The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-29
THORNTON HAMS
MURDER MAD
HAD DIRECTED THREAT AGAINST r
ADMIRAL EVANS AT ONE
TIME.
INCIDENT AT PANAMA
War Department Official Tells Of XIII
ing of Hsnnagan--Also Threat to
XII Lamont--Father Was
Great Fighter,

Washington, Aug, 28-A prominent
| department official tonight in discuss
ing the acts Of Thornton Jenkcas
Hams, just previous to the shooting
Of William f. Annis, during the actual
Staying and Immediately subsequent
th reto, declared that an attempt
would be made to prove the author
murder mad This official, who was
well acquainted with the facts in con
nection with the Hannegan killing
by Thronton Hams, near Gold Point
Comfort, Va, traced the startling
murder line of the slayer since that
day
This official declared that Thronton
EIans had treatencd The lives of cX
Admiral Bob Evans and Dan"
Lamont secretary of war during the
Cleveland administration, aud related
number of narratives TO convince
the hearers that Hains had well earn
ed his reputation as a dead shot.
This official who was one of the !
witnesses to the staying Of Hannegan |
at Old Point, has been an intimate |
friend of the Hams family for years |
He said that he had known both Capt |
Peter G. Hams and Thornton Hains /
from childhood and that his personal |
friendship for the mother and father
of the boys would weigh heavily |
against either of the men now charged |
with killing Annis.
Evars Was Witness
Il have known the father Of these |
boys TO remain IN the saddle for forty I
eight hours in battle, sustained only |
by a small flask of liquor, marvel |
Of endurance wit his spare frame and |
1.-THE body | have loved this man and
the lovely woman that has been his
these long years, and il
goes to my heart that they should
have such weight of woe thrust upon
hem at this day of their lives
Il saw Thornton Hams kill IEanne-
gan, and ] recall that as one of the
iarkest days of my life. You know
hat scene was witnessed by Admiral
Evans, who was a witness at the trial.
But YOU do not know, probably, that
he testimony he gave placed his life
n jeopardy. II is true.
when Admiral Evans was called to
he stand as a witness against Hams,
he young man was heard to humble
/ curse And when Hams had been
reed from the charge, he encountered
evans one day, as the latter was en-
cring the navy department, and
Ians halted abruptly in front OF the
naval official
Threatened Lamont's Life.
I'm kill you for what you did the
.oung man blurted into The teeth of
he sea veteran, and he seemed TO
mean every word of IT,. But Admiral
evans has faced bullets as well as I
men filled with murder lust, and al
hough the action of Hams nonplussed
i'm for a moment. he stopped the
torn of passion with a sad laugh by
,assing on, as if he had not heard a
rord. You see, Admiral Evans. too,
ad known the boys. and knew their q
ather. and he loved them for their
arents sake.
How do know Thornton Hains L
hreatened the life of Dan" Lamont? J.
Nly, that happened just after Hams
-as acquitted of the killing of Han ;
egan He had become imbucd with
he idea prohably it dominated in
is murdcrmad brainD that the old u
eneral. his father. would be injured c
n the army because of the Hannegan c
fair.
1T was after a night of bad affairs {
hat Thornton, seeking an outlet for !
is murder whim. hit upon the idea Of
illing Lamont. When he saunterei
arelessly into the office. he was al
Iitted without question to the pres
. intended to kill Lamont then. do
ot pretend to know. but after few
minutes conversation regarding his e.
iiher and his fanci1d grievances. u
Dung Hains arose and declared tha, i
e would Kill Lamont if there was the D
iehtest thing done to cause the elder a
Iains trouble ID,
Good Gun Fighter. g
The secret service men all know RI
horuton Hains as a gun fighter. a b
rack shot and a dangerous person. II
recall the visit that the president
,ade 10 Panama to inspect the canal q
ork. When the secret service men 2
piei -Tcuy' with the party at the 5
ier. they Immediately surrounded
i'm. and in The way they have done
hen thry do NOT desire TO humiliate
suspicious person by a direct search
lr wcauons. brushed close To him and :
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