Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-21
Capt. Hams Tells Attorney of
Interview With Wife.
ADMITTED LOVE FOR ANNIS
Mrs. Hams Lawyer Denies He
Knew of Confession.
PRISONER MUCH DISTRACTED
Report That His Mind Wandered
When Talking to Father and
Attorney Yesterday.

| NEW YORK. August 21.-In the war
| denis small sitting room at the Queens
county jail yesterday afternoon Capt.
| Peter c. Hams, jr.. according to his new
| counsel, told how his wife confessed to
| him in May that she had been madly In
| fatuated with William e. Annfs during
| SIX of the eight years of her married life.
| Several statements were made by both
sides.
| District Attorney Darrin intinlated that
his chances of convicting the Hams broth
ers were imperiled by his Offices lack Of
funds. Friends Of the Annis family pro-
tested the continued belief Of themselves
| and Mrs. Annis in the dead man.
The line of defense which will be Of
| fered for the two brothers is somewhat in
doubt. After Mr.. Shay outlined a tenta-
| tive plan to the newspaper men, he adj
mitted in reply to their questions that he
had not had opportunity to study the
evidence sufficiently.
Alleged Confession.
Extracts-or scraps of information pur-
porting to be extracts-from Mrs. Hams
confession were given out by Mr.. Nc
Intyre to various reporters. In each In
terview Mr.. Mcintyre made public some
new detail. but to all reporters he refused
verbatim copy of the full confession.
| Mr. Mcintyre said the confession COW
cred couple of sheets of typewriter pa
per. 1t was taken down in notes by Gen.
Hams from Mrs. Hams statements in
the presence Of Capt. and T. Jenkins
Hams and Wall street lawyer. 1t was
then dictated to and transcribed by a ste
nographer, and was signed by Mrs Hams
| in the presence of Gen. Hams. Capt.
Hams, T. jenkins Hams and the lawyer.
| No coercion. according to Mr.. Mcintyre.
was used in obtaining the confession, but
Mrs. Hams had been in an hysterical
state previous to the signing.
| The document, says the lawyer. adj
mits eight or nine specific acts of inf
deity with Annis during afternoon au-
tomobile trips between the departure
in October. 1907. of Capt. Hams for
Manila and his return May % in re-
| Spouse to Il telegram from his brother,
| T. Jenkins Hams.
| Mr.. Mcintyre said the confession was
signed on June 1. Next day Mrs. Hams
went to live with her parents at VIM
throp, Mass. and the three children
We're taken by their grandparents.
Denied by Wife's Lawyer.
Mrs Hams lawyer. Frank G. Wild.
denied emphatically that he knew of
any confession on the part Of his cli-
ent. He said that if one existed Mrs.
Hams had not told him anything about
| it.
Mr. Shay, the defense's young legal
expert on emotional insanity, went this
afternoon to the Queens county Jail to
consult with his clients. After four
hours of questioning he returned and
low hi vrNy14t
Hams was positively unbalanced and
| that 1t would be easy to prove T. Jen-
kins Hams had not been guilty of any
participation in the killing of Annis.
| Mr.. Shay said he had hard work to
hold Capt Hams attention He got
tired after awhile and became silent.
| Don't you understand what I am
saying?" suddenly burst out the cap
| tain.
Mr.. Shay said afterward that for sew
eral minutes previously no one in the
room had said a word
Captain Attacks Brother.
| When the interview in the warden's
sitting room came to an end, Mr.. Shay
and Maj. Hams who. with the excep-
ton of the two prisoners. were the only
persons in the room, rose to go. Sud
denly, Capt. Hams rushed toward the
major. shaking his fist.
! Don't you contradict me-" he cried
Maj. Hams had been silent practically
throughout the whole interview.
! 1t is from these two incidents and
inability to fix his attention. that Mr..
Shay bases his belief in the captains
| insanity.
"T. Jenkins he said. sis no. more
guilty of abctting any murder than you
or l. Indeed, he tried to prevent the
captain from going down to the float.
We can prove that he and the captain
went to Bayside to visit some friends
not yacht club members. They went
down to the pier Cor reason quite other
| shan that of shooting Annis When
Jenkins saw Annis coming in to the float
| in the boat he tried to get the captain
away.
! "They carried revolvers because they
| had been in the habit of carrying them all
their lives. Jenkins thought his brother S
pistol was empty. The captains automatic
revolver shot the whole nine shots in a
few seconds time. Then, as the men on
the float crowded threateningly around the
| captain. Jenkins drew his own weapon to
hold them off. He did not say This is
my affair or anything of the sort. He
merely ordered them to stand away"
Explains Melancholy.
| District Attorney Darrin stated that he
believed the dull melancholy mood
| into which Capt. Hams has fallen was
due not to insanity. but to a growing de-
preston with the gradual realization OF
the position into which he has got himself.
! The district attorney added that he was
going to advise the warden to have the
captains cell more closely watched TO
prevent suicide.
Mr. Darrin said he had a dozen wit
nesses who could prove that r. jenkins
| Hams drew his revolver before the shoot
| ing He added that dis office force was
! SO inadequate that he had not yet been
| able to apply to the governor for the APP
pointment of special supreme court
| Judge and the drawing of special grand
| Jury He said that his Office had not a
cent on hand to conduct the trial. and
that he was going to apply for All APP
preparation Of $1,000.
At Mrs Annis' home. A. Claremont ave-
nue.. one of her friends said that she had
left the city temporarily, and that she
continued. in spite of all that has been
| said about Mrs. Hams confession, to be-
lieve that her husband had always been
| faithful.
TAKES AWFUL LEAP