Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-17


The funeaal services Of young Edward A.
Hannegan were held yesterday afternoon at st.
Matthews Church and now the remains OF
Thornton Hams victim lie at peace in the
shades Of Mount Olivet cemetery. The funeral
was held at S O'Clock and the church was well
filed with the intimate friends OF the dead boy,
who were shocked beyond measure at his sad
death. 1t was an impressive sight as the body
was carried up the aisle by group OF young
men who had been the friends Of Hanne-
gan and had loved him for his many good
qualities and kindly acts Mr.. Hannegan. the
bersaved father. followed. leaning heavily on
the arm of his younger SOL, Duncan, who
arrived in this city yesterday. The two were
almost overcome by their grief and the face OF
the elder man was furrowed by lines Of sorrow
that were not there a week ago. He showed In
his manner and broken walk how severely he
felt the shock that had come upon him SO sud-
denly, and tears gathered in the eyes Of many
as they saw his evident suffering and thought
Of their own personal loss in the death Of their
young friend
The pallbearers were selected from Mr.. Han
negan's intimate friends and were Messrs. III.
NJ. Earle, III. Nevins. b. NJ. O'Toole, g. +.
Gibbs. Archibald Campbell, U. s. A., and Rich
ard Merrick-
THE BRIEF But IMPRESSIVE sERvIcEs-
The brief and impressive services were con-
Quoted by Rev. T. ]. Kervick, assistant pastor
OF ST. Matthews Church. The floral offerings
were numerous and particularly beautiful,
among then. being large arch Of lilies, roses
and immortslles, forming gateway with the
gates sjar, from Friends of the Duponts-
Among the others were pillow OF roses,
cross Of white lilies from Mrs. Carlisle, cut
flowers from Miss Mary Cochran, bunch Of
pink roses and lilies from Miss Ruth Leeds
Kerr. beautiful cut flowers from Mrs. Fred Ma
guire a large bunch Of red roses which were ac-
companied by . card expressing the sympathy OF
associates and friends in division F Of the gen
eral land Office; large wreath in memory Of
Edward A. Hsnnegan. from his friends. Mr..
and Mrs. George b. Willis: two wreaths Of
white lilies and sofrana buds from Hon. ID. W.
Voorhees, and Col Thomas H. Nelson, cut
flowers from Mrs. Barrett. a bunch of lilies
from Miss Anna 2. Piper and a wreath with no
name attached Upon the coffin rested a large
and beautiful cluster Of roses from Miss Mil
dred Carlisle and a handsome wreath of roses
from President and Mrs. Harrison. The re-
mains were accompanied to the cemetery by
large concourse Of friends and laid away to
rest in the dusk Of the summer evening
WHY WAS HE KILLED?
WHY Thornton Hams should have killed Ned
Hannegan is question that is discussed freely
and on all sides and each theory has its firm
supporters. The story that was published in
last evenings STAR to the effect that the idea
Of insanity being set up rs the plea In the
case. a. has been mentioned in some news
papers. il laughed at and even the prisoners
counsel amused at such publications was
not much of q surprise to those persons
who have followed the DEVELOPMENTS of the
case. Self-defense seems to be the peg upon
which Hams counsel are hanging their hopes
Of ultimate acquittai. III this Is so the news
that has come up from Fort Monroe would
make il appear that they would have pretty
ard ip,af 10 their
Il 10 stated on excellent authority that Com
mander Robley d. Evans, who WAS one of the
chief witnesses in the coroners inquest on Sun
day, has furnished to the grand jury written
statement Of what he saw Of the tragedy OF last
Friday evening" going much more into detail
than he did in the inquest This would seem
to make things look rather dark for Hains.
COMMANDER EVANS STATEMENT.
According to this statement Commander
Evans and his son had been out in a boat and
noticing an approaching squan had returned
to The shore and were standing looking at the
clouds when he saw the boat that contained
Hams and Hannegan within $50 feet o. him.
He recognized the boat as one belonging at
the fort and wondered who the two men were
who were In il and why they did not return.
they must have seen the gathering storm
There were no sharp words passed between the
two men or he would have heard them, as the
air was perfectly still preceding the blow. He
was not watching the boat in . casual manner.
but happened to be observing ii closely at the
time One man was rowing and the other SOUL
ling in the stern
He saw the man in the stern suddenly draw a
revolver from his hip pocketand fire single shot
at the other. The pistol dropped for a mo-
ment, and raising it he fired q second time.
Then he saw the wounded man fall upon the
side of the boat and call for help; that he had
been shot
AFTER THE SHOOTING.
Just then the wind began to rise and the man
who had done the shooting coolly went forward
In the boat and picking up the two oars placed
them together in the bottom Then he shook
out the sail and, taking the helm, sailed opt
into the breeze
IL began to rain and Commander Evans re-
turned TO his house and stood on the porch
watching the boat For twenty-five minutes
the man. who turned out TO be Hams. sailed
his boat around in the rising storm with the
body Of his victim lying there before him.
Then he beached his boat on a deserted part Of
the shore, and coolly walked past in front of
Evans house, with his head bent down. to the
telegraph office, where he sent his message
home. saying that he had shot Hsnnegan, who
had threatened tostrike him.
Young Evans Of once hurried down to the
place where the boat had been beached to see
what was the matter with Hsnnegan and re-
turned. saying that he was lying dead in the
bottom Of the boat.
THE YoCSe WOMAN THEORY
The idea that the shooting was in some way
caused by trouble over young woman is the
one that meets with the most credence among
the friends of the two parties. Hannegan was
young man who was able TO make himself ex-
tremely agreeable to women and as a result
was very popular with them. Hams is also
quite fascinating man, though many Of his
young women friends did not approve of
his course in life. On Friday last the two met a
young lady from the fort whom they both
knew and liked, and she stopped and spoke
pleasantly to Hannegan, but cut Hams COM
pletely. This enraged the latter, and the
story Of the meeting has been confirmed by
the Waterman at the Hygeia. a reliable old
soldier. IL NAV be that this occurrence and
the events that led mp to IL and caused 1t may
have ranked in Hams mind until il made him
desperate. Young men here say they never
saw Hams under the influence of liquor.
He drank considerably. but he had one
Of the hardest heads ever seen in
the city AT such times he seemed 10 enjoy
shying bottles at the walters. doing as much
damage he could with the heavy walking
stuck be always carried with him, and in every
way showing an ugly and sullen disposition.
he 10 known as an unusually skillful sailor
and nothing delights him so much as to be on,
in sail boat in n heavy gale He does no,
know fear, and IL regarded a. a remarkably
cool man IN emergencies.
FRUSTRATED ELoPEMEST.
II IL recalled by Hams acquaintances tina,
yhsn he MAS nineteen wears os a0a he bso.,x.<