The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-15
/ \|NS' TRIAL TO
Open THIS WEEK
SELECTION OF JURY WILL BE
DIFFICULT TASk-MRS. AN
MS TO TESTIFY.
PETERS MIND DAzED
Mrs. Annis Mother Says Her Son-n.
Law Was GuiltIess of Any Wrong
With Wife of His
Slayer.

New York, Dec. 14,-Even befor,
the murder trial of Thronton j Hains
is called there is trouble over tn,
jury. The prospect of Icing locked
up ever Christmas an rtw Years
hac stampeded the tried and true
citizens of Queens county who have
been impaneled for the trial.
There was a report today that Ad
miral Roblcy d. Evans, who lately re
tired after commanding the American
fleet in the first halT Of its trip around
the world, would be one of the prin
cipal witnesses for the prosecution
rhe fact that the admiral is now in
California and beyond reach of Prose
cutting Attorney Darr;n discounted the
report
When Thornton Hans was tried for
his lifc fer the murder Of Ned Hanne-
gan in sailboat off the admiral S
quarters at Fortress Monroe, Evans
was the principal witness for the de.
fense and Hams was acquitted. Capt.
Peter c. Hams, then a naval cadet at
Annapolis refused to salute the admir-,
al in passing him on the street and
was courtmartialed He escaped on
the defense that he admiral was not
in uniform
Peter in Dazed Condition.
Gen. and Mrs John c. Hams have
arrived from Washington and are at
the Hotel Astor, where Mrs. Hams,
mother of me prisoner, is in a state
oi partial collapse. The Hams chill
dren are still in Washington with re-
latives. They will be brought to New
York before the end of the week and
remain at a hotel near the trial room
with their grandparents Mollie Hams,
the 4-yearold daughter of Thorton
Hams, will probably be kept from the
court room, but arrangements will be
made for her to see her father at least
once each day during the trial.
There was an all-day conference
today at the Queens county Jail in
Long Island City between Thornton J.
Hams, his lawyers, John F. Mcintyre
and Joseph Shay, and Gen Hams
Capt. Peter c, Hams, Jr, the principal
in the tragedy, was not as well ment,
ally as he has been and was kept
away from the conference.
We are somewhat worried over
Capt. Hams condition. said Attorney
Shay ton light He seems to have
fallen back into the daze that has
long puzzled us. He realizes in a
sense that his brother is to go on trial
tomorrow. He does not understand
why this should be. and we have been
unable 10 explain it him
Mrs. Hans Won't Testify.
we hope he will regain a mental
state which will warrant us in pu,-
ting him nthe stand in his brothers
defense early next week"
'If We secure a jury inside of four
or five days | shall feel that we have
been fortunate" said John f. McIn-
tyre. chief counsel for the accused
brother. to day. Both the prosecu.
tion and the defense have thirty per
emptory challenges The fact that
Annis was shot at the Bayside Yacht
Club, one OF the most prominent So
cial organizations in Queens county
will tend to make the selection of the
jury difficult.
The fact that Mrs. Claudia Hains
the woman in the case, has definitely
decided not TO come to New York for
the trial will shorten the case taI
some extent.
The only woman witness so far an.
nounced is Mrs. VIM. +. Annis. wife
OF the publisher who was shot.