The Detroit times., 1909-01-07
IOARA|M ENDS HIS
+ EXAMINATION OF .
7. J. HAMS
DEFENDANT is SUBJECTED TO
RAP DIRE cRoss-ExAMlNA.
\ TON BUT PROVES A MATCH
FOR PEOPLES ATTORNEY.

FLUSHING, y. Y. Jan. THE
jss examination OF Thornton jenkins
aims was completed at noon today
ne defendant had been on the stand
rec and one-half days and seemed
,nfident when he walked TO his seat
nth the exception OF few points MS
sstimony stood well the rapid on
= aughts OF District Attorney Darrin'
In an effort to show that Inorntoh
kains had made statements TO re-
jorters al variance with his statement
In the stand. District Attorney Darrun
lpeued the session today by onering
Is evidence small volume OF news
saper articles. None OF the articles
we're read as evidence and only the
prosecutor and the witness knew the
points involved
q Did you say that IL (the shooung)
all happened so quickly that you didh
have time TO Interfere" Darrin asked,
and the witness replied mo.
! The district attorney read news
raragraph in which the defendant de-
ciared that the brothers carried pis-
tolls while out motor boating for rear
OF being attacked.
"I made no such statement, the
witness declared
The witness denied he had ever seen
Tierney before he encountered him on
the float the day OF the shooting.
Questioned about the movements OF
Storm, Andrews and his son and other
states witnesses who saw the tragedy,
the defendant insisted that he saw
only Roberts when he ran from the
dock.
Darrin sprang a surprise right here
by asking the defendant TO identity
the writing on a piece OF paper, pur-
porting to have been written by the
captain after their arrest.
"I cannot Identify this as my
brothers handwriting. In fact. | be-
ieve it Is not his writing" declared
the defendant, thus defeating the
prosecutor for the time being.
II Is declared that the message Oar
rim tried to offer contained strong EVIL
dence or conspiracy against the two
brothers.
Again the prosecutor tried 20 intro
duce letters TO Editor Ripley contain
ing threats against Annis. The VIII
ness made partial Identification of two
typewriter letters but they were not
admitted.
That's ALL" said Darrin, completing
the cross-examination.
The defense In the trial OF T Jen-
kins Hams for the murder OF VIM. Il.
Annis, sprang surprise upon Spe-
cial Prosecutor Darrin. just before the
opening OF court today by issuing a
subpoena for Mrs. Charles Andrews,
the friend of Mrs. Annis, who the
widow testified. had been on the float
1t the Bayside Yacht club at the time
Of the shooting.
When Justice Crane called the ses-
sion TO order. Or. Andrews, Flushing
physician, was In room just under
meath, pleading with John +. Mcln-
tyre, chief counsel for the defendant.
not to insist upon the service Of the
subpoena.
Mrs. Andrews, II Is said, was made
III by the news of the proposed action
of the prisoners attorneys and refused
TO leave her home In the village.
According to Joseph A. Shay, Nc
Intyre,'s principal assistant, Mrs. An
drews Is expected to corroborate the
story of the shooting as told by Thorn
ton Hams and therefore to directly
contradict the story of her friend, Mrs.
Annis.
The lawyer would not say how ne
had learned this. but was most posi-
tive about It,
IF she cannot appear in court" he
said, Eve will take her deposition and
have It read"
Shay also said that the defense
would call Mrs. Charles Birchfield be-
fore the prisoners side Of the trial
was closed, under the direct examina-
ton of witnesses.
II Is intimated that Mcintyre has
some interesting points to question
Mrs. Birchfield about which bears only
p,rtly upon the murder proper and