Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-29
A LIFE AND A DEATH.
DAVID HkNNlGAN ACQUITTED, AND
HIS FATHER DIES.

Jury Finds the Slayer of Solomon MANI
Cuiitlcss Of Murder on the Ground Of
Insnnity-strauve Combination Of Glad
ness and Sorrow.
NEW YORK, Nov. % shortly before
midnight David Hannignn, charged with
the killing Of Solomon Mann, tho betrayor
of his sister, was acquitted Of murder.
/ About tho came time his aged father viii
| liam Hnnnigan, died at his home ON Ell
| tysiXth street.
Only one short quarter of an hour sufli-
| feed for it all. In those few minutes
| David Hannigan was acquitted of the
murdor OF his sisters hetraycr but his
! poor old father, whose only wish was to
| retain consciousness until the news Of his
! boys release could reach him, had died.
Tho verdict was the realization OF the
| sons hope; of the fathers prayer. There
was glndncss in the courtroom There
was sadness in the home. The shadow Of
| n death form grief olouded the sunshine
| that nc1ulttal had brought. One life had
| becn saved; enc other had been claimed
IN the most mournful tragedy of the year.
Up in that sad home on Fifty-sixth
street there were, at II o'clock last night,
the father, who was dying, conscious, but
80, ii'a "i,ii .I ,,t4t,,.
H.. 80. To-, NJ, ~, +ri9I f,r tis lifo
M ,,,rtt,or ,I,~r.t L1ird or5 Lr,i..,,
La,-,oi d,r15 ,,ot ie,ro The bSdsid, nj
tbo Ala mo-, tLo,,,,b tbc Lov ,gbo b,d
otc,,,.d toroito's shame ,,.os IN o.r,,s
peril. Her other daughters were there,
fearful and anxious.
Down i'm the courtroom, worn with ia.
tiguo and excitement sat the SON. The
ir,. no tbon, was loft tb, rboioe of rp.
tr5ri,l, "A to him, or of eorriarin, it IN
tbaIoyv HE froi1 Iittle yyifo eat t,agr hin,
rarIi5 and tron,blirg. His brother Jaol.
U,rriro, sat bssida him .To,l, trevg he
| could not aid tho father. His assistance
,ri,bt be neodod Inv his brotbcr. Tie
,yonid stov whore he was uee1ed most.
Trstico ,nigbt save ope lifo Soience had
failed IN save the otbor.
r.,.,.. go. A.. r,,,,-,-,
IL was II uiooA NnoIi 1lio Jury Ib'vou
upon ,'7 Nolui1' uNu syHu "oIu W. o. $50 ...-,
lhgraham' A1 me same iloIngA, u IiI,s-
sehger rom lne mann gan houseH3iu u,.i'le
hreaJ mess 10 Iho criminal c1urJ nu!-uilg
TO cal the members OF u'e i'A'ly 'o oIu
Mr; liaIhisAn 5 oeusiuei VINO n'u no-gli! .,l 20
SINK fapluly n1lA an nour neIuIe' anu lllo
phy'icl'hs aala tha0 u, ms me was on'S
- .l.1,iI ,,,,,n
of tbe corri1or broie into n frosb storm
or ori.f ot tbo ,o,,s ,ri tbo;- rcr,,ravitv
We nifirpI
Tboy b,d "a, stov I'm Icsrr D,vid,s fate
and tl,c,. nod IN cav, tba Iaes goo1Iy Al
loet tbov decided thet tbe two sisters
sbould r1 v,boro the opu,I or lrotb was
nearest. vbiIofb wife and brotrar should
sto, ,ritl, hin, yrhaso Iir, bnno in tba
balance
Just ne tho two vveoninu yvornrp left tbe
brilliry Trstico Trrr,bom arrival ard
tLo ,goT,I tb,t tho vcyIict moro ,,,vin,,qIv .
yroit.d f,r tton orv otber T., tho cityis
bisfory or trage1ios v,os IN be a,,no,Inced
snrood with pIactrio oricknose II ycos
II ,n5 ,vbor In n baort Ioopiro siIeroa
tbo iurvr,op flod in and tooi- tLeirrl
A. fboy ontered tto bo, tho nrfsonor With
tho Gr5t sign of onofion he had ryirred i'm
tbo lon, ttioI rose fror, I,is s.gt and
bendlnr over tbe tinv little woman tbat
had eo foitbfulIv tort breido him, Kissed
her torlorIv me cierI- called tbe roll
brt berore bo could put tho crucial ones.
tion tbo iusfico intarrupfsd i'm his harsh
and blqh pitcbed voice; Net tbcra be no
dpmopstrotion of anv Kind hrv opo so
ofgondinu viii he arrested and srvereIv
punished. "
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pomJlelneh ~, Oh tno jury snlu Vh'
o'V,Sl ,,,1l, nuNo you urt,NoC m nO velIloyI
,,1l,, W1 u"Ne, sa'u ul,9 lulu'il"u o.e3tIy;
VIVA. suy YOU suII'y VI nJ' Eu"'l
@ I..on ~ lnG foreman ma" "u' pClvu ni' m
ana"o' ~ Toulu nu'o p1oH "1"'u III o'0i'
w. ~ -. ~, sl."y io..il ,,... +,
Noo W s"''!' on 'lo s'oun" vi iHs''li'''
s'IH nv r, ~,
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Joy and in the rear of the room the jus
tees admonition was forgotten in storm
of applause. Like lightning the news
went to the corridors, whore cheer after
cheer went up that all the police on duty
could not stop.
lv but tbo acouittod man stood like g
statue until his wife's historical sobbinl
reached him. Then he broke down, too
and as they wept in each others arms
there were few whose eyes were not filled
up in sympathy. Jack Hannigan recover