The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-26
new SCANDAL
THE IN NAVY
SsE % cAs-AIS { -AIss &C
cNsEo sN -EE HUSBAND.
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"e-s ~-see- -s'y 7.seis -
Fs- -s-ii;sr. Alleges

Nez YORK June .5-High !.lss al
Fort Hamilton. rse-e rey-.s are sad
% have been he'd ulr1,.y BY member
% the younger set. all. - aired Il
the divorce action brouEa; by Captain
P C. Hains. Jr. comes 70 trial Cap
tain Hains in the complain, served
on his wifes lawyers. names one Of
his mos, intimate friends as cores
poatea, Captain Hams is widely
known !a army circles
TIE do.ngs O. ,a.s set a. .hz army
reservation zlI .ca-ta..z- .1- tami..
.-- o. .1e officers e1a-.---t there
uEo took 20 par, In them. Taey ex.
.4at-t l.e, a r4-iot % several months
and a-.g came 20 a had :-4 latter
part % las. month et,1 -ha discovery
% T Jenkins Hams author % The
W.ltiamu--s a1d brother O. the
captain
N- Hans declared that he Dropped
.n on h.s sis-er..n-.ax s-ye-a. s1-s
during the absence ot his brother In
,he Philippines and he says aha, be-
saw 1as shocking he Immediately
wrote his brother % return and -e-
store The prestige % his household a,
The fort. which t- says was PAS,
falling INTO decay a. a --sIl. ot -l-
ioings a, the captains house The
latter. eho had been from home since
. October last year. returned promptly
and verified all ,ha; his brother had
written him
There was a scene In the Haius
household which was followed by gen
eraI ruc,ions az the fort. General
Hairs father O. the captain. uov 20
-.-ed was summoned for advice from
Washington When The general ar
rived the commander os the for 20
busy Though the gossip had reache.
his ears Colone, Ludlow in charge
% The 'o-t.dca,!0n vas found 20 creti
the scandal
Not until Colonel Ludlow was warn
ed dy General Hams agails, admitting
civil ans 10 the grounds on the -isk o
their being shot on sigh; 5y his irar,
, son was The order. keeping a.
/ strangers out. strictly enforced. T
=. Jenkins Hains is authority for II.
. statement tha, death by shco-nl
I. would have been the fate OF the car
,aiu's perfd.ous friend had be beer
encountered a, the forufcatiou. H.
has keg, out OF the way since
Captain Hams IS one Of the mos
promising OF the young officers IL
the army He is wealthy in his ow,
!. right. having an income OF 5000 o
more from his interest in the Hahn
concrete mixer. which is general
used on large construction work. HI
father Is also member OF the Arm.
= Hams was a lieutenant al For
s Banks. near Boston, when he met hi
< wife IN 1900 She was the daughte
). o' a boarding house mistress and he
). maiden name was Libby. The maj
b riage was a secret. T. jenkins Hahn.
:. his distinguished brother, being IN
J.. only witness.
e Captain Hams was stationed for
time az Fort Hamilton. and IL va
4 there he left his wife when he wen
4. 10 san Francisco 70 take charge o
.. the army transport plying betweer
the Golden Gate and the PHILIPPINES
d II was in the latter part OF last mont
2 that his brother wrote him 70 com
d home He arrived Decoration day an
. had a stormy interview with his wifi
. who was then seriously i'l.
Mrs Hains is now with her parent
s in Boston Her three children are 81
the custody OF the captain. who !
staying with his brother at Bag Rldg,
nj
. The Hams trouble IS a forceful r,
minder OF the late Tasgart scandal i
the army some OF whose most talke
s OF scenes were laid AZ Fort Leayer
s worth Kan Those familiar with N
e case will recall tnat Major Elmore ;
. Taggart was also ont on the Pacif
s IN charge OF transport when n
J. worst Of the storm broke.