New-York tribune., 1908-10-20
MRS. HAMS DEFEATED
COURT DENIES ALIMON1 F..
Wife of Annis,s Slayer accuses
Husbands Brother.

Justice Carr in the Supreme Court Brookiyh'
denied Yesterday the motion or Mrs- CiaooAa i.1-
for alimony counsel fees and the eustooy oi no
children in the suit against her for absolute oi-
vorce by Captain Peter c. Hains. no" III eHe
c1,eens County Jail at Long Island City. a~aa'ihg
trial for the murder of William e Annis,
Az the same time the court made pualc state
r,onts bv Mrs. Hams containing her story OF
the incidents leading up to the alleged 'huru0i'
and BY General Peter C. Hains' father OIL 'h7 a.
cnsad man The latter included declarations thae
Mrs Hains had confessed herself nnIathiui 0ei0''
him and others.
Mrs Hsins protests her innocence says Sno ~.
drugged and forced to sign confession OF gum
that her husband compelled her to take "hisAey
and drugs for unlawful purposes and frequeh1AS
beat and kicked both her and the cniloreh- a..
II can offer no possible theory OF my husOaho
conduct, of his terrible rage. of his accusauohs
and his treatment Of me except that his mind was
noisoned by T Jenkins Haines," she says Sne adus
that T. Jenkins Hams told her many times inc
he would be revenged for her threat 10 .eIi nc
husband of his attentions to her and ordering nm
from the house II never told my husband ne-
cause I was afraid TO do Sc" she added
Among the other papers which accompanied JUS
tice Carr's decision is the amended compianh' %
Captain Hams in which William T. Anihs IS
named as correspondent; also, the original Inoiohs
and af1davits of Mrs. Hams denying all her nus
hands allegations Mrs. Hams says that CapIaln
Hains has sufficient income to pay her Iegal eA-
penses and alimony.
In the affidavit OF General Halns an OdtIl1io "a
the defence IN the coming trial was given IN inc
statement that HIS son could not make an afida'lI
in his own behalf because OF his mental condluOi'
An eminent physician has examined him. says zen
eral Hams and confirmed the theory OK mentai
incapacity.
Justice Carr explains his decision with a stats
nent that Captain Hans has no means to proVloe
for either alinony or counsel fees, while Mrs'
Hains is now with her parents In comtorIAots
home In the case Of the children, Justice carr
says they do not appear to be suffering greatly
from enforced absence from either parent. and as
Il would be necessary for Mrs. Hains to remove
them to the home Of her parents In Massachusetts
he declines TO interfere The three children are
at the home OF General Hams, in New Jersey
General Hams says in his affidavit that Mrs
Hatns confessed before David c. Bennett Jr-, an
attorney; T Jenkins Hams and himself that sne
had had improper relations with William E. Annis
during the winter Of 1a7-'OS, and that she had
an operation performed in April. 1908. which MI
Annis had arranged and paid for
Mrs Hams denies both the confession and the
incidents alluded TO.
The remainder OF the affidavit contains descr p
ton of a scene on the morning OF May 81, wren
her husband first accused and threatened TO shoot
her That happened at o'clock in the morning
she saws and five hours later, when she crept down
the stairs she found her husband his father and
brother and lawyer A scene resulted which. she
saws left her dazed and stupefed, and she signed
paper without knowing what was written upon IT,