The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14
DEFER CHARGING. HAYNES JURYMEN
 UNTIL TOMORROW
Arguments of Prosecution and Defense Are Heard
 Today

Opening arguments of prosecution and defense in the case of Jason s. Haines, charged before Judge James H. Webb and a jury in the criminal superior court with killing his wife, Anna, at their hom estead in Trum- bull last September, began this morn ing before a court room which was crowded to it's capacity.
 Closing arguments will continue until late this evening, with the charge to the jury by the court de- ferred until tomorrow morning. It is likely that a verdict may be reach ed tomorrow afternoon.
 Assistant States Attorney Ga1en A. Garter summed up the case for the prosecution at the opening of court today. He began by quoting from the statutes showing that intoxication was not an excuse for the crime. He characterized Haines as a brute and intimated that his insanity was feign- ed. He dwelt upon the episode in Fairfield last July when Haines is al legged to have threatened to kill his wife and said that before her death Mrs. Haines had predicted what would happen to her. ''Haines shot her as no man would shoot a dogs" he said, ,tverrfns. that the act was committed with preme editation, delfb- eration and malice.
 Attorney Garter said that the state would like to show what happened in the home three or four minutes prior to the shooting but Haines had luckily forgotten what happened. Edward F. Ratigap's veracity had not been impea ched, the prosecutor thought. That Haines was not crazy the state cortended had been proved by the fact that Haines is said to have told Deputy Sheriff Emil Der ger tI killed her because had a right to-
 The state contended that three shots had been fired, one inside and two outside of the house.
 A recess was taken after which Judge Robert B. DeFOrest, of counsel for the defense, arose.
 Quoting authorities upon trunk enness and insanity in the cases of murder, Judge DeForest told the jury that there was no law of nature that compelled the taking of a mans life because of a killing-that such an act was merely human institution. He then told how the minds of the public might be swayed by reports and ask ed the jury to consider only the ac- tual evidence they heard in court. He characterized the statements of Jason Hainess Jr., on the stand as of the utmost importance to the defense as showing that Haines was Of peaceful, law abiding nature, having Ind dergone much in 20 years of mari tai life. He was always fOrgiving and kindhearted, he said, even up to the hours before the crime when he had gone himself for a physician to treat wounds he had untintentionally inflicted
 The state had said Judge .DeF'orest ad not shown that Haines was sane at the time and specifically showed that it was not necessary for the accused to show his insanity. Judge DeFOrest asked the jurymen to weight in their own minds the doubt that might exist and if in the minds of one of these there should be a doubt than Haines should not be accused of first, or even second degree murder
 Haines was kind-hearted man, should be the deduction from testi- mony offered by many witnesses, in- cluding the physician who had been called to attend Mrs. Haines and from the statements of fact shown, declared the counsel. On many occasions Haines avoided trouble by walking tContinued on Page 2.)