The evening world., 1909-01-04

InOfntOn Hams, All nlgnt ne was
crying out, Ny God. | can't stand 1t,
That man has wrecked my home. How
can stand IT, lie spent mos, Of the
next day sitting in chair witt his
head hanging But al ;9nrrvaIs lie
Jumped up, clutch!ng his head and
screaming ont at the top OF his voice,
MY God, Thornton, can't stand IL
When he walked he staggered or STUN
hled, like one exhausted He often held
his arms rigid, with his hands trem-
bling. and once or twice noticed the
saliva was tricklIng from the corners Of
his mouth.
During the next few DAYS ne grew
Uuieter, but seemed TO take little or no
notice Of what was happening l
wanted TO take him automobiinS, but
didn't know how to run the car and
he didn't | took him about with me
often during the early part OF June.
Il brought him over TO New York
once, and We were walking down the
east side OF Broadway between
Eiehteenth and Nineteenth streets
when he suddenly stopped, grew rigid,
trembled all over and said, 'Annis.'
looked across the street and saw a man
that looked like Annis. although I
wouldn't he sure My brothers face
turned ghastly white and his teeth
clenched. ! said That's not Annis.
come away, and took him by the
10 Ia nj
still. trembling, for half minute or
so, but | took him by the arm and led
him down the street to the Fourteenth
street subway station.
"On the way home he said, I don't
know what TO do with myself | don't
know what's the matter with me. |
can't control myself when | see Annis'
Then Peter added something like this:
When see Annis I want to get at
him
Did you go anywhere else with your
brother from early in June up to Aug.
49, Il took him 10 the train when he
went to Washington He came back
about the middle OF June and stopped at
my house. ! was with him constantly
all day and often at night. never
saw him sleep all that time. He may
have slept, but I never saw him. He
spent most OF his days sitting in
steamer chair on my upstairs porch,
often staying there Till dark He ate
very little Sometimes he would be-
come almost violent, stamping up and
down wh'stling. singing. waving his
hands and often crying out oh, let's
forget IT, It's all right. Let's forget IT,"
He frequently quoted The Vampire or
sang oh, How Happy to Be Married
over and over again"
Saw Victim on Broadway.
Did you take him on, motor. boat
ing?' Yes, took him out at lea st
thirty times that summer. We would
run at top speed all day covering 100
or 200 miles, and once circling Staten
Island twice the same day. My father
asked me to keep him out on the boat
as much as possible"
DO you remember what happened on
~ du"ut Huk' '. les, We went 10
the Army Building on Whitehall street,
and from there rode uptown on
Broadway car. We had Just got of the
'ar and were walking toward the door
of the store when he stopped and shook
all over, I said, What's the natter
He pointed TO a man who was crossing
Herald Square and said: There he goes
there he goes, That's Annis.-that's
The man" He stood there several min.
ltes, and had hard time getting him
10 60 on. He trembled all over, his
aktn drawn tight over his face and his
eyes were CLASSY, shining like q snakes
eyes
In a day or two he was sent to Fort
Hancock at Sandy Hook. and my father
and mother came UP from Washington
to the house for him. used to take
him out in the motorboat every day
on july rs We went up the Shrews.
bury River We were coming back
when We saw two soldiers fishing in a
boat off the hospital Just inside Sandy
Hook. He asked me to run up to them.
As We neared them, running at about
twelve knots. my brother suddenly
jumped up and threw open the switch,
greatly increasing our speed. ! threw
by, narrowly escaping striking their
boat he jumped on the seat Of our
boat and cursed the soldiers.
When we had got by | said, Why
did you throw open the switch? He
said Switch, he'll. never touched IT,
Up until that time he had seemed to me
TO be improving mentally. About
o clock that afternoon lie came into me
and said TO me.
Speaks OF Suicide
'Thorny, have lust seen father.
! am soldier and gentleman
This man Annis has made Claudia
accuse me. can't live under
this must de. There's only one
thing to dol must die He has wrecked
my home and now he has killed me.
am gentleman and an oft,cer and a
soldier, and mus, die
II said You shan't die you shall live
here with rle. Besides, II may not he
true. rs to monstrous to believe they
would accuse you ~ such things He
said. I tell you ! saw the papers and
| must die cannst describe his ap-
except TO say that tears were
4 ltf nj la fng grI,