The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
7. JENKINS Hams.

/ that Mrs. Hams was telling AIr Arnis
about her husband g return and the rea-
I son for IT, Anris did not accept the sup
1 per invitation. but later came in his aU-
tomobile. and the three went for the
1 drive On which Anuis was arrested for
I speeding and Capt Hams went his bail
Capt Hams at this time was very angry
Z with Thornton. his brother. Maj Hans
/ said. and scarcely would speak 10 hin.
[ believing that HIS wife had told him the
I truth Then he heard other rumcrs and
! questioned his wife again. and. when
caught in the matter Of her trip. she con
fessed- Then the captain acted Ike a
madman. the uajor said He put his wife
IL a chair ard questioned her. and after
pacing Up and down the room would
grab her and place her on the bed and
/ ask her more questions Mai Hams was
summoned from Boston az this time and
the family talked over The matter and 2
suit for divorce was begun
Il could not talk to the captain On The
/ subject Of his wife" Maj Hains said
because he seemed unable 70 talk saneIv
about her"
Lawyer shay today said that the de-
I fense would prove that T jenkins Hams
had carried the same revolver which he
displayed on The day Of the shooting for
fifteen years. and that al the tine Of the
meeting with Annis the brothers had ap-
pointments in New York which they had
intended 70 keep and even had ordered
dinner The meeting on the float was the
first tine the captain had seen Anufs
since the making Of the alleged confession
by Mrs. Hams The defense announced
also that they have in their possession
Hn~ ~ef--- -fah
Mrs Hams 10 Annis after her ALLEGED
confession which M Mcintyre intimated
bore out the statements made in the con
fession- Mr. Mcintyre said he thought
It would be established" that Annis end
Mrs Hams met after the time Of the
alleged confession.
Pointed Pistol at Her.
From a friend Of Aaniz. A. c. Birch
field. today came a statement which. he
said. gave Mrs. Annis' version q the
shooting According 10 this statement T.
Jenkins Hams pointed his revolver az
Mrs Annis when she ran toward her
husband and threatened 70 Kill her.
As Capt Hams pointed his revolver
at 1Ir- Annis7 M-. Birchfeld said. Mrs
Annis cried out, VIII, VIII and started
70 run 10 her husbands side T. jenkins
Rams. NEo ha1 drawn his revolver and
was covering the others present. turned
MS revolver on her and said. Get out Of
here or you'll get the same thing Capt
Hams already had shot Anuis and Mrs
Annis fully believed that his brother was
going to xiii her. She had in her mind
that her children now would be not only
fatheTless. but nOtherless and screamed
oh, my children" If it IS necessary. Mrs.
Annis viii 20 on the stand and swear that
T jenkins Hams threatened 10 Kill her.
Had il not been for T. jenkins Hams
threatening the crowd with his revolver.
Capt Hams would have been seized be
fore he had fred so many shots at Mr..
Annis. From this point Of view. T Jen-
kins Hams IS directly responsible for the
killing Of lIr. Aunis
District Attorney Darrin to-day said that
he did not believe that Annis had made
the statements credited TO him by the
man whom Lawyer Shay has introduced
as prospective witness Mr. Darrin
added that he did not believe that the
court would permit testimony Of the sort
to be given. Mr.. Darrin repeated his
declaration that the Hams trial was
going 10 be q murder trial and not an
open sewer. and intimated that he would
fight any attempt 10 introduce scandal