The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-12
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LAWYER MCINTYRE OPENS CASE
FOR 7. JENKINS HAINs-coN-
TENps THAT CAPT. HAMS WAS
INSANE.

NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-John +. Nc
Intyre began his plea TO the jury Ger
the life OF T. jenkins Hams. on trial
for the murder OF William z. Annis. OF
the opening of today's session of the
court at Flushing.
At the outset OF his address he
warned the jury that they were the
sole judges OF the guilt or innocence OF
the prisoner and that the judge on the
bench could not decide. He declared
that Captain Peter Conover Hams. the
actual slayer OF Annis. was a mailman.
made 20 by HIS discovery OF his wife's
relations with Annis. t. jenkins Hams
protected him from the possible fury
OF Annis' friends.
+. Jenkins Hams sat. an interested
listener at the counsel table. He
looked pale and careworn. but he bore
himself nevertheless with a confident
air and smiled a greeting to the famil-
lar faces OF the newspaper men and
court attendants.
Mcintyre assailed Prosecutor Darrin
In vigorous terms for employing out
side counsel to assist In the prosecu-
ton, and attacked the testimony Of
members OF the Bayside Yacht club.
charging them with bias and enmity.
The courtroom was crowded when Mr..
Mcintyre began his address. About
one-third of the spectators were wo-
men. Within the enclosure sat Mrs.
Mcintyre and Mrs. Joseph A. Shay,
wives of counsel for the prisoner.
How probable Is the story or An
drews, Birchfield, Storms and others
when under the sanctity OF an oatn
they say they have no ill-feeling TO
the defendant" said Mcintyre. These
same men confederated together and
procured private counsel. meeting In
this very courtroom and all admitted
they were bosom friends of the de-
ceased. How improbable TO say as
they do say, that down In the inner
most recesses OF their hearts no re-
sentiment lies. They are not frank
when they say they have no bias.
When you consider the evidence in
this case you may ask yourselves this
question: Has there been framing. is
there invention, has proof been man
ufactured, was Andrews asked to for
get the missing links?'
The prosecution will say that
Thornton Hams approved the killing
OF Annis. His approval forms no ba-
sis. Assuming for the purpose OF
this case that he merely mentally
acquiesced in the killing of Annis, for
that he Is not guilty"
After an hour and a half Mr.. Nc !
Intyre got down to the evidence in the
case. He began by finding flaws in
the prosecutions opening address.
IF ever there was a piece of testi-
mony1 with diabolical purpose-depriv-
ing q human being of the life God gave
him this Is 1t. It was fiendish," al
most shouted the lawyer, referring TO
parts of the states opening speech
that mad not been introduced in evil
dence.
1T was infamy, this introduction of
the phase we've got him now, as the
brothers drove to the yacht club" Mr..
Intyre went on.
The lawyer shook with emotion as
he compared the highwayman. the
burglar as high class men to the law
yer who introduced such evidence.
He likened the case of the prosecu-
tion to q ship breaking up at sea. and
declared that to save it the special
assistants had brought In foreign mat
ter.
The story OF Mrs. Annis is unquali-
fiedly false II the opening of Mr.
White Is true" he said.