Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-28
|CA[LS It RECOGNITION INSPIRED HAMS TRIP
DIPLOMATS View of Mission to Weaver Sent Brothers to See
Venezuela About Baysde Property.
BUCHANAN TO BE MINISTER |HE WAS GOING WITH THEM
Appointment Will Changed Mind and Agreed Meet
Soon Announced. Them That Same Night.
REACHES CARACAS TOMORROW DEFENDANT STAND
Contradict
eotiations Gomez and
Government O.
Weaver Sent Brothers to See
About Bayside Property.
HE WAS GOING WITH THEM
Changed Mind and Agreed to Meet
Them That Same Night.
DEFENDANT IS TO TAKE STAND
His Attorneys Contradict Statements
Made by Cabman and Policemen.
Detectives Tell Of Inquiries.

FLUSHING, n. Y. December E.-EN-
dence was adduced today at tho trial OF
Thornton j. Hams, charged with being a
principal with his brother, Capt. Peter c.
Hams, jr., in the killing Of William r..
Annis which, the defense claims. sup
piled the reason for the visit of the Hams
brothers to the Bayside Yacht Club.
where Annis was shot.
Charles Raymond Weaver. sales agent
for the Hams Concrete Mixer Company.
proved to be the days principal witness
for the defense. He declared that he had
induced Thornton Hams and his brother
to go to Bayside to look over the prop
erty, instead of going to Sandy Hook.
whittier. he said. the Hams brothers
were bound when he met them August ID.
THE hour was too late to go to SANDY
Hook. I told them to go to Long Island
and see the property, with the idea or
ascertaIning whether it was near enough
to the water front to obtain sand ana
gravel with which to make concrete.
II started to go with them. but found
1 could not get back to New York in time
to meet my wife.
Mr.. Weaver was permitted to tell OF
Capt. Hams mental condition that day,
and how the army captain appeared dur
ing the times he saw him previous to the
shooting. He said Capt. Hams looked
unnatural and took no interest In what
was going on about him.
The witness said he took Capt Halns
on trip to Boston. hoping it would DO
him good.
Leo Bugg. real estate man, said he
talked with Thornton Hams in Apr!
about the Bayside property. and had
made an appointment with him to meet
him at the yacht club a few days later.
The defendant did not keep the appoint.
ment. said Bugg, who declared ne hdo
not seen Thornton Hams since that day.
Goldstein said he talked to Messrs.
Andrews, Roberts and Funke about the
case, but they would not tell him any
thing. Goldstein was asked to produce
the paper which he had prepared OF Mr:
telephone his Office. He was excused.
Weaver Inspired Trip.
Charles R. Weaver. general sales agent
of the Hams Concrete Mixer Company,
was the next witness. He said he knew
both the defendant and his brother. Capt.
Hams. and that he also knew their wives.
Were you in New York on August 15?"
Yes. I was in the Park Row building
attending to some concrete business. Con-
Guiding my work. I went to the Brooklyn
bridge to see some concrete work there.
ION my way there I met Thornton Hams
and Capt. Hams coming down the bridge
steps. I spoke to Thornton"
Thornton Hams, the witness said, pro-
launch and then by steamboat. Witness
declined and suggested that the brothers
go and look up the property on Long
Island
Capt; t.; Hains took: took no part in the e con on
came separated from his brother. who
went back and found him. The three
then went to a hotel where Thornton
Hams and the witness took lunch. the
captain sitting by himself in the retunda:
It was agreed that the witness should
accompany the Hams brothers to Long
Island.
When the ferry was reached the wit
ness decided he could not go. AS they
the witness at 9 o'clock that night in
New York. The engagement was not
kept.
Haihs was in the Philippine Islands?'
yes. He started for there in the fall
Of 1907. I saw him for the first time
on his return in Thornton's house. about
August l: I was with him all the after
noon and evening"
Mr.. Weaver described Capt. Hams per-
sona1 appearance.
THE captain said,'' he testified. 'that
his wife was a good woman and that
Annis had ruined her"
He looked unnatural to me at that
time. He was restless. It seemed to mo
that he had gone to pieces.
'He sat down on the porch with his head
and singing songs. His eyes were dull
and glazed. He was excited and did not
seem right
Mr.. Weaver told how he tools a trip
| to Boston with the captain later on. On
the sleeping car the captain paid no at
tention to the others about him, twisted
his hair constantly and his eyes were
dull
What about his face?"
His face was twitching."
Mr.. Weaver and the captain went to
Young's Hotel in Boston.
At this point recess was taken.
Twenty Witnesses subpoenaed.
The building up Of the defense of Thorn
ton J. Hams to disprove the charge that
he was a principal with his brother in
the killing of Annis was taken up in
earnest today before Justice Crane in
the supreme court.
Counsel for Hains has nearly score Of
witnesses under subpoena. Whether they
will all be called is problematical.
The defense is said to have under sub
poena two eyewitnesses of the killing who
were not called by the state. Their tes-
timony, it is said. will tend to show that
Thornton Hams actions, when Annis was
shot, were in defense of his brother.
Thornton Hams will be the star wit
ness in his own defense. He probably
will not be called until near the last.
Hams story will follow the skeleton
outline Of the defense's opening. He Will
likely be on the witness stand an entire
day.
c. Raymond Weaver a builder, will tes-
tify that it was at his invitation that the
Hams brothers went to Bayside August
To- Gen. and MIS-. Peter c. Hams. par
ents Of the deferiUant, will likely be sum-
moned to give testimony concerning the
mental condition of Capt. Peter c. Hams
The trial probably will not be concluded
for ten days. Special Prosecutor White
has indicated that the states cross-exam-
ination of witnesses will be complete ana
exhaustive.
John F. Mcintyre, counsel for Thornton
Hams and Capt Peter Hams, said today
that the mental condition OF Capt. Peter
G. Hains, jr, Is alarming.
II can see no Improvement in Capt.
Hams mental processes" said Mr.. Nc
Intyre. His condition is truly alarming.
I fear a fatal termination of his trouble.
THE captain puts on his army Uniform
three or four times day. Imagining
himself at Fort Hamilton. he gives or
ders to an imaginary company of soldiers
He rectes poetry and sings airs from