The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22


~.sasd. and would walk the floor all night.
SHE went to the county Jail Saturday
with Mrs. Miriam Cohn at the Iatter's
suggestion and did not carry there nor
give to her husband the fatal derringer.
she said. There il was arranged that
Monday she would bring out the
ehfldren to see their father.
Ignorant of Record
She said that she did not know that
Haas had a prison record until after
his death. The woman was particularly
loyal to her husbands memory. She
~swore that he was always kind to her
and that he never came home in an in
toxicated condition. Her testimony
substantiated Mrs. Cohn's in the point
shat her husband never told her his
business.
Norris Newman. the fraternal friend
.of the Haas family. testified regarding
The fnexplicable Seymour. He said that
be gathered that Seymour wanted Mrs
Haas to bring suit against the city to
Secure damages because the police per
mitted the husband to commit suicide.
Policeman Frederick o. Beerman tes-
tihed to gathering up Haas property
after the man had been searched
Policeman Frank Robl was put on the
stand al the request of Chief of Police
Biggy to testify regarding the alleged
superhciality of the search of Haas
made at the courtroom. He said that
he mentioned the fact to Captain Thom-
as Duke and Duke had ignored the sug-
geslion. bat brusquely sent the witness
after the pistol which Haas had used to
shoot EIeney.
ward. who represented District Attor-
ney Langdon. cross examined Robl. and
me policeman said that he had just had
q feeling" at the time that the search
had not been complete.
FOLEY OUT OF A JOB
James Foley of 1850 Steiner street
was called. When asked his business
Foley sadly replied. Il was bodyguard
for 1Ir. Heney. unfortunately for him .
He was out of employment now, he
added Foley described the shooting of
Heney and the capture Of Haas 1t de-
veloped that It is Impossible definitely
10 connect the weapon said to have been
used by Haas with the crime
Foley said that he picked UP a re-
volver with one shell empty on a table
in the courtroom. but he was not sure
that it was the weapon used by Haas;
in fact, at the time he was positive that
the weapon was not Haas, and he so
stated to Policeman Robl. The identity
Of the pistol was established through
the exploded she'll
Charles Waltz the bar tender, was
the most unexpected Witness of the day.
Waltz said that he was confined in cell
25 at the Jail, the next but one to the
cell occupied by Haas. On Saturday
afternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock he
said. he saw Detective Burke standing
In the corridor with copy. of The Call.
and Haas was standing near him trying
to read over Burke's right shoulder.
Haas became agitated as he read the
headlines.
aI pestered Haas q dozen times to
get the paper" said Waltz. Between
$50 and 1880 the. paper was handed to
me by Burke. Isaid the next morning
that I had the last paper that fellow
Haas had read I wanted to keep it as
a relic and was going to send it to nv
father in the east" Later the paper
was given to District Attorney Lang
don. the witness said.
DID NOT HEAR SHOT
Waltz says. he did not hear the shot
fred By Haas, but was awakened by
the commotion in the corridor out
side his cell after the suicide and saw
Haas body on the floor. Biggy and
Captain Kelly tried to save Detective
Burke from the charge of giving Haas
a newspaper, but could not bulge
Waltz's testimony.
Sergeant Andrew J. Gaughran tes-
titled under promptings by Biggy that
the chief had ordered him to telephone
to Captain Kelly Immediately after the
shooting 10 close all avenues Of escape
TO Abe Ruef. who was supposed for
few moments after the shooting to
have fed the city.
Policeman Frank Lord. who guarded
Haas at the jail Friday night. said that
Haas did not remove his shoes be-
cause ne complained of cold feet.
At ] o'clock adjournment was taken
70 the county Jail, whittier the jury
was carried IN automobiles There
Policeman Dennis Bohle who was
guarding Haas al the time Of the sui
eide. explained to the jurors the posi-
tion occupied by himself. and De-
tectives Burke and Charles Kelly at
the time of the suicide. All three men
were outside the cell, and no one Of
them was in such a position that he
could see Haas head. according to
Bohles story.
Juror Louis Gould went into WaItz's
cell and proved that Waltz could have
seen Burke hand the newspaper to
Haas.
Coroner Leland expressed great sur
prise at Waltz's story. Sergeant Burke
said that the only paper he gave Haas
was the inside of newspaper, con-
taining pages that did not mention
the Heney shooting Burke has not