;
sonora afulecn. Culebra, Porto RICO. an 1l1 2
II FL Christian. Warm Springs Va Va, -
i q Al her me rlorandum saying: ease ease
nntifv q. N. Iaas,TT Harrisonburg, 1hat
Ma brother Is dead. He had on MS per-
son 4 s check for s54 on tho United States
Treasury - and ten cents. In none y. ~.
@-5-r,r Haas Is ia native OF "a fiarrstsoli
,,nre and Is about thirty years y .; o..a.
4 Era aradua ted from the Virginia Military
institute and from the University of ivlr--3 II
syInial IA 1895. standing among the 5iirsst ~
his class. After practicing for over
YEAR at Joplin. Mo-, he entered the navy
and was recently promoted to the "a RANK 4
& az surgeon. During the Spanish Amer s
lean war 1Sr. Haas was with the ~ lylne
5souadron,,tf and had several thrlllins es-S
%canes In Cuba when the Americans tirst
arrived. s.
H$ III x recently contracted malaria IN one
5 "a the Islands OF the Caribbean Sea, and
since that time has been a constant suf-
$ferer from the lisease. He had grown
idesnondent from the effects Of the malaria.
a brother, r. N. II aas, Is a prominent law
yer OF Harrisonhurg and n sister is Mrs.
Christian, OF Lynchburg On last Tues Nla-
day he was granted a four mon thsgsle 9
of absence from the navy. lie was SUI sup
lrcsed to be in Boston by his relatives. 4