The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-07
the Bayside Yacht club, it will be re-
called. T. Jenkins Hams turned to a
hYsfa ndar and said.

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bystapder and said:
II have been trying for weeks to
dissuade him from doing this thing"
To the mind of Darrin the statement
indicated the captain had thought
over the deed carefully in advance,
and the prosecutor will use the state
ment as evidence to show the captain
was not afflicted with emotional in
sanity. Darrin also announced that
the brothers would not be tried Jointly.
II shall lay the facts before the
grand jury" he said, "and ask for
separate indictments. There is no
doubt in my mind that the men are
equally guilty. The fact that jenkins
held back men while the shooting was
going on and that he himself made
no effort to stop his brother from
shooting Annis clearly indicate that" /"
Darrin's Efforts.
Darrin is trying to get in touch with
many of the Hams brothers friends in
the hope he may get statements from
them to aid him in his preparation for
trial. He has communicated with
Frank G. Wild, New York, counsel for
Mrs. Hams, asking the lawyer to ar
range conference for him with the
captains wife.
Darrin also says he has several i'm
portant subjects on which he wants
to consult Wild. That, lawyer, how
ever, was out of the city and will not
return until tomorrow, when, 1t Is ex-
pected, he will make statement in
behalf of Mrs. Hams concerning the
charges which have been made against
her by Captain Hains.
In his conference with District At
torney Jerome, Darrirf received list
of cases similar to that of the Hains
brothers. He has been going over
them. carefully. Darrin said he had
heard rumor that Mrs. Hains and
Annis had been photographed together
in bathing suits. He said he investi-
gated the report and found picture
of Annis in his bathing suit, but Mrs.
Hains was not in the picture at all.
When Darrin was told of the report
that the defense would put Peter G.
Hains, third, seven years old, son of
the captain, on the witness stand, he
said he did not believe the story. 1t
had been given out by counsel for the
defense.
II do not believe" said the prosecu-
tor, "that the defense will resort to
such tactics. Furthermore, the boy is
too young to know the nature of an
oath and he is not an available wit
ness"
Mrs. Hains' Plan.
Boston, Sept. 7.-Following long
conference with her counsel, Frank L.
Norton. Mrs. Claudia l.. Hams, decided
yesterday to take immediate legal
steps to obtain possession of her three
children who are now in the custody
of her father-in-law. General Peter c.
Hains, Sr., at Fort Hancock, N. Y.
Young Mrs. Hams was moved to this
step partly by the report that her
seven year old son. Peter C. Hams
third, was to be placed on the witness
stand in behalf of his father at the
latter's trial for the killing of William
E. Annis, and partly because of her
loneliness and sorrow which demands
the presence of her little ones.
1t is also declared that Mrs. Hains
will issue general statement in
which she will deny all of the allega-
tions against her character made by
counsel for Captain Hains.
| 1t is also said that this statement
which has long been expected, will
contain some very emphatic utter
ances.
The Hains children, besides Peter c.
Hams, third, are Hamilton Hains. aged
four, and Spencer B. Hains, eighteen
months old. Mrs. Hams has twice de-
, manded the custody of her children
from the Hams family, it is said, and
has been refused. 0
Her counsel. it is said, have assur-
ed her that she could not wait to OBJ
tain legal possession of her children
being free from any legal taint and
under the law the natural guardian
of her little ones. Mrs. Hams smiled
through her tears when she heard
this. She said that because of the
absence of her children she had been
unable to sleep.
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