Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-30
With Suppressed Enotha, 0ld 0|fesf
Tells Of IncIdsDts ffon boE
hood 10 Tragedy. .
EVER Of Elc|IABlE TEMPERAMENT
First Years Of Married Lie Happy
Then Came Annis-YounS ofs'esr's
e Reason pethroned by Whites inh.
delity-Fousht Bravery In Porto
Rieo-AiIesed Letter to Annis.
(By Associated Preas.)

NY heSoSiotCu AsSJ
FLUSHING, N. Y. April 29.-An
affecting scene was presented TO-DAY
at the trial OF Captain Peter c. Hams.
Jr., when General Hams. retired. the
aged father Of the defendant. related,
with suppressed emotion, the incl
dents Of his sons tife from t'oyhood
10 the time. when. driven to mad
ness by wife's alleged inhde!ity, he
shot down the man who. the defense
was the GAUGE OF 1t.
Beginning with the boys tendency
to Nightmares and general excitabti-
ity during his enrlser years. the old
traced his career through
the campaign ct the Spanish. Ameri.
can war, when he fought under MS
father In Porto Rico and was always
in the way on the firing line.
Happy TiH Annis Came.
In 1900 the captain wooed and mar.
ried Claudia Libby, the general said,
and spent years In unbroken nappi-
ness with his wife until In 1906. they
met William p. Annis.-
The narrowing scene9 which On.
acted at the family conferoncs Aes0
after the Captains fssugA Mon IN
eight months stQuF fcf 10y y Ne
Phllippipes 4a6Ea: on1s1a ~. = 9an..
eraf In q tremhfng voice. . r.
Thornton Hams, the brother who
was tried and acquitted OF completely
In the same crime. appeared In court
during the afternoon. hdt left aimost
Immediately utcn being told that he
would re seat for when wanted.
DIR. Graem Hammond and severa!
other alienists who will testify Tor
the defense were in court today.
Nervous Early in Life.
General Hams testified that he dis
covered at an early period of Cap
tain Hams life that the boy was
suffering from excessive nervousness.
He said the captain graduated at the
naval academy at Annapolis In 1888
but did not enter the naval service
on account OF defective eyesight. He
described the conduct OF Clsuoia
Hams toward her husband, the cap
tain. during their early marriage as
that Of a flowing wife,
During the Porto Rican campaign.
the captain then a lieutenant OF ar
tillcry. was a member Of his COM
mand. the general said. and they all
suffered excessively from the sultry
and bad climate Of the island.
Describe your sons conduct at the
lattle of Guayama," said Mr.. Mcfn-
tyre.
Always IN the Way> =.
He was always getting in my way
on the firing line." replied the VT.
ness. land when T told him to get
away he said I had no right to wear
that big white helmet on the firing
line. Then told him I would have
to put him in the ranks II he did not
stop bothering me-"
After getting General Hams to say
his father died from senile insanity,
Mr.. Mcintyre excused the witness.
Dr. L. Samuel Manson. the alienist,
described an examination Of CaStain
Hams in the Queens county jail on
September 6. 1908.
u found him sitting on his chair
staring into vacancy" said the doc
tor. when I spoke to him he made
no response. put nv hand on his
shoulder and said loudly: How do
you fecI!' and still there was no re-
Spouse. put him through several
tests and there was no response"
Ordered MIS-. Mains Nome.
General Hams recalled. te0ihed
tina, he told Claudia Hams, after she
made the confession. that she would
have to 90 TO her mother.
- don't know tina. mother viii take
me- the witness said Mrs. Hams re-
piled.
Yes. she will take Won when m
one else vii, I told her" the general
cDntinucd - and tcIegrapscd for her
mother iO come
Il asked Claudia Why she had done
this thing. and she said she did not
know. unless II was that she loved
Anp!s and he loved her
The witness said the captain was
50 WRIGHT NJ at this time that he
acted I 'se an insane man.
Letter 60 Aanss.
The ger ~rpt "~Etifcd . letter o.
kgcd to ha-c been written by Gap
tain Hams vile to knnis prior IN
the Confession.
The letter va. put in cvidcncc and
read 10 the jury.
"ucar Billy u hogan. ''noat
come down Monday morning. EVERY.
thing :. over between Peter and ne.
He has found out everything and tod
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