New-York tribune., 1895-11-05
MANY CONSIDER HANNIGAN INSANE.
MUCH TESTIMONY TAKEN FOR THE PRISONERS
DEFENCE.


DEFENCE.
The testimony in the Hannigan murder trial in
over and Terminer yesterday almost all on
one point-Was d. vid Hannigan insane when he
shot and killed Solomon II. Mann. the betrayer
Of MS eighteen-y yearold sister Loretta Hannigan7
De Iancy Nicoll testified regarding the inquest
in the case Of Loretta Hannigan. His testimony
tended to show that the inquest increased Ham
nigan's nervous disorder.
John 4 Murray. OF No. 3j5 West Thirty -nnth-st..
a dealer in plumbers supplies; Henry Weller. OF
No 7S6 Colurbus-ave. a Nquor-dealer and real
estate s2eculator. Policeman William Fullerton,
Of the One-hundredth-st. station; Frank w. Fay.
Haungan's brother-in-law; Adoph Hauch. a rea!
estate dealer at No. 137 East Ninety -sixth-st;
John T. Corcoran. an empioye in the city Building
Department. and William II. Bartn. OF No J~
Eighth-ave all testified that they had known Han
nlgan before and after his sisters trouble ana
they thought him irrational after It, Iney toid
OF many Incidents which gave them that opinion
Mark Levy real estate agent, VINO had desx
room in Hanngans plumbing shop testified that
Hannigan seemed of" after his sisters trouble and
added that the day before the killing OF Mann
Hannigan had promised 10 be the next day a. MS
house in Forty third-st between Fifth and SIKH
aves., to attend TO some plumbing. The shooting OF
Mann occurred in Forty-second-st. between flftn IN
the defence evidence against Fermentation, Or
that Hannigan was seeking Mann at the time: ran
nigan haa seemed TO the witness 10 be irrational.
William Francis \erbeck. artist, who saw the
shooting OF Mann. examined by Or. y SULLIVAN.
he SAID he had noticed a peculiar wild, staring app
pearance In Hannigans s face and a )erkns lellhe
movement OF the head. He appeared 10 De insane;
Assistant District-Attorney ernon VI. Davis, VINO
represented the Peop.e at the Loretta Hanngah
inquest. called upon to describe the scene there
ne said, and annoyed Coroner Hoeber. who presided.
There was noisy crowd present There was much
disturbance
Henry c. Barr. OF No. asa Central Park West. tes,
tihed that he had frequently Waited the nome OF
the Haningdnj The evening before the funeral or
Loretta, David came up 10 him In nervous man
ner and asked him what he wanted there. lie re-
piled that he called 20 offer his condolences, and
David asked. is hat all?' David had never acted
tnat way before. AT Lorettas funera.. next DAY
David was excited and had bloodshot eyes. After
the funeral David was SO erra,ic tnat ne would not
take a plumbing contract, saying ne wanted 10 pe
let alone. he had great trouble his mind. He
saw David on the morning OF the shooting. Han
ngan was excitable and assaulted him for no
cause. After the arrest the witness said ne Went
10 the TOmbs. but Hannigan did not recognize nim
although they mad known each other for ten years
JOnn 1. Hannigan. a younger Drotner OK tie
prisoner SAID that David had been subject 10 mead
aches and had been greatly affected By the noior-
ETY. which the whole matter obtained. The witness
tod OF the In LOrettas sick room al the time
his brother David attempted 70 shoot Mann. How
his brother had shouted stand back. jack" had
been removed TO another and quieted David
frantic at that time The witness a.so de-
scribed various Incidents during the autopsy. and
David's dazed condition then.
Cour, adjourned until Wednesday morning at
1880 or.Qck