Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-08-21
HAINES CASE
is SENSATIONAL
Wife Is Bitter Against Her Hus-
band; Denies Annis Story

NEW YORK, Aug. 2I.-Interest in
the case of the Haines brothers, now
awaiting indictment and trial for the
murder OF William e. Annis on the
float Of the BaySide IL. ID yacht club
last Saturday. centers today In vari-
GUS contradictory statements issued
by the lawyers for Captain Peter G..
Haines and by those having charge
OF the interests of Mrs. Halnes, the
captains wife.
Frank @. Wilde, Mrs. Haines' at
torney. insisted that, signed confess
sions to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. Mrs. Haines had never been
guilty Of improper conduct with
Annis.
Mr.. Wilde denied published state
ment that Mrs. Haines was trying
to effect a reconciliation with her
husband. and would testify in his be-
half at the trial.
Weldon c. Percy. the first lawyer
called in TO defend Captain Haines
and his brother. refused to comment
upon various statements. In respect
to the much exploited incident OF the
automobile ride In which Captain
Haines took Annis after his return
from the Philippines. Mr.. Percy
threw q new light.
The captain" said he, returned
with the conviction that all gossip
connecting Annis and his wife was
absolutely without foundation. He
studied upon a way to silence the
detractors Of the woman he loved.
and decided that the best way would
be to openly invite Annis to dinner
at the fort. He did this, trusting
the word Of his wife. That night
Annis came to the fort with his wife.
and after the dinner the four-Mrs.
Haines. the captain and Mr.. and Mrs.
Annis-went out together on an
automobile ride. Subsequent to that
the captain discovered the truth.
The talk Of Mrs. Haines not having
been In full possession of her facul-
ties at the time she signed the con-
fession IL ridiculous. Fully IL
hours elapsed between her oral and
written confessions"
A. u.f...e sa.-....
BOSTON, Aug. 21.-"My husband
and his brother are both raseals and
/ hope that both will hang" That
was the startling and sensational
statement Of Mrs. Claudia HaInes.
wife Of Captain Haines. the murderer
Of VIM. Annis, In commenting upon
the case. and the conduct of her
husband and his brother in general.
Those scoundrels are capable of
doing anything" Mrs. Haines con-
tinued, why Thornton. my hus-
bands brother, during his absence
In. the PHILIPPINES tried to make love
to me and hate and abhor him.
He Is the man that poisoned my
husbands mind against me-nlled
his mind up with all kinds of false
and defamatory stories concerning
me, and then I was beaten, and
starved by my husband until 1t was
either suffer death or sign a confess
zion that he was seeking to extract
from me to the effect that my re-
lations had been intimate with VIM.
Annis. when there was not a word
of truth in II, and ! signed It. My
husband is a brute and he has been
brutal and cruel to me and would
have shot me. had | not done what
he wanted me to do, and when
thought Of what would become OF
my children hould l not comply with
ais request. and possible suffer death
II his hands for refusing. | was will
ng TO comply with any demand made
BY him upon me-" That is In sub
'tanee the interview given out by
MIS- halnes today and IL has created
sensation and made the case here
he chief topic Of discussion.
May Testify Foe Husband.
NEW YORK. Aug. 21.-The re-
port Is current here this afternoon
hat = deal has been effected where
~ Mrs. Haines agrees to testify in
behalf Of her husband in his com
ng trial for the murder OF VIM.
Annis. on condition that he win
lgree not to appear against her in
her present divorce proceedings. and |
Srant her the custody Of the two
children.
According to this story. she Is to
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