Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-18
'HA|Ns WELL KNOWN =.
:1.A;AT' FORT MONROE
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was Thoroughly familiar with It's
manaupnrnt Near Smduwn SIuail
came up from III" direction o: The
month Of tn" James river. and II ia''r
annrarrd from thu stories OF tn VIZ
urSs,S of The occurrence that fianhr-
,.ou WAS anxious 10 come ashore be
fore. the storm broke.
Body Brought to Shore.
lie. was dead when til" cano" Wa
Er.nchrj near the hrrakWat"r JUS b.
womb tn. then Commander Evans
houS.. and Il few hundred yards from
Ihc Ellgria hou"l Tony Hams ma"
SHOT two bullets at his lifelong
,.irnd. The. second shot proving fatal,
IIaius ran his boa; into the teeth o.
the sloin. aud was cut some tune DC
Yer" hr returned to shore. Wh"h ne
dii ST.. he w"ni /" tn" telegraph OF
fee and sent 4 n"-%aS" I" nj"
mother. MIS- Peter {. iiaihS. III
Wa hin&tun, in which h" said
Il hay" shot Ned flanagan. he
fnitia EN- q! ~ SIl la wv
This was tn" first that was acth-
ally known OF tn. affair. liainS CAV"
himself up 10 III" military aathor!
rios a; the post and was taken I"
tn" county jail Of Elizabeth Guy
county at Hampton.
: No criminal trial III III" history OF
thu. PENINSULA OF Virginia ever stirred
/ nj
section as did tn" proceeding !l'
lowing the staying of young lianne-
gan by Thornton J. lIains III Hamr-
ton Roads on June -, 1891.
The case was fought out on line
Of selr-Cnfrnse. although woman
figured conspcuously in III" events
leading up to tn" homicide. because
of criminal procedure" obtaining III
Virginia seventeen years ago an"
the fact that Hams based MS h''
frnec solely on the Goiglven rish'
10 defend his lite against an assam
ant all evid nc" that might nave
hecn ailuCed to develop seaman
was kept from the jurors.
The trial was conducted before
Judge Gunter. of Accomac county
and former Juds" John Booker was
clerk of the court. \ special Vchlrc
OF twenty mcn was called, in order
to select Il jury.
The Trial.
After hastily filling the box, the
defense ma,k, an attempt 10 nave
the trial postponed. This was s'up-
bornly Tough; by representatives Oh
tho Commonwealth. who inslStea
tina, Hams was guilty of cold blooded'
prcmcditatei and d"liberat" mnroe''
and should be- brought 10 justice az
the earliest moment. HVeiy lh'
between opposing counsel occurred
on the opening day of the trlai' ah"
throughout the proceedings the co".
tending lawyers came to tn" verge OF
blows over personalities into the
case.
The defense attempted to nave
Tho case postponed on account OF the
pbvsical condition II halnS. nut j"
tbis thev failed. According to IN"
laws OF Virginia. the defendant wa"
allowed the choice al being tried De-
fnrc the criminal court or IN III"
circuit court at it's fall term. HI:
.,ttorrcys chose the latter. ana IN
case was called on September .
1891
The social standing of the primer
nails 70 the affair as well as me
: ,,rom;n.n,ncc of the families nCst
Interested. lent added interest |" inc
cosc that made il famous in the ie-
cal annals of the Old Dominion.
Gathered in the little courtroom AZ
uamnton. when the trial was cait"d.
were Gen Chen COLI Hams. tather
of the defendant: Lieut.. joan Ham,
his brother. who was at that uhie
stationed with his command at Fnr'
Nonro.. SciInan X. HanneSan. ia
; ,tcr oj the dead young man: ScHa'
tor voorhees, whose pr"teSc H''
Harucgan had been. and other per
sons rrominentlv identified with 'he
eo.i,l lilo of Washington and Fort
Monroe.
| TIL. selection of a jury was speed
;,v ACCOMPLISHED and consisted OF
| T. l.. Sccicy. G. ". Topping. - ~.
randrnm. W w ChciIis. 7. T. ia
Wis John Thomas. l. y Armm"ry.
n W. Notifies. G. u. Jones. A, J.
Gincrt. John Williams and G. W.
Waits
when summoned 20 the stand ana
asked il hc was guilty OF not guilty.,
: vanrc Thornton. y Hams arose. and
cIaspinC tho hand ri his mother. Hh"
was seated near him answered. NOT
guilty" and sat down.
, Senator VOORHEES,. who came ns a
srrC-ator. pirnEcd into IN" legal ffcht
al is opening and. contrary to oxpcc'
I ,atjous. ;nos an aciiy" part in IN"
o....i.- Adrniral Rnhlcv ID.