New-York tribune., 1908-08-17
ANNIS WAS WARNED
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| LAWYER has several threatening letters. as also
has the publishing house with which Annis was
| connected.
ut was this unreasoning jealousy of Annis
| and the belief that he was turning his work
| down that made Thornton Hams hate him so.
and II was because of that that he tried In every
wav to damage him." said Libbey. He also dis
| liked my daughter because he did not think her
| good enough for his brother; he tried to
| TO harm them both He drove his brother to the
shooting His brother still cared for my oaugh-
ter. but her filing of counter divorce suit was
the one thing needed to drive him to despera-
ton, egged he was by his brother
THORNTON ONCE KILLED MAN.
On the afternoon of June r. 1891, Thornton
| J. Hams brother of the slayer of Annis, hired
a saiboat at Hampton Roads Va, and, In COM
pany with his bosom friend. Edward A. Hanne-
gan of Washington, who had accompanied
| Haines from that city, went out for SAIL
They got into quarrel, which ended by Hams
pulling a revolver and shooting Hannegan
through the heart. The sailboat drifted around
| for several hours until Rear Admiral-then Cap
| tain-Robley D. Evans noticed that nobody was
attempting to guide it. When the boat was
towed to shore Hams put up the plea OF SELF
defence. A sensational trial followed, which re-
| suited in Hains's acquittal-
General Peter c. Hams then colonel OF
engineers, stationed at Fort monroe his
! eldest son, John, was lieutenant in the army;
| Captain Peter C. Hains, jr.. was cadet in the
navy, and Thornton, Tony Hams was a
| young civilian just out of college.
Tony" Hams was unpopular 1t said
that fighting was his mania and that he usually
| carried a revolver; but he had one friend and
admirer in Ned" Hannegan. Hannegan was
! grandson Of Colonel Thomas Nelson and son
| of Sellman K. Hannegan, of Washington. Both
his family and the Hams family were prom-
nent in Washington social life.
The day Hams and flanagan went out to-
gether in a yacht a squan came up They
were on their way to the government anchor
age, in plain sight of Shore when Hams was
| seen to reach to the bottom of the boat, pull
| revolver from his coat, which was lying there,
and shoot Hannegan dead.
The deed was witnessed by several persons,
among them Captain Evans, who was strong
! witness against Hams when Hams tried
for the shooting, and testified as follows;
ut was a dead calm at the time and the sails
in the boat hung limp. Young Hannegan was
rowing while Hams sat and steered. While L
was watching them, wondering if they would
get in ahead of the coming squall, Hains stopped
down took up a coat from the bottom of the
boat and a moment later leaned forward and
fired two shots in quick succession at his COM
! panion.
| "Roth Hannegan's hands the oars
| ruII;ne when the shots were fired and he pulled
one or two more strokes before falling back in
| the boat Hams then sculled the boat toward
the Rip Raps. A few moments later Hannegan
raised himself and caught hold of the gunwale
| of the boat and screamed Help! Help! Thls
man has shot mel killed" He then fell
back in the boat and was seen no more"
After a long trial Hams was acquitted on a
plea of self-defence.
| Following the acquittal several meetings were
held and strong disapprovaI of the verdict was
| heard on all sides F1aring handbills inviting
| all citizens of Elizabeth city and county to at
| tend the meetings and give their views on the
verdict were scattered by the thousand.
| At a meeting in Hampton several nights sub
| seouent to the acquttal Andrew A Lipscomb,
who had led in TIL prosecution. made an ad-
dress denouncing the Hams jury. Lipscomb
had come down to Fortress Monroe on his we'd
ding trip. and with Senator voorhees,. had vol
| unteered his services to the prosecution.
| Immediately after the meeting he visited
| at his hotel by several of the jurors with drawn
revolvers Lipscomb drew his revolver. At
| that moment his bride also armed with a re-
volver rushed into the room and declared If
there was to be any shooting she would stand
| by her husband and take part in the affair. Her
| appearance saved bloodshed.
|
his brothers side all through his trial in his
| naval cadet uniform Meeting Commander
| Evans in the street after Evans had testified
against Thornton. he refused to salute him
| the ground that his superior officer not In
| uniform He was court martialed for it and
dropped from the navy and obtained civil ap-
| pointment to the army from President McKin-
| ley in 1900
| After his acquittal Thornton Hams was sent
| 70 sea Years later under the change of name
| to T. Jenkins Hams, he bobbed up as a writer
| of sea stories and his work began to appear in
| the magazines Later he expanded to sea nov
| els most of his tales having to do with blood
| shed and violence.
| BROTHERS ARRAIGNED
| After taking a seven-mie ride in a patrol
wagon following a sleepless night in the
| Flushing Precinct calaboose. Captain Hams
a-d his brother Thornton. were arraigned
Yesterday morning before Magistrate Matthew
J. Smith in the police court in Long
| Island City whence they taken to the
| Queens County Jail Captain Hams was
| charged with murder in the first degree and his
| brother was held accessory. which, law
yers say makes him equally responsible for the
| crime if proved guilty. Both demanded
| animation and held without bail until this
| morning when they will be represented by Rus
sell & Percy, of No. 81 Nassau street To-day's
hearing however. will be perfunctory only as
| nothing can be done until after the coroners in