The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-17
NORRIS HAAS
ENDS Ills LIFE:
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view and they say she could not posi-
bly, have slipped the weapon to him.
Examination by Burns.
District Attorney Langdon, Detec-
tive Burns and Rudolph Spreckles, on
their arrival at the county Jail after
the suicide OF Haas, searched his cloth
ing and in one Of his pants pockets
found a cartridge OF the same caliber
as the derringer with which he shot
himself, a Al. The weapon that Haas
used in his attempt to kill Heney vas
a 3S-caltber, and the cartridge found
in his pocket could not have been
used in that. Detective Burns said
that Haas was Thoroughly searched
when he vas taken in the court room
and also when he was received at the
county jail and that the cartridge and
derringer could not. have been on his
person. N
He expressed the opinion that the
pistol had been passed Haas since he
was taken into custody.
While at the county jail Haas was
in the charge of police and Policeman
IBoyle was standing within two feet
'lof his cell door when he shot himself,
Haas wife called at the Jail today to
see him and two stories are told as
to how the interview took place.
One story has it that Haas talked to
his wife through his cell door and the
ether that they were allowed to go
into another room.
The conflicting stories could not be
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, will be made.
Haas body has been removed to the
morgue.
Will Operate Of Heney.
The surgeons attending Francis j..
Heney stated tonight that Mr.. Heney
was resting easy and that his pulse,
temperature and respiration weIc
practically normal.
The bullet was located in the mus
! cles of the lower maxilary. The bone
was not shattered and the doctors sly
they will perform an operation to re
move the piece of lead at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
7 Gained by the assurance that Assist
!, ant District Attorney Francis j. Heney,
: Is to recover from his wound unless
some unforeseen condition develops,
: public opinion was turned towards the
: formulation Of the concrete expression
Of a determination to continue with
the trial of those indicted on charges
: OF municipal corruption, the prose:u-
ton of which Mr.. Heney had charge.
Several leading attorneys of this city
have offered to take up Mr.. Heney's
work as a matter Of public duty, and
to carry it to a conclusion. The trial
of Abraham Ruef which was interrupt
ed by yesterdays dramatic shooting,
will be resumed Monday, it having
been decided that the events in the
court room did not prejudice the rights
Of the defendant, the jury not being
present.
There was some intimatiOn that the
: defense would ask for a change Of
n venue, basing their plea on the in
e famed condition of the public mind.
At a conference today between
/ Judge Lawler, Chief of Police Buggy
b and Under4Sheriff Haggerty, prelimi-
nary steps were taken to secure the
court room from further violence and
safeguard the rights of the defendant,
Ruef. %M a e
Protection to tie Court. 4
Is The vicinity Of the court will be
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= will be held in reserve.
Suspicious characters will not be
allowed in the court room, where a
4 large force of plain clothes men will
= be stationed to watch, in order to keep
y the jury in ignorance Of the precau.
! tons taken and not to jeopardiZe the
: result of the trial.
= The plans further provided in the
l. event Of any disturbance, the defend
ant can be quickly and quietly taken
from the court room. 1T is also init.
= mated that Judge LaWler will exer
~ else his prerogative to keep Ruef in
custody during the. trial. Precautions
have also been taken to protect Ruet
: while confined in the county jail.
Mr.. Heney and family were the re
cipients of many messages of sym
pathy and cheer during the entire day
The messages came from all sections
= of the United States and some from
Europe. One telegram which brought
a smile to the pain-drawn face of the
TO prosecutor, vas a message from Presi
" dent Roosevelt to Mrs. Heney.
Il Two X-ray photographs were taker
e today in order to locate the exact posi-
ton of the bullet which it is thought
rested in the region of the voca
h. chords.
ID The plates are now being developed
IN and they will be submitted to the at
tending surgeons tonight and if the
n exact location Of the bullet is disclosed
ve an operation will be performed.
1e A mass meeting was held at Dream
st land rink tonight to consider the situa
or ton. The meeting was presided Owe
by Mayor E. r. Taylor and was ad
dressed by a number of leading citi
/. zens, who counseled the preservation
of legal procedure and the prosecution
II. of every n charged with the de
bauchery of the public service.
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