Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16

necessary and that they were going to
wait until the police arrived.
You had better telephone for them,
Thornton Hams added.
On the veranda DIR. Harris Houghton,
q member Of the club, who had just driven
up in his automobile. was dressing AIMS
wounds and doing what he could for the
man, who was then unconscious. MRS.
Annis assisted him. and other women
stood by ready.
To the universal cry of those present.
what does 1t mean? Who are those
men. and why was Annis shot?" Mrs.
Annia answered. II know all about 1t
who they are. and why one of them
wanted to shoot him. but would not
The telephone brought an ambulance
from the Flushing Hospital. Annis was
lifted in. He recovered consciousness
= few minutes later and said:
II know why he shot me. But he shot
the wrong man."
Later on, he signed a brief written
statement at the request of DR.. Houghton,
in which he merely gave the name Of the
man who had shot him. Then he again
swooned. and died at 7:15 o'clock. nearly
five hours after the shooting Meanwhile.
he had been placed on the operating table.
But 1t was Of no use, as the shots in his
body had badly torn him.
Capt. Hams and his brother remained
IN their chairs on the veranda. guarded by
a number of men. while the injured man
was being put into the ambulance and 1t
drove off. Then Policeman Baker Of the
Flushing department. came soon after.
Capt. Ruthenberg and Detectives Fallon
and Feigel came and placed the Haines
under arrest.
The same charge. felonious assault: was
entered against both. Burchfield being
made complainant against Thornton
Hams Later when the news VS. re easrea
against Capt. Hams was changed to
homicide. Capt. Ruthenberg said that
Thornton Hams probably would be held as
an assessory.
Sends Word to Father.
On the way to the police station Capt
aIains asked to send two kilograms. One
Of these was to his father, Gen. Peter c.
Hams When Capt Hams started to
write this telegram he began:
"Annis is dead
One of the detectives, looking over his
shoulder. reminded him that Annis was
not dead yet.
Damn him. he ought to be-" Capt.
exclaimed. He wrecked my home"
..D-n him, he ought to be- Capt. Hams
But the telegram was changed to read:
Gen. Peter c. Hams, Quarters IL, Fort
Have shot Annis. Come to Flushing
police station. PETER
At the station house. while giving his
pedigree, Capt Hams responded to one
question, Married? Yes. I'm married,
but I'm suing for divorce"
Capt Ruthenberg questioned him later
on. Capt. Hams said he had shot Annis
because Annis had been intimate with
his (HainsO wife. Beyond this he would
say nothing. His second telegram was
sent to lawyer. w. C. Percy. and merely
summoned Percy to the police station.
Mrs. Annis was driven to the hospital
and remained with her husband until he
died. She retained her fortitude until
then and collapsed. She was removed
to the home of Harvey Rockwell. friend
of the family. at S66 Sanford avenue.
She would make no statement tonight
The two young boys also were on the
float at the time of the shooting, and fur
nished many of the details to the police.
The prisoners will be arraigned tomor-
row morning before Magistrate Maurice
E. Connolly in the Flushing police court
Coroner Amber was at Annis bedside
when he died and for few hours pre-
ceding. The injured man did not recover
consciousness SO that an ante-mortem
statement could not be secured outside OF
the short statement given to DIR. Hough-
ton
Mrs. Annis. wife Of the dead man, was
formerly Amy Hunnerbein, daughter OF
the late Count Julius Won Hunnerbein.
retired German army ofiicer and civil
engineer. who in this country was asso-
ciated with the enterprises of the late
William Steinway.
Capt. Hams is thirty-six years old; his
brother is six years older. Annis was
thirty-three. Annis was married about
had many friends in. the vicinity Of Bay
Side. and had a summer home near there.
Friends Of Capt. Hams said tonight
that he had been cunning for Annis
for some time. .----
Mrs. Hams Overcome.
BOSTON. August 15.-Mrs. Claudia
Libbey Hams. wife Of Capt Peter Con-
over Hams. jr.. who shot William e.
Annis at Bayside, L. l., tonight was
overcome with horror and amusement
when seen at the home of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Libbey of s.
Crest avenue. Winthrop. tonight.
1T cannot be that Peter would do such
a rash thing as that" Mrs. Hams ex
claimed. There must be some mistake.
Peter must be crazy" Mrs. Hams was
too agitated to comment further on the
shooting or the alleged incidents leading
up to it.
Mrs. Hams met Capt. then Leut.)
Hams. eight years ago. when the oficer
was stationed at Fort Banks. Winthrop.
near Miss Libbeys home. She was then
but sixteen years old. in her second year
at high school, and married Lieut.. Hams
within year at the Libbey home in the
presence of her family and a few inti-
mate friends. At the end of thirteen
months Lieut.. Hams took his wife to
Fort Monroe, where the first child was
DOrH Cp 10 tndl tlH1e ACCORDING 10 an
interview given out by Mrs. Hams last
June at the time of Capt. Hams filing Of
suit for divorce. the couple had been
happy.
Father Confers With Sons.
The body of Annis was removed from
the hospital tonight by order Of Coroner
Amber and taken to an dertaking es-
tablishment. Coroner's Physician Frey
there performed an autopsy. He said
after the autopsy that he had found eight
distinct wounds. 1t is thought that as
Annis fell two of the bullets driven from
the powerful weapon pierced an arm or q
leg and imbedded themselves In the mans
body.
Says Annis Is Innocent.
Mrs. Hams says that Mr.. Annis was en-.
tirely innocent of the charges against him
made by Capt. Hams in his petition. and
that the charge against him is merely in
cidenta1 to the conspiracy against her.
There was never any lost love between
Thornton Hams and myself. said Mrs.
Hams tonight During the early years Of
my marriage he was forbidden to our
house. He was jealous of the success Of
of many of his own contributions to the
influence of Mr.. Annis. We think that he
has been urging Peter on to do the shoot
ing. Although Capt. Hams has a violent
ungovernable temper. there is a great