Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-06
Wants Mrs. Hams Called.

Mr. Mcintyre interrupted and SAID II the
district attorney would agree to call Mrs.
Claudia Hams he would have no objection
to the line of testimony. Hams, however,
declared that it was not SO.
The district attorney asked the witness
if he had not said to Mrs. Hams that he
would like to kiss her if she was not his
brothers wife.
The defendants face became fiery red.
He bit his lips and turning to the court.
made a protest in low tones against the
question. :.
ent to answer. The witness said NO"
Further questions as to whether the wit
ness had sought close relations with Mrs.
Hams were Overruled.
Thornton Hams was asked II he had not
| told Mr. Libby, father of Mrs. Claudia
| Hams. at Fort Hamilton, that Annis had
| been instrumental in turning down his
stories, and that some day he would XIII
| him.
| turned down my stories j would have to
| have a private graveyard, snapped the
| witness.
| The witness declared that in his opinion
| the acts of Capt Hams for over TWO
| months prior to the shooting were IRA
tional and those Of a crazy man. Hams
| said his brother was violent on the MORN
| ing of the shooting.
The defendant said that frequently be-
| tween June 1 and August 10 ne spoke 10
| his brother, and that he did not hear him.
| The district attorney was insistent on this
point, with the apparent purpose OF ask
ing later how it was that Capt Hams
| could hear the name Annis' when IL
| was spoken on the dock and the army OIL
| ficer was thirty feet away.
| Hams was asked why 1t was that when
| he reached Bayside he told CAPT halns
| that they would look over some building
| lots when the captain had heard him tell
1 tv uh they
ing for Witness replied he could not
say.
| Hams Says He Was Ill.
Asked if he remembered what he had
said yesterday about the number of peo-
pie on the Long Island train, Hams said:
| II don't know. j know that l was very
sick yesterday
District Attorney Darrin carried the
| witness slowly over the testimony given
nv him Monday of the drive from the
| railroad station to the Bayslde 1acht
Club. The witness said he did not recail
that he had said to his brother during
see the lots even if Jesperson was not
there. =,
The district attorney called attention OF
the witness to the fact that on his direct
examination he had said ne suggested u
his brother that they look the real estate
over and drive around little.
Hams said he did not see Capt. Hams
load a revolver on the ride to the yacht
: club.
District Attorney Darrin asked the de-
PENDANT If there were any women in the
club house when he reached 1t and direct
ed Mrs. Hills and Mrs. Rockwell, wives OF
two club members, to stand up in court
Hams said he did not see them at the
club.
The defendant said that he did not re-
member saying anything to a negro
waiter at the club about real estate deal
: ers. Thereupon the district attorney
asked him II he had not testified Monda!
that he asked the negro waiter about rea
| estate agents and that the waiter talkee
about some agents he knew. Hams saic
he did not remember what he had SAID
During the progress or the testimony
| there were frequent wrangles OF coun
sell which Justice Crane quickly checked
Recess was taken at this point.
Prisoner Badly Confused.
The fabric of the defenses case was
badly torn yesterday, when Thornton
Hams, under sharp cross examination p3
the states attorney, made many dam
aging admissions. His jaunty manner
disappeared in the fire of the prose
cutor's interrogations. and several times
he admitted that he could not rememoel
minor details Of the same testimony NJ
, had given Monday. Once, In q plalnuV'
. voice. Hams said:
II can't remember i never was 81
3 tired in my life. l have been five month:
in prison. and I'm worn out.
I Thornton Hams could not say why
when at the Waldorf August 10 on hi
way to Bayside, he had not stepped
across the street to Jesperson's office II
:. find out where he was instead of goint
| to the yacht club with only an impress
sion that he might be there. The de
PENDANT said he did not know whethe
!. Capt. Hams had time enough to pur
: chase q revolver when he fell behfn'
s Weaver and himself on the walk III
;, Broadway August 10.
Mr.. Darrn got the witness to contra
dict himself several times. This mad
: him extremely irritable, and he showed
Il his anger when the apparent dfscrepan
e cies in his testimony were brought out
y The Judge however. spoke soothingly t.
: him. and he gradually recovered hi
leQuanimity.