The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-17
Shoots Down VIM. [. AnnlS,
Brother Assisting
REGATTA CROWD SEES IT
Capt. Hams, Seeking Man He Accused
of Being Intimate With Mrs. Hams
Visits the Bay eide Yacht Club
and Shoots Annis Six Times.

lN'HfNA ii"ihHf ~ tHttNtt Wf"A'" "flnS
son of Brig. Gen. Peter conoser Hams
United States army, retired, fired ilsl
shots Of revolver into William y
Anns Of New York. owner and publish
tr Of Burr Mclntosh's Monthly ant
other magazines. late Saturday after
noon on the landing stage Of the Bay
side yacht club at Finishing, L. /
Annis. whom Capt Hams brother haa
accused Of having been improperly At.
tentKe TO the captains wife, died in
the Flushing hospital few hours after
the shooting. A crowd q gayly dress,
cd women and yachtAmen, among
whom was Mrs. Annis. witnessed the
tragedy
Capt. Haines, accompanied by his
brother, Thornton Jenkins liains, well
known as an author and amateur
yachtsman. walked to the landing
stage Of the club as Annis and club
member named Harway we're dseni-
barking from boat, aud az once open.
cd fire upon the man whom he holds
responsible for the disrupting Of his
home. Annis attempted 20 get behind
ilarway, but Capt. Iiains, reaching uu.
der Harway's arm. eulptied bis revolver
upon his enemy, five shots taking effect.
Immediately there was commotion on
the club yeranda, where Mrs. Annis had
tainted, aud dozen yachtsmen rushed
to the float to the assistance of Annis
Before they could get to the side Of
The wounded man, however, 7. j.. Hams
the captains brother. had whipped out
a revolver and threatened to shoot the
first man who interfered. ~This is an
affair between these two" be said
calmly. Annis, with two bullets in his
abdomen, one in the arm and two in his
legs, was hurried to the Flushing hos.
pital.
Capt Hains ami biz brother, neither
q whom appeared II any way disturb
~ awaited the nFriyai ii she police on
the club Hoat. whese sws ausfrnaefaa
themselves. At the police station the
captain refused 10 divulge the motive
that bad prompted him to shoot Annis.
but Thornton Hams declared that An
mis- had paid improper attention TO his
brothers wife and that the captain had
no other course open to him than TO
kin Annis. He then sent the follow.
ing telegram to his father, Gen, Hams:
@Annis is shot. Come to the Flushing
Jail" Later in the evening Capt
IIains telephoned to his lawyer, w c.
Percy, asking him to come to the
Flushing jail.
Capt Hams is attached to Fort Han
cock as quartermaster, having entered
the army at the end of the Spanish
American war with the rank OF a End
Lieutenant of artillery. He Is grad.
tlate Of the naval academy at Annapolis
but left the navy in 1904, soon after
graduating. His father, Brig Gen.
Peter Conover Hams. Is d West Point
graduate, with distinguished war re.
cord.
Both capt. and Mrs. Hams have
friends in Washington, who have kept
close track of an application for di
vorce filed by the former last June, and I
they recall the fact that Capt. Hams
eloped with his wife, Miss Claudia
Libby of Winthrop, in 1900, when she
was a school girl Of 10. So far dis Is
known at Washington, they had lived
happily together until last May, when
Capt. Hams returned from trip to
the Pacific coast on summons from
his brother, who claimed to have made
of improper conduct on
the part of Mrs. Haines. At that time
Capt. Hams summoned his father.
Brighten Hams, who, upon returning,
stated that his ydaughter-in.law had
made a confession to him that convinc-
"a him Of the correctness Of the sons
position, The couple have three chill
lren, who are in the custody Of Gen.
Ilans.
Annis, soon after arriving at the hos
nital, revived sufficiently to say few
words, but soon relapsed into uncon-
TO the hospital authori-
les, who questioned him as to the
,auses which had led to the attack mp
m him. he replied that he preferred to
,ay nothing. DR.. Amber, coroner Of
Flushing, arrived at the hospital after
he wounded man had lost conscious
less and was unable to obtain an an-
emortem statement. After examining
number of witnesses, the coroner or.
Iered Capt Hams and his brother held
or arraignment before a magistrate
oday.
When the would be rescuers Of An J
lis attempted to get by Thornton
lains. who was standing them off with
revolver, they were awed into non.
Interference by the display Of a belt 7
ul Of cartridges BY Mrs. Hains. Po- {
Ice Capt Albert Ruthenberg, in com. 7
nand of the Flushing precinct. was UNI
bic to elicit any statement from eth. {
r Of his prisoners, both declaring that {
hey would have nothing to say until b
fter they had consulted their lawyer s
.nuis Was about 70 take his wife and u
wo friends out sailing when he was b
ltercepted on the landing stage Of the a
Tub. lie had just brought his sailing b
acht. the Pam. to the float prepare q
Dry to taking his guests out on her t
hen Capt Hains opened FIRE on him. ci