The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-15

| he" dying husOahd Tor fVe hours after
the shooting, said Mrs Won Huncr.
| helm That was wrong and is now
to be greatly regretted. VIII called
| fir his wife. 1t is certain that it
was his desire to tell her that he was
innocent CT any wrongdoing From
| his statements directly after the
shootin5 we know that he positively
declared tnat Hams had shot down
I the wrong man.
Neither my daughter nor | wish
revenge against the two brothers who
slew this good and true man in cold
blood and like towards. We have not
prayed that they be found guilty. We
have not prayed they they each meet
death in the electric chair. But we
do pray that Justice be meted out to
them--that justice will see to it that
premeditated murder can not escape
just penalty.
They say now that Capt Peter
c. Hains is crazed. That may or may
not be so. One thing is certain He
bore no evedince of being insane at
the time of the killing of my son-in.
law.
"On that afternoon, last August,
when viii was slain Capt. Hams and
his brother Thornton had seen my
daughter and her two children on
the veranda of the Bayside Yacht
Club. And yet they deliberately walk
ed down the path, following in her
footsteps, for with a woman's intui-
lion she knew that they meant trouble
for her husband, and had run down to
the waters edge to warn him, and
billed him
Il cannot see any insanity in the
manner in which Capt Hams shot
down Mr. Annis. He carried maga-
zinc revolver He did not fire once,
but emptied the contents of the wea'
pom into Wills de7enseless body. !
Eight shots were fired and his body
was literally torn to pieces.
Capt Hams may be csazed now, /
have heard that the horror and the
remorse of a mas evil deeds a,ay
cause him to lose his mind. Bnt capt !
Tlrins was aldays lie wOukling oi le
two brothers.
Il believe that Capt H2ins was
merely the suprine instrument of re-
vcnge in the hands of Thornton Hams |
This man who slew another in years
gone by, was absolutely coldblooded
enough to seize my daughter as she
attempted to save her husband turn
her around, place his revolver at her
back aud tell her that he would kin
her Il she attempted to make a move
toward saving her husband.
Thornton Hains had grudgc |
against my sonin-law. know that
This is true, He had had difficulty |
with him regarding the sale of some |
Of his magazine stories.
Mrs. Annis viii Testify.
Thornton Hains also hated Mr.
Annis because he was so close a |
friend of his brother, Peter. The real |
character of Thorton Hains will he |
. ought out q, his trial II is ne |
character of a coldbloodcd, culcula-
ing villain. intent upon revenge, and
lsing his brother to accomplish his
purpose.
81 want the world to know that
Mrs. Annis now and always has be
Ievcd implicitly in her husbands
lght conduct and especially regard
NJ his relations to Mrs Claudia
iairs. Once Mrs Hains and my
laughter were good friends. but for
year or more prior TO the shoot
ne they had seen little Of each other
MY daughter will take the wit.
iess stand and tell the story of how
hese brothers shot down her hus-
,and in cold blood. She will swcarl
hat she and Mr.. Annis were as
loppy through ten years OF married
ife as two young married folk could
yell be. She will express her posi-.
i've belief that Mr.. Annis was never
,uilty of any impropriety with Mrs
Iains. She will tell that when Mr.
lnnis was not at work he was spend.
ng his time al his home with his wife
nd children"