Show HAINS' HAINS ATTORNEYS 1 OUTLINE DEfENSE Queer Inversion of Unwritten Law by the Trial v Judge t MRS HAINS MAINS IS TALKING o f zi Hopes Her Husbands Husband's Brother S. S Convicted of Will Be I 1 S os Murder I New e York Dec 26 Thornton 6 JenIus Jen- Jen Ius Elaine Hains this morning listened to a graphic outline of ot his his' defense rh The detailed stor story of ot all the defense defenso hopes the electric electric elec elec- to prove to save saxo Rains Hains from tile chair was told b by Joseph A. A Shay hams's junior lawyer In tho the coin so I Judge Crano Crane made a of the argument t ruling which becomes the tho greatest vic victory victory vic vic- tory yet et scored b by the defense the prisoner After almost crushing 1 and his friends with a a. declaration that hear a a. word as ns to the he lie would not Dot Innocence of oC Annie Annis and Mrs 5 guilt or j Claudia Hains ho he showed three w In which the defense could got In any and nd every word of ot the 3 scandal and al l which crazed Captain to have is alleged after ruining hie his home boone k l' l r that Captain Wa Way No 1 was to show i 1 Hams's mental con condition was duo to J I the tho belief bellet that Annis had ruined his j. j 1 homo ome and connecting Thor Thornton ton IIo s as the custodian or of his an m m- lI man Did Thornton Hams HaIns hear rr from m any ny- ono IDe that A Annis had ad ruined his brothers brOther's home borne Way at No 2 rife The third manner of getting In tIm the 5 the the great Ufo lifo preserver cr toe for S Thornton was Hams was tho the In- In of evidence that Thornton Hams Hains 5 Relieved beHoved his brothers brother's home looms was ruined I by by by Annis and that the brother vas was In Insane inanc In- In sane anc nc as 08 a result It was a novel Inversion fn of tho the Unwritten uno unwritten un un- surprise sur sur- completo complete written law It was a o prise riso to the state This victory was followed with the positive statement that when Captain Rains Hains gO goes 8 on trial SIs 2118 Insanity will be bc admitted by the defense an and the tho best expert witnesses will nUI be called to prove the admission The openinG ot the defense was vas by growled objections from j Prosecuting Attorney Darrin In nearly neary nearly near near- ly y every cry Instance these theeo were overruled b by Judge Crane Crone and only onh served to accent accent ac ac- ac cent tho the points which Shay was trying i to get before the tho Jury Darrin objected objected ob ob- ob even to n a brief description of ot General Genera Hams Hains the prisoners prisoner's father and end a 0 lino line about the tho mothers mother's ances ances- try He objected at the mention of If Molly tho defendants defendant's year four old lId do daughter uSh ter When It came to the tho mention of An- An and d Mrs s- s Claudia Hams Hains tho wife r a 0 w week ek and 1 I havo have Just returned 1 do not caro care to say where I have ha been but Lut I bavo he been n In close chose touch with every cery movement of Thornton llamas Hains's trial trl I do not think that Thornton Hams Hains will vill e escape po c. for tor his lus crime How lIow ho can Is beyond m my com coin Think of It two it-two two heavily armed men going out to buy real es es cs tate This Is a fair tall sample of the much-boasted much Hams HaIns courage when I It makes my fly blood boll boil think of oC the audacity of ot this man 1 I know that ho he Is lighting fighting for Ms his life but there are some things that are arc better than life lie Itself anti and one ono Is real coura courage e. e hams Hains Is a coward a brute and antl his hole actions there that afternoon showed showe It as os did many of ot his acts before that da daylie day lie Ho talks about tho the men at nt the yacht acht club not running In and disarming disarming disarm disarm- ing the tho two iwo men nu yet et tho the defense de de- de- de tense will try to show 12 sano sane m nien n that Thornton hams and his lis brother were ero there that afternoon looking for tor real estate I have hove been suffering Buttering from troubles troubles trou trou- bles bleH In my homo home This trouble was almost almot more than tItan I could bear But nut ButI I never expected any such outcome ns as th the tho tragedy at Ba Bay Side Yacht club If Ie I ever thou thought ht there thero would be any trouble I toll foil sure that It would be brother against brother Thornton Hams Hains claimed to bo be a a. hypnotist that hypnotist that Is with women but h he h. was never able lo to 10 uso use an any of his boasted occult power on me one He bragged brae about It on others but he failed ailed when shen he met me and that Is 18 one of the things that rankled In his lois breast One of the tho pieces s of evidence that tho the defense proposes to Introduce 1 I have havo heard Is an au affidavit purporting purporting- to have been made b by a 11 colored maid formerly In my 01 employ This affidavit affidavit affi affi- I davit purports purport to toll tell things thinS's that have bare taken laken place In m my home that are firo detrimental detrimental det det- to me It I Is 10 said tho the girl Irl wrote tho the statement an and signed sl-nd It her her- self Now as itS a mutter matter of ot fact I know that the tho girl can neither read nor te cf It Captain Rains Hains Mr Darrin made every er effort to keep out the scandal talk Finally l McIntyre rc angered at the repeated Interruptions snapped backIs back baek Is the district attorney afraid to have the truth brought out In this t case sc 1 Une It developed today that the my my- witness on whom Thornton defense Is based Is Ls C. C Ray mond Weaver an a agent ent for tor the Hams concrete mixer and a concrete con con- tractor He was In 10 court today today-a a man with a a. youthful face who ho has known Thornton llama for ears years Ho He will be bo a willing witness and seems to be able to tell a straight straight- forward story alory of his meeting with the on the day ot of the tragedy anol his final refusal to go with them to 10 Bay Side and look at the property Nothing can enn prevent tho acquittal of If Thornton Rains Hains after Jud Judge e Cranes Crane's ruling today eald eaid John F. F McIntyre this afternoon i Mr tr Darrin's blunder In reading Thornton Hams's Hains's letter to th the thed ed edItor of Recreation gave ga us an pen o-pen opening g V Vo S drove rove In the wedge today when wo we got Kot a final and definite ruling from Judge Crane 0 t I All of the Rad sad story of the tho tailings fallings Sr ef f Annie Annis and Mrs Claudia Hains must rouet I 50 slow lOW go before the tho Jury In just as great detail as we wo think is IB necessary Let me tIle assure the tho public that we are not going to throw mud at the United 2 States It Is army not a case caso In which 5 the tho army Is concerned I t S. S It Is 13 now definitely settled that both General Rains Hains and his wife will wm tal take I the stand In defense of ot Thornton Tl 1 Mains llama Mr Shay said 5 as much to the I Jury toda today The validity of tho the Indictment was wat attacked today on various grounds by Ir 11 Yoong tho the Queens county former deputy district attorney who Is one of ot tho the lawyers for the defense Judge I II I Crane declined to listen to any I except on substantial questions of law f Statement from Irons Mrs Ruin i Boston Dec Dee 26 Mrs Clau Claudia Hains said tonight t I I iI have been away from home for tor |