"They were smirking and laughing at me," Hansen said later. "They looked at me and talked in a low voice. I saw red. I jerked out my pistol and shot them down."
Five shots were fred from his revolver and the two attorneys were struck in the back, Mr. McLaughlin's body rolling to the floor where it lay in a pool of blood. Mr. Hancock's feet were still crossed in an attitude of relaxation when officers reached the scene.
Hansen was shaking but defiant when taken to the sheriff's office on ar. upper floor.
"I am glad of it," he said. "I had rething to lose. They swindled me out of everything I owned and when I saw them in court whispering together, trying to do more harm, I went crazy. I don't regret it though. I am glad I put them where they can't hurt anyone else."
Hansen said he came here eleven years ago from Waconda, South Dakota with U.S$35000. He was reported to have lost a judgment in Imperial County courts to the father of Mr, Hancock in a dispute involving a land deal.—United Press.
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