The Washington herald., 1908-08-26

New York. Aug 25.-The lawyers for
J Capt Peter c. Hams. f.. and his brother.
T. jenkins Hams. who are awaiting the
action Of the grand jury for the murder
OF William T. Annis al the Bayside
Yacht Club on August Is. tonight made
/ ii possible for an Interview with one Of
/ the chief witnesses az the forthcoming
trial
-he story told by the witness about the
dead man concerns the boasts alleged
10 have been made by him Of his reia-
tons with the wife OF Capt. Hams. and
Of serious and scandaIous charges made
/ By the dead man against the army and
the wives Of army officers. The relator
is member Of the United States 81
prene Court bar, a member OF several
New York clubs. and a man whose p-o-
fessional connections are OF the highest
He sat In a room Of an uptown hotel to-
night and. with few interruptions on The
part OF his tntervewe-s. gave a straight
story Of his meetings with William =
Annis.
To Be Repeated at Trial.
This story. Lawyer Joseph A. SHAY an
aounced, would be repeated on the ,ss--
ness stand. and some statements which
the witness is prepared 20 make in a5sf-
ton 70 what he said tonight VIII be re-
served until the trial
Counsel for the defense saw -hs,. ..,-
prove that many Of the sra-a--a-ts ~.
trlbuted 20 William <. Annls came f., -t,.
ears OF Capt Hams and il presv77-s1,-
IS IN this connection thar the rzerr7-o---
OF the witness -u question VIII ba 1,z-f
Oh three different occasions. the v-irn.es
SAYS Ar Annis spoke 10 him Of ar-z
rams The hrst Of these was in a N-a~
i'lE club, OF which the witness is
member. but AR Auris was not rba
publisher came there TO rafE over ras,,1
business IN which the lawyer was rerra-
senting other parties
Rough Visitor.
We were b1sily engaged in dis-vssf-r
the legal matter. which had nothing ~. a.,
with the present case the prosnao-j-s
witness said tonight when 2 r,-5 v-ss
sent In 70 Aunis and he asked nv per-
mission % have the sender OF the ca-5
come In % see him I granted the -a-
quest. and rather rough looking fellow
came in and whispered 10 Annis After
the fellow had gone. Annis became bialr,-
excited, and after ordering and drinking
another absinthe Che had had one vv-sIs
IN my presencel. told ne his Hfe vas 4,
danser- But he added that he himself
was prepared 10 shoot on sight. and drew
from holster under his left shoulder a
Alannlicher automatic revolver. and ar-
planned 70 me its wonderful penetration (
the damage possible from the soft-noseg
bullets used, and the rapidly OF its FIRE !
He told ne that the man who was
likely 60 take his life was Hains. and
that he belonged at Fort Hamilton.
Wife DaRy About Him.
Mrs. Hains was clean 'dafrv' about 4
him. he said He went on 10 say thar 4
the army posts about New York were
.eesspools-' and made accusations OF a 4
serious nature against officers. men. and 4
he wives Of officers at these posts.
"Annis' speech was OF the lex5es-
ever heard. although I have been
z the diplomatic service and have
been around the world. He smoke
IN loud tones. which could be heard bv
1ther men IN the room one Of these an
elderly man OF national reputation came
20 ne to-day and said that he hoDed he
would noc be brought into the case m
ell what ne had heard Annis say On thai
'ccasion- The loudness and character
II his talk aroused the curiosity Of an
'thers in the room and. in fact. on the
ioor, and caused me no little embarrass-
nent- Soon after he drank another ab-
ynrhe and went away.
Ready at Any Moment.
''On the second occasion he met ne. BY
ppointment. at another club. Of which
am member, but he was not. 7 Il
ocularly asked him II he had killed his
nan yet He replied that he had not
.ut that he was ready at any moment
He said that Claude had written him
nd 'phoned him. and added Shat she was
the craziest woman he had ever had I
fte- him He stated several places 10
which he had taken her. and said tba-
e frequently had visited her at the
ort and had taken her out to these var,-
us places They included hotels OF va
iouS characters .
Fourteen Hear His story.
'Annis told Of his relations with Mrs
iains IN the presence OF about fourteen
len, besides members Of the crew Of the
acht who were coming and going 7
as drinking ginger ale, Aunis drinking !
osinthe and the rest champagne. Again /
showed the weapon he carried. and it {
as passed around. He said that Hams I
1ul6 not surprise him 7
'Annis mentioned the names Of other I
omen with whom he said he had carried
D Improper relations. but he dvrelt esne-
ally on the name OF Mrs. Hams. whom I
e usually called Claude"
In reply TO another question. the man
no Lawyer Shay says VIII be a witness
the trial said that on the first occa-
on mentioned Annis had told him of The {
vorce suit Instituted by Capt. Hains I
sainst his wife. and said he might xant
engage him as his attorney.