The record-union., 1898-07-20
HANNAH MONEYS BANKBOOK
SEQUEL TO THE STORY PUB.
LISHED YESTERDAY.
The Insane Woman's Money Traced
to the Treasury Of the
State.


which he gave an interesting account
of Hannah Maria Mooney and her
handbook, which was issued by San
Francisco institution in 1868 and
which was only recently presented. In
the course of the interview Attorney
Shuck said:
Thinking that the woman was dead,
/ began a search for her heirs. / found
her next of kin living at ST. Adams,
VT, but the next question was to prove
! that the woman was dead. This could
not do, for the reason that she was
alive, and we have just located her at
the Napa Insane Asylum, where she
was committed in 1883 under the name
of Hannah Maria Danglaff, though her
| real name was Hannah Sauer, as she
had married John Adam Sauer, a we'll
Known steward on a Sacramento River
boat, who also lived for a time at
Stockton, and who died in 1873
Attorney Shuch stopped before telling
what became of the money en- deposit
at the bank. And thereby hangs a
| tale
| AS matter of fact, the balance at
the bank to the account of Hannah Nj.
Mooney was 81 ,OS6.49, and not $1,000,
and, as another matter of fact, that
| sum was on July 9th drawn from the
Savings and Loan Society of San Fran
| cisco the bank in question: by John
+. CafTere, Secretary of the State Com
mission in Lunacy, and turned over to
! the maintenance and support fund of
! the Napa State Hospital for the IN
sane, at which place Hannah Maria
Mooney has been confined for over
twenty years.
| 1t appears from records on file that
While Attorney Shuck was satisfying
| himself that Hannah Maria Mooney
was dead. and preparing to have letters
of administration on her estate made
out, Secretary Carrere had solved the
problem, and was quietly making ar
| rangements to have the estate turned
| over to the State
When Hannah Maria Mooney was
confined in the Napa Asylum she was
committed under the name of Dang
laff, and there was found on her per-
son the handbook in question, which
was made out in her maiden name
Mooney. The book was put away with
her other effects, and it was not until
| the Commission in Lunacy ordered that
search for bankbooks, etc, be made
| that hers was found by J. A. Johnston,
Secretary of the Napa Hospital.
| Mr.. Johnston turned the book over
to Mr.. Carrere, but as there was notfl-
ing in common between the names of
Mooney and Danglaff the woman her
| self was called on to make statement
! She said her maiden name was
Mooney, and that on a date named she
was married to George Danglaff. Sec
| retary Carrere found the minister who
! married Hannah Maria Mooney. and
ms records showed that he had done
| so, but that he married her to Adam
/ Sauer, and not to George Danglaff. 1t
was subsequently learned that another
husband Of Hannah's was named Dang
| laff, and she evidently got them
! mixed.
As soon as Major Carrere had secured
| the connection between the names
which at first seemed to be so widely at
variance, he applied for and received
letters of guardianship from Judge
Trout, who was acting for Judge Coffee
IN San Francisco, which named Max
| Blum as guardian for Hannah Maria
Mooney, or Danglaff. He immediately
informed the Savings and Loan Society
of the appointment of Blum as guard
| ian, and of the further fact that the
q
| had been found, and that the amount
owing the woman would be drawn in
favor of the State as payment for her
| support at the institution.
In the meantime Attorney Shuck had
succeeded in finding that Hannah Ma
ria Danglaff had died in the Sandwich
Islands ten years ago, and three davs
after Mr. Blum had been granted LEFT
ters of guardianship by Judge Trout he
appeared before Judge Coffee. who had
by that time returned from his vaca
ton, and asked that the Public Admin
istrator be granted letters to admins
ter on her property, and the letters
were granted.
All thlS time Hannah Maria Sauer-
Danglaff- Mooney was an inmate of the
Napa Asylum, and had no idea of the
trouble she was causing.
mat the Public Administrator pre-
sented his letters of administration IN
the savings and Loan Society, and that
the ofncials OF that institution were
somewhat mystified, is shown by the
following letter to Dr. A. M. Gardner
superintendent of the Napa Hospita1.
| after the passbook had been received
at the bank:
San Francisco, May, 2S. 1898.
Dr. A. NJ Gardner, Napa State Hos
pltai-Dear Slri Inclosed please find
passbook of III. Maria Mooney written
up, showing balance of 81. .OS6.49
Please inform us how the passbook
came into your possession. When the
Public Administrator few davs after
the receipt of your letter presented let
ters of administration on her estate
issued by Judge Coffee, Of course /
declined TO pay, and will open his eyes
when he comes again. Yours.
CYRUS w. CARMANY.
Cashier Savings and Loan Society.
Accompanying the above letter. when
received in the office of the State Com
mission in Lunacy, was the following
from j. A. Johnston, Secretary of the
Napa Asylum, dated Napa. Nav 30
1898:
John F. Carrere, Secretary State
Commission in Lunacy-Dear Sir. IN
closed please find copy of letter from
Cashier of Savings and Loan Society
in reference to the passbook of II.
Maria Mooney
That seems to have been ouite
find that | made / hardly understand
how it was that the Public Admins
traitor applied for letters so soon after
my having discovered the book / COM
municated the fact to no person ex-
cept yourself, and sent the book TO
the bank as you suggested, simply re-
questing them to kindly write if IN
and return TO us as soon as possible.
Il presume you will look after the
matter and see that the money is prop