The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
MAN WHO SHOT HENEY
 TAXES HIS OWN LIFE
Used a Forty-one Calibre Single
 Shot Derringer.
Haas Went te Bed sa HI. Cen wsk Blanket over his His Faee--HIs Beay
 Was Fsusa on
 the Floor.

San Francisco, Nov 14.--Morris Haas who shot Francis ]. Heney. ,ccnuakted suicide in the county jail tonight
 One report says that the pistol with which Haas shot himself was concealed In his shoe. the same place where he hid 1t before shooting Honey. Another report says the pistol was secretly passed to Haas by friend since hia incarceration.
 Haas shot himself through the middle of the forehead. Haas went to bed at o'clock In the county saif and covered his face with a blanket. At 8;40 a shot was heard from hia cell and when the guards entered, # was found that he had rolled out of bed and was lying dead on the floor with a bullet hole in his forehead A forty-one calibre single shot derslhgers- was grasped in hfs hand. His left trouser leg was pulled up and examina- tion showed a mark on his leg where the weapon had rested while concealed in his shoe, Haas wore gaiters with elastic sides which made this possible.
 After he shot Heney yesterday Haas was searched by police captain DuIxe. detective Burns and a police officer. After he had been taken to the county jail. he was searched again but at neither time were his shoes examined. Haas went to bed last night with his shoes on and again tonight and when asked why he did this, said that he would rather sleep with them on. Fkia wife called on him today but two oficers were present during tht inter. view and they say she could not possf~ ply have slipped the weapon 10 hlrn.
 District Attorney Langdon. Detective Burns and Rudolph spreckeis. on their arrival at the county jail after being notlhed of the suicide searched his clothing and in one of the trousers pockets found 6 cartridge of the same ealibre as the derringer with which he shot himself, a 41. The weapon that Haas used in his~attenapt to Kin Honey was sa-calibre and the carr fridge found in his pocket could not have been usnd h that Defective Burns said that Haas wAs tboroughly searched when arst taken tos the ieeE1 and also when he was tnken ta the eenn4y 58il, and that elie eArffd s3sa nd derringer could not have been aa s person. He expressed the opinton thR1 the pistol had been passed to Haas since he was given Into custody.
 while at the county jail, Haas vas in charge of the police and Policeman Boyle was standing within two feet of his cell door when he shot hiInseiT,
 Haan' History.
 Morris Haas, the man who shot Roney, was a native ofWurtemburg. Germany, and had resided here since 1s7s He was 4s years old and for near ly ten years, or ever since his releasa from the penitentiary. where he aerved a two years sentence for ennbegxle- ment of his employers funds he haa been engaged in the retail liquor bus mess.
 Tn the course of lengthy statenene made to the police after his arrest, the prisoner declared:
 "aeney pronounced his own death sentence that moment he denounced me in the court
 This, as far as appears from the facts now made public. appears to be the attitude of Haas. He altudes con- stantiy to the shame and disgrace he has experienced since Heney. several weeks ago. confronted him as he sat fn inc fury box before Q crowded court room. with a photograph of himself in convict stripes He has expressed a desire to be shot and hanged for what he has done. He has accounted for his movements of yesterday In a more or less straightforward manner and has stAadfastly declared that no one except himself knew of his preeonceiveds de- termination to slay the man who had exposed his sins of the past.
 No effort was made in the statement as made public to associate any other nerson with Haas's attempt. but lf ia beiieved the prisoner. in the seciusion of the county jail was, during the ear- iy hours of the morning, subjected e . more rigorous examination.
 Prominent citizens and attorneys oe the city gathered last night at meet ing where spirited addresses were de- iivered. calling upon the public Co pro tect the cause of justice The outcome was a call for a mass meeting held to- night in Dreamlahd Pavilion.
 Indignation of People
 The call was as follows.
 gro the People of San Francisco:
 "Francis J. Heney has fallen by the hand of an assassin. shot from behind while fighting at his post in the cause of justice for the appeal to the calm reason of the citizens to preserve order and proceed only by the process Of law. 10 look not to violence. but to demand justice through their courts. We make the same appeal.
 "The prosecution wilk proceed We are assured that the trial Of Abraham Ruef will continue tomorrow and Mon day morning without interruption.
 pThe Citizens League of Justice ca H upon the citizens of San Francisco to lend their aid to the cause of justice and 10 lhAt emu Il hlaSs hicEtiHH ot Ntt' gems is hereby called for Saturday eve ming. November if, at Drearnland Rir iy at 8 o'clock. We call upon every cit zen to be present
 (Signed)
 "The Citizens League Of Justiee.s
 Hiram Johnson and Matt l., Sullivan. two of the attorneys who spoke at the gathering last night. announced that they had offered their services 10 the District Attorney as substitutes for Mr Hsuey. While moderation was eoun- selled by all the speakers. there were. at the outset. unmistakabie expressions of hostility to the courts and predict ions that Haas would not lack aid in his defense.
 Former Mayor James D. Pheian charged directly that the crime must