The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-19
MRS. ANN|S IS STAR
WITNESS FOR
THE STATE
sHE Is EXPECTED TO BE RE-
CALlEp-SToRY SAYS SHE HAS
A LETTER OF WARNING FROM
DEFENDANT.

NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Mrs. VIM.
+. Annis. widow OF the man who was
shot by Captain Peter c. Hams, Jr..
U. s. A.. at the Bayside Yacht club,
Will be recalled to the stand by the
prosecution In the trial or Thornton
jenkins Hams. indicted for compli-
city In the murder, when the case In
resumed on Monday.
Mrs. Annis has now doomed up as
the strongest witness for the prose-
'tion. The testimony Of several other
witnesses for the state. has been lit
orally riddled by John +. Mcintyre,
chief counsel for Hams, bat there 10
story current today tina. Mrs. An
mis- has a letter written by J.. jenkins
Hams 10 her husband. which was Al
warning. IL not a tnreat, Mrs. Annis
is expected TO go back TO the time
of the conception OF the tragedy
! the time when, II Is alleged. T. Jen-
kins Hams revealed TO his brother,
the scandal connecting Mrs. Peter g.
} Hams, Jr.'s name with that of Annis.
Justice Crane. up TO this time, has
closely guarded every effort on the
, part Of the counsel for the defense
10 get on the records the stories OF
ilton which followed the killing OF
Annis.
IL Mrs. Annis has such a letter
from T. Jenkins Hams, If she is com
PEELED TO go back to the time Captain
Hams decided TO do harm 10 Annis.
these scandals will be brought to
light. Mrs. Annis may not know
them, but Mr.. Mcintyre has heard
them and II is expected he will draw
out facts from these insignificant so
cial functions-at least functions
which appeared insignificant to her
at the fort, and then. by introducing
other witnesses, the bomb OF scanda-
lous doings will explode.
u is said that more than one man
OF his standing IN the army will be
powder-burned should thee be such
an exposure. Mr.. Mcintyre is de-
termined TO get at the full story-the
stories OF the nights OF orgies, the
days of repose, the smoking and
drinking among men and women, the
car playing, the quarrels, the Cos
sip and everything else.
III Mrs. Annis has such a letter
from T. Jenkins Hams n may go
hard with Hams. but II will so pretty
hard also with certain men and WON
en-who took part In affairs at the fort
during the absencc~of Captain Peter
Hams in the Philippines when. 1t Is
charged Anris came into Hams. home.
stole his wife's love and besmirched
his honor.
Up to this time the chief weapon
OF the state is the evidence that T.
jenkins Hams levelled his revolver
at members OF the Bays,de Yacht
club. while the brother was pumping
bullets into the body of Annis.
Another strong point In the prose-
cution's evidence is the statement
that r. jenkins Hams made inquiry
just before the shooting wnen he and
Captain Hams entered TIE Bayside
Yacht club. as TO the whereabouts OF
Annis. More than once Il has been
testified he had Annis pointed out to
him as the latter was coming into the
dock In his boat.
Mr.. Mcintyre has not been able TO
tear down these two props in the
states case, but he did knock the
pins from under three OF Prosecutor
Darrin's own witnesses when he made
them swear they did not hear Thorn.
ton Hams threaten to kill II anyone
interfered as testified to ty Charles
L. Birchfield and others Mr.. Mcfn.
tyre already has injected strong In.
ference regarding the alleged Illicit
relations between Annis and Mrs.
Claudia Hams.