IIEIIEY IS STILL
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Dastardly Act Will Not
Delay Ruef Trial.
DETAILS OF ASSAULT
injured Man Resting Easy at
Hospital, Hat Good Chance
For Recovery.
BLOOD POISON ONLY FEAR
It It Believed That Hul Deiiberate
. If Planned Atuck en Heney Lift
Much Exercised Over Prosecu
tor's Exposure of Ilia Ptit Life.
1 ; SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14,
',2M K It Tht fivt surgeons at-
' i finding Heney after consults-;
I'tioa tonight stated that the pa-;
'tlant waa rcating easy and that his;
'pulse, tempera tura and respiration;
; jwert practically normal The bul
; let waa located in the muaclci of
; ;the neck. The bone waa not that
' 'tered. and the doctora say they
Tnill rmmnvm the nlaca of lead to-
2 morrow morning. ' I
office, It U reported that he 1 in a
highly nervous condition. Henry mi.l
faintly received many mrxnagr of
nymnaihy and ehrer today. Tlicy
came from all sections of the UnitcJ
State and wine from Europe. One
telegram which drew a Miiile from
the pain drawn face of the prosecu
tor .was from Rooevrlt to Mrs.
Henry.
TRIAL WILL PROCEED.
Calmed by- the auraitre that
Heney, who was hot yetcrday hi
Judge Lawlor'a courtroom while In
the performance of hit duty, will re
cover from In wodnd unleta some
unforteen condition developed, pub
lic opinion at turned today toward
the formulation of a concrete exprcs
iion of determination to continue
with the trial pending indictments
for alleged municipal corruption in
the proecution of which lleney U
the dominant character, Several
leading attorney! of thit city have
volunteered to take up Heney'a work
at a matter of public duly and carry
It to a conclusion.
LAWLOR HAD PREMONITION.
It developed today that Judge
Lawlor had a premonition that tome
untoward incident might mar the
rial and that he wat contemplating
the niacins of Ruef under special
surveillance until next Monday or or
rferlne- him into the custody of the
iheriff and that the actual purpose
of the conference in hit chamber
with Heney. Ach and Dorier a few
minute before the shooting wat to
ifi(nrm Ruef counsel of ht inten
tion, Lawlor suggested that Ruef't
sureties select some man aat'ufactory
to the court to be in constant at
tendance uDon Ruef and to be re
sponsible for hi appearance; hut at
the same time it was to te under
stood that thia did not relieve his
bondsmen of any responsibility. Law
lor then asked the attorneys to look
in the law on the Question and submit
their opinions to him on Monday. A
few minutes later the tragedy was
enacted. ,
Morris Haas Shoots Himself With Pistol
He Had Concealed in Shoe
When Arrested.
SUICIDE OCCURRED AT 8:40 P. M.
. .' , . .... .... . .
Haas Went to Bed With His Shoes on Friday Night
and Again Last Night Asserting That he
Preferred to Sleep That Way
WAS SEARCHED BY DETECTIVE AND POLICE
Haas' Clothes Were Searched After Suicide And a Cartridge of the
Same Calibre a Derringer With Which he Shot Himself
Found-Differs From Calibre of Pistol Used in
Assault-Is To Be Thoroughly Investigated
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SI FilE
Monster Mass testing
of Citizens Held.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14 The
trial of Ruef, which was interrupted
by yesterday's shooting will be re
sumed on Monday. It has been de
cided that the incident in the court
room did not prejudice the rights of
the defendant, the jury not having
been present. An intimation was
made today that the defense will ask
change of venue, basing the pica
upon the inflamed condition of the
nubile mfhd. but it Is believed that
auch a request will not be considered
bv Judue Lawlor. At a conference
today between Judge Lawlor, Chief
of Police Biggy and Uuderiheriff
Charles Haggerty, preliminary steps
were taken to secure the court from
further disorder and violence and to
nUm,arA the riirhts of Ruef. The
vli-inltv of the courtroom will be pa
trolled and a large force of police
will be held in reserve. Suspicious
characters will not be allowed in the
rmirtrnnm where a large force of
elain clothes men will be stationed
to watch unobtrusively In order to
keep the Jury In ignorance that pre
cautions have been taken and not to
leooardixe the result of the trial. Th
r,lnn nrovide further that in tin
event of any disturbance the defend
ant may be taken from the courtroom
ouicklv and ouietly. It is intimated
hat Judge Lawlor will exercise hi
prerogative and continue to keep
Ruef in custody during the trial.
The Assassin.
The official interrogation of Haas
took place in the court room a few
moments after the wounded prosecu
tor had been removed bo a hospital
Thr nrknner was seated on the .edge
of a table and at times his wandering
gaze fell on the pools of blood on the
floor, where Heney had reclined.
There were present as interro
gators: Chief of Police uiggy, ,api.
Duke and Detective Burns.
In his answers Haas seemed at
tlmcswandering and somewhat in
coherent Time and time again his
mind reverted to the exposure
brought about by the prosecution
and while he several times expressed
regret at what had occurred, at other
points in the inquisition he spoke ot
the shooting as a matter decided
upon and to be accepted as a matter
of course.
Where Bullet Struck
Mr. Heney was shot in the right
sid of the head. The bullet entered
hlf an inch in front of the right ear,
ranaed downward and is lodged
somewhere in the muscles on tne
left side of the neck. In the oplnioon
of the doctors, his constitution is
.,,r,,.;,,t1v Rfrnnff to add to - his
ptM.''"J
chance of recovery. ..
r Haas, who did the shoooting, was
last night confined in the county jail
at Ingleside. Abraham Kuef, order
ed Into custody by Judge Lawlor im
mediately after the shooting, is aho
a temporary prisoner in the jail, hay
ing been locked up in, the fear that
he might be made the victim of re
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 14. Morrla Haas, who vesterdav attempted the assassination of Francis I
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Heney, tonight committed suicide by shooting himself through the middle of the forehead, using a pistol he
had concealed in hie ahoe. Haas went to bed at 8 o'clock in the county jail and covered his face with a blanket
At 8:40 a ahot waa heard and when the guards entered It was found that he had rolled out of bed and was
lying dead on the floor, with a bullet hole in hit forehead, a .41 calibre single ahot Derringer waa grasped in
hit hand. His left trouser leg waa pulled up, and an examination ahowed a mark on the leg where the weapon
had rested while concealed in his left shoe, Haas wore gaiters with elastic sides which made this possible.
After he had ahot Heney yesterday Haaa waa aearched by Captain Duke, Detective Burns and a police offi
cer. After ha waa taken to the count tail he waa aearched aeain. but at neither time were his shoes exam
ined. Haaa went to bed last night with his shoes on and again tonight and when asked why he did thia he said
he would rather sleep with them on. His wife called on him today, but two officers were present at tne in
terview and they aay she could not possibly have slipped the weapon to him.-
District Attorney Lanedon. Detective Burns, and Rudolph Spreckels on arrival at the county jail after
the suicide of Haaa aearched his clothing and in one of the pockets of his trousers found a cartridge of the
! same calibre aa the Derringer with which he ahot himself. The weapon Haas used on Heney was a .38 calibre
! and the cartridges found In his pocket could not have been used In that. Burns said that Haas was thoroughly
searched when taken in the courtroom and also when received at the county jail and that the cartridge and
I Derringer could not have been on his person. It is Burns opinion that the pistol was passed to Haaa since
hia arrest ' -. , .
Two stories are told of an Interview between Haas and his wife, one that Haas talked to her through)
I the cell door and the other that they went into another room. A rigid investigation is to be made.
Precautions have been taken to pro-lnewed violence from "some excited
tect Ruef while he is confined in the
county jail. Morris Haas, who , at
tempted to kill Heney is kept in the
county jail under guard No one is
allowed access to him except repre
sentatives of the district attorney's
and unexpected Quarter
The police are convinced that Haas
bad planned carefully the attack on
Heney's life. Haas held the weapon
within a ,few inches of Heney's head
when he fired and it is the danger of
blood poison resulting from powder
burns or other matter m the wound
that is most feared.
Prior to his committal o San
Quentln prison in 1888 Haas was
irlven employment as a traveling
aalesman by Schlcssinger & Green,
wholesale cigar dealers of this city.
On his first trip he was given ac
counts aggregating $3,000 for collec
tion and the testimony showed that
he turned in but two fictitious orders.
The collection of $275 in San Ber
nardino, Ca! for which no account
ing was ever made, led to a warrant
for his arrest on a charge of embez
zlement. Haas had disappeared be
fore the embezzlement became known
and wa9 arrested nearly a year'later
in Philadelphia. While he at first
contended that he was entitled to
the use of his collections in order to
Cover expenses, he pleaded guilty in
the superior court and was sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary.
Call for Justice.
Prominent citizens and attorneys
of the city gathered last night at a
meeting where spirited addresses
were delivered calling upon the pub
lic to protect the cause of just.ee.
The outcome was a call for a mass
meeting to be held to-night in
Dreamland Pavilion. The call is as
follows:
"To the Citizens of San Francisco:
Francis J. Heney has fallen by the
hand of an assassin, shot from be
hind while fighting at his post in the
cause of justice for the people of this
city.. He would be the first man to
appeal to the call of the citizens to
preserve order and proceed only by
the processes of law, to look not for
vengence, but to demand swift jus
tice through the courts. We make
thhe same appeal. ; "
"The prosecution will proceed. We
are assured that the trial of Abraham
Ruef will continue tomorrow and
Monday morning without interrup
tion.
j ;'The Citizens League of Justice
calls upon the citizens of San Fran
cisco to lend their aid to the cause
of justice and to that end a mass
meeting of citizens is hereby called
for Saturday evening, November 14.
'at Dreamland Rink,, at 8 o'clock.
We call upon every citizen to be pre
sent. (Signed)
' The Citizens League of Justice.
! 'Hiram Johnson and Matt I. Sulli
van, two of the attorneys who spoke
.' at '-.the . gathering ' last, niirht, an
nounced that they had offered their
services to the district attorney as
substitutes for 'Mr. Heney. While
moderation was counseled by all the
speakers, there were, at the outset
unmistaken expressions of hostility
to .the courts and predictions that
Haas ould not lack aid in his de
fense. Former Mayor James D.
Phelan charged directly that the
crime must have been inspired.
Rudolph Spreckels, the millionaire
banker, who financed the prosecution
of the supervisors and Ruef, and who
has been in frequent attendance at
the trials, said: . '
"It is time that drastic measures
were used to suppress the reign of
lawlessness.
Was Deed Inspired ?
Morris Haas, the man who shot
Henev.is a native of Wurtemb'urg,
Germany, and has resided here since
1876. He is 48 years of age and for
nearly JO years, or ever since his re
lease from the penitentiary, where he
served a two-year sentnece for em
bezzlement of his employer's funds,
he has been engaged in the retail
liquor business.' In the course of a
lengthy statement made to the police
after his arrest, the prisoner declared:
"Heney pronounced his own death
sentence that moment he denounced
me in the court."
This, as far as appears from the
facts now made public, appears to be
the attitude of Haas. He ailudrs
constantly to the shame and disgrace
he has experienced since Heney, sev
eral weeks ago, confronted him as
be sat in the jury box before a
crowded court room with a photo
graph of himself in convict's stripes.
He has expressed a desire to be shot
or hanged for what he has done; he
has accounted for his movements of
yesterday in a more or less straight
forward manner an he has stead
fastly declared that no one except
himself, knew of his preconceived
determination to slay the man who
had exposed his sins of the past. No
effort was made in the statement as
made public to associate any other
person with Haas attempt, but it is
believed that the prisoner, in the se
clusion of the county jail, was during
the early hours of the morning, sub
jected to a more rigorous examina
tion. ... - ,
Details of Tragedy.
Frequently since the earthquake
and fire of 1906 have the people of
San Francisco been startled by revel
ations and developments in the tan
gled maze of the prosecutions for
bribery and corruption that followed
the sudden ovethrow of Abraham
Ruef and the boodling supervisors
of the Mayor Schmitz regime, put
never has the city been more pro
foundly stirred than by the attempted
assassination late yesterday alter-
noon of Francis J. Heney, the special
assistant of the district attorney's of
fice, who was shot and seriously
wounded in the court room by Mor
ris Haas, an ex-convict, resident in
this city, whose past record Heney
exoosed a few weeks ago after Haas
had qualified as a juror to pass upon
the guilt or innocence of Ruef, now
in the midst of his third trial for
bribery.
Early today Mr. Heney was sleep
ing soundly in the Lane hospital,
where he was taken after preliminary
treatment had been given in the city
hospital. The last statement issued
bv his physicians declare that the
patient "Has a good chance to re
cover." . .
The gravest danger appears to be
from bloodpoisoning and today an
effort will be made to locate the bul
let and the exact course of the
wound.
Haas first described his movements
yesterday. He told of a trip to the
auditor where he received and cashed
a warrant which he received as a
juror, next going to see a friend. He
next went to a saloon on Fillamore
street, where he had two glasses of
beer and then went to a nickelodeon
where he remained to see several sets
of moving pictures.
He then went home remaining
there until half an hour before the
shooting, when he walked to the
tcourtroom.
... Haas was questioned closely about
his possession of the revolver with
which the shooting was done and of
a number of extra cartridges found in
his pocket He said that he had
owned the revolver since 1901; that
it had been in his pocket since Thurs
day and that he had carried it since
1901.
Concerning his attempt upon the
life of Mr. Heney Haas continually
made reference to the disgrace of his
w the orosecution and his
answers conveyed the idea that he I
brooded over the public references
to his past life .to a considerable de
gree. Some of the replies were as
follows:
"What was your reason for shoot
ing Mr. Heney?" he was asked.
"Just for humanity's sake."
"Why did you not shoot Ruef for
humanity's sake?"
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RESOLUTIONS PASSED
Between Eiiht ani Tea Thoas
and Peopta Attend. Lead
ing Citizens SpesSc
MODERATION IS COUNSELLED
Detail of Police Officers on Hand to
Preserve OrderTelegrams From
President Roosevelt to Mrs. Heney
and Rudolph Spreckels Are Read.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14. A
monster mass meeting was held to
night and between eight and ten thou
sand people participated. The meet-
inz was presided over by Mayor
Taylor and speeches were made by a
number of leading citizens counsel
ing moderation and the observance
of legal methods and asking that full
support be given the prosecution in
the conduct of the graft cases. Reso
lutions were passed as follows:
"That here and now -we declare
our unwavering allegiance to the law
and that if the criminal law be found
to be so framed as to permit of the
escape of any civic malefactors we
shall see to it that the law is amend
ed: that if a lax administration of the
criminal law be due to misinterpreta-,
tion by the judges, we shall see to
it that men will be placed upon the
bench capable of construing the law.
Be it further resolved, that we call
upon the supervisp'rs to provide ade
quate funds for the district attorney s
office to secure the detection, prose
cution and conviction of criminals
high or low, and the full protection
of officers in the discharge of their
duties.'..
- "Be it further resolved, that we de
mand the ruth from our public press
and shall see to it tha our people
are informed of facts that tl.cy -y
judge of those who by lymg and
misrepresentation are perverting
public opinions.' ,
"Be it further resolved, that we
solemnly assert our utmost confi
dence in the law-abiding character of
our people; that we herein declare
our gratitude for the inestimable
service rendered us by the office of
district attorney in the restoration of
reputable and responsible govern
ment; that we stand firm in our de
termination to endorse and V to aid
that office to ihe end that all per
sons accused of crime shall be fair
ly tried and that their guilt or inno
cence may be finally established m
accordance with the provisions of
the law. .
"To these ends we pledge our
selves, that our beloved city may be
purged of boodlers and grafters aivl
be a better home for ourselves and
our children.
"Be it further resolved, that we
send word to our wounded cham
pion that his labors for us are ap
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