Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1909 — FLATREFUSAL BY MRS.HAINS [ARTICLE]

FLATREFUSAL BY MRS.HAINS

Will Not Take Witness Stand In Trial of H*r Husband. Boston, April 13. —Mrs. Claudia C. Halns is said to have declined positively to go to New York to take the witness stand in the trial of her husband, Peter C. Halns, charged with the murder of William E. Annls. Mrs. Hains had a long interview with District Attorney Fred G. De Witt of Queens county, New York, who came to Boston with the idea of inducing her to become a witness in the trial, but he returned unsuccessful.