Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — POLICE CAPTAIN BLAMED [ARTICLE]

POLICE CAPTAIN BLAMED

Pistol In Shoe of Heney's Assailant Was Overlooked In Search. San Francisco. Dec. 22 —The police commissioners have announced that after investigating the circumstances connected with the suicide of Morris Haae at the branch county Jail the day following his attempt to kill Francis J. Heney. they are of the opnlon that the pistol with which Haas ended his life had been concealed in his shoe. Captain Duke, who searched the prisoner after the shooting of Heney. was found guilty of neglect of duty. He will be sentenced Dec 30. Duke was regarded as the best captain of the force „ Chief Bfggy's Death Accidental. San Francisco. Dec 22. —A coroner’s jury returned a verdict that the death of Chief of Police Blggy, who disappeared from the police launch Patrol while crossing the bay. was due to accidental drowning.