The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
District Attorney Is Gathering Evidence Against SIay-
 CTS of Annis
BOTH BROTHERS HELD
 EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE
T. Jenkins Halnes Has Also Killed . Man In Almost Similar Manner as Deed Done By His Brother
 at the Yacht Club.

New York, August 17.-of far more in- ] terest than the formal arraignment in a police court today of Capt Peter C. Hains, Jr., who shot and killed William E. Annis, advertising manager of a mag ! azne on Saturday at the Bayside Yacht , club landing. while his brother, T. Jen- kins Hains, held at bay crowd of yacht men, who sought to prevent the tragedy, was evidence which came into the hands of District Attorney Darrin bearing upon the motive for the shooting.
 It was established that Captain Hains and MT. Annis were on such friendly terms that they went automobiling to- gether as recently as May 29 last. It was also disclosed that there were two women in the party and the police be- lieve the women were Mrs Hains and Mrs. Annis. The police records prove that the were motoring together, for a motorcycle policeman arrested the party for speeding on Ocean Parkway. The case was postponed in court several times and is still on the calendar. The l party was in MT. Annis automobile, and l the police held him in $100 bail. Annis 1 only had $20. so the police were about to lock him up when Captain Hans step- ped forward and handed the prisoner four s2O gold pieces, thus obtaining his release.
 l The names of the two women were not given by the police, but from the con- i versation that took place in the station 1t was generally supposed they were the | wives of the two men.
 When Friendship Ceased.
 ''I have also been told by friends of
 both Captain Hains and Mrs. Annis that
 this friendship ceased after a talk Cap
 tain Hains had with his brother. T. Jen- kins Hains,' said the district attorney
 T intend to have T. Jenkins Hains tried as .an accessory before and during the
 fact, as l believe he is as guilty as his brother It was his letter to Captain Hains that made the latter hurry homo from the Philippines and question his wife regarding her alleged conduct with Mir Annis, and it was T. Jenkins Hains who prevented any one from preventing Captain Hains from shooting MT. An his"
 Another remarkable feature of the case , is the friendship which exists between Mrs. Annis and Mrs. Claudia Hans, cap | tain Hains' wife. Mrs. Hains called upon Mrs. Annis yesterday afternoon, it was | learned today, and remained with her until nearly midnight. Mrs Annis, who witnessed the shooting of her husband, has been prostrated since the tragedy, and cannot be seen. It is said she has several letters written by Captain Hains to her husband threatening his life. Dis trict Attorney Darrin tried to secure these 1 Ief h,,t Annis. he was unable to obtain them.
 Warning Letter. 1 One of these letters. 1t is said, was re- l ceived by MT. Anns the day before he was shot The letter warned him, it is ] reported. that Captain Hains would shoot him sight, and it is said that Mrs. Annis tried to dissuade her husband from going to Bayside, and when she saw Captain Hains and his brother at Bay side just before the shooting, she shouted warning to her husband and begged him not to come to the landing while Captain Hains was there. Mrs Annis says that she does not believe Captain Hains intended to shoot her husband, but that he meant to him with papers | in divorce proceeding
 Mrs Annis frequently entertained Mrs. Hains and several times Mrs. l Hains was taken automobile rides with Mrs Annis and her husband General Hains is in New York stop ping at the Hotel Astor, so that he can be near his sons He was asked today if he had seen his daughter law and replied that he had not He told of an arrangement which had been re- ported as existing whereby Mrs. Hains could visit her children every two weeks, and stated emphatically that he would not permit her to take charge of the little ones unless Capt Hains agrees to let her have them. Gen. Hains declined to discuss the sh ooting of Annis by his son, saying his sons lawyer had advised him not to talk about the case.
 Killed His Friend. The district attorney was interested when he learned that T. Jenkins Hains killed a man at Fortress Monroe, sev- eral years ago, and will secure copy of the court proceedings during his trial. Ned Hannegan, the man Hains killed was his best friend and 1t Is . striking coincidence that he shot him in sail boat in much the same man. ner as Capt. Hains on Saturday shot MT. Annis At his trial Hains was ac- quilted. MT. Annis was just leaving his yacht named the Pam, when Capt. Hains fired five shots into his body.
 Locked in the safe of the Flushing police station Is another bit of evidence that will be used at the trial of Capt Hains. While MT. Annis was lying on tn float of the Bayside Yacht club, after he had been shot friend, MT. Rockwell scribbled on an envelope these words:
 "shot by Capt Peter c. Hains. U. s. A, August 15."
 This was handed to the dying man and in a firm hand he signed his name.
 When the Hains brothers were taken ' to police station at Long Island City this morning they had to wait until lot of petty cases had been disposed of. before their case was called They were locked in the prison pen and when