The San Francisco call., 1908-11-14
membered it too we'll, kept the secret
closely guarded.
HIS RECORD EXPOSED

membered it too well, kept the secret
closely guarded.
HIS RECORD EXPOSED
Whether the wife knew it or no. GER
tainly it was never dreamed of by the
children. Lena, the eldest; Edgar, the
second; Sophy and Herbert had moth
ing but pure childlike love for their
father.
When the fire came. sweeping the
family liquor store away with all the
rest at Third and Folsom streets, Nor
ris Haas took his family to 1S4S Nc
Allister street, to the second story of
a modest but not lowly three story
fiat His business he moved to the
corner of Post and Fillmore streets.
Again he prospered until the fatal
defect of character that had been his
earlier undoing twisted his record of
many years 10 crooked shape. Drawn
in the venire of the Ruef jury last
April Norris Haas lent himself to the
corrupt uses of the grafters' cham
pions. What was the consideration? =?
Was it money? Was it assistance in
business? Was it credit through hard
times? What is it that keeps a man
on jury when he realizes his unfit
ness to serve? Morris Haas may
answer.
Confronted with the newly conjured
ghost of his old prison record Morris
Haas was too much the weakling to
hide the ugly fact of the conspiracy
that was sealed with perjury when he
took the oath to try Abe Ruef accord
ing to the evidence. He did not con-
fess; he had no need; his groveliRs,
whimpering breakdown in the face of
exposure told the whole story with the
eloquence that transcends speech.
READS THE EXAMINER
Retribution moved swiftly on the
trail of Morris Haas after that. The
wife. who may or may not have known
of the old prison record went into hys-
terics. The Examiner that Haas sub
scribed for was stopped that day, but
Lena Haas heard of the exposure at the
Fremont school and came home weeping
to demand of papa if it was true.
Morris Haas favorite paper was the
Examiner, it may be noted in paren-
theses. That paper came to his house
every morning. Was it calculated to
make him respect the law, to approve
the prosecution and punishment of
graft? Was it an upbuilding or down.
tearing influence on his moral fiber?
Business failed Morris Haas, the ex-
posed ex-convict. Creditors swooped
upon him, demanding immediate set
tlelieHt Men VINO formerly came TO
him with orders for their liquors stood
outside of the door and pointed the fin
ger of contumely and lifted the voice
of sneering and contempt against him.
He shut his eyes; he stopped his ears;
finally he closed his doors and went
home, burning with hate, itching for
revenge
Was it at this time that tempters
came awhispering in his ear? Was it
now that the goading of interested
criminals pricked the fury of the man
found out? Did the agents of that
little man. with the rat eyes, of those
falsehearted lawyers. of those sin
abetting millionaires find ready audi
ence with his vindictive nature? Were
the deputies of crime suggesting
blood reprisal for the loss of money
and peace of mind? Were all the
villainies allied against the man who.
had exposed Morris Haas interested in
egging Morris Haas on to a deed of
violence?
CRIME PREPARED FOR HIM
There is evidence Morris Haas went
to the courtroom where the great
labored day after day for
the greater glory of law and order
Morris Haas sought a vantage point;
even invaded the reporters table; had
to be ordered away. Morris Haas was
not too ashamed of his resurrected past
to return to the place of his degrada-