The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15
HAAS ENDS HIS LIFE
{ WITH PISTOL BALL
deney's AsSaiIant Secures Der
ringer in Mysterious Manner
2 While in County Jail
Wife of Prisoner, Suspected of
Smuggling Weapon TO Hus-
band, Has Disappeared

Morris Haas has taken his own life.
With an aim surer than that which
guided his hand Friday TO the temple OF
Francis J. Heney. he placed derringer
10 his own forehead 20 minutes before
O'Clock last night in the county jail,
and bullet sped into his brain.
- And so. while thousands Of citizens
gathered IN mass meeting TO take stock
Of their civic strength in the pres
enCe Of violence. while other thousands
watched with pa lpiiating hearts the bull
letin boards which told how the breath
Of life hickered in the body Of Francis
J. Heney. and while the wife and a few
intimate friends mingled with the doc
tors a. the bedside of the great prose
cutor. the unfortunate wretch who
caused all this turmoil slipped from
lfe, leaving mystery. questioning and
suspicion behind him.
Taking with him TO the other side
the connecting link which the police
have sought a s the final explanation Of
the attempt on Heney's life. Morris
Haas leaves another tangle behind Him.
once more the search for motives. the
p search for sccompliees, the search for
sRneEplsinsbIe ways and means is in
tensifed bv the dark facts that sur
sound Norris Haas suicide.
HAAS SEARCHED THREE TIMES
Searched thoroughly three times
since the attempt on Heney's life Nor
rs Haas is known TO have had no
weapon OF any kind upon his person
yesterday morning. Yet between s
and o'clock last night he slew him
self with 2 revolver and an extra
partridge was found in his pocket
How came the loaded revolver and the
extra cartridge 10 his cell?
see Norris Haas yesterday, his wife
and = woman friend, Mrs. SilwanslSy.
Two officers were on guard. or were
supposed to be on guard. when the two
women conversed with Haas. They re-
ported no suspicious circumstance
when they went of guard. If q wea pom
was passed TO the prisoner in his cell
II was for them TO see il.
when william J. Burns, who hurried
out to the county Jail as soon as the
suicide was reported saw that Haas
had shot himself all the anger over
the whole affair which had been burn
iag in his breast for more than -
hours burst forth and he swore that he
would not rest until he learned how
Haas had obtained that pistol.
HRS. HAAS CAN NOT BE FOUND
Search was Immediately instituted
Tor Mrs. Haas. but At l o'clock this
morning she had not been found. The
police theory is that she brought her
husband the means or destruction.
Norris Haas went TO bed at s O'Clock
ast night He was closely guarded.
Within the old pile Of the house of
correction he occupied cell No. %, in
corridor Pas isolated q position as
could possibly be found within the Jail.
Outside his door. which was left ajaF.
stood Detective Sergeant Burke and Po-
jceman BOIL Burke sat in q chair:
Bohi paced to and fro. Neither was
more than 2 few feet from Haas.
Haas prepared himself for he'd by
taking of his coat and hat. The rest
Of his clothes he kept on.
why don't YOU take Of the rest Of
your clothes. Haase" asked Detective
Burke.
'Oh. I'm restless; I'll sleep this way
IS can" was the answer from the
prisoner.
ONE SHOT PROVES FATAL
Haas pulled the blanket OF his coat
over his head and remained quite still
AT 20 minutes 10 9 shot rang out.
the two policemen jumped toward the
ooOr pulled II open and rushed in to-
gether. BY the light of q lantern they
saw Haas hanging half way out Of the
bed Blood poured from a CHASTITY hole
IN the center Of his forehead. He was
Quite dead.
Examination showed that Haas had
shot himself in the center Of the fore
head one inch above the eyebrows The
bullet had pierced the brain. Lying on
the floor was the weapon with which
Haas had ended his miserable life. Il
was derringer OF German type. four
inches long, with a two inch barrel
Of old style ~ ,caliber. single shot.
When Deputy Coroner Jack Kennedy
searched the body Of Haas ne found
slight abrasion on the left leg. Just
above the ankle, and this led to the
surmise that Haas had secreted the
pistol IN his congress shoe
In q trouser pocket was found a II
caliber cartridge Of the same ty-pe as
mat which had sped into his brain.
Haas was searched thoroughly on
Friday afternoon, Immediately after
his attempt to assassinate Henev
EverythinE was taken from his pock-
cts. He was searched again when he
arrived At the county Jail Friday even
ing II o'clock Nothing was found
upon him at this second search. These
searches We're conducted by William J.
Burns. Captain Of Police Duke and the
officers who accompanied Haas to his
cell That they were of a most thor
ough kind is vouched for BY Burns
himself
MRS. HAAS II SUSPECTED
The prisoner was searched again yes
terday morning by Detective Charles
T. Kelly and Policeman Attridge.
There was no weapon found on him al
tlst time.
When Detective Kelly and Police
man Attridge went of duty at 4:30
clock their places outside the cell OF
haas were taken by Sergeant Burke
snd Policeman BOIL With one Of these
four men must rest the responsibility
for the introduction Of the pistol into
Hass' cell.
That the pistol was brought by Mrs.
Haas is the theory Of William J. Burns.
but that she should have been able 10
give il to her husband without being
detected is the strange circumstance
which viii be rigidly investigated.
After telephoning several times for
PERMISSION to visit her husband. Mrs
Haas called at the county jail at
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, accom-
panied by Mrs. Silivanski. a friend OF
the family. She obtained permission
from Detective Kelly TO approach the
cell and stood in conversation with her
husband al the cell door in the pres-