The Washington herald., 1909-05-19
HAMS IN Sing Sing
Army Captain Will Be No.
59293 in the Future.
LISTENS TO ROCK BLASTING
Slayer of Annis Laughs and Chats
on Way from New York TO Prison.
VIII Be Given Medical Examiua-
tfOn To-day, SO He Can BE As
signed 60 Labor-Win Appeal Case.

New York. May IS.-Clad IN a prisor
uniform OF gray. with a big A OF ths
left breast. indicating a first-term man
Peter c. Hams. r.. this afternoon stop
ped on his way 10 a cell in Sing sins
prison, where he is sentenced to spend
from eight 10 sixteen years. and listened
to roaring salute from q rock blast.
Ing across the river.
That Is music 10 me-" said the slayer
Of William Z Annis. with a show oi
satisfaction Il recalled 20 him the days
in the army. from which he has not re-
signed. and viii not. he says.
Hams arrived at Ossining shortly after
noon. and was taken az once to the
warden's ofics in the building. In q
very short tine he mad been shorn Of
his beard. his hair cut close, his rough
civilian garb had been replaced with the
hrst-termers' gray costume. and the con
victed army captain. bathed. and with
pedigree entered in the books. was sent
to his cell to awsit medical examination
BY which his degree OF labor VIII be
determined.
Given Number 5s283.
In the prison routine there viii be no
Capt. Peter Conover Hams. jr. The
man in gray viii be No. $3.50. For
every yesr served he viii have q white
stripe added to the left sleeve OF his
Uniform. at the end OF fve years he
viii have q white star. and II his be-
haviour has been good. a white baT
sealed 10 his sleeve. II he Is unruly a
white circle viii show instead.
For each day he serves the State viii
allow him one and one-hslf cents. and
II is estimated that at the end Of eight
years. the shortest time he can hope to
get out in. If the courts sentence IS not
upset. he viii have 70 his credit $3.50 in
pay. a 80 bonus. a suit Of clothes. and
transportation 10 the place from where
he was sent.
AL the way up on the train Halns
chatted and laughed with the men who
accompanied him. and Deputy Sherin Gil
foil, 10 whom he was manacled- He ad-
niTed the scenery, and talked about the
disposition OF his children 70 his father
and brother. Mai. John Hams. who had
boarded the train al I25th street, after
getting OF the train which the prisoner
and his captoT missed earlier
Blasting Music TO Him.
Gen. Hams and Mai Hams loitered
after the party landed in Ossining, and as
a result. we're locked out Of the prison
without a chance to say good-by TO the
captain. They will 20 Up to see him
Thursday. Standing outside the prison.
the general said that the blasting. which
win be music TO bis son twice each
day. reminded him Of the cannonading
az Antietam.
VIII you resign from the army
Hains was asked.
No: OF course not BE replied.
There is no charge against me IN the
army on which I should resign OF be
dropped The case is in the hands Of
my lawyers. and they viii appeal"
This was all he would say regarding his
case from the time he left the Long
Island jail this morning until the prison
doors closed upon him. During the course
Of that time the deputy and his prisoner
managed to miss the train which they
were 10 take, and had to take a latter
one.