Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-08-19 | Page 1 | Mrs. Haines the Central Figure

Like Thaw Case, Interest Lies More in Woman TJian the Defendants. WIFE'S ATTITUDE TOWARD HUSBAND YET UNKNOWN . Desf Criminal Lawyers lo He ! Had Will Defend Ihc Accused Ac-cused Brothel's. NEW YORK, Aug. IS. A predominating predomi-nating figuro in vthe JIaines-Anuis trial today is Mrs. Claudia Ifaines, the attractive at-tractive wife of Captain Peter C Haines, .7r.. U". S. A., who shot and killed William K. Annis, an advertising manager, nt the Bayside club, while his brother, T. .1. Haines, prevented an in-terfcrenco in-terfcrenco by holding a crowd at bay with his revolver. Wliat thp attitude of Mrs. Haines will be is of paramount interest and importance impor-tance to the lawyer for tho Haines brothers and to t lie district attorney. Humors were riot today that Mrs. 'Jlainos will drop her hostile demeanor toward her husband and will tako her place at his side when the trial conies. Wife Will Not Talk. However, tho reports e.amo from no authoritative source, aiid Mrs. Haines and her lawyers aro silent as to her nl.'ins Mrs. Haines, it is said, has returned to her homo in Massachusetts. Her lawyer, Frederick L. Xorton, of Boston, who came here to advise her, announced today that ha will have a statement from her within a dny or so. Captain Haines and his brother will be represented by the beet counsel that can be procured, .lohn F. Melntyro, a former assistant district attorney, and one of tho ablest lawj'ers practicing at the criminal bar. was retained lodav, and it was said that an effort would lW made to get Martin W. Littleton, who defended Harry K. Thaw, to jam the defense. Mr.' Littleton is uow in Europe. Eu-rope. ' Insanity the Defense. An evening newspaper quoted Mr. Melntyro Me-lntyro as saying that insanity will be the defense. Ceneral Haines and his brother. Peter A. Haines, a lawyer, of Boston, who, it is believed, will be associated with counsel for the d'-fense, visited the two prisoners in the pnens County jail to-I to-I day. They remained for some time in consultation with tho young man. Captain Cap-tain Haines and his brother remain calm and 6n advice, of counsel, refuse to make any statement regarding tho tragedy.