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Show el having for its theme the 'unwritten law.' "Cleaiiy the jury vindicated the righteousness of the 'unwritten law' by finding me not guilty. . That must be obvious to every mind that had followed fol-lowed the testimony and grasped the significance of the verdict in co-relation with the judge's charge. "Clearly also, if I am guiltless, my brother is guiltless. Should he now j be tried, there Is no doubt in my mind thai ho will bo acquitted." WILL WRITE NOVEL 01 "WRITTEN LAW" THORNTON HAINS WILL MAKE HIS TRIAL BASIS OF STORY. - . He Says, the Jury, by Acquitting Him, , Has Placed That Law Above Written Statutes. ' New York, Jan. 16 Thornton Jen-kinti Jen-kinti Ilains, acquitted-yesterday of complicity in the murder of William E. Annis, will pend today In rest at a local hotel, with his father and n. other, Genoral and Mrs. Peler C. Ilains. As short-story writing is his profession, Ilains says he will get to -work immediately, that is, just as soon as he completely recovers from the effects of the trial and his imprisonment. impris-onment. His trial, It is said, he will irake the basis of a novel on the "unwritten "un-written law" concerning which he is quoted as follows: " "Po you know what stands out foremost fore-most in the mind from the , background back-ground of my trial? This: That the jury, by acquitting me of criminal responsibility re-sponsibility for the death of Annls. has placed the 'unwritten law high above tho written law of the state of New York. "I ' purpose to devote most of my time in the Immediate future to writing writ-ing a series or articles embodying that thought. I Intend also to write a nov- |