The Washington times., 1908-08-16

pierced the stomach. and one each the
groin. left arm. and left leg. Each
bullet went entirely through. Captain
Haines is thus 'JnOwn 10 have fired
every bullet als automatic revolver held
into the body OF his foe.
General Hains Sees Sons.
After ID o'clock tonight General
Hsins arrived at Flushing jail. In the
police captains private room he held a
secret conference with his two sons.
who were brought from their cells for
the purpose.
The aged soldier would say nothing of
what was discussed with his sons. but
gust as he parted from them Captain
Hains was heard TO say:
Tell mother not TO worry. All viii
come out right"
Mrs. Harvey Rockwell, TO whose home
MIS-. Annis was taken after the shoot
ing. made the following statement IN be-
half of the widow tonight:
II am certain that Captain Hams
made a terrible mistake Mr.. Annis,
whom 1 have known for long time
was very musiI devoted to his wife and
family and his acquaintance with Mrs.
.Hains. dating some years back, was OF
formal nature"
Wife Said to Have Confessed.
The HaIns brothers at Flushing jail
denied themselves to newspaper men
However. il was learned that while
Captain Hams was in the philippines
his wife and Annis were said 10 have
been intimate, and 70 the soldier the
wife is said 20 have made confession
From that day. IL Is said. Hains and
his wife separated. The wreck Of his
home is said 20 have so preyed on his
mind that his friends feared he would
destroy himself
Filled with this dread il is declared.
"a few DAYS ago friends and relatives
aof Hains held a conference, al which
S9t was decided that Annis must pay
aor hts deeds with his life. To make as
rzurance doubIy sure. the brother Of the
bsnfured men elected to be on the spot
5-yhen vengeance was achieved
CAPTAIN Hairs after his wife's alleged
5zCoufessl0u Immediately entered suit for
@divOrce and named Annis as core
ispondent
William f. Anuls was editor OF Rec
eaeatiOn. a magazine at West Twenty
Hsccond street Manhattan. he also pub
2ishcd Burr MCIntCshs monthly. and
e0Jher periodi raIs Of the sort. His home
1s at Murray HIM, Flushing His wife
eNyas q daughter Of Count Won Hummer
.aein. The couple have two children.
Captain Halns sued his beautiful
HSOung wife IN the early part OF last
zJUne for d divorce. and the suit was
kahe sensation Of the year in army cir
hcles-it threatened 10 create social
s-Nyar at Fort Hamilton, \. Y, where
0Captain Hains had been stationed. The
y VTacts Of the scandal were hard to get,
sBnd IL was limited at the fort that the
War Department might take a hand
An the matter. Every effort was made
Thy friends of the interested persons to
keep the matter quiet. but enough
aeaked out 10 prove that prominent
people at Fort Hamilton were taking
great interest In the marital troubles
Uf the couple. and society at the post
- threatened 20 split asundeT.
The couple We're among the social
leaders at the fort. and entertained ex-
Jensively.
Captain Hams wife. whom he mar
tied secretly i'm 1909. was a Miss Clau-
n dia Libby. the daughter Of a boarding
house keeper in Boston. She was then
only seventeen years old. T Jenkins
Hains WAS the only witness 10 the mar
rfase.
AFTER the divorce proceedings were be-
gun. Mrs Ialns returned 10 the home
OF her parents in Boston, where, pre-
samably she still is
Says Wife Confessed.
Gsn. Peter G.. Hams, father OF Cap
s tain Hams. who is well known IN Wash
Iugrou. publicly asserted at the time
az the filing Of the suit that Mrs
Hams confessed 10 him as well as tC
ler husband
Capt Peter G. Hafns, IT., was born
iu MARYLAND iu lNz, and is thirty-sIN
years old. Tie graduated from the Ma
Val Academy iu 1888, from the john
Hopkins University, Baltimore, in 1884
Artillery school in 1902, and served az
second and first lieutenant In the Sew
snta Artillery. He was made cap
tain iu 1902. and detailed 10 the qua r
teTmasrer's department Iu 1904
Captain Hams has au income OF $50
q year besides his service salary. ant
owns considerable property with hi'
DISTINGUISHED father aud brother.
BrigadieI General Hams was for eight
years member OF the IsthmiHn Cam
Commission. and was retired In 1902
lie is said 10 have nred the first Union
rshot az Bull Run, and ne served with
SuisJinctlou throughout the civil war
sIis home IN w Wrshington is 1878 Eight
-Teuth street northwest.
General Hams Has the Children.
The three children Of the marriag,
hvtre taken from the mother when IN,
EsuIt was nied ard are now with theil
grandfather
Il IS said that when Captain Hams r.
turned from the Philippines. whuru
he had been sent, and learned the facti
in the case, that he was then so en-
ragged that friends with the utmOs
difficulty prevented aim from going i'm
mediaUely TO New York and taking sum
mary vengeance on the alleged wrecke
sof his home.
After Mrs. Hains' arrival in BOsJOI
size gave out interviews TO the press
and inHmatcd that If driven too far sh
might reveal startling facts about or
-Eies i'm the United States army. Sh
declared ia Boston that her husban,
only wanted TO get RID of her. She nle,
q cross-IibeI 20 the divorce suit.