Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-21
:. THE HAMS Trial.
CONTINUED from Page One3

the room and kiss her again. he kept
| that up all the time was looking.
when he came to the front door
once she got to the door first, and
saw his and her shadows kissing ana
hugging. When he came to the front
door he would say, is Mrs H. In?
would say, 4 don't know. I guess So
She would come to the top of the stairs
ana he would go right up.
Most of the time he would stay up
for quite awhile and if there was an
other man with him the man would
wait in the parlor.
/ HE brought several men down at
several times. Mr. - and Mr.. 80
and Mr.. ------. and I don't know the
names of the others.
Il once said to her, You love Mr.. A.
better than your husband, the Cap
She said, 'Oh, l didn't know what love
was then
Once she went out with Mr. A. and
stayed all night She told me that the
auto broke down and not to say any
thing about it. Another time she went
uptown and stayed al night. Ono Sun
Gay she got a letter from the captain
ard she stayed up stairs and cried She
looked down-hearted. The next letter
she got she seemed pleased and she
said she was glad l did not believe the
tales about her. She always called A.
papa.
When She went to Boston she told
me Mr.. A. went to Boston with her
and not to tell. When she left she said
To me. 4 have disgraced myself and
my children. 1 had good husband and
disgraced him and now l have MOTH
ing to live for But it was my own
fault"
The affidavit of Emma Lowell, an
other servant says:
II was engaged as a cook by Mrs.
Hams on Dec. "a, 1907. On the Saturday
following ! saw Annis He called at the
house in Fort Hamilton and Mrs Hams
met him at the back door, This is my
affinity she said to me. He patted me
on the back and kissed Mrs. Hams. Then
he went into the parlor with his arm
around her waist. l said to the nurse:
i see Mrs. Hains has an affinity She
said: You ought to be here sometimes.
The way she carries on is something ter
rible. They sat all night together and
goes to her room Just the same as If he
were the captain.'' -
Il saw Annis carry Mrs. Hains down
stairs on his back. In April last she went
away for a week and came back looking
| very pale"
| Mcintyre said Saturday he had an eye
| witness of the tragedy at the Baysde
Yacht Club who will rebut the testimony
| of the various witnesses who have been
called by the prosecution in the last three
| days.
| II will not disclose this witnesses name
| now, because I do not wish to have the
prosecution learn who he is until he gets
| on the witness stand" said Mcintyre. He
| was at the Bayside Yacht Club on the
| day that Annis was snor by Captain
| Hams. He will show that Thornton Hains
| simply was protecting his brother after
the shooting took place and did not draw
his gun until the captain ceased firing
My witness says Thornton Hams did not
say to Birchfield, Andrews and others:
Keep back! He knows what he is deing.'
| On the contrary. Thornton said, Keep
! back! He is crazy. He does not know
what he is doing, and if you interfere
you may get the same thing My wit
ness says Captain Hams shouted to An
mis-: You stole my wife and children
| from me-"
| Mcintyre added that he will call as a
| witness former steward of the club who
was discharged after a fight with Annis.
following an insult by Annis to the stew
| ards wife. Mcintyre also is relying on
/ Henry l.. Jesperson, real estate agent.
| to show why the Hams brothers went to
/ the yacht club on the day of the shoot
| ing.
4 Thornton Hams Saturday made q state
ment backing up the previous days as
| sertion that members of the Bayside
| Yacht Club have formed IAN assassina-
ton club to kill him" He asserts their
testimony was not correct.
| Shay explained that Captain Hains.
now in the Long Island City Jail, is man
ifesting no interest whatever in the trial
of his brother He does not ask for the
newspapers and does not seem concerned
about his brother. The lawyer gave the
| impression that the captains mind is wa
vering and though it was expected to
put him on the witness stand, his brain
is not sufficiently clear to permit that.
A demonstration with IN automatic pis-
tol like the one used by Captain Hams
in killing Annis will be made in Flushing
today. Disinterested persons will watch
the firing of the pistol. 1t is said the
seven bullets in the magazine can be dis
charged in one and five-eighths seconds.
Mcintyre asserts that after the first shot
is fired the action cannot be stopped un-
til the magazine is exhausted. One load
ed cartridge was found in the pistol after
Captain Hams shot Annis.
One of the most important witnesses
for the prosecution Monday will be Mrs
Annis. widow Of the slain man. She will
give her story of the tragedy, which she
saw She said that before the shooting
Captain Hams looked at her three or four
time but did not speak to her, though
they had known each other for several
years. The prosecution will take at least
three more days to present it's side of the
case The defence will require several
days and the trial will not be finished be-