New-York tribune., 1908-08-20

.sFhere seems to been master "is'o ih
this-a dominating and dominated nino. now
when the dominating mind is unbalanced. the DOM
mated mind IT is easy to see, would propaoiy oo
made insane by the goadings of the dominating
mind
Counsel for the Hainses dwelt at some length on
the fact that Mrs Hams had not instituted
counter suit for divorce. Instead. she had merely
filed an answer 10 his suit This answer, Mr.. Nc
Intyre sad did not contain anything which could
be construed as a charge that Captain Hams was
morally depraved.
The much talked of confession" of Mrs Hams
of relations with other men is now safeiy locked
In Mr.. McIntyre's safe Mr.. Mcintyre said last
night that her statement would have a most i'm
portant bearing the case and scored at the
idea that it had been obtained under duress
Harvey L. Rockwell. who took Anniss suitcase
and his clothing away from the clubhouse, was
among those at the funeral Tuesday night. He
said yesterday that he did not have In ms pos
session nor had he had any letters warning AihS
of the intention of the Hams orothers. ne
and Mrs Rockwell both said that not only did they
not believe that any such letters had been written
but that no letters challenging to a duel ever were
written Speaking of the funeral they said that
the coffin had not been opened at the grave an"
tbera had been no scene at st. Michael's Gene
terry all.
The inquest was held late in the evening in the
Old Town Hall of Flushing. When Dr. Amber
the Coroner of Queens, took seat IN room
occupied by the Supreme Court II was Jaiiilieu
To oie'4i4o
alone at one side of the bench for nearly an hour,
having been brought down from the jail by Sherirl
Harvey and Detective Lieutenant Butler
AS the crowd filed into the room, both brothers
seemed to find much amusement In the appear
ance of some of the good citizens of Queens. They
laughed and joked together. apparently as care
free as any in the room until the actual proceed
ings began. Then there was nervous consulta-
ton of counsel after which the brothers sat alone
with the exception of Major John Powell Hams
their brother, who sat between them 1hrough
all the proceedings from then on they leaned for
ward, elbows on knees and played nervousiy with
their hats T. Jenkins Hams sat all the time FAC
ing as far away as possible from the coroner ana
witnesses At no time did he and his brother look
at witness, or jury even when the VII
nesses were asked to identify them
The inquest was even more perrunctory thah was
exnected only two witnesses being called. The
first was Mr.. Roberts, of No. 5H Vernon avenue
His testimony was brief He told how he was on
the float at the end of the long pier at the cluo
near Mrs Annis who watching her husband
bring his boat to the float, when he heard sIheie
shot fired The report, he said, was not louu'
scarcely louder than that of a fire cracker. AS
he swung around his heels toward Where Aiiiii9
was about to make landing he heard MIS- Aiiili7
call out Look out, Will" He saw Ahhis S'aseei
forward toward Captain Hams, who was leaning
fo- forward his outstretched arm holding the re-
volver that was splitting its deadly contents d>
Annis He Ieaped forward, but stopped VINE"
Jenkins Hains thrust his revolver INTO MS lace
and cried "Keep off! Keep Off or III XIII you
When Mr. Mcintyre took the witness In mana NE
first question was: WAS the shooting SUN soihs
on when the man you say was JENKINS iiaiiiS
showed his revolver in your face?
The witness replied that two shots mad peeh h'eu
hut that several other shots, he did not know no"
mauy were fired while he was held at pay MI
MCINTYRE wanted him to describe the expression oi
Jenkins Hams at that time, but the questions were
not allowed.
PULLED ANNIS OUT OF WATER
After Captain Hams had emptied his automatic
nistoI and the work over the witness SAID
that Anns staggered and fell into the water MOI
until then did Jenkins Hains drop his revolver As
soon as he did this. the witness SAID he jumped u
the side of the and seized Annls by the hahds
as he struggled weakly in the water and pulled MIN
on to the float.
The other witness was Coroner's Physician
Frey of Long Island City. He told of the awful
WAY in which the body had been mutilated by the
shots of the powerful automatic pistol He said
that the great velocity of the bullets had inflicted
tuentv terrible wounds three four of which were
necessarily fatal Every bullet had passed entirely
through the body. The character of the wounds
showed that there had been at least nine initial
wounds The right forearm shot to pieces.
the right femur was mashed into splnters and the
torso mangled in dozen places Mr. Mcintyre con-
tented himself with two questions as to the
nhvsician's professional ability. and then Coroner
Amber told the jury that all they had TO consider
ras whether Annis had come to his death at the
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