New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-07
CRANK 4 CIGARETTE FIEND.
NAN WHO INVADED ARCHBISHOP CoRRIGAN's
HOME EVIDENTLY DEMENTED.

John w Hanley who invaded Archbishop Corri-
gan's home on Wednesday night and created
q disturbance, arraigned before Mags-
trate 6ranu. in the Yorkvne Court. yester-
day. Tho charge of malicious mischief was
changed to disorderly conduct. The man was
held in $500 bonds to keep the peace lor
six months In default OF bondsman he was
locked up Father Connolly, the Archbishops sec
rotary called at the court. and had conference
with the Magistrate in his private room Ihey
agreed to have the charge changed as described
and John Nestor. the Archbshops steward was
made complainant. Nestor IN his complaint men
toned piece of cut glass worth $50 glIt 10 the
Archbishop his recent jubilee, as having oeeh
destroyed by Hanley.
Before being called 70 answer to the charge
Hanley told the reporters why he had broken the
Archbishop's property. His talk was somewhat
incoherent They let my brothers grave so to
ruin" he said. My brother died last April at No
312 East Nineteenth-st. The priest who attended
him came from the church at Second-ave. ana
Twentieth-st. He acted most disagreeably. After
my brothers death 1 went and talked with that
priest. 1 told him what I thought of him. We
had quite scene. Later he called on my sister
and apolosized Priests are not nice. ] was in the
LIQUOR business at No 63 Nassau-st until two years
ago. Since then I've been comic opera singer.
Been singing all summer at Richield Springs. 1
came home few days ago, and went out to see
Owens grave. 1 covered it with flowers. When
went back day or two later 1 found the flowers
gone and the grave Uttered with empty whiskey
bottles and corks."
Hanley smoked cigarettes constantly. His fin
gers were stained with nicotine. When arrested
he had three packages of cigarettes his pockets.
We'll. Hanley, what have to say?" asked Mag
istrate Brann. when the prisoner was called up.
Nothing" replied Hanley.
Were you drunk?'
Partly
Hanley then locked up His father Owen
Hanley. in court, Hanley's relatives say he
undoubtedly demented or he would never
have done what he did. His cigarette habit they
say is the cause of his condition.
The version of the disturbance at the Arch
bishops house furnished by the police differs so
has given rise to so much misconstruction, that
1t may be as well to state that the ARRAY was
OF so trifing character that the Archbishop. who
was writing letters in his upstairs on the
ond moor, knew nothing whatever about the mat
ter until the man had been taken away by the
police, when the affair related him by his
secretary, Father Connolly. Moreover, the dam
10 Knock of a cut glass water pitcher from the
sideboard with chair which he was brandlshinp
before ne was seized and mastered by the Arch
bishops brother, DR.. Joseph Corrigan. now visit
ing the city; by Father Connolly by the butler
VINO mad therefore had occasion to call for the
assistance of strangers. Earlier in the afternoon
the man had visited the priests house close by
and, under the plea of poverty, had obtained some
money from the rector to repair his brothers
tomb In Calvary Cemetery. 1t is assumed that he
used the money thus obtained for LIQUOR as he
was distinctly drunk when he made his way INTO
the dining room which the Archbishop had ouiffed
Few minutes previously.