Show Widow fl w of Hains' Hains Victim Anxious to Take Ta ke Stand TT MRS ANNIS TO DESCRIBE THE KilLING She Is the Central Figure in the Eastern Court Room REVOLVER MAY BE FIRED BEFORE JURY RY Defendant Declares He Is Certain li He Will Be Acquitted FLUSHING L. L I. I Dee Dec 16 Thorn Thorn Thornton ton J. J Rains calmly watched in court today tho the construction of th the tho states state's evidence to prove prova tho the charge that he was a principal with his bis brother Capt Peter C C. C Hains Hams jr in tho the tilling of William E. E Annis The jury box was filled last night and adjournment taken until today Way The direct testimony of the tho states state's s witnesses is is expected t to take only a 1 little time but the cross ross examination ion will likely t occupy three or four days As has bas bEen outlined Hains' Hains counsel will endeavor r to show show- that the defendants defendants defendant's defendants defendant's de de- de drawing of his revolver er was an act of defense and not of offense The central fi figure re in today's case was the aJ of the states state's chief witness wit wit- ness Mrs William E. E Annis who saw caw her h-er husbands husband's life lifo token taken Tho The recital of her story on tho the witness stan is likely likey to be bo tho the stron strongest est card in the states state's case Hains Is Indifferent S Thornton U hams ains has seemingly ly no apprehension of the outcome of ot the trial Ho He said this morning that he he- had no doubt that the jury would 9 acquit ac so- quit him bim and declared that his story stop on the witness stand would not not free him but would open the sheen floor for his brothers brother's release G Gen n. n Peter C. C Hains HAms sat eat t with the defendant during during duron dur duro ing n the trial and frequently durin during the case father and son on GOD conferred on OD some point in evidence Justice Crane has bas made it clear to counsel that the bce taking of testimony must move with nth the same expedition as th the examination of Tho The jury will not be up during the trial or at It least until all aU the evidence has been submitted submitted- S Reports that the pro prosecution has tampered with one of the or orthe the defense defenso o have hIVO met with prompt denial de nial trial by the tho states state's attorney Jurors Juror's Fath Father r D Dies es Justice Crane has been notified that Juror Hardins' Hardins father died today The juror jurer has not been informed Justice Crane will win make the announcement of what will be done in in the matter mattOT at atthe atthe the end of the tho morning mornin s session session oun C-oun Counsel cl for Hains Hams said today that it mi might ht be necessary to discharge te the autom automatic tic revolver with nith blank blanc cartridges cartridges car car- es in the courtroom to demonstrate demonstrate demon demon- strate that the tho rapidity with mth which the shots are fired would mako it impossible ble for tho the eye eyo witnesses to prevent Captain Hains Hams from irom 1 firing rin more than one shot The witnesses alleged d that had bad not Thornton Hains Hams interfered they would probably have haye saved sand Annis' Annis life Counsel Coun Coun- aol sel says avs that the automatic revolver fires six shots in less than t two o see sec Justice Crane court opened excluded all witnesses of the tra tragedy ed from the tho courtroom On a motion of District Attorney Darrin Justice Justi c Crane said be he woi would d not permit Mrs Mn Hains Rains mother of the defendant to sit beside her son durin during the trial tria The order does docs not Mrs Ir Hains hams from tho the courtroom Outlines the Oase Case Special Prosecutor White outlined the ca case o for the state and stated what evidence would be submitted He d de declared de- de dared that seven months before tho the murder the publisher of the ma magazine zine Recreation had bad received lett letters r from Thornton Rains Hains expressing in deepe deep deep- seated e animosity toward employees es of the thc magazine and toward Annis tunis who was in charge o of its advertising de do r c S Mr White said also that Hains Hams a again ain wrote rote to the publisher of Recreation two months before the murder express express- ing jug animus a against Annis Annia After describing de scribing the location of the Bayside Yacht club and recounting the preparations prep of Annis for an afternoons afternoon's pleasure on the water t Mr rt White de dc detailed tailed the arrival of Thornton 1 J. I Hams Hains ins and his his' brother |