New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-10
HdNNIGANS AGIINAFFLICIED
4 BROTHER Of DAVID F. FOUND Dr-NO
AT THE FOOT OF AN AIRSHAf l.
1T IS BELIEVED THAT HE FELL WHILE lHii''
TO CROSS TO HIS ROOMS FROM THE
HOUSE ADJOINING THAT IN

WHICH HE LIVED.
Michael Uannigan the younger brother OF
David F. Hannigan who was recently acq"t'eu
on the ground Of insanity OF the chaiso W
numbering his sisters betrayer. Soio""o" 80
Mann. was found dead yesterday morn'"s 90
the bottom Of the airshaft In the rear W
fathouse No. 6O7 West Fifty-second-st. fi'i''''
gan. his wife and their two-weeks-old pao' ''''
been staying there temporarily with ME "
nigan's family. Apparently he had eUe"''eu
TO cross the arshart from the roof OF inc "'-
Joining house ard had fallen.
The Hannigans' home is in Fifty third-s'', pe
tween Ninth and Tenth aves.. but wheh 'o-''
Oun!an Mrs. Hannigans aged father' u''" -
Gently she went with her baby to i've 'e'"r'
rarIly with her family in their fiat on te UNIV
floor Of the house in Fifty -second-st
The last time Hannigan was seen alive oy
arv Of h,s family wac about $50 p. m satur-
dav. when his brother John saw him walking III
Tonth-ave.
lie diI not return I'm the course Of the night
aud at breakfast time he was still missing. ~
noon. when he ha not appeared Mrs. H'Nl'e'"
in a nervous anxiety. was consulting VII" "''
tvvo brothers as To what next 10 "e "''
when a noise was heard at the hotto" oi '''
narrow airshaft which separates the "'"
from the one next door. No. 6O9 l'd'S'"e "
window and looking out. Mrs Hsnnie"h ."" Va
tanitor and policeman raising UP the oo'! y,
a man which Iav on the asphalt pavement nan
covered with snow.
"NIy Goln' she shrieked. us Nike"
Her brothers pulled her back into the house
and one II them went below ana lH'"'''
body. Hannigan lay midway between the "S''S
~ the shaft. his derby hat, half full "i Sh'"' ."
few feet away IL tie back Of the head WIS "
deep cut. Tho sl.un was fractured the ''s"'
thigh was crushed. ana the face WIZ" '"'
downward. WAS badly mutilated
Apparently ne hal returned home ia'e o" "a
urday night. and. finding the outer door o' ''''
Nathousc locked. had entered the adjoining ho"s'
and tried t. cross from roof 70 roof Inc OoD'
WAS discovered by the janitor. 49,, .
The police last right were inN'N''s"'.'7 80,
story Of A disagreement said 10 nave '',"'.
recently between Hdnn.ean ana ms WY - ~ .,
was sal by the friends Of born th4t u N"'
% siight nature. as the relations "NlS'"s ~,
tv.en tb.n were II the most aneciionate kInu
The idea that HannieAn had committee Su'0'"7
was secuted on all slucS. , ~
Mrs Hannlgan was taken to the nom" '' @ neI
husbands relatives in The afternoon. 'He !" ~ ~
rn,nulctclv urostratel. Everything was I.He 70
icon tho news ~ Michacrs death from l'a'iu
IT.nnfgan and from their blind nothcr II lH's
bcor = Il suddenly" said ore 4 the brothers
",ha news viii XII my mother ana send Dave
cre2v lie has been 50 tried that his MIND can
stand no more. ,,.
family within nine months. lIis sister loretta
betrayed by Solomon H. Mann. di.i nom a
criminal operation. and thor brother i!"'.r
shot and killed her beirayeF. The m,h'H 'Hl F.ls'n
o.,cniing his sons profiactcd trial for murder
killed william linnuigon the father l''Fln W.
finally acquitted ~ the chargr ~ nNiu't ~ 1''
ground that he was insane when hr shpt mann
and vas recently released from MatichwRr as
rurad His father died just before thr )ufy
brought in the verdict acqultt!ns him.