The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
Witness Declares Captain s Wife Acted shockingly While Intoxicated
 With Annis.
NEGRESS COOK TESTIFIES
Mrs, Halns Told Her She Had Loved Billy Annis" for Five Years and Called Him Her
 Affinity.

Flushing N. Y, Dec. 29,-The de fense Of Thornton ] Hains, indicted with his brother Captain Peter C. Hains, jr, for the Killing of William E. Annis, called two witnesses In to- days session of the trial to show eer- tain alleged acts of Mrs Clauuia Hains, which the lawyers for the de- fendants claim so affected Captain Halns that he became mentally unbal- anced.
 samuel Chester Reid, of Chicago, friend of Halns family, swore thal Captain Hains told him of all his marital misfortunes and that the cap tain evidenced signs of being irrational. Before the close of the days session the defense called to the stand ser want in Captain Hains household, Minnie Rhone, who related certain al legged incidents in which Mrs. Claudia Hains and William E Annis figured at the Hains home while Captain Hains was in the Philippines These incidents, the witness said she told the captain on his return She was still under examination when court ad- journed for the day She said that Mrs Hains had declared her affection for Annis and told of alleged orgies held at the TIains home at Fort Hamll- ton
 Asked if he had talked over his tostle mony 10 bc given here, Mr. Reid said that nothing had been said
 Did you ever hear Captain Hains say anything about Annis other than what you have already related?'
 "ue said, 'Aunis has ruined my wife and if there was a God in heaven he would he punished
 Mr Reid said Thornton Hains told Ihis brother that he must not talk about tho case and that the defendant said to him that nc doubted if Peter could stand the strain unless the d. vorce trial was expedited Reid was excused and Minnie Rhone ncgress If Washington D. q, took the stand Shc is tho cook in tho Hains household The cook related the ' occurrences in the Hains home, which she said she told Captain Hains on his return from the west The witness ! said that Mrs Hains was intoxicated at the house with Mir Annis and that l the wife of lhe army captain turned somcrsaults and Mr Annis smaekct her. The cook said she told the cap. I tain that ms wife smoked cigarettes ! and that she went out auto riding with f tnns and stayed away all night l What did the captain do when you told him that?'
 Tho witness Jumped from her seat and gave an exhibition of how the cap. tain acted, crying out:
 "Oh my God, Did she say that. What wlll become or my children q
 When aid you ten Captain Hain' an thIs? asked Justice Crane stern#
 "Thc night de came home from thc l Philippines was the reply
 The witness said she told Captain ] Halns that Mrs Halns had told hei that she loved Billy Annis" for fly, years anl that she did not know wna love was when she married.
 The cook further testified that Mrs Hans called Annis Papa" and hcl affinity" and on one occasion Cap tain Hans young son called Annl' papa.
 The witness said she told all thil to Captain Hams She said she tol, tac captain that Annis made himsal at home in the house and that he hiC when some one called at the house.
 This closed the days testimony