Show Coast oas Paper Asks Several Questions B By committing suicide Morris Haas not only onh Justice but hut thwarted p sl- sl bl tv of successful sul Investigation of his crime says an nn editorial In the Los AngeLs An- An geLs geIs IK raid Wo We o suspect It tt was not remorse remorse re- re morse for hi his hie act which caused caused Haas Hans to kill himself but hut fear of or tho the c s c of his bungle With his victim reported to I out of danger of oC death the miserable Hans harts saw nothing ahead but hut condign punIshment punishment pun pun- arid and ho he dreaded ded the ordeal of an examination on tho the witness stand where perhaps ho would havo have had to undergo un- un o dergo the cross questioning of tho man he had attempted to assassinate Did he fear tear ho might havo have to Incriminate Incriminate nate nato some como of ot those for whoso whose protection his crime may have bave been committed Was as ho he overwhelmed o by the thought t of ot tho the newer and grav graver r danger to which ho had possibly exposed those whom hI ho ma may have been trying to shield Was It conscience conscience conscience con con- science which drove him to suicide e or terror terror terror ter ter- of ot an ordeal to come com when he might ht perhaps bo be forced to tell teU the story of all 1111 that had leI led to the shooting of Honey and might reluctantly bring to Justice aa lS accessories before tho the fact fac somo some of oC the themen themon themon mon men who might have found Cound comparative safety by the removal of ot the dreaded as as- district attorney Whatever may have been the tho motive for tor Haas' Haas suicide It Is certain d dead dad ad men tell no rio tales and there thore are citizens of or ofSan ofSan orSan San Francisco who may have ve slept more I soundly than they have for many a nl night ht when they heard that Hans Haas with all his possibilities of disclosure exposure IncrImInation In- In crImInation and consequences to tn persons higher up and to others Interested was out of ot the wa way There Is little doubt the tho graft ural situation at San Francisco was In I effect or to all wI Intents and purposes a avast avast vast ait conspiracy with as many ramifications j as ns those which tho the Lexow Investigation lion tion revealed re In New ew York Operations of ot tho the kind discovered ored by Hene Honey In San Francisco cannot b be conducted con con- dueled ducted or successfully by one ono man manor manor or by two As In moro more honorable fields of endeavor the tho co operation of ot a number of ot Individuals individuals Is necessary Was It a n part of the plan of the tho conspirators to smuggle Haas Hans Into the Jury In order that Justice might be baffled Was as It the Intention of oC thom Interested In hushing up tho the graft scandal scandal scan can candal dal before It went an any further to Introduce Intro intro- duce luce Into the Jury an element that could bo be de depended on to prevent a verdict boIng boIns boing bo- bo Ing Ins rendered The public demand a 0 thorough In Investigation and will ask whether th the crime and the tho suicide of ot Haas Hans were the sequel to a Jury tampering plot which was tolled oiled by the vl vigilance of ot Honey Heney Another qu question Uon mat will b be asked and must be answered I Is Why was was- not Haas searched thoroughly ate he heI I was arrested It Is said the weapon ho be housed used could not possibly have havo been smuggled smuggled smug smug- I sled to him Thon Then he must have had It concealed on 00 his person person person-In In all likelihood In his shoe when shoe when he was s searched What hat kind of ot a search was It When a Is stripped ed Is he al al- al lowed to ke keep kep p on his shoes and ind stockings Still another question that Is certain tobe to tobe tobe be asked Is What part If 11 any aro had Ruef and his friends In the transaction which caps the climax C of ot San Francisco's story of crime shame disgrace and deviltry |