The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-06


Less than twenty minutes.
Was Il less than ten minutes'' II
won't say. A few minutes-five or six at .
most, and maybe less.
What did Blrchheld do after You .
spoke the last word with him?' Il .
don't know. He was there when asked .
my brother TO go away, When next I.
looked about as / went up the dock, .
Birchtield was down on the float"
Confounds His Own Words.
How long was 1t after you learned /
Annis was nearing the float in boat |
before you spoke to your brother
never noticing how his own estimates
Of the time We're tripping him up and
confounding his own words. Just long
enough for me to get over my shock
Of astonlshment'
Did you say to MIR. Funke before
you heard Mrs. Annis addressed By
Birchfed. Where is Annis?' II did
not. That statement by Funke Is abb
solutely false"
Where were you when you heard the
frs, shot?" II heard five or six shots
altogether as l started down the run
way"
How were they fred7,llike a bunch
of hrecrackers?" NO. like soldier
would fire them, this way and as on
MuUudN. ne ny sIA
claps OF his palms, regularly spaced.
Did you say Monday that you only
got ten or fifteen feet up the dock when
YOU looked back for your brother"
Yes | was, Monday, giving You my
best recollection. I'm not certain OF the
distance ] walked-I walked slowly
Did you say Monday that you want.
ed to convey to your brother the Infer
cnce that you would leave him unless
he followed" Yes, think so"
Had you reached the runway when
you heard the first shot" Yes. I'd
Just started down the runway
Whom did you see on the float when
you reached the runway" II don't re-
call seeing any one. first remember
sail OF Annis's boat. He'd been under
the boom, guess, and he had a re-
volver in his hand. didn't see any one
at all during the shooting
Every other witness had testified that
from the land side Peter Hainss body
was in plain sight during the whole
messed the shooting from the bay was
Clark, the negro sailing master, and he
saw only Anns
Did the firing cease before you got
of the runway" 1T ended Just about
the time, l think. that reached the
Did you hear any shots after your
brother came from behind the sail?"
NO" said Hams, thus giving the lie to
an irretutaple hit ~ physical evidence
a, bullet hole through the sail, close to
the mast.
'As your brother rose up did YOU see
any one else?" Yes. at that moment
saw big mandolin Tonning, as
have since learned-run across the float
from near the how Of Annis's boa, and
spring al my brother. He hit my
brother, causing Peter to drop his gun,
and as he raised his right hand to hit
Peter again | got there, At the same
moment ! saw Mr. Roberts run in and
pick up Peters gun"
Didn't See Annis, e Says.
IL didn't see Annis then or for several
minutes after that. | old not see .Anns
come of his boat or fall in the water.
have a dim memory that few mo-
ments after the shooting ceased | saw
somebody helping somebody else out
OF the water, This was after | had
asked Roberts to get back, but there
was lot OF confusion, and l can't be
positive"
Why did you tell Roberts to get
back7" Because he raised my broth
er's gun toward me, and | thought lie
was aiming the muzzle at rlc. My
brother was right against me and Rob.
erts was only two or three feet away
won't say Roberts threatened NE
with Il: he only raised It's mu2zle to-
ward me. Then drew my revolver
that moment"
When things had been peaceful on the
float Thornton Hains couldn't see any
body except Mrs. Annts Storm and
Birchfeld. But when riot broke out his
vision must have improved. for he now
answered the last question in this wise
oh yes, saw great numerically
a, dozen persons They were running
about and shouting"
Did you think there were any un.
exploded cartridges in your brothers
gun when Roberts raised it,"
Yes, only counted five or six shots,
an automatic gun, knew that an auto.
matte gun contains seven cartridges.
Most Damaging Admission.
The damaging effect Of this admission
by Hams becomes apparent when II Is
coupled with his previous statement that
he had never seen Peter iiains's pistol
be fore In his life, and that he saw 1t for
50 brief time before Roberts snatched
It up that he could not identify the
weapon shown to him In court There.
fore he could not he expected to kaow
that 1t was an automatic gun or that it
might contain a seventh cartridge whau
Roberts raised IT,
After rettin. all the possible emphasis
ne could ont - this slip by Hams Oar
rim required him to describe the next
phase ~ the tragedy.
II drew my own gun and pulled IL
down on Roberts and told him 10 stand
hack" said Hams. He fell back. say.
Ing something as he did 80. There were
lot Of other men and they ran or
walked UP the gangway. Before this.
/ though, there were curses and cries. I
heard such words as Damn and
think I heard men Yelling, Hang him,
Get rope John Tonning fell back
as swung my gun, and so did the
others, Using my gun only to emphasize
my words, l cried out, Get back get
an Officer III take charge Of this
man.. They all fell back and ran UP
the runway"
cer?' AT the top OF my lungs"
L when the other men had all gone
back. retreating before your gun, whore
was Annis7" ~ don't know After
called out, Get an officer they all got
OF the float. When first saw AnnLs
he was lying under the bonn Of his
sail, He was alone. This, should say.
was within two or three minutes after
the shooting"
Saw His Own Witness, Though.
Although Hams insisted that at no
time during the excitement had he seen
Harway. Clarke, Andrews, young An
drews or half dozen other witnesses
for the State. he was quite sure that
he had seen his own witness. Tierney,
the ashman, on the float few mo-
ments after the shooting.
II only had passing glimpse of Tier
ney," said Hams, but | remember him