Show ha ns acau eted of murder charge flushing N Y rr hornton J hains v as on frida fridays acquitted ot of the charge ot of murder in the first degree which grew out of the killing ot of william E annis at the yacht club august 15 1908 hains stood guard over his brother captain peter C hains jr while the latter shot annis aunts but did not actually par t cipale in the his brother captain gains has not yet been put on trial this Is the second time that hains has been acquitted ot of a n arder charge in 1891 he was tried li ft virginia for I 1 lilling his former friend edward A hannigan of fort ress monroe with whom he quarreled i bile camping at that time he was acquitted on the ground that he acted in self defense |