New-York tribune., 1909-01-16
T. ]. HAMS NOT GUILTY
JURY OUT 29 HOURS.
Brother. Wh0 Killed Anllis, Nag
Not Be Brought to Trial.

--,,,.,, Te,,tfpe E4ajns was declared not guilty
YESTERDAY o. the murder OF William T. Anhls 1le
resul, was announced after the fury had oelo-
Grated for twenty-three hours. SO Wiio e was eL,e
demonstration of large crowd IN the supFeiiie
Court al Flushing that Justice Crane aheIAy Vi
dered The room cleared The throng, pusheo anu
hustled from the courtroom made Its way 10 tiiS
street and continued cheering Inc o@'eiioa-'
Who maintained his nerve 10 the end, even at me
irving moment the foreman was ABOUT 10 ttS
IN. verdict seemed to be one OF 1he -e4S' eAo'oU
-ersons IN the little courtroom. .
zK-,e, Thornton Hains reached the Hotel Aslol'
,,,,,naried by his counsel, he found his ratheF
rnd mother awaiting him. There was an Anec-
,ouat- meeting after which Mrs Hams exclaimed:
20 I can't talk. I'm so happy. II seems As i
IT, wears had been lifted from my NE.
since early morning General and Mrs Hams hao
been waiting in their apartment ioF soHie ~
from the courtroom The first announcement '-~1
their son had been acquitted was given Oy d ,'
r.sf.er reporter shortly after which thornton MIN
selF reached his father the telephone ana eA
Claimed:
They have acquitted me. Kiss mother for me
Later on in the evening Thornton Hams was seen
.n his room, where he had been olnlhg WIN 44iS
rnctber and father and his counsel He said;
DO Won know what stands out foremost In my
r,ud from the background OF my ulaI! IlIs-
Trat the jury. by returning verdict acquiring ING
of criminal responsibility for the death or ARMS
has rlaced the 'unvyritten law high above the
written law Of the State Of New York; and pur-
G-ose 10 devote much OF my time IN the imineola's
future 10 the writing of series Of articles enpooy-
,nr that thought and celebrating my ideas IN con-
rcction with il.
CLEARLY the jury vi1dicated the righteousness Of
IRE rlnuritten law by finding me not guilty as
Charged That must be obvious 10 every Tnlnd that
has followed the trend Of the testimony and grasped
To significance of the verdict in correlation with
.a i,l5ca-s charge Clearly also If am g1liItless
.f-- brother IS guiltless. Should he now be uled
there is not any doubt that he viii be acquitted.
DO you believe Captain Hams is now insane
Thornton Hams was asked.
u surely do-and that he was insane in the hour
~ she tragedy also II lie not insane then
am liar
There was great rapidity in the changing scenes
IN The courtroom during the quarter hour imTne-
dtateiy following the announcement OF the verdict
Justice Crane, even after the turbulent audience
Rad been elected and the room was occupied only
fv tle principal persons IN the case, the oHhceIs
end the newspaper men, had difficulty in restrain
. the expression OF feeling upon the part OF many
Major John P Hams. who had sat beside his
brother during the FIVE weeks OF trial, was OUT OF
+ba room, when the verdict was brought IN Learn
i7c that a verdict had been reached, he rusheo
"a the room arriving lust after the last OF the os-
orderly spectators being pushed out OF tne
room The door shut He burst II open anu
was Immediately grabbed by court atteilohiiN'
who was about 10 throw him out when he Tecog-
,,fze5 him There was a gasping question and g
rauid answer. Not guilty" between the army OF
fcer and the court attendant and tnen MAYOR H"''
sank into the nearest chair.
whose husbands murder Thornton Hams had JUST
been acquitted She was greatly surprised 'aiheS
: DAYTON Of associate counsel for the prosecuuon'
was with her and he advised her against making
5uv comment upon the verdict All she would say
,.ter talking with Mr Dayton and Mr. DaTrin
Vas:
IN may he said by some that l held feeling OF
z,i-,oss,-- toward Thornton Hams. and those who
entertain feelings uufriendIy toward me and kindly
toward him may even call II blind desire Tor re
yenge All ] viii say is that plain justice
under the peoples law has failed Of accomplishments
Jr a fezs days I viii prepare statement
Iva . Darrin who was District Attorney unit
Tanusry and has since continued in charge OF
the case as special prosecutor, gave vent 10 soil
stormy expressions Of opinion.
Il Viii tell The Tribune, which have read ever
.7a,- since 1865 Just what think. in q very few
words saii Mr.. Darrin- 1t is perfectly plain ina
under this verdict it Is absolutely safe for any
person who is ingenious enough TO frame up a de
fence 20 20 out and kill at Will Private vengeance
seems TO have taken precedence over the peoples
law
The sur,- retired on Thursday at P. Despit'
The fndisposition Of john Walsh. who fell from
trolley car few days earlier the jurors wrestlec
With the problem Of the defendants guilt or limo
ceDce fer tUenty-tlree hours, pauslng only orieh!
FOR supper breakfast and dinner and to send tive
T0tes to Justice Crane requesting first that map
be sent and second, that the testimony OF DT
McBride John Tierney and Captain Clark TN
negro boatrnaz f,e read. The reading OF the tesIl
rnon1- which had be given IN fun. occupied seV
ersI hours in the morning. So carefully was th
iu-v guarded by q Gordon Of police under Captain
Tracy that no rumor drifted from the rooms 4
the reooe in corridors street
William Hill the foreman. said after the trla
VS. oyer that no ballot taken until five hour
after TIE jurors had retired. or at 10 D m OF
THURSDAY. The first ballot showed the jury TO b
divided nine TO for acQUittal Fifteen ballot
IN all were taken.
The Court. fearing a disagreement was impending
sent for the jury. 1t did not appear at once feV
moments later the Jurors entered the box AM
Justice Crane started to ask questions to learn
there was any chance OF agreement, when tn
foreman stated that agreement had alread!
hsen reached. Just before starting for the court
room another ballot taken II proved TO be
unanimous vote for scQuittal.
I'VE ind the defendant not guilty said thu
foreman
After The courtroom had been cleared, Justic
Crane thanked the jury for its patience under try