The evening world., 1908-12-24

. ms muuuleu Skull.
We've Got Him Now"
81 drove my hack up to the BaYside
station that afternoon lust us the 2
O'Clock train got in" said Skura, who
is a half grown boz. Thornton Hams
hailed me as came up lie was stand.
ing on the platform Another man
,Capt Hams was ten fee. away.
Thornton Iiaius asrel .lo jf Di'av MIS- a
public hack I said Yes ~. turned
TO the other man and said Come on
"They both get in, and this man
(Thornton Haint) told ne to drive TO
the yacht club, The regular club
stage was then about a block ahead
Of us. drove part thc stage, and
when we were two blocks beyond them
Thornton EainE told me TO pull down
and let the stage go ON in front. After
IL went by Thornton Hains said to the
other man: We've got him now"
Mrs. Annis was in the stage and she
has testified that Peter Hams eyed her
intently as she passed him on the road
Continuing, Skura added to his sensa-
tlonal testimony, saying;
'-Then Thornton Hams asked me II
thare was any good real estate for sale
around the Bayside Club. said l be-
heved so. Then he asked me II l knew
Mr.. Annis. l said. Yes and we drove
on and stopped right behind the stage
at the yacht club. The two men got
out and went into tie club and talked
20 this here Frank Ellison the negro
waiter. l seen EN-"
-'s-H Saw Mrs Annis There.
Ibid you know Mrs Annis?" broke in
Mr.. Darrin. Yes"
Did you see her that afternoon"
Yes, sir. She came out that afternoon
and was in the stage that we passed"
How long did the two men stay in
the club?" Not more than ten minu-
tes"
What did they do them" They
walked down to the dock"
What did YOU do" Il hung round
with my hack talking 10 the other driv-
ers After "a while | heard some shots
and Mr.. Rockwell ran up and said
something TO me-
The witness was not allowed to tell
what he had been told. He drove back
and forth. he said for awhile. It is all
ready of evidence that after the shoot
ing he sent down to the float and col
lec;ed half a dollar from T. Jenkins
Hams, who had failed TO pay him in his
haste TO get out of the hack at the
club, after locating Mrs. Annis. But
this witness was not allowed to tell of
this significant incident. Proceeding,
Skura said:
Mr.. Rockwell got in to my carriage
and l drove him up the road until we
met the doctor coming in an automo-
hack and got in the automobile"
Cartridge Box Ruled Out.
did you find anything in the carriage
Yes, sir. About ten minutes later at
the back side of the rear seat | found
box"
Exactly where was this box?'
, 1T was right between where the two
men sat riding over"
Describe the box"
1t was about four inches long, with a
kind of an oily paper around it and
strong piece of cord
Al this point the Judge broke in and
said he would exclude furt her testimony
regarding this box because there was
no direct proof that il was left in the |
i,
This was rather a jolt for the lnlucky
prosecutor. because lie had hoped to |
produce the box in evidence and show |
that it had contained cartridges for a
magazine revolver. the inference, of
course, being that after seeing Mrs. F.
Aims, Peter Hams stuffed his machine
gun and his spare magazine with fresh
shells in. anticipation OF and preparation
nA had ~ a nd Loo, rt,,,,
the discarded cartridge box in the
carriage.
Being halted here. Darr.n went back
TO the ride over from the station
Was anything else said by this de-
PENDANT on the ride to the Cmb?' he
asked. Yes, sir. After the stage Went
by us he told me to stay hundred feet
behind the stage. 1 did like he told me
Just before We GOT to the club he told
me 10 whip up and get right behind the
atage. So did that, too
Confused in Cross-Examination.
That's ALL" said Mir. Darrln, sitting
down. apparently well content
John +. Mcintyre, chief counsel for
tnr eiense, began the cross u%a:r!!.a-
lion 10y causing young Skura to repeat
his account of the ride of the two Hams
brothers IN his RIG Although rapidly
becoming badly confused, Silura told his
story over again with no material
changes.
Replying to Mr., Mcintyre, the boy
said his statement had been written
out by Darrin and showed to him sew
eral times. He had talked to Special
Prosecutor Dayton eight or nine times
and insisted stoutly that Dayton had
advised him, every time, 10 tell only
the truth when he came to the stand
He had discussed the case once with
Elmer White, who also Is aiding in the
prosecution. They met on train one
Saturday In November.
The witness said that he knew De
tective Eallon and had talked with him.
II was l'allon who gave sucn damaging