The Nevada County picayune., 1908-11-19
|HENEY'S ASSAIANT D|[S
MORRIS HAAS SHOOTS HIMSELF THROUGH HEAD IN HIS
 CELL IN JAIL.
HAD PISTOL HID IN HIS SHOE
The Attending Physicians Report the Prosecutor as Making Excellent Progress on the Road
 to Recovery.

| San Francisco, Cal, Nov 16.-Mor- ris Haas, who attempted to assassi- nate Francis J. Heney in court Friday l afternoon, committed suicide in his cell in the county jail Saturday night, l by shooting him self through the | head.
 Haas retired to bed early, pulling l the blanket over his head. A moment afterward the guards were surprised | to hear the muffied report of pistol | under the blankets, They stripped off l the covering and found Haas dying, with bullet hole through his head 1 and blood flowing from the wound. Investigation showed that Haas had cunningly hid small one-shot Der | ringer in the back of his shoe, where it escaped the notice of officers who searched him when he reached jail His foot showed traces of callousness from the pressing of the pistol against it, as though he had carried the con- cealed weapon in his shoe for days. Overlooked in Three Searches. Haas wore gaiters with elastic sides which made possible the concealment of the weapon.
 After he shot Heney he was search ed by Police Captain Duke, Detective Burns and 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 10 bed Friday night with his shoes on and again Saturday, and when asked why he did this said he would rather sleep with them on.
 His wife called on him Saturday, but two officers were present during the interview and they say she could not possibly have slipped the weapon to him.
 Haas Practiced Shooting in Cellar.
 The police are convinced that Haas had planned carefully his attempt upon Heney's life In the basement or his home are the marks of numerous bullet holes indicating hat some per
 
 neighbors have been found who recall having heard the reports of revolver shots al various times during the past fortnight
 Morris Haas, the nan who shot Heney, is q native of Wurttemberg. Germany, and has resided here since 1876. He is IS years old and for nearly tel years. or ever since his re- lease from the peniteEtiary. where he served ! two-Hear sentence for em- be2zlemc1. Of his employers funds he has been .nSaged in the retail liquor business.
 Hs1s' Criminal Record.
 Prior te his commiGtal 10 San Quen- tin prison. in 1888. Haas was given employment as travelling salesman by Schlesinger X Green, wholesale cigar dealers of this city. On his first trip hc was given accounts aggregat- ing s3000 for collection and the testi- mony showed that he turned in two fictitious orders. The collection of $275 i'll San Bernarlino, Cal, for which no accounting was eyer made. led to warrant for his arrest on a charge of embez2lement. Haas had disappeared before the embezzlement became known, and was arrested nearly year later in Philadelphia. While he at first conteuded that he was entitled 10 the use of his collec- tions in order to cover expenses he pleaded guilty in the superior court and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
 The condition of Francis | Heney is still most satisfactory and the at tending surgeons report that he is making excellent progress on the road 10 recovery He passed a comfortable night, sleeping most of the time, and rested easily Sunday.
 Although the bullet has been locat | ed, embedded i'll the left Jaw about an inch in front of the ear, the surgeons have decided not to extract it until MT. Heney gains more strength.
 The swelling in the throat is less than at any time since the patient was taken to the hospital and he is breathing normally.
 Mrs. Heney spent an hour Sunday in the examination room of the surgeons who were removing grains of powder,