The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-17
THE TRIAL OF HANS
SLAYER OF ANNIs TO BE AR-
 RAIGNED TO-DAY.
Dead Man Had Received Several Threatening Letters--CharIes H. Roberts Talks of the Beach
 Tragedy.

| New York. Aug. ie.-The arraignment of Captain Peter Eains IT,. U. S. A., | who yesterday shot and killed William E. Annis, Advertising Manager of Re- creation and Burr McIntosh's month | ly. on the landing float of the Bayside
 Yacht Club at Bayside, L. |. was post poned yesterday until s o'clock tomor-
 row morning by Magistrate Matthew J. | Smith. in the First District Court at
 Long Island City.
 | Similar action was taken in the case | of Thornton J. Hains. brother of Peter | c. Hains, a yachtman and author, who held the crowd at bay with a drawn l revolver while the captain accomplish ed his work of vengeance.
 The two men were removed to Long
 Island City this morning from the Flusing police station where they spent | the night in separate cells and were
 at once taken before Magistrate smith. The brothers appeared absolutely un. perturbed and neither showed any trace of the uncomfortable night spent in l jail. They showed some embarrass- ment while having handcurfs placed
 upon them but soon regained their equanimity.
 | During the ride to Long Island City | in the Flushing patrol wagon. both the | captain and his brother calmly smoked cigarettes. The only words exchanged | between them and their guards had reference to the weather. Later. while Magistrate Smith was reading the | charge of homicide brought against | them, they maintained the same atti. tude of unconcern.
 After postponement of the case Cap | tain Hains and his brother were once more handcuffed and taken to the Queens county jail, where they were | given large and comfortable cell on
 the second floor.
 1 The discovery was made today that | Annis received several threatening lets
 ters within a few days of the shooting.
 These letters, according to Annis's fel- | low members of the Bayside Club, were | found in his pockets after his death by one of the members. Harvey Rock | well, who was the dead mans intimate l friend. They N ere turned over to Dis. | trict Attorney Darrin by MT. Rock. well.
 Charles H. Roberts. who helped to pull Annis from the water after he had been shot. and who was prevented from going to his assistance by Thornton | Hains's levellsd revolver said today In
 recounting the incidents of yesterdays
 .TAnffs was seated at the tiller of his sl6op. brfh gtngS her to the float Louis | FTafway. / who was in the boat with Ans his. twas AforwaFd. warding her off from
 the float. Peter Hains saw Aarway l first and walked up to him. pressed his l revolver against his chest. Harway. thinking the performance a joke, play fully brushed the captains arm away. 1 HaIns. by that time had realised his mistake. and crouching down so as to get on a level with Annis. who, as I say. was sitting in the stern of the | 4. E~ fn4e Annis was In his bathing suit, un- armed defenseless and unprepared.
 with the firing of the hrst shot. Mrs. Annis. who with fully half q hum l dred, 1adtss and childEen .wsS on the pier watcntnE the preparations for the usual Saturday afternoon races. called
 out shrilly: Look out. Willy.' Almost at the same time I rushed toward Captain Hains. but before had
 gone two steps. his brother. Thornton 1 Iains, stood before me. revolver pressed against me. Stand back he
 shouted; this Is . matter between these two men.
 By that time. Peter Hains had conn pleted his work. Annis. with six bull. boat, and attempted to step from It to the float. One of the bullets had lodged in his knee. however and as he
 stood up his leg gave way from under
 him and he toppled over into the bay.
 Wounded to death as he was. Annis
 still had the marvellous grit to try to
 swim to the float. He took two strokes
 and this brought him near enough for me to grab him and pull him upon the
 float Meantime our boatrnan had knocked the now useless revolver out of the hands of Peter Hains. It lay on the float and I picked 1t up."
 Thornton Hains stood with his
 weapon in his hand. however, and for