The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-08-24
DEFENSE DOESN'T
FEAR MRS. HAMS
DECLARING TT HOLDS WRITTEN
COME SsiON OF CAPTAINS
WIFE.
SPEEDY TRIAL WANTED
BY Counsel for the Hams 8hothers---
Hearing May Again be Postponed
Anonymous Letters Receiv-
ed by Lawyers.

/ New York, Aug 2S--lt Is probable
that the Magistrates postponed heay
Iins CT the murder charges against
Captain Peter c. Hams Jr.. and r.
Jenkins Hams, which was to have
been held Monda morning befcra
Magistrate Gilroy. In Long Island City
will be postponed again until next
Thursday, at the request Of the Law
yes for the defense.
District Attorney Darrln of Queens
county. asked today II the defense
wolrd be ready to proceed. and was
told that a littlc more time might bs
tsought
Johu f. MaCIntyre and Joseph A.
ebay, counsel for the Hams brothers.
lexplained that they intended TO allow
ttho case to move as rapidly as posi-
| BILE consistent with the best interests
OF their clients and that they id not
| intend to take advantage OF any
! tec bnical rights they might have for
Ithc purpose of blocking progress.
II was said by Mr.. Darrin that he
would do everything he could to bring
the case to trial as early as poassbh.
as he saw no good reason why there
should be delay now that he has sur
ances OF money enough to proseeate
the charges properly
Mrs. Peter c. Hams interview thii
morning, in which she said she would
be guided by what she deemed the
best interests of her children, was dis
lcusssd by Mr.. Shay.
Doesn't Fear MRS. Aains.
No matter what course Mrs. gIalna
seea fit to pursue" he said. "she aii
10 the defense little harm or littl@
good iD view OF the fact that we have
lhef confession In saying this ! am
lspe6kng solely from the legal view
point She cannot repudiate the cen
| fessIcn. and surely she could net fur
nish better material than Is c ntain.
ed in the document to show cause for
the upsctting OF her husbands mental
balance
HAS Mrs. Hains offered tn aid her
hus banil by testIfyins for him on con
dtion the confession be kept out OF
tho case and turned over to herr" Mr..
shay was asked.
mo such offer has been made, nor
would II have been considered for an
instant If II had been made, She has
| tt1trf al nh in unfItfnr ff,
get hold of that confession, and
would shy that chance would be a
pooi one"
"Wili insanity be the plea in the
case OF Capt. Hains?"
tnquestionably the man is insane
and was insane at the time of the
shooting. 1t is the defense that is de-
manded by the plain and obvious
facts in the case
Have the alienists who viii OBJ
serve Captain Hams been selected
Not yet. We want to make our
own observations. first
VIII the plea of reciprocal INSANITY
be made to include T Jenkins Hams -
The defense in his case has not
been determined"
John F. Mcintyre denied that ne
was taking part in any negotiations
iookiug 10 the accession OF the defense
Iof Mrs Hams as an ally
! For several days trained inyestiga
tors have been tracing the movements
AMI actions Of the brothers for the de-
fensc. with view 10 determining
their mental condition and dispose the
contcrtion of the prosecution that
they went to the Bay Side Yacht Club
to Kill Annis Meanwhile. District At
torDev Darrin has men at work with
particular reference tn tracing t.
movements of the brothers on Friday
before the killing and that part Of Sat.
.urdsy preceding IL. to prove that t'ev
had carefully planned the deed. AMI
that T. Jenkins Hams aided aud
abetied it in every way be could
T jenkins Hains is said by the iau
attendants to be enduring imprisrn-
ment better than his brother The lat
ter has become nervous AMI depressed
ard seemingly is more apprehsnsivs
as to the outcome OF the case.
The attorneys otu beth sides have
receivd many anonymous communics-
tiCns tips" concerning all the princi
pals in he affair. tFcw of them have
been such as to have any legal bear
mG onthe case. even II their trrt1
were established.
pnOTE JSSkIEe AANlEESTO