The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-01
Many Interesting Admissions Wrung From Witnesses About Incidents Subsequent Il d Prior to Killing.

September, progressed rapidly during the afternoon of Tuesday, with several witnesses called by the state to show that a motive existed for the crime charged by the state against the pris- oner.
 Long standing feeling between huEs- band and wife was testified to by one witness and the other introduced a new element in the trial when he tes- tified that Haines asserted he was also going to kill the deputy sheriff who previously had arrested him.
 The question of whether two or more shots had been fired again arose but was not definitely settled
 1 During the afternoon heated argu- ment arose between States Attorney Cummings and Attorney Jacob Klein for the defense in which apologies were demanded, but not given before the court ruled the argument to be ir- relevant and insisted upon the con i tinuance of the case.
 | Mrs. Waller was a material witness for the state, at the same time nak- ing admission valuable to the defense.
 When placed on the witness stand : she was more or less nervous from : the severe examinations that had pre- [ ceded. She began her testimony in a. steady voice but towards the last her nerves were getting the best of her un- der argument by counsel and Judge l Weebb had to interpose the inforna-
 
 not intended for herself but were be- tween those prosecuting and defend ing the case.
 The witness told of a visit by Mrs. Haines at her house some time before ] the tragedy. At that time her arms and portions of her face were some l what discolored. She wanted to tele- phone. Mrs. Waller did not think i she had a good reasoning for teIe-, 1 phoning and determined to go to the | Haines home upon a diplomatic mis- sion. Haines appeared at the door way. Mrs. Waller automatically be- gan her conversation by remarking how neighborIy the Haines and the Walters had been in the past and hoped that Haines would not object ! to her mentioning the matrimonial difficulties that were then to become a subject of discussion. She then told Hain1es that he came of a fine old family and asked him not to drink as he had wife. and children to think of.
 For the first time she learned that Mrs. Haines also drank. Haines ad- mitted that the bruises on the arm he was responsible for but denied those of the head, saying Mrs. Haines had fallen and sustained them. Mrs. Waller then remarked that as Haines had always been so good to his children that he should act differ ently towards his wife. Haines re- piled that on that July morning she had not gotten the breakfast or din ner the night before.
 "I told Hafnes that his wife was going to leave him. said Mrs Waller. Haines' reply was:
 "AlI right; I will be glad to get rid of her.''
 Mrs. Haines told him that he would not be able to get any other respecta- bl6 n hn5 fcy. hi less he stopped drinking.
 tI cannot get a worse woman,'' he replied.
 Mrs. Waller then told him that Mrs. Haines had come to her house to telephone fearing that Haines would shoot her if she te1ephoned from the Haines homestead that she intended leaving him.
 Haines replied that som etime be- fore he had offered her a certain amount of money and the children if she wanted to leave and asked Mrs amount (not menti oned) was suf- fcient as he was known to be a wealthy man Haines said:
 tIf she went now I would not give her anything
 Mrs Waller was home on the day Mrs Haines was killed. She was standing in the kitchen. She heard @ series of shrieks and immediately heard two quick shots in rapid suc- cession-so rapid that she did not think it possible, up to that time, for a gun to be shot so quickly.
 Her husband, came running from the barn and Jason came running across the lot. Mrs Waller tele- phoned for assistance. She could see the children about their fallen mother and went over to the Haines h homestead to express her disappro-
 
 the presence of the dead. She came right back to her house.
 Reverting to the visit to Haines in July, upon cross examination, Mrs. | Waller said that from his appear ance at the time she would mot have thought Haines drunk, had he not said so himself.
 Attorney Klein in refreshing the memory of the witness read from the testimony of Mrs. Haines before Cor oner Phe1an at the inquest which disclosed that Haines kept trying to button the shirt of his sleeve with out there being any buttons for the purpose.
 '.Did you ever see Jason Haines sober?" asked Attorney Klein.
 He was what I would call more or less drunk as his eyes would show" replied Mrs. Waller.
 Frank VireIi, state detective, of Fairfield, told of going to the Haines home on the afternoon of the shoot ing. He had found a. bloodstained l telephone hanging by the telephone with pieces of flesh adhering to it. He had also picked up a, number of bat | tered shot from the floor. These , were placed in evidence.
 The detective stated that there were l blood stains on the wall and side !! board to the right of the telephone. | The lace curtains were also spattered ! with blood. The window nearby was ! not broken by the shot which indi- cated to him that they had spent | their force in going through human | flesh. There was large pool of blood heath the telephone attach |