The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
!!HAINS FACES
SEVERE ORDEAL

you said 'whor and he replied. An
MIA !"
~ don't recall now
Hams said that the reason why he
went alongside the two men In the
boat with his motor boat was to as
certain about the fishing In Shrews-
bury.
Bot you said yesterday that It was
your brother who asked you to 20
alongside the boat"
II may have said II and Il Is prob
able that the captain said It at that
time. am testifying to the best Of
my ability. don't want Ito be caught
upon some minor details"
Tie defendant became irritated at
the questions of the district attorney
and declared that he did not recall
some Of the things he had said yes
terday. because he was tired out.
After recess the defendant was cues.
toned about the real estate aeRotia-
lions he had with Mr.. Jesperson and
Of his visit to the real estate agents
once In Thirty-fourth Street, New
York.
This line of inquiry was undertaken
with the evident purpose of asking the
witness to say why he and his brother,
when they lunched with Mr.. Weaver at
the Waldorf on the day OF the shoot
ing, had not stepped across the street
to Jesperson's ONCE and inquired his
whereabouts instead of going to Bay
side. with a hope " finding him there.
Mr.. Hams said he understood Mr..
Bugg to say at their meeting regarding
real estate, that he could be seen any
Saturday at the Bayside Yacht Club.
did Mr.. Bugg at that time tell you
that the club house had been burned
down and had not been rebuilt?'
Il didn't know 1t was burned. He
didn't tell me-"
Pressed on other points on the real
estate negotiations Hams said:
81 am tired today; more tired than I
have ever been in my life. have
been in prison for ave months and am
worn out"
The defendant said that he and
Charles r. Weaver organised q COM
pany Of volunteers at tho opening Of
the Spanish American war. He said
that he only met Mr.. Weaver twice In
1908, In July. when they talked about
the motor boat and concrete houses.
The witness stated that he had writ
ten his brother several letters while he
was In the West and that he had in
formed him that his wife was away. no
nothing to eat.
did you write this: II you have
red blood in your veins. your blood will
boil when I tell you this"
Objection to this question was sus-
tained, and District Attorney Darrin
called upon Mr.. Mcintyre to produce
the letters OF the defendant Mr.. Nc
Intyre said he did not have them and
Justice Crane ruled they were not ad-
mtssible even IL counsel had them.
Mr.. Hains said that he met Annis
his hAat MaFhlahaoA An
1902.
MRS. Peter Hams brought Annis
aboard my boat" said the witness,
and invited him to accompany me to
New York on the boat. The next day
Mr.. Swan, q friend. told me that Annis
and Claudia had gone to q hotel ana
had drunk three or four highballs ]
learned that they stayed at the hotel
until o'clock In the morning. Annis
came to my boat the next day and ]
told him that he had done an improp-
or thing and he admitted It under
stood their relations were improper.
"Annis asked me IL ! was going to
tell my BROTHER. and ] told him that !
would not"
Under sharp questioning, Hams said
that the year following. he and his
wife were at Mrs Peter HainSs house
In Winthrop Mass.
As II hot TACT tn4t one night there,
Annis invited you and your wife 10
take, q ride In an automobile and that
you stepped into the automobile and
Annis said. We will take q ride some
other night and you said to him, I'll
get even with you IL 1t takes Q tife-
timer
II did not"
You love your brotherT"
Yea"
But you never told him Of the re-
lationship OF his wife with AnnisT
No"
You heard your brother say that he
was an intimate friend of Annis and
visited back and forthT'
mo. I don't think he ever spoke to
me about it,
The court adjourned until tomorrow.