Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
MRS. HAAS CRIES
IN COURTROOM
SAYS SHE KNEW NOTHING OF
HUSBANDS PAST
WIFE OF HENEY'S ASSAILANT
DESCRIBES ACTIONS
Attorney Who Went from Los Angeles
to Defend Assassin Subpoenaed
but Cannot Be Lo-
Gated
[By Associated Press.1


! SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. I'll
! The twelfth week of the trial Of :
! Abraham Ruef, charged with :
! bribery, closed today. with for .
i mer Supervisor James i. Gal .
! lagher still on the witness stand .
j under cross 4
4 Counsel for Ruef devoted almost 4
J. the entire session to interrogating :
! Gallagher as to the denomination I
: of various moneys he stated he !
! received from Ruef and paid to !
i the supervisors. !
! Although Gallagher admitted !
+ his memory was rather vague" !
+ on some of the Details the witt i
+ ness adhered to the general story !
\ of the payment of bribes for the 1
j various franchises. 4
! Court adjourned at noon until 4
j. Monday morning. !
i + ! 4 + i !. 4 ! J. !. !. J. i. i I. i i
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 21-Belle
Haas, widow of Morris Haas, the self.
slain assailant of Assistant District
Attorney Francis ]. Heney, was the
principal witness today at the coro-
ner's inquest.
She testified her husband came home
at Q o'clock last Friday, the day OF
the shooting, and left the house al
$3.50 without telling her where he was
going.
She then said she was informed by
detectives that her husband had shot
Mr.. Heney and described her visit to
him at the county Jail.
did you pass the Derringer pistol
to your husband?" asked Coroner Le-
land, after instructing her she need
not answer if she did not wish to.
Il did not. l never saw it nor knew
that my husband had such weapon.
He never had a revolver in the house
so far as 1 knew"
Mrs Haas broke down at this point
and the proceedings stopped until she
regained her composure TO some de-
gree.
She stated she did not know he had
been drawn on the Ruef jury and ex-
posed as an ex-convict until after his
death; that he had never mentioned
Mr.. Heney's name to her; practically
no one ever came to the house TO see
him and that he seldom spoke to her
about any of his business affairs.
Noticed Change in Him
Several months ago, she said, she
noticed a great change in him.
He became very eXciteable at times
and often walked the floor all night,
but gave her no reason for his action.
The inquiry then took turn toward
who employed and sent
]. r. Seymour, an attorney from Los
to this city to defend Haas.
Mrs. Haas stated positively she had
40 friends in Los Angeles, did not know
who sent Seymour and said she de-
,lined to have anything to do with
him. The coroner issued a subpoena
'or. Seymour but he could not be To-
,ated 1t is believed he has returned
% Los Angeles.
Against the testimony of an expert |
IN guns yesterday to the effect that |
Haas could not have carried the Der
niger in his shoes more than a few
hours without a trace of rust being |
ound on it from the moisture of the |
,ody. Chief of Police Biggy placed |
Detective Sergeant Thomas F. Ryan
N the stand.
Detective Ryan testified to having
,laced the Derringer in his shoe next |
o the skin yesterday afternoon, kept |
there for nineteen hours while per-
orming his regular police duties, and |
ghen he produced it from his shoe no
ndication of rust was found on it.
The Jury was taken out to the
ounty Jail this afternoon in order
hat a personal inspection of the scene
+ the suicide might be made,
The inquest was continued until
Ionday morning.