New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-24
FOR HIS SISTERS DEATH.
LORETTA HANNIGANS BROTHER SHOOTS
SOLOMON II. MANN.
SECOND ATTEMPT TO KILL. THE MAN WHO HE
ALLEGES CAUSED HER END-THE FIRST WAS
MADn At THE DYING GIRLS BEDsIDE-
THE SHOOTING LAST NIGHT TOOK
PLACE IN FORTY -SECONDST..
NEAR FIFTH -AVE-MANN
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.

NEAR FlFTHAN ANE-MANN
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
David +. IIannigan. the brother OF Loretta
Hann!gan. who died last March from the results
Of supposed malpractice made another attempt
last night to avenge his sisters death by shoot
ing Solomon II. Mann. whom he still believes to
be his sisters betrayer. Hanngan. who Is a
plumber thirty-two years old. lives with his wife
and child at No. 132 Wnst Ninety-sixih-st. Mann
Is the manager of womens tallor's establish
ment at No. All Flfth-cve. The shooting last
night occurred in Forty -second-st.. near Fifth
ave. In front OF a building now undergoing re-
pairs and formerly occupied by Grant. the sta
toner. IL was shortly after six O'Clock. when
the street was crowded with people returning
from their work. Hannigan stepped up behind
Mann. who was walking toward Sixth-ave. tap
ped him upon the shoulder, and az Mann turned,
raised his pistol and fired The ball went wide
Of It's mark and narrowly missed several persons
coming toward the two men. Hannigan fired
a second shot tn. bullet striking Mann in the
right temples Mann fell 90 the Sidewalk. and
iIannigan was about TO fire a third time, when
Robert McNaii a sturdy boilermaker. returning
from his work seized his right wrist. while l..
T. French. another bystander. wrenched the
pistol from the would-be murd-rer's hand. In
the mean time a crowd had gathered between
Hannean and his victim who was wrthlng upon
the sidewalk. The former attempted 10 push his
way through the throng. saying:
Il want him To see his murderer. ] want TO see
him die lie killed my sister and | killed him.
wan; him to me-"
McNau and French however. held Hannigan.
and turned him over 20 Policeman Kearns Of the
East Fifty-nrst-sf station. The !nfuriated man
again tried 10 push his WY through the crowd.
and whe. asked by Kearns what H. wanted 10 do
repeated
Il want TO 60 back and 500 him die.
call FOR an ambulance had in the mean
time been sent to the Flower Hospital. Before
an ambulance arrived. however. a messenger
boy. who had seen the shooting had taken the
wounded mans head upon his knee ana was at
tempting ~ stop the blood. which poured III
torrents from a gaping wound IN Manns rgh'
temple When the ambulance surgeon came ne
s,w that he must ct his patient to an oper-
,tins room as soon as possible. - no attempt
VAS made to dress the wound at once.
HIS MIND BENT On VENGEANCE.
Policeman Kearns then started to the station
house with his prisoner. who this time seemed
nerf.cilv calm and collected and walked quietly
a, hi. Side Hannigan said he did not care 10
talk THAT man killed my sister. said ne, ana
I killed him that Is all there is To H. Az the
station house the prisoner ma % the same repy
n Sergeant Kelly. who was at the desk lie
vas ,hcn locked up In cell below
Al Flower Hospital Mann was taken direct 10
,b. onerati room. where The surgeons Tor Two
h,u-a and NOR. were nj work trying 10 extract
,he hnle, They would give no further iniorma-
-. =. o. ,he nature OF tn. wound than to say
thsf Manns condition was exceedingly cr'tirA
II wa. Understood that his brother ana @iS.r,
,,.re both in the hospital A. his nome 10 -,
W.st Eighticih-st. repeated ringinss OF ths ' pe'
f,iled t. get response. and the entire nous ou,
,as dorkencd Neghbors however said mat
they had seen rab drive hurriedy UP anu
f.w minutes later start downto"h'
AT THE DEAD GIRLS BEDSIDE.
ua,n,ro,.s frat attempt 10 take the life Of
Mann occurred hy the bedside oi his dying SIS
ter The girl mad" an ante-mortem statement,
,,r.r by Coroner Hoebcr. In which she SAID
,,a, Mann ,yas IN. author of her trouble and
mar shr believed she Was dying from th, re-
sulis of a criminal operation prr,"r."o,u, us
Dr Henry Pettingill ON Mar'h ,,,o ,' ' a, EiTtv-
was taken 10 the Iannigan nome Il, : ".' ~
nfth-st and Ninth-ave. The sick slri r~a's.u ~ M
finger toward the man now lNihs III .in s,,d
Hospital with bullet In his tcfhllr. 49, ,om and
d.nly tho rear door ~ the room new ope'i. am
II,rrIr,n hurst into the room. revolver III n''r'
The officers and others in the room "o"'''''
rushed forw tri and disarmed MN, I'M, ,,,,tga,,s
ON sunday the day following MISS ''"""'S
dosth an autopsy was held In the pr"sei,,r W
n number ~ prominent surgeons ana sp'V ',h
Tbey r,uId not agree IA to the caus" oi n,tlh,
the major portion contending therr was mo'r'ns ,ma9
., shnx that Miss iIannlgan ded from MAJ
n,,o rho Grand Jury. when considering
,b. case. refused 10 return AN indctnlen, against
DR. Pettngr but found one against Mann ,or
,,s,auehter which L. still pending. the tI'ti
,,- ho vina been reached Mann was s,iii
under the bail of sloooo. ,., ~ mco
Matthew {. Fleming. a lawyer win an o','se ,,
=, To s9 Wall-st called at the station during INC
" u. -. ~, All h,d a long conversation with Hanni-
gan One of the prisoners three brothers aiso
naIled but the police would not permit MN To oe
soon nv any one other than his lawyer
'''' a.. a;uo, ; Uosnital Or Dowling AT a late hour
,as, night said that Mann's death was only
question OF a few hours