Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1909 — MRS. HAINS’ CONFESSION [ARTICLE]

MRS. HAINS’ CONFESSION

Read to Jury In Trial of Brother-In-Law for Murder of Annla. Flushing, N. Y., Jan. 1. —General Peter C. Hains, U. S. A., and his wife, Mrs. Virginia P. Hains, parents of Thornton J. Hains, who is being tried as a principal in the slaying of William E. Annis, were witnesses in their son’s behalf, and their testimony brought out in full detail the relationship of Mrs. Claudia Hains and William E. Annis that caused the estrangement of Captain Peter Hains and his wife. * ■ / General Hains declared that in his presence, and before his (two sons, Peter and Thornton Hains, the captain’s wife, Claudia Hains, made a full oonfession and that subsequently Captain Hains manifested such poignant grief from the disclosures that his mental condition became affected. The confession was read to the jury. General Hains was permitted to say that his father died from insanity. Justice Crane directed District Attorney Darrin, whose term of office expires tonight, to continue as the prosecutor in the Hains case. Thornton J. Hains will be called to the witness stand Monday.