The Washington herald., 1908-08-18
mrs. HAMS RECIlES
STORY OF CRUELTY
SAYS Husband Maltreated Her
in Washington.
WILL SUE HIN FOR DIVORCE
Wife Of ". E Annfs' slayer Declares
She Was Repeatedly Beaten and
Locked IN q Room in the National
Capital Without Food or ComPan-
ioEshfP-Tried TO Run Away

Repeatedly beaten tIack and blue. ~
I'll almost On the verse Of plysica. and
mental collapse. locked in her room for
DAYS a. O. -lue without food or couPau-
io-shlp. and tlvya-tsd in every attempt
% make her escape. are some OF The in
enities which Mrs Peter c. Hams. Jr-
says she received at tie hands OF her
husband while they lived in Washington
In an interview in Boston LAST night
1Irs- Rains declared sle would never for
get the cruel treatment accorded her by
the jealous army captain while residing
in a fashionable ueighbo-h0od IN th-s
city
I suffered severe beaungs ar his hands
vlsls living in Washington said the
wife Of William <. Anuis' slayer I
was repeatedly locked il my room with
/ out food OF companiorship- planned %
I leave h1n. bur he thwarted me I shall
never forget his brutal actions, they
drove me almost insane Life with him
was ErtoIerable- was often black and
/ blue from his abuse
Last May Peter beat ne unuerci-
fully He kept ne locked UP for Two
5ays and nights without anything 20 eat
Com pelted 10 Aphlc-~
They made me drink some whisky, and
in the presence Of Thornton and their
father they made ne sign some papers
/ I suppose it was that confession which
/ they made as a p-etext for. shooting down
+ N-. Aruis.
nv mother came 10 Brooklyn then
I was broken down. sick. and a complete
+ wreck she brought me back here and ]
E left nv husband at that time I was all
+ bu- insane when my mother came Had
/ she delayed her coming 1 would have
/ been crazy. They brought NE here 10
( Winthrop. Il 7 had ny children now I
( Wouldn't care must have them Peter
/ has hidden them somewhere
IN ny divorce suit. which I have rled.
T I have asked for their custody and 1 am
B going 10 fight for my pretty little ones
{ I want them. Oh. SO much
/ Mrs. Hams repudiated the alleged con
{ fessiou which her husband 5 family claim
I 20 have obtained from her. She declared
I she had nothing 10 confess. and retaIiaJed
/ ny p defense OF herself and a severe ar
/ raserrleut Of her husband for his conduct
: toward her in Washington and other
( cities.
J Il sincerely hope that both my husband
and his brother viii be strung UD for
! Tl-ari4eE- ALN -lA~lt1lA4 f-a+7 jean.
OF Nr Auuis. but I never save him any
reason. The wrong was always on his
/ side from the beginning The lure of the
[ Uniform. OF position in the world, led me
TO wed Hams when he was a lieutenant
at Fort Banks. near my Winthrop home
I Bitterly have I regretted it, Instead q
the manly. coUra Eeous man I had thought
him in nv girIhood days. 1 found 10 Dy
sorrov. that he was severe and overbear-
ing"
/ Mrs. Hams arrived at her Winthrop
Mass. home yesterday and summoned hel
I arrorney Il is assumed that they WI
I confer together with Mr.. and Mrs LIB
bev her Parents TO decide what step.
VIII be taken in the prosecution Of hel
suit for d rorce and il her efforts 70 oo-
tain the custody Of her children. Frienc'
OF the officers wife are hrn n thel
declaration that II Capt. Hams and h-:
! brother are ever tried for the killing q
Annis Mrs Hains will be found on th'
! government. side as one Of the most I'M
portant witnesses
Mrs Hams Characterization OF her hus
band as "a wretch who ought 70 hav'
list punishment meteG out 10 him z
generally taken 70 mean q clear intins
ton that she and her husband have sev
ered all former bonds. and that she WI
not fght in his behalf. no matter VIVA
over1ures might be made
Il Is believed that after the conferenc
with her attorneys here, Mrs Hams an