The San Francisco call., 1908-11-17

officer. he replied, significantly:
I do hot care 10 answer that
have no direct power 10 remove Chief
BiEgy. For that matter. neither has
The police commission until charges
preferred against his competency have
been proven after fun public hearing.
As such charges may be brought
against him it would be highly imprOp
~ for me at this time 10 express any
opinion on the natter as that opinion
might have some influence. one way or
The other. upon the minds of the com
missioners.
AT the time Dinan was chief I went
9-lte thoroughly into the law as 10 re-
moNalS and ] was satisfied that at that
Time the power lay exclusively with
The commission acting for cause after
hearing
shall not deviate hairs breadth
from legal processes in aiding the pros
eeution's purposes. said Mayor Tay-
Tor. The members Of the prosecution
themselves would be the last men to
desire me 10 do So.
Dolan Investigates
sheriff Larry Dolsn in conspicuous
contrast to The suDine Chief of Police
hiEgy, rigldly investigated yesterday
The suicide Of Morris Haas Al the
county jail. Sheriff Dolan found that
he fun blame for the death Of Haas
rests on the uncertain shoulders of the
chief Of police. The sheriff went even
farther than that: he gave Biggy
course 10 pursue in the matter by de-
claring emphaticalIy that II the death
~ Haas had occurred while the man
was In the hands of the sheriff he
would have severely punished the men
whom he found 10 be responsible and
derelict. Dolan was away from the
city on his honeymoon at the time OF
Haas crime, but hurried back imme-
diatelv.
The result Of Sheriff DoIan's investi-
cation was 10 prove that at the time OF
Haas death the man was in the GUS
to1y Of the police OF san Francisco and
was confined in the county jail with
The permission Of the sherif's Office, as
the police did not feel that the city
prison was 2 safe place for him. Dis
cussiug The case. Sheriff Dolan said:
have inquired into the conduct Of
el of my men and find that not one
is I'm any way 10 blame The safe
keeping IF Haas was entirely up 10
rae police of san IRA ncisco. and es-
peciauy to those men detailed TO guard
him.
III amy of my men had been detailed
Cd kiln himself I would have considered
tha- their negligence justified severe
punishment.
l have talked with Biggy. and 50
Tar as know he does not know who is
- blame His statement 10 me yester-
day was 10 that effect
Biggy Stays Mum
Chief Of Police Biggy refused 10 dis
clss hls Jeopardy He blandly said
taat 10 one was TO blame for Haas
death. coming forward with more than
usual brazen effrOntery 10 protect the
men who acted under his orders He
admitted that he had told Sheriff Dolan
tlar DE did not know who was TO
blame for the suicide
The Efforts of Biggy to-show that
the derringer Haas used was smuggled
into the jail in his shoe were nullifed
yesterday by Biggy's own act The
photographs made. showing Detective
RTan's CATERS with the weapon in them
proved that had Haas tried TO conceal
the pistol in thar way his trick would
have been discovered.
II was learned yesterday that Morris
Haas was one time brought before
Chief Biggy and warned not 10 enter
tain anarchists in his saloon at 1916
Post street. Biggy later forgot about
shat
Joseph BRAKEMAN. one Of Haas con
ncants, was still missing from his home
yesterday and sent word TO District
Attorney aLangdon that he would ap-
pear al his Office.
Biggy tried yesterday 10 conceal
from the graft prosecution the address
n Mrs. Max Cohen. the woman to whom
Haas confded his plans