Show THORNTON HAINS j ji I HAD MURDER LUST i Washington Official Says Author Author Au Au- U thor thol Was Master Mastel Mind Mindin in Killing THREATENED BOB EVANS 1 Also Made Threats Against Secretary of War Wr r Dan Lamonti Washington sI Aug 31 n.- n. rA prominent lt 1 official tonight in fn discussing tho the acts of Thornton Jenkins Just juitt previous previous pre pre- Ious to the shooting of or William E E. Annis during doting th tho actual slaying and ant immediately subsequent thereto declared de do- elated clarc that an attempt would be made mado tat woul map to provo pro tho the murderer author mad lAd This official who was well wel acquainted with th tha th 3 facts In conn connection with the tle wih Hannegan killing l by Thornton hams Hains lains near Old Point Comfort traced traced- tho the startling mtr murder cr line lino of or tho slayer since that day The declared declare eclar that h Thornton n c hams Hains had threatened the lives l of Admiral Ad Ad- miral Bob Hob Evans E an and Dan Dati Lamont La La- mont ment secretary of during the Cleveland administration and related a allet variety of astounding incidents to convince tho the hearer that tha Hains had well wel earned his reputation as a 3 dead sit ot Thornton hams Hains has been Ton Tony Hains Hams to me rae since I knew him as a n boy boy said sid this department man a He lie was a madcap youth seeking adventure on ad lure ture when a n ho boy and quarrelsome Tin cat cued Bob Dob 12 Eans tansI tans I 1 saw raw aw Thornton Hams kill Idl Hanna Hanna- gan gati al and I recall that 3 as s one of the darkest la days s 's of my life You know that scene was witnessed by ly Admiral k Evans who Was a witness at Ul thu the trial trial But lut you ou do o not know probably that the testimony that ho gave placed hl his life in Jeopardy It I is g e true tuc When Admiral Evans Eans was i called to the stand as is a witness wines u against in cHel t lining Hains I tho the young oung man was heard to mumble a a Cul curse C. C And whon when hiatus Hains had been heen freed from the tho chat charge he encountered I Admiral Evans E one cn day as n the latter was entering the naval na department I and Rains Hains halted haled abruptly in front of tho the admiral admiral f hl 1 will IiI kill Jl you for what you OU did I the young man blurted nto tho the teeth of the sea fighter sea and lul he seemed to J mean moan every O word of it H. But lut Admiral i had faced bullets as well Arell wel as as' as men filled with murder lust and although al- al I though the action of or hams Hains nonplused him for a a moment ho he stopped slopped the j storm of passion with wih a a tad sad sal laugh laush and l by passing on as if he lie had hal not heard hearda a word You see Admiral Admiral- AdmIral Evans E too had known the boys boya and know Jae their I father and he hc loved loed them for their 1 parents parent's parents ake I C Lis Lun XII All J to 10 Brother I I t believe o that Thornton Tornton hams Hains I Ion long ago have been placed out ol ur harms harm's way under moderate re re- re I think that his was vas the maddened brain brIn that hat formed the thc plan and completed the killing of or An n I For a more gentle gente soft mannered mannered bo boy a a moro kindly boy than Haim you yn ou could not bind from front ocean to ocean It I was after a night of ba bad affairs that Thornton seeking an nn outlet for his murder immediately lilt hit uon upon tho the idea of killing Lamont y cn ho lie hor r hL r into y-into tt Ui i 11 im lie v as n jt admitted without to the tho ot of the tho war var secretary T. Whether er or CI lie he Intended to L Lamont mont regard regard- I lag hits hia father and his fancied grievances ances is js not known Young hums ao arose aroc c and declared that that he would kill I Lament Lamont Lmont if Jf there was WW the tho slightest thing dono tRino to cause th the tue elder cIder Hains trouble OC Ot course cours the young man was halll hastily ltd It'd away But Hut the tho secretary fu d to tu malf a C complaint against him |