The sun., 1908-08-16
Shoots Down william {. AnnIs,
His Brother, 7. jenkins
HaIns, Assisting.
REGATTA CROWD SEES II
Mrs. AnnIs Shouts Warning 70
Husband, Sailing His Yacht
Into Death Trap.

the may e1ne Sa61t CiuD e8u buoo1s
Annis Six Times ss His Beat Touches
the Float. while r. Jenkins Hains
Holds the Crowd Back with . Pistol
Both surrender-''shot the wrong
Man. Says Annis, Dying. and II Know
why He MID It." says Mrs. Annis. -Cuss
mination Of Scandal which .Broixe at
Fort Hamilton Last June-Mrs. Hains
says she Has Been Accused Faise,y
ana Declares r. jenkins Hains Induced
Her Husband to shoot Peter G.
Hains Sees His Sons In the Police station
Capt. Peter Conover Hains. .Jr. OF the Forty
eighth Regiment. United States Coast Artil-
lery. accompanied by his brother, r. Jenkins
Hains, the writer. went TO the Bay Side
Yacht Club on Little Neck Bay yesterday
afternoon and waited an hour until William
q. Annis. a member Of the club. came In with
his racing sloop Then T. Jenkins Hains held
the crowd back with revolver while Capt.
Hains fired six shots from magazine pistol
into the body OF Mr.. Annis.
The two men gave up their revolvers, sat
down an the veranda Of the yacht club house
and waited for policemen to come. Capt
Hains made an informal statement to the
police In which he says that his wife. whom
he is suing for divorce, has been intimate
with Annis. .a ., SssS4.
The shooting was not tho result of any
| momentary impulse, but the culrninatiou
Of long pursiit. 1Thns -knnis hirnssR
must have had some knowledge that be
vas being hunted is indicated by the ooas-
duct of Mrs Annis who was at tho cldb
when the shooting occurred. She poted
the coming Of the Hainses and. although
they tried to throw her OF the scent BY
asking about real estate and talking with
real estate men about property In the neigh
borhood, she was on the lookout for her
husband. and when his .haif-rater APP
preached the landing float she ran down
to the shore hysterically and shouted 10
him not to come in. Annis paid no attene
ton to her warning.
CROWD AT THE YACHT CLUE.
The usual Saturday afternoon races
among members Of the club were on for
yesterday afternoon, and q few OF the
boats were being tunei up just Of shore.
The clubhouse veranda was filed with
members and wives and friends, and auto.
mobiles brin ging more members and guests
were coming up the road to the ciubhouse,
A ma ajority OF the men and women present
were young people and there were sifew
children. ..r. t,4ss
Annis, who was advertising manager for
Recreation and lived In the Malvern apart
ments at n laremont avenue. Manhattan,
had come early in the morning. with his
wife and his two sons, William and Howard,
AGED about and years. Mr., Annis
was to race his half rater Pam. one Of tho
clubs one design boats, IN tbs AFTER
noon, and spent most of the mofning
putting her in shape. The other nembefs
of the crew Of the Pam were to be Louis
Harway. well known resident OF Bay Side
and C. A. Burchfeld, a real estate man.
Capt. Hains and his brother drove up to
the yacht club fro m the railroad station
in one Of the pu bio carriages about half
past l. Capt. Hams was In civilian dress.
The two men stood about for a few minutes
Then apparently seeing that being strang-
ers, their presence was attracting attention
they walked over to group Of nnsuibers
and asked about property In the vicinity,
rennarking that they desired to secure .
place near by. Some one referred them ~
Mr.. Burchield who was standing near.
waiting for Annis and Harway. who were
out In the Pam. to come In and take him
aboard.
Casually, as they talked about desirable
building lots, Capt. Hams mentioned An.
Miss name and asked II he was at the dub.
Burchield said Annis was on the watef
but would be In shortly. Capt. Hains aud
his brother continued the conversstioa
about real estate,
Soon after that the Pam nearsd the
landing Goat. 1t already had been pointed
out to Capt. Hains as Annis's sloop. The
Captain and his brother sauntered down
toward the pier. Mrs. Annis ran ahead
Of them and shouted to her husband, but
he did not heed and the Pam drew up 70
the edge Of the float.
THE HAINsRs DRAW PIsroIs.
Tho haifraters mains all was bst~ssn
her passengers and the score or moro per-
sons on the hoat. just a. abe pulled up
10 the edge Capt. HAins stepped forward
and his brother stepped back. Both drsw
pistols from inside their coats. Capt.
Hains's weapon was magazine pistol Of
the latest design; his brother carried a.
army Colt. Both were OF large oaiIhrs.
shout .<5. T. Jenlrins Hams turned and
covered the crowd on the Goat and his
brother lifted the boom OF the little sloop
TO raise the sail out Of the way. ~ ~. q, ~
Half q dozen men jumped forward. but
T. Jenkins Hams put his revolver ,at ths
treast Of the nearest, Eurchneld, WITH the