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THE MOltMXti- OKEfiOMAX, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1903. HIS KEPT WIFE BACK FROM ANNIS Testimony at Murder Trial Shows Mrs. Annis Not Per mitted to Give Aid. MANY WITNESSES ON STAND Brother of Captain Hains Tried to .Assume Murderer's Xante, Ac cording to Statement of Wit ness, to Prevent Capture. FLUSHING, I. Dec. 15. Testimony of a character designed to corroborat the stories of the killing of W. E. Annis which have been told in the trial of Thornton J. Halns, was developed today from several of . the prosecution's wit nesses. William Knapp. a Bay. Side Yacht Club member, was given a rigorous cross-examination after testifying that. while sailing toward the dock after the impromptu boat race, he heard shootln and saw Mrs. Annis run down the run way. "I saw her move across the float. continued Knapp. "Then she was stopped and she went back up the runway again. Someone took her by the arm at the run way. I could not see who stopped her, because she was hidden by the Jib of Annis' boat," . Wife Kept From Husband. Mrs. Helen E. Annis testified yester day that Thornton Halns turned her back with a revolver when she ran across th float toward her wounded husband. John C. Stephens, fellow club member of Annis. testified that he heard the de fendant say after the shooting: "I came to protect my brother and would hav shot anybody who Interfered. Both the witnesses. Knapp and Stev ens, asserted on the stand that there was a noticeable Interval between the firs and subsequent shots fired by Captain Halns at Annis. Morrill L. Downs, of Flushing, a Bay side Yacht Club member, was the first witness called. He was on the clubhouse piazza when the shooting took place. Im mediately after the shooting he went to the float. Downs testified: "The defendant had a revolver In his hand and it was cocked. Captain Halns stepped forward and I put my hands on his shoulder, and the defendant said: Two Captains at First. "No, this Is a matter for the police I then said to the defendant: 'Who are vou?' and he said: 'I am Captain Hains, on of General Hains, of the Begular Armv." 'Then the real Captain Halns broke In and said: " 'I am Captain IT.alns and he Is my brother.' I then said that this was gentlemen's club and we could not allow strangers to be armed. The defendant asked his brother if he should give the pistol up. Mr. Downs raid that Thornton Halns then brought his revolver and handed him the weapon, after which the defendant took his hol ster and belt off and turned that over. Lawyers for Thornton Halns asserted that every effort will be put forth to shatter that part of Mrs. Helen E. Ann is' testimony that the defendant beckoned his brother and the two men went out to the float, where Captain Halns shot and killed Annis as he was making a landing. This evidence, lialns' counsel declare. was suggested to Mrs. Annis in order that her testimony might bring the defendant within themeanlng of the statute that there must be some overt act to show that he induced or procured his brother to commit the crime. - Was Witness Coached? "Mrs. Annis must have been coached in this part of her testimony," said Joseph Shay, associate counsel in the ' Hains case, today. "We intend to sub pena District Attorney Darrin and Spe I -ial Prosecutor White as witnesses. It . is a strange thing that she did not re j call this beckoning episode or speak Of It to any one until last week. j Attorney Darrin may recall Mrs. An iris to the stand for a further brief ,' examination. I It was reported that Mrs. Claudia I Halns. wife of "Captain Halns, came to ) New York today, and Is now in Jersey City, holding herself In readiness to be I summoned to testify at the trial. Coun I sel for the irtate denied this emphatically. GOMEZ IS NOV SUPREME (.Continued from First Pace.) day. He has not yet reached a definite opinion as to the disease, but he Is in cilned to believe that hia patient is suf fering from severe ulcerations of the kidneys, which can be treated without operation. i ALIi APPROVE HOLLAND'S ACT Towers Give Moral Support Amer ica Would Allow Invasion. ' THE HAGUE, Dec 22. A yellow book which has Just been issued on V enezuelan affairs states that all the powers with which The Netherlands government has been in communication, without excep tion have notified the government Of their agreement with its actions. The Dutch government has not asked for any assist- ance, being convinced of its own ability to bring about settlement of the difficulty with Venezuela, but will rely entirely on its own forces. Nevertheless, it has re ceived moral support of all the powers. particularly the United States, which made the declaration that the Monroe Doctrine waa not opposed to armed action on the part of The Netherlands, nor even to the temporary occupation of Vene zuelan territory. The yellow book states that, notwith standing the acute character of the pres ent situation, the Dutch government still la ready to enter upon serious negotia tions, provided Venezuela concedes what Holland regards as indispensable, the withdrawal of the decreee of May 14. Further, the yellow book declares that arbitration wauld have meant the accept ance of the state of affairs created by President Castro and the prolongation of the sufferings of the people of Curacoa. while the previous experiences with Vene zuela gave ground for the belief that arbitration would have been but a prob lematical advantage. o far as The Neth erlands waa concerned. GOMEZ FRUSTRATES PLOT Coolly Arrests Leaders Himself and People Rally to Hint. CARACAS. Monday. Dec 21. via Wil lemstad. Dec- 2-- The downfall of President Castro in Venezuela waa completed Saturday last with the frustration.- of a desperate plot to assas sinate Juan Vicente Gomez, the acting Dresident. Secret cablegrams have passed be tween President Castro in Berlin and his atrents here since the popular antl Castro demonstration of December 13 and 14. A prominent lawyer has filed accuse tlons in court, charging Castro with complicity in the attempted assassina tion, and proposing nis impeaenment. There was a meeting Friday night of the plotters at the residence in Caracas of Gabieras Guzman, Secretary-General In the last Castro Cabinet and who was place In charge of Castro s personal busi ness In Venezuela when the President left for Germany. The conspirators decided upon a coup d'etat. They determined to 'assassinate Acting President Gomez, Jose de Jesus Paul, the Foreign Minister, General Leo poldo Baptista and other prominent men; seize the administration of the country and with the army terrorize and overawe the population. Torres Carde nas, who was at one time Minister or the Interior under President Castro and later his personal secretary, was the active leader of the conspiracy, iie naa as lieu tenants the commanders of three batta lions. Intimation of what was on foot reached the ears of Acting President Gomez, and he took Immediate steps to frustrate the attempt. Early Saturday he went alone to the barracks in Cara cas, where a mutinous regiment under the command of President Castro's brother was quartered. With cool cour age he entered the building and placed the brother of the President under ar rest. The nerve of Gomez made it pos sible to carry out this dangerous man euver successfully. He went into the executive mansion, where he had a brief Interview with Torres Cardenas. The chief official conspirators denied the ex istence of any plot. Gomez would not hA deceived by such assurances. He seized Cardenas by the shoulders and said: "I have discovered your plot to assas sinate me! You are my prisoner: Torres Cardenas tried to use his re volver on the acting President, but Gomez was too quick for him. He pin ioned the man's arms, called the guard and Torres Cardenas was hurried away to 1aIL The two arrests, made single-handed by Gomez, broke the plot. Gomez friends came forward quickly to his sup port. Orders were carried out for the nn-est of Garbleras Guzman, Liopez Ba- rait. Minister of the Interior in the Cab inet that was forced to resign December IT: Senor Bermudez. director of the IN a tional telegraph system: Commanders Casanova and Angulo and other adher ents nf Castro susDected of complicity. Am soon as the news of the sensational occurrences became known, an Immense crowd gathered In the Plaza Bolivar and gave unmistakable evidence of Its satis faction with the turn an airs naa iaen. MORE WAR VESSELS SAIL Dolphin and Des Moines Start for Venezuela. NEW YORK. Dec 22. A special dis patch to the Herald from Port Au Prince, Haytt, says tnai ine united States gunboat Dolphin left that port last nleht under orders to proceed at once to Curacoa to await development In the Venezuelan situation. The cruiser Des Moines is leaving; also for Curacoa, aocordlng to the dispatch. News of the movement of these ves sels adds Interest to the secrecy sur rounding the battleship Maine, which Is presumed to be en route to Vene zuela, to be followed by the North Carolina. AVXCXS OFFENSIVE DECREE Government Removes Dutch Griev ance and Invites Rebels Home. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Dec 22. 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