Show STORY OF THE MAN WHO SHOT jOT FRANCIS J. J HENEY RENEY In the American Magazine ra azine Will Irwin Irin Ir Ir- wm win in tells the story of the abductions murders and other forms of violence which have hap been employed in San Francisco Fran ITan cisco by b those thoe tho e who have been fighting tIme the graft raft pro prosecution cution Following ng is i is the first first connected story ever printed of Morris Haas the juryman who shot snot Francis trancis J. J Honey Heney and then committed suicide sU i ci cide ci er erThe The Parkside bribery case a against again t tAbe Abe Abc Ru Roof Ruef f was on the docket Tho The evidence evi deuce dence of the prosecution known to both bolh sides Rides in advance ance was very clear an clear an unbroken un un- broken chain Ruef's hope lay la in a 3 prejudiced jury The fi fight ht then cen centered about the box of men men from which according to California practice ce the jurors were selected Haas Haa was in m that box He owned a little saloon and family liquor store in the residence district t. He lie returned satisfactory answers answers an an- to all questions ho be appeared neither over eager cager nor over o reluctant to serve So he took his place amon among the provisional jurors jurors- jurors As As As harmless looking look ing m a little Hebrew as 5 you'll oulI find says Henc Honey until you caught his eye Al Al- though honey Heney marked him bim for further quo questioning ho noticed Haas only ca casually Js sima I l Ho was as hardly seated in the box b when n Burns discovered that one Anix- Anix ter a juror who was waa a examination and who had hod passed provisionally pro had served a I. I term in tho house of corree- corree tion He lIe was a milk dealer de-aler and had been jn in an trouble for watering milk Ruef had bren hi hi friend and protector pro r. r The defense f fighting desperately to keep on the jury contended that a n at t term tArm rm in iu tho the house of correction did not disqualify a juror Bency remembers now that Haas listened to tho the argument with great interest The court decided against Anixter The day tiny after alter Anixter retired a Jewish tailor n named med Cohn telephoned to Honey c You Yon have ha another convict ex-convict on the Ruef R ef jury jur- como come up and see me rue about it it c A A Burns Burn detective e saw PAW Cohu Cohn and learned earned all about the tho past of Haas Hans He Ho had been ben in the tho San Quentin penitentiary penitentiary peni peni- for embezzlement He JI had long Jong been intimate with Cohns Cohn's wife Cohn had heard him SA say to her U I am till going on the jury jur to get et Rue Ruef off and make mone money and pay my my debts Haas was put out of the jury box and a little later ater shot hot Honey in open open court court- A few days day after niter this he shot bot himself while in jail |