Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-15
TRIAL OF CAPTAIN HAMS
Attorneys Decide to Rely Solely on
Insanity as Defense.
COMES UP MONDAY
wife and Mother May Testify
for the Prosecution BlE
stock Brokerage Firm
Fails.

NEW YORK, April H.-Conferences held
today in the offices Of John F. Mcintyre.
counsel for Captain Peter c. Hams, jr.,
in which the latter's parents, General
Hams and Mrs. Hsines, their son, Major
John r. Hams and several witnesses par
ticipated, resulted in a decision to rely
solely ON insanity as a defense in the trial
Of Captain Hams for the murder of VIII
liam E. Annis. The trial will begin Monday
in Flushing. L. l.. where Thornton Jenkins
Hains was recently acquitted Of connection
with the shooting and IL Is expected will
last about three weeks.
The defense will call between forty and
forty-five witnesses. Mr.. Mcintyre Is con-
sidering seriously dispensing with medical
experts to combat the testimony of alien
lists who will be called by District Attor-
ney Dewitt. II Is the tentative plan OF
the defense to leave for the judgment
OF the jury the mental condition OF Cap
tain Hams. Immediately preceding the
shooting, The killing in all its aspects, II
IL said, will be admitted, but Captain
Hams will be described as u sufferer nearly
all his life from emotional insanity.
District Attorney Dewitt said tonight:
IF needed by the prosecution both Mrs.
Hams and her mother, Mrs. Libby. will
appear at the trial OF Captain Hams and
testify"
Stock Brokerage Firm Fails.
NEW YORK, April 1S.-The = stock
brokerage firm of Ennis G. Stoppani, one
Of the largest operators on the Console
dated exchange and having branches in
various cities of the United States and
Canada, today was placed in the hands OF
a receiver on the application of three
creditors, demanding an aggregate OF
35,146 in unpaid claims. Counse for
these creditors, in tn cir petition to the
United States district court. alleged that
the liabilities of the firm would amount
to 81. 500, 600 and the assets 100000.
Lindsay Russell was appointed receiver
and a few minutes later Treadwell Cleve-
land filed a paper in court showing that
the firm had assigned to him last night.
Mr.. Cleveland, however, retired in favor
OF Mr.. Russell and the latter assumed
control of the firms offices.
One OF the allegations I'm the bankruptcy
petition was that the firm had failed to
meet its margin obligations on the Chi
cage Board of Trade. Treadwell Cleve-
land said that the causes of the suspen-
sion were unexpected demands made by
out-of-town customers in the last few
days, resulting in the heavy withdrawal
of accounts. No official statement was
made by the firm or the receiver, but
stories were current that the house had
suffered extensively through the rise In
wheat on the Chicago Board of Trade.
A meeting of the creditors has been
called for tomorrow by attorneys repre-
senting 500, 900 in claims.
schubert's Resignation Accepted.
The Theatrical Managers association, at
. -.A~Ns-- N11a.y ,1a.AoI NH~ Aatw 4
of the firm of Sam s. and Lee Shubert.
who drew from the association last week
because they were not allowed votes In
proportion to the number of their play
houses. A. committee was appointed to
draw UP a statement in answer to the
Shuberts.
President Charles Burnnam, In address
ing The meeting, said that the question OF
proportionate adjustment was gone into
very thoroughly at the time q the forma-
ton OF the association and that the one
member, one vote idea was favored since
the start.
In a statement issued tonight, the
Theater Managers association announced
that four weeks ago Messrs. shubert made
certain complaints against a morning
paper in egard to the alleged treatment
Of themselves and we're informed that the
association, as a body, could not take cog
nizance OF matters OF that kind.
Jacob Shubert then remarked, according
to the statement, that II the members
would not withdraw their patronage from
the paper they saw no use OF the associa-
ton and would withdraw and form one
Of their own.
A committee was then appointed. which
heard both sides. II reported that II had
been unable to bring about an amicable
understanding and that It was impracti-
cable to pursue the inquiry further.
Miss Caroline Dead.
Miss Caroline Holman Huidobro, the well
known lecturer and writer on South Ameri-