New-York tribune., 1908-08-27
NAY HOLD OUT LETTERS
TO QUIET ANNIS SCANDAL.
Uvarning Note Noe IN Possession
of Bayside Yacht Club Man

~. letters written . William z. Annls TO ten Hi
o< hi. danger from the animosity of Captain Hams
,o,,la be produced at the trial These let'ers 'he
.xse,a,ce cf which has been denied more than once
have been in the possession of rnernoer "i 'n
r2avsiae Yacht Club ever since the shootlhs anu
have not been turned to District Attorney par
rim Not only is the name of Hams menuoheu :"
.ben, n IS said but the OF several otheI
vachtsnen prominent in the Bayside facht C'""
To keep the sea from spreading to the olhefs'
~ &c renorte5 that these letters will be suppressed
and even if they do ultimately reach the hands OF
District Attorney Darrin. efforts will be mace 10
persuade him not 10 use them as evidence "heohei
or not they will aid the prosecution Whether DIS
.rsct Attorney Darrn will accede TO such request
10 any further extent than did District Attorhe!
Jerome in the Thaw trial doubtful In that case
names which had direct bearing in the case were
whispered TO counsel and thus kept from being
MADE public. No further favor. it is said is 10 oe
expected from the prosecution in this case
In addition o the witness unearthed by the de-
fence on Tuesday there is woman who says she
has knowledge of the relations alleged TO have ex-
listed between Annis and Mrs Hams Both Mr.
Mcintyre end Mr. Shay said yesterday that they
had had no communication in ans form with this
woman Mr. Darrin minimzed the effect of the
testimony of the witness unearthed by the prosecu
ton.
When Captain Hains shot Mr.. Annis,' he said.
he that the army officers would rally
his defence, either financially or morally When
defence found thai the officers were not doing
This they produced this mysterious witness, who
sought TO help them by casting aspersons on alI
army women and army officers. This was done not
only to influence the possible Jurors but to make
all army officers angry that they would not
give me any information, even though they were
not inclined TO give any active aid TO Captain
Hains'
BEIITTLES NEW WITNESS
OF the statement of the witness lawyer Of high
standing that the Bayside Yacht Club was the
scene of certain dissraceful incidents, the District
Attorney said that the character OF the men VINO
composed the club assured him that this was not
rru. One of the house rules of the club is that
no liquor shall be sold on the premises ana ne
said he was that nothing Of the sort intlnateu
nv the new witness could have taken place with
mt the knowledge of Commodore Snith, VINO Ger
tainv would not tolerate any such conduct On the
pther hand II is reported that man VINO oousn'
a house near the club. that he might De near AZ
al all times resigned after ne Hdu seen '''e4Ni
weekend parties there. .
lanes a Dayton. Special Assistant District At
sorney. spent good part of the day Ioiio"ii,s "p
g Zip which sent TO him over the telephoie'
He said his informant knew enough ABOUT 'he VIZ
ness rroduced Tuesday night by the ueiehO'
"a 6iscredit his testimony When he returned from
his quest he would not say whether IL hau De7
productive of any information or not
Major Hains went back to Chicago. MS leaNe oi
sbsence being about expire The major is with
-. heasousrters of he Department of the Lakes
and will return here TO aid his brother as soon as
he can get another furlough While In Ihicaso "e
will work on an end of the case when was sus
rested yesterday TO the defence. This is expected
10 produce material results and the major WIZ
NOT return here until after he has completed his
Investigation Before he left this city Major halns
-old how the story Of the infdety of Mrs Hams
had affected Captain Hams
sCantsin Hains. when ne reached San FRANCISCO
f- the transport General Crook he said. received
q letter telling him what had occurred In his ao-
sence This was the first story which had come 10
him. While he was in the Philippines he had re-
~oN rOr
In his but this insinuation was OF so slight
q character as to make impression. The mo-
rent that Captain Hams got his mail In San FRAN
cisco he went to Colonel Beinger, of the transport
service and asked for leave Of absence for family
reasons The colonel replied: Go ahead, viii
FIX il UP for you.
STARTED EAST RIGHT AWAY.
..cantafn FIans started East right away. and FOR
eight nights on train unable TO sleep He
was in state of complete collapse when he reached
Fort Hamilton as the records Of the post surgeon
will show. All the way the train he kept walk
ing through the cars, mutteTlns II can De 'rde-
il can't be true,
CAPTAIN Hams went al once 10 his quarters.
where his wife was enterts ming friends on the
veranda- AS possible he drew her into
the house and told her the contents Of the letter
he had received his arrival in Frisco. She de-
MED everything in IL Then. TO show his confidence
in her and to show the whole post that he did not
believe the scandal. he asked her to telephone TO
Annis and Mrs. Annis 70 have dinner with them
that night She the telephone and stayed
there for fifteen minutes-so long that Captain
Hams finally went to the telephone himself He
discovered then that she had forgotten 10 ask An
.ais dinner.
"Annis did keep the dinner engagement. but
they did go automobile riding and Captain Hams
paid the fine when they arrested for speeding
The next day Captain Hams heard the post gossip
about his wife and learned of her absence for sew
days She said she had gone to the noun
tains but her story of that trip aroused his sus-
pcions and she confessed Before the confession
he had been angry with his brother. T. Jenkins
Hams because these stories. that he would not
speak 10 him. That night. before the confession
was made, Captain Hains walked up and down the
ROOM embracing his wife and then throwing her
TO one side He crazy, absolutely, as he saw
his first suspicious which been temporarily
luIled confirmed. After that confession made
he did not Annis until the day that he killed
him
I'm my pocket have proofs that he did not ex-
rect to see when he went Bayside. /
prove that contention by disnierested witnesses
well My brothers were on their way home when
they met Annis, and the inquiries they made for
him before the shooting will be estirey explained
at the trial"
Major Hams said also that when he came here
from Boston when the scandal first came out
gwen then his brother was not the man he had
been. He said that from the time he first discov
sred his wife's inidelity Captain Hans had
changed. time when the divorce suit
eas first brought. he said. could Captain Hains
bear TO hear the name of Annis mentioned.
District Attorney Darrn said yesterday that the
trial OF the Hans brothers not going be
open sewer" but murder trial. People had
grown weary of brainstorm murders, and the Thaw
trial he said. had disguised the public.
Mr. Dayton spoke highly of Anns. He said that
he had known Annis for fifteen years. and that he
cid not believe that he capable of speaking