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Show HA INS VET UNDER SHARP CROSS FIRE Continued from Page One. witness had sought, close rclalions with Mrs. Jlains wero overruled. Thornton Jlains was asked if he had not told Mr. Libbv, father of Mrs. Claudia Hains, at Fori. Hamilton, thai. Annis had been instrumental in turning down his stories and that some day he would kill him. "It 's absurd. If I killed every one who turned down ni3" stories I would havo to havo a private graveyard," snapped tho witness. Tho witness declared lhat in 'his own opinion tho acts of Captain llains for over two months prior to the shooting were thoso of a era 7.3 man. Witness Confused. ITnins was asked why it: was that when ho Tcachcd Hayside ho told Cap-taiu Cap-taiu llains that they would look over some building lots when the captain had heard him tell Weaver in New York what; they wero going for. "Witness replied ho could not say. Asked if he Temembered what' ho had said yesterday about the number of poo-pie poo-pie on tho Long Island train, llains said: "I don t know. T know that I was very sick ycsterda'? llains said that "ho did not soo Captain Cap-tain Hains load a revolver on the rido to tho yacht club. The district; attorney asked tho defendant de-fendant about: his conversation with Mr. Birschfield, and tho witness denied statements testified to by Birschfiold. Hains described tho positions of himself him-self and Captain Hains on the dock. Ho said ho could not recall that t.hero were any other people 011 tho dock. Hains stated that he had talked in a conversational touo with Birschfield on the dock whilo his brother stood near the gasolene house: that when ho saw Aunis's boat nearing tho dock he turned to his brother and said that Jcsporson was not there and that ho was goiDg home. Brother Not Normal. Hains said that wheu he put his hand on his brother's arm, tho tatter's eyes were glassy, his anus wero folded across his breast and his head was bcnl down. "Did you do any other act to induco him to go home' ' "Yes. I twice told him that. I was going home. Ho was excited bemuse Annis was there. My brother threw my hand off as I shoved him around. " Asked if the testimony of Mr. Funko that ho had asked whero Annis was and lhat Fuuko pointed out Annis :s boat was correct, Mr. Hains said: "It is absolutely false. T never said such a thing." When tho shooting was going on, tho defendant said ho saw only his brother on tho float. Hains said that his brother was kneeling kneel-ing down and his head and shoulders wero concealed behind tho sail of An-nis's An-nis's boat. "Did vou hear any shot fired when he roso up?; "No." "Then all the shots wero fired while ho was under tho sail?" "Yes." Hains said that Tonning struck his brother and the revolver' dropped to the float. Fie did not see Annis fall into the water. |