The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-18
EVIDENCE IS VERY DAMAGING Against Capt. and w.
 E. Hains. COURT POSTP0NES THE TRIAL Evidence Bearing Upon Motive for
 the Shooting. Captain Hains And The Mnn He Killed, William D. Annis, Were Close
 Friends Untn Only Re-
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oURT PoSTPoNEs THE TRIAL


 terest than the formal arraignment in police court today of Captain Peter c. Hains. Jr.. who shot and killed William E. Annis. advertising manager of magazine on Saturday at the Bay side Yacht Club landing. while his brother, T. Jenkins Hains. he'd at bay crowd of yachtmen who sought to pre- vent the tragedy. was evidence which came Into the hands of District At- torney Darrin. bearing upon the motive for the shooting.
 It was established that Captain Hatns and Mir. Annis were on such friendly terms that they went automobiiing to- gether as recently as May 2e last It was also disclosed that there were two women in the party and the police be- lieve the women were Mrs. Hatns and Mrs. Annis. The police records prove that the men were motoring together, for a motorcycle policeman arrested the party for speeding on Ocean Park way. The case was postponed in court several times and is still on the calen- dar. The party was in Mir .Annts' auto mobile and the police held him in Si0o bail. Annis only had a20. so the police were about to lock him up when Cap tain Hains stepped forward and handed the prisoner four s2e goldpieces. thus obtaining his release.
 The names of the two women were not given by the police. but from the conversation that took place in the station it was generally supposed they were the wives of the two men.
 FriemdshIp Ceased.
 T have also been told by friends oe both Captain Hains and Mir. Annis thst this friendship ceased after q talk Cap tain, Hains had with his brother T. Jenkins Hains," said the District Att torney.
 T intend to have T. Jenkins Hains tried as accessory before and during the fact. as believe he is as. guilty as his brother. IL was his letter to Cap tain Hains that made the latter hurry homo from the Philippines and ques- | ton 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 Mir. Annis."
 Another feature Of the case is the friendship which exists between Mrs Annis and Mrs Claudia Hatns, Captain Hains' wife Mrs. Hains called upon Mrs. Annis yesterday afternoon, 1t 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 Cap tain Hsins to her husband threatening his life. District Attorney Darrin tried to secure these letters. but owing to the illness of Mrs. Annis he was unable to obtain them.
 One of these letters. 1t is said, was received by MT. Annis the day before he was shot. The letter warned him, 1t Is reported. thatCapt. Hains wouldshoot him on sight and it Is said that Mrs. Annis tried to dissuade her husband fn E1aU Aa raf.. A.e Captain Hains and his brother at Bay side just before the shooting, she shouted a warning to her husband and begged him not to come to the landing from his yacht 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 serve him with papers in divorce proceeding.
 Mrs. Annis frequently entertained Mrs. Hains and several times Mrs. Hains was taken on automobile rides with Mrs. Annis and her husband.
 Father Near His Sons.
 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-in- law and replied that he had not. He told of an arrangement which had been reported as existing whereby Mrs. Hains could visit her children every two weeks. aud stated emphati- cally that he would not permit her to take charge of the little ones un- less Captain Hains agrees to let her have them. General Hains declined to discuss the shooting of Annis by his son. saying hts sons lawyer had ad- vised him not to talk about the case. The district attorney was interested u~ha ba T killed a man at Fortress Monroe, sev- eral years ago. and will secure a copy of the court proceedings during his trial. Ned flanagan, the man Hains killed. was his best friend and it is a striking confidence that he snot him | fin a sail boat in much the same man. | ner as Captaln Hains on Saturday night shot Mir. Annis. Mir. Annis was just leaving his yacht when Captain Hains nred 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 Cap tain Hains. While MT. Annis was ly- ing on the float of the yacht club after he had been shot a friend. Mir. Rock well. scrtbbled on an envelope these words: Shot by Captain Peter C. Hains. U. S. A.. August 15."
 This was handed to the dying man and In nrm hand nc signed his name.
 When the Hains brothers were taken to a 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 locke ed in the prison pen and when arraigned stood on the bridge hand cufted together, Their father was in the court roC, Jut had no chance to speak to his sons
 Case Postponed.
 Their counsel. William c. Percey. asked for an adjournment of a week and it was granted. Then the broth- CTS, handcuffed to detectives. were1 taken through the streets to a trolleyS line i've blocks away. followed by big crowd. Photographers took pie. lures of them and when one Of the detectives told the photographers that, they had taken enough pictures. T Jenkins Hains spoke up. saying: Let