The evening world., 1909-01-04


Did you know that AnniS vas at ,h'
| club-hous""' Il have already an
swered | did not replied the defend
mt testify Il went into the reception
Dom OF the clubhouse and saw a col
| red man whom asked for Mr. J"S
lerson, | eft Peter IN the carriage
4 The colored man did not know Jesper'
son, but referred me TO another young
man. white man, who had just en-
| tered, Bu, he did not know Mr.. Jes'
person, but said man answering tc
! VT. JesperSOns description was dowr
on the float with nearly everybody else
We talked n little while and then no
| , el that my brother had gotten OH,
Of the carriage and had gone toward
the dock excused myself and FOL
lowed him"
All this was in direct deniel Of the
statements Of three witnesses--Skura
the cab boy, Ellerson. the negro, and
Brchfield, the club member, who have
united In swearing that the two
Iiainses left the surrey together and
| whispered to gether in the club house.
Did YOU talk to the colored man
about Annis at any time Il never
dreamed of Annis." said Hams,
Did you see Mrs Annls so toward
the dock" There was no woman on
the road to the dock that ' saw.
Joined Peter and walked down 10 the
dock. and presently this Mr. Birchaeld
that Id seen UP at the club came down.
| met one man who did know Jesperson
but he had not seen him that day"
Now after that, what" asked Mr..
Mcintyre There was Mr. BIrchgeld,
whom have mentioned He walked
beside me to the dock when he called
down to man on the float whom he
told OF my desire to purchase real es-
tate. This stout man was Mr.. Storm.
E! told Ar Storm that there was no
need Of him 10 miss the race on my ac-
count In order to talk real estate 10
me, as | was going to do business with
another man. Al that time I had no
idea Annis was down there at all sail.
ing boat or doing anything else.
"All Of a sudden Mr. Birchfield turned
and said, Hello, Mrs Anis" turned
and saw a large, fine looking woman
standing al the head OF the float
said, Annis? What Annis'' He said,
That's Mrs. william E, Anns, wife of
the advertising manager For mo-.
ment was shocked. When got over
my surprise said, Is William f Annis
down here Blrchheld said, Yes. he's
OUT there now In hoat No - and he
pointed toward a small boat out in the
bay.
The Murder Of Annls.
~ waited a moment and turned to ny
brother and said. Come on Pete, Jes-
person Ia not here; let's go He made no
answer. He was standing with his
arms folded. his face pale and looking
ont steadily from under his brows.
Twic. more I said, Come on, Pete, I'm
going He made no answer. Then l
said 1t more decidedly and put my hand
on his arm. He threw my hand of
without SAYING wod, He was then
standing on the dock about six feet be-
hind Ms. Annis. So turned and
started up the dock toward the club,
telling him | was going home
Did you lnow lie was armed" NO.
/ had no idea he was armed.
What did YOU do?" Il walked ten
or fifteen feet and then looked back for
him. lie had disappeared. knew he
must have gone down the float, SO
went to the runway and started down.
Just as I got to the head OF the run
way heard shots--several shots com
ing like this" rapping one, two, three,
four, five, six, as fast as he could clap
his hands. Then he continued:
"As the shots ended saw my brother
standing on The edge OF the float below
me, holding in his hands revolver
which had never seen before. ! saw
him stand up, still holding the gun As
started down the runway big man,
dressed like a sailor, rushed across the
float, struck my brother with HIS left
hand on the shoulder or left side OF the
neck, Ike that"-another violent ees-
ure-"and seized him rushed for
ward to get between them.
Why He Drew His Cum
MY brother dropped his gun at the
blow and a. the big man raised his
arm to strike him again | got between
them This took only fraction OF
second Al the same instant another
man, whom | know to be Mr., Roberts,
came forward. picked up my brothers
dropped gun and swung It's muzzle to-
ward me. ! can't say he aimed 1t, but
II looked to me as if he did natural
ly supposed the gun had more loads in
1t. and so pulled my own gun like
this and threw 1t down in Roberts's
face like this more spirited panto-
mime-"and I cried out Get back, get
back, don't YOU shoot him. Don't you
shoot, get back"
"Did you point your pistol" only at
Roberts, I just waved 1t toward the
others. Men were rushing about wildly
II was a riot. Men were screaming and
curslng, | waved the gun to and fro,
this way and that, shouting out, stand
back You can't hurt this man. He's
my brother Get an officer | cried this
out at the top Of my voice at least six
times while holding them off"
Did you intend to shoot Roberts,"
no, | never saw the man before
was only protecting my brother. I
didn't mean to shoot anybody"
Were there any threats7' Yes.
Lots OF shouting and whooping heard
one man swear suppose II was like
any other hght. heard cries OF Get
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