Emery County Progress | 1908-11-21 | Page 2 | Man Who Shot Heney Blows out His Brains

SHOT BLOWS OUT HIS had secreted a small P stol in H s shoe and although tw ce searched the presence of the weapon was overlooked san francisco morns haas who aftem ted to assassinate ii ranc s J heney on saturday night committed su cide by shooting himself agh the m addle of his forehead with a pis tol he had concealed about his person haas went to bed at 8 clock at the county jail and covered up his face with a blanket at 8 40 a shot was hea d from his cell and when the guards entered it was found that he had lolled out of bed and was lying on the floor with a bullet hole in his forehead A 41 caliber single shot deringer was grasped in his hand his left trouser leg was pulled up and examination showed a mark on his examination showed a mark on his leg where the weapon had rested wh ie concealed in his left shoe haas wore gaiters with elastic sides which made this possible after he had shot heney haas was searched by police captain duke de burns and a police officer at ter he had been tal en to the county ja 1 he was searched again but at neither time his shoes examined haas went to bed friday night with his shoes on and again saturday night and when asked why he did this said that he would rather sleep with them on his wife called on him during the day but two officers were present during the interview and they say she could not possibly have slipped the weapon to him