Ogden Morning Examiner | 1909-01-17 | Page 2 | Will Write Novel on "Unwritten Law"

Witt liL NOVEl OviEL ON LAW THORNTON HAINS WILL MAKE HIS TRIAL BASIS OF STORY He Ho Says Say the Jury by Acquitting Him Has Placed That Law Above Written Statutes New eW York Jan Thornton Jen Jon Una Hains lInins acquitted ol ot or complicity in tho the murder of William WilliamE E a Annis will Ill spend today toda In rest at ata a local hotel with his lather father and mother General and Mrs 11 ra Peter C CHains Hains As writing is la his profession Halna Hains says ho he will got get gotto getto to work worl Immediately that Is just as boon as US ho lie completely recovers from tho ho effects of uC tho the trial and his Imprisonment His trial it is 16 said he will nako the basis of a novel on tho ho un tin unwritten unwritten written law concerning which he lie Is quoted as follows Do you rou know what stands out fore foremost foremost foremost most m ii 11 tho thio mind from the thc back hac background background Ie ground of my m trial This That tho lie jury by Ity h acquitting me of criminal re responsibility for the tho death of Annis has placed place the unwritten law lav la high above the written law of or tho the state of or New York YorkI I purpose to devote most of my limo Ime me in tho the immediate future to writ writing writing I ing ins a series of articles embodying that thought I Intend In lend also to write a nov no novel el ci having ha vins for Its Us theme the unwritten law Clearly Clearl the jury vindicated the righteousness of the lie unwritten law by finding me not noL guilty guilt That must bo be obvious to every even mind that had fol foh followed foll lowed l tho lie testimony and grasped the significance of tho flue verdict Y In Iu corela tion with the judges charge Clearly also If I am guiltless my brother is guiltless Should ho he now bo lie tried there thero Is ir I no doubt in my mind that ho lie will be bo acquitted