Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1909 — GOOD WITNESS FOR HAINS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOOD WITNESS FOR HAINS

Testimony Tending to Disprove Killing of Annis Was Premeditated. Flushing, May 4.—With thirteen of the defense’s witnesses disposed of, the Hains trial now is in its third week. Perhaps the most important bit

of testimony on behalf of Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., the defendant, charged with the murder of William Q,

Annis, came when Lee Bugg,areal estate dealer and a member of the Bayside Yacht club, where Annis was shot, testified that he had discussed the merits of certain property adjoining the yacht club with Thornton Hains, the defendant’s brother, and al one time made an appointment with Thornton Hains to meet him at the yacht club. 1 Emma Lavelle, the Hains cook, and Mlnne Rohme and Lillie Sawyer, negro maids employed by Mrs. Claudia Hains, caused considerable amusement in court by the characteristic manner of telling their stories of the alleged “antics” of Billy Annip and Claudia Hains at the Hains Fort Hamilton home during the captain’s absence.

CAPTAIN P. C. HAINS, JR.