The Detroit times., 1909-01-05
MRS. ANN|S LOYAL
TO MURDERED
HUSBAND
she DOES NOT BELIEVE STOKES
THAT ARE TOLD ABOUT HIM
ALWAYS FOUND HIM TRUE TO
FAMILY.
BY DOROTHY DIX.

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-For the first
time since her husband was shot down
al the Bayside Yacht club last Aug
ust, Mrs. Annis has broken the seal
of silence t0at she laid upon her lips
and she told me her side OF the story
that is a double tragedy To her since
! 1t took from her not only the man
she loved, hut is robbing her most
cruelty and unjustly, she declares. OF
her good name.
Seen in the courtroom. she looks
cold and self-contained. but as she
talks OF her dead husband she nelts
into passionate warmth. Her eyes
grow hur:.id with tears, her lips rem
HE, her cheeks flush and she is VI
brant from. head to feet with passion
ate indignation at those who having
taken her husbands life, are seeking
10 take away now his honor.
II know that people are criticizirg
me for sitting In the court room list
ening to the testimony against hir4,
and are wondering how | can do It,"
she said, knitting her strong white
fingers together, but I tell you why
| am doing 1t and l would like for the
world to understand me about this
am doing 1t for my husbands sake.
am doing IL because I bellve In him.
and want to show people that do.
why. there isn't soul on earth
but me TO stay and stand up for him.
His poor mother is so crushed by his
death that she has never held UP her
head since, and Is away In the west.
sick at her daughters. NV boys are
Just babies, too little TO know any
thing, and 80 there's just nobody but
me to say there and show that
don't believe what they are saying
against him.
Sometimes the things they tell are
so absurd that they almost make 2
laugh Fer instance. one OF those ser
want girls testified that Mr.. Annis WIS
down 10 see Mrs. Hams two or three
times a week and was there for din
ner and 30 on. | know that was not
true, for Mr.. Arnis was the greatest
home mGn that ever lived. His bust
ness was so that he could be away
evenings. but he telephoned me every
Gay OF his life at o'clock saying just
when ne was starting home and there
was not All evening month that he
was even late.
Everybody who knew us joked us
about our having a perpetual honey
moon. We went out together contin-
ually-to the theater once or twice n
week. or may be we would just take
walk after dinner or have sore
music az home. and In the summer
we simply lived in our automobile ard
were always together. We had been
married nine years in June and Mr..
Annis was Just as attentive to ne
when he died as he was in our court
! ing days. And he was devoted to his
boys.
He was always with ME OF an even.
| ing-tha. 1 can swear to-and as te
was hard working business maa ami
built up a successful business, | can't
imagine where he found time to do all
the things they say he did. | think
that ought to establish pretty good
alibi for him"
Mrs. Annis," | asked, You SAID In
your testimony that you became very
much w9rr:ed and very anxious when
you saw the Hainses on the dock at
Bayside. What did you mean by that ="
Had either of the Hainses threatened
Mr.. Annis?
Not that | know Of" she replied.
but I knew OF the divorce suit that
Peter Hams had brought against his
wife and that he named Mr.. Anris
and others in il. l did not know
Thornton Haines. even by sight, but
when | saw Peter on the dock.
thought that he had come to serve
some kind OF a paper on Billy and that
he would make scene. That is why
as soon DIS saw Mr.. Annis coming ic,
ran down to the float and called out
10 him, Billy, don't come in. the
Fainses are here But never dream
ed OF Hams doing him any bodily In
.nry.
You see, Billy always told me ev.
Crything, and as soon as Hams named
him In his suit. he came and told me
Don't worry, sweetheart he said.
there's no. a word OF truth in 1t ard
when tho trial comes off | will be
able TO completely clear myself. |
have done no harm y"