The Washington herald., 1908-08-17

New York. Aug. Is.-Capt- Peter C.
Hams. 5r. who shot William =. -Auuis
at the Bayside Yacht Club Saturday
afternoon. and T. Jenkins Hams. writer
and brother OF the captain. who held
the crowd back at The point Of an army
revolver. and who. when Interference
was attempted. declared that he was
running This business" were transferred
to-day from the Flushing police station
TO the Queens County jail. at Long Island
City.
Meanwhile. they had been arraiened
In the Long Island City police court, but
through an error. they were not repre-
sented by counsel and nothing was done.
the hearing going over until tomorrow
morning and the two prisoners being
held without bail The police make no
differentiation between the oneuses Of
the two men. 80 patiently were they
working IN concert. and 10 is expected
that the grand jury viii i1dict both
for murder in thc first degree The grand
jury does not meet until the first or
second week in October.
Want Early Indictment.
District Attorney Ira c.. Darrin said
tonight that he would, ask that the in
dictment be handed Up as soon as pos
sibIe after the grand jury assemblies L
IS possible that the case may be brought
70 trial IN November. Meanwhile th-
prisoners viii remain in their present
quarters. the county jail
They were taking matters rather calmly
to-day. They had spent the night in the
Flushing police station and expected %
be arraiEned IN the court I'm that village
in the morning. Their father. Brig. Gen
/ Peter c. Hams. and W G Percy. Of Man
/ haitian. their lawyer. had been told tha,
there was where the arraignmeut would
! be made. But the wife Of Magistrate
Maurice c. Connolly. who was 70 sit in
I Flushing. was sick al summer resor,
and the magistrate went 10 her. after re-
guessing Magistrate Matthew J. Smith. in
I the Long Island City Court. 20 take care
I Of both districts So the prisoners were
1 bundled into a patrol wagon and taken
I 20 the latter's court
Capt Hains and his brother seemed tC
/ have no desire 10 attempt 10 get away
l but the detectives N-.. taking 10
/ chances So T jenkins ITaius. the larger
Z and fercer brother. was handcuffeG be
! tween Detectives FailOn and FeiEel and
! Capt Hams was attached by a single
! bracelet 10 Policeman William G. Baker
who made the arrests This token ot
/ their condition was not pleasing 10 tn,
{ brothers. but they said nothing.
Followed by Father.
] The trip in the patrol from FIushin.
( was begun abou. $50 O'clock Half al
hour later. on the arriv the 90
( train from Long Island c., .---L Hain.
I and Lawyer Percy reached the station
/ house. and were told that the prisoner,
had been taken TO Magistrate Smith;
| court The father and lawyer then board
ed a car and got back to Long Island
/ CITY after the brief court proceeding
were over and the brothers had beer
/ taken TO jail
/ Capt. Hams showed some evidence o.
nervousness in the morning. He was no
at all broken in spirit. and, in fact, Wa:
most optimistic; but the nonchalance o.
bearing which was his at the time Of hh
arrest had given place 20 what may hav,
been something like a realization Of IN,
position he is in His brother. on tn,
other hand. was the same cold. seIf-conf
dent man who, according to his owl
I words as well as according to ali ap
pearances, mad run the business" o
! shooting 2 man with an automatic gul
of heavy caliber without warning an,
without giving the victim a chance 70
kss life.
He did not act as II this were his frs
appearance in The role Of lighting for hi
iife in court OF justice; nor is it Som
/ iseventeen years ago, when he was litu