New-York tribune., 1908-08-21
HAINs'S IRE AROUSED
TRIES TO ATTACK MAJOR.
Counsel Restrain Him from Assault
ing His Brother.

red diplomacy
the cuietine influence Of T. Jenkins Hams 10 quiet
him again For four hours Mr.. Shay with the
brothers the Queens County JAIL and haif
dozen times. he said, Captain Hams went into
great rage absolutely without any provocation The
lawyer said that il impossible to get anything
from his client. for whenever il became necessary
for the name of Annis to enter into the story the
captain would lose the thread Of the narrative and
pace up and down the room, muttering. He de-
bauched my wife: he debauched my wi1e, untii
the subject changed.
Frank G. Wild. The attorney for Mrs. Peter
Hams. denied yesterday that Mrs. Hains had made
the statement alleged to have been made in the
answer TO the divorce complaint. More details of
his alleged confession, TO. il is alleged be-
fore a notary and containing the details revealed
Al three different times before witness, were learned
yesterday.
Mrs Hains's charges OF depravity in her
swer TO the divorce suit. which attorneys in the
case still insist made. despite Mr. Wfd's
denial. were made only against her husband,
but against many of the men she had met, includ-
ing Annis. Despite the fact that she admitted in
1he statement that she had known Annis for six
aears-ever since the year after her marriage as a
school girl 10 Captain Hains-she is said TO have
described Annis "a low and vulgar degenerate.
and to have said that those she met with him were
better.
In The hands of Mr Mcintyre and Mr. Shay are
said be data showing the places which Mrs.
Hains spent many afternoons with Annis- All the
statements in this confession and the intimation
concerning the youngest child OF Mrs Hams were
denied by Mr.. Wild yesterday. who in formal
statement said:
Mrs. Hams viii make any direct statement
at this time regarding her position in this I'M
fortunate affair. Mr. Wild is authorized to say
that the statement that appeared in yesterday
afternoons and this mornings papers purporting'
from Mr.. Mcintyre that one Of her chill
dren is iIlegitimate absolutely false. The chill
dren Captain Hainss. and We will act on such
charges the proper time Such charge was
never made suggested before, and if seems sig
niacant that It comes for the first time when 1t
becomes necessary 10 prepare defence the
charge Of murder We shall present our answer
TO these charges when the time comes
CRUELTY TO MRS. HAMS.
IT is easy 10 see that Mcintyre Is trying 10 in
nuence public IN favor OF his client and
] suppose that : a clever thing 10 do, but II is
absolute cruelty 10 a woman who has suffered SO
much and SO undeservedly has Mrs Hams
Il am authorized for Mr. Libbey 0he father of
Mrs HainS) 10 say that the statements pubIlsheo
against Captain Hains were made by him.
The papers on our side OF the have not been
made public. and viii not be at the present time
MI Wild said that charges OF depravity against
Captain Hains had been made by Mrs Hams. ana
denied that a criminal operation ever had been
performed Mrs Hains.
The statement. or confession, OF Mrs Halns "hlch
Is now in the possession Mcintyre was made.
the defence says, after she had told her story
.bre times TO her husband and father-in-law. and
a
he one committed to paper was signed Mr. Nc
Intyre saws 10y Hams in the presence or /
Jenkins Hams General Hams and David G Ben
nett who represented Captain Hsins when he sued
for divorce.
In her first confession made 10 General Hams
Young Mrs Hains admitted having been only in
discreet" said Nj Mcintyre. Later she ad-
Tnitted that she had not told him all, and then she
told him how Annls had laid siege 10 her heart
and had finally won her. This second confession
- was so complete after family consultation
the told OF his wife's statements At first.
he said, Captain Hains could not believe the
stories So surely did she convince him at first Of
heT innocence Of the charges that he was willing
TO take the automobile ride with Annis during
which the party was arrested for speeding
He continued believe his wife's prOtestations
OF innocence Mr.. Mcintyre said, until he began
10 question the story OF absence of ten days
from her home while he away. She told him
several stories which he found TO be untrue. and
fnaIIy said she had been away for operation"
Mr. Shay visited Captain Hams and his brother
at noon and stayed at the jail until o'clock. In
preparfng his case MIR. Shay went back with Cap
tain Hains the first time that he met Mrs.
Hams. when she still high school pupil at
winthrop
SAYS HAMS STILL LOVES WIFE
No matter how Hains ma have regarded his
wife after his return from San Francisco Mr
Shay said that he still Inadiy infatuated with
her. All through the long talk he raved about her.
calling her the dearest woman in the world"
ferent ways.
without warning. times through the in
terview Captain Hains raised his voice and
piled violently questions his counsel.
Other times he refused point blank TO answer his
questions Every mention of Anns provoked
outburst, during which IT took the offices of both
Mr. Shay and T jenkins Hams calm the pris-
oner
Close 10 the end Of the session Major Hains
tered the small when Mr Shay talking 10
the brothers. Captain Hains did not shake hands
with the major when he entered-paid little at
tention o him all The captain kept rambling
Up and down the little ROOM until the major
made some remark TO Mr.. Shay.
Don't you contradict me-" Captain Hams
shrieked. Don't you dare contradict me!' He
started for his brother with upraised hand, and
was about 10 strike him when T. Jenkins Hains
stepped forward and restrained him.
Much OF the time was taken up by Captain Hains's
story Of what he says his wife had told him. Cap
tain Hains said that he did not believe other
man in his home besides Annis- The
first time that Captain Hains taxed his wife with
infdelity he told Mr.. Shay. Immediately after
his return here. He went &c mis- wife at L O'Clock
in the morning June 2, and told her of the
stories her inhdelity which had come 10 him She
laughed them away, he said
There are so many gossips down here at Fort
Hamilton. That is ali, dear he says she told him.
why they even have connected my name with an
other mans Here she mentioned the CT
another friend Captain Hams. who is believed to
he absolutely innocent Of any intimacy with Mrs.
Hams The gossip down here is terrible" she
went on ..and Il all is terribly untrue
CAPTAIN Hains says he remained in q state OF
.ssnense for several days. wishing TO believe his
yife.s story and yet harassed by doubts In this
.,erfod he went on the Long Island automobile trip
,r,th aunjs Then he learned of her absence from
home from April 10 10 Il, and asked where she had
t,een She told him. he says, that she went to the
mountains first saying that she had gone by boat
and then by train. Then he says his suspicious and
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