Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-18

an accessory to the killing OF AnnlS
Before the arraignment today, Harvey
G. Rockwell who had been a close
friend of William Annis. the slain man,
turned over to the district attorney
of Queens county, a package of let
| tiers received recently by Annis, in
which he was warned that his life
was in danger. 1t was said that the
| last letter he received cautioned him
against visiting the Bayside Yacht
Club on Saturday. The Hams brothers
when brought into court today seem
ed little perturbed concerning the pro-
ceedings.
Since the shooting it has been learn
ed that T. Jenkins Hams had been
tried in 1891 on homicide charge,
| when he was 29 years old. He was
| charged with having shot Edward
Hannegan, q friend, to death, while the
| two were out in a boat off Old Point
| Comfort Hams and flanagan were
among the most prominent young So
ciety men in Washington at the time,
| and the affair created a sensation.
Hams was acquitted by a jury on the
plea of sclf-defcnce.
Cen Fcter C. Hams. father of the
| young men, was in court today looking
| after the interests of his sons. Yesterday
Young Mrs Hams, who, it is said, had
been on terms Of close friendship with
Mrs Annis, wife of the slain man. came
hurricdiy to New York from her home
in Winthrop, Mass. and went to Fort
Hancock. Oh Sandy Hook, in an effort to
get possession of her three chiidren, who
| have been living with General and Mrs.
lIains. MIS-. Hams did not succeed in her
mission ard it was believed that she left
the city for her fathers home in Mass
| achusetts.
The body of William Annis was re-
moved yesterday by a Flushing under.
taker to his former home in Claremont
avenue, Manhattan Mrs. Annis was
Frustrated by the killing of her husband
and is under the constant care Of ply
sicians.
Captain Peter c. Hams was arragned
before Magistrate Ghroy on a charge of
murder and his brother T. jenkins Hams.
on q charge of being an accessory before
the fact Attorney Percy. counsel for the
| brothers, asked for an adjournment of one
week in order to prepare for hearing.
District Attorney Barren agreed and the
case was put over for one week.
Daring this brief proceeding General
/ Hams, father of the two brothers. sat in
the courtroom. The general nodded to his
sons but did not have much of an oppor-
| tunity to talk with them as they We're
quickly hustled out of the room. The two
brothers were handcuffed together and
were required to walk all the way from
the magistrates court to the county
| urfb mi fol,
lowed by a crowd. During the walk to
the county Jail the Hams brothers kept
their hands in their coat pockets, aprar-
entity to conceal the handouts.
District Attorney Barren said that ho
did not believe counsel for the IIains will
attempt to make any effort to have either
of the brothers admitted to bail.
They were held without bail and the
district attorney says he will vigorously
oppose any application for bail. He con-
siders that it was a cold-bloo1ed. PIE
mcIitatcd murder, and that although
Captain Hams did the shooting. his broth
er Thornton ]. Hams is equally guilty of
murder. Icing an accessory before the
fact.
The district attorney added that he
sho'ild present the case to the October
term of the grand jury and would en-
deavor to have the case disposed of by q
speedy trial. Mr.. Barren is already in
, possession of the names of many per-
sons who will appear as witnesses fol
the prosecution. Most of these witnesses
actually saw the shooting.
Acting Police Commissioner Baker to-
day ordered Borough Inspector Flood OF
, Brooklyn to take the Hams brothers &c
Brooklyn headquarters to be Photographic
ed and measured for the police records.
Dist Atty. Barren announced that he
had deciGed to make application to have
a special grand jury empanelled to take
up the case of the Hams brothers.
Captain Peter c. Hams. Jr., and 7. Jen.
+; kins Hams were driven in a patrol Wagon
this afternoon from Long Island City to
| Brooklyn police headquarters. whcr. they
. were photographed and measured accord
ing to the Bertillon system There wa:
no demonstration either coming or return
! ing over the Il miles there and back Th,
brothers were unperturbcd during the en-
tire stay at police headquarters. The,
I seemed rather intcrest.d la the Bertiilol
system. Captain Hams remarking to tn,
detectives in charge: This is quite a com
Ii'te SNSt"Il you We got mere. "A new
feature in the relations that existed be
tween Capt Hams and William Ami.
was disclosed today through the Brooklyn
police department. 1t was learned that
member of the police bicycle squad ar
rested Annis on the night of May % OF
Ocean Parkway, charging him will
l speeding ir an automobile When tn,
party. in which were two women ant
Captain Hams, was taken to the polio,
court, Annis. to whom the automobile
belonged. was unable to supply he bal
. demanded $1,000 and Captain Hams die
so. The case was postponed from tim,
to time and had not yet come to tria
when the fatal shooting occurred Satur
day.
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