The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
is PistoIs Identifed

Haas Pistols Identified
Did you ever see this weapon be-
force asked Cororer Leland showing
Mrs. Conn the revolver used when he
shot Heney.
yes" sobbed the woman, breaking
down for the first time.
And this one?' asked the coroner.
exhibiting the derringer
Mrs. Cohn could not speak: she sim
ply nodded her head. But quickly she
recovered her equipoise. He often
spoke Of that pistol" she said. He
said ii was q safe shot. He wanted
me to learn how 10 shoot it. I don't
know what his object was. But he
repeatedly referred TO the derringer,
saving il was a safe shot and I can al
ways fan back on this I wasn't a bit
surprised when ] found out that he
took his life.
Il told him. If anything occurs.
youl languish n jail like a dog. and
I'll never go near you.
Mrs. COhn's testimony regarding
Haas and the Parkside jury was con-
nicting- She said once that he wanted
10 so on the jury 10 cure himself Of
drunkenness and later she said that
he did not drink until after the expos
ure of his criminal record. She stated
positively that Haas said to her, Maybe
I can meet my bills after I'm of the
jury.
Wanted TO Get on Jury
Langdon questioned the woman, par
ticularly on her statement that at times
she had feared that Haas would kill
her. Why did YOU think he would
take you with him'2" asked Langdon.I
He always referred 10 me as the
best one on earth-but I wasn't fiat
tered she added naively. He said
have been all right-but that he never
had a companion in his wife"
LangdOn tried to get the woman to
remember the names of the men who
had told Haas that they would not have
stood for what Heney had said, but
the woman pleaded forgetfulness She
said 50 customers had told him that
DID he ever tell you that if he got
on the Ruef jury there was $4,000
in it for him?' asked Langdon.
NO. but he wanted TO go on the
jury to lquidate his debts" replied the
woman.
Mrs. Cohn said further that Haas
always told her he was going to kill
his whole family because he could
not make a living for them. She de-
MED under questioning that she had
put the derringer in Mrs. Haas bag
when she went with the wife to see
Haas az the county jail
DerriHger Was Not Rusted
Otto A. Bremen. a gunsmith. ex-
amined the Gerringer and gave as his
opinion that the weapon had not been
carried next 10 Haas flesh for anv
length Of time, owing TO the lack Of
rust on IT, Policeman Charles +. Croat
testified regarding the removal of Haas
from Judge LawlOr's courtroom to the
county jail The prisoner was hand
cumed between Groat and Sergeant
Burke
Next 10 Mrs. Cohn Policeman John
O. Attridge was the most important
witness Of the day. Attridge was on
guard AZ the county Jail from a IA.
TO p. m- Saturday. He told parficu-
larly Of the visit made to the Jail by
Mrs Haas on Saturday afternoon and
of the effort made By his colleague.
Detective Charles Kelly, to prevent
Burns from interviewing the prisoner.
Where the narrative touched Mrs Haas
it.was filed with pathos
Attridge told Of Mrs. Haas kissing
her husband, and, to illustrate his
point that nothing could have been
passed between them, Thomas Davis
of the coroner's force was called into
action and sat as a lay figure while
Attridge simulated the kiss that Mrs.
Hass gave her husband.
Denies Pistol Passed
Attridgs was positive that nothing
was given Haas by his wife. He testi-
fed that Mrs. Cehn was not permitted
TO sec Haas. because she had no per-
NIT from the chief Of police
Biggy. in reputed Justice 10 Mr..
Langcon and Mr. Burns wanted At
fridge to tell Of his agonized efforts
to discover why Burns had been re-
fused admission TO see Haas Attorney
Barclay Henley Of the Citizens League
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