New-York tribune., 1920-12-27
Girl Beauty
Doctor Kills
Partner,S Self
Anna Donegan, Red Cross
War Heroine, Believed
to Have Shot Mrs. Hague
Following a Quarrel

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Anna Donegan, thirty years old, and
MRS. Edna Hague, a widow, twenty-five
years old. rented rooms on the top floor
OF the building at 361 Van Brunt
Street, Brooklyn, on November 1 and
established The Lady Evelyn Beauty
farlors. Their partnership was marked
by constant pickering and there were
times, it was said. when they found
themselves in financial difficulties.
Shortly before noon yesterday sew
eral persons returning home from
mass were passing 361 Van Brunt
Street. From the interior of the build
ing they heard three shots, fired in
rapid succession. When the police
reached the scene and opened a door
leading into the parlors they found the
two women on the floor, dead. Miss
Donegan, with a .32 calibre revolve,
in her hand, had died from a bullet
that penetrated her right temple. Mrs
Hague had been shot through the back
of the neck
Three Chambers Empty
Miss Donegan lived at 72 Dikeman
Street, two blocks from the Van Brunt
Street address. Mrs. Hague lived at
149 Dwight Street, Brooklyn.
The police believe that Miss Done
gan shot and killed her partner as the
latter was turning the door-knob on
her way out of the beauty parlors
When detectives forced their way into
the rooms they found the body of Mrs
Hague obstructing the entrance. The
fact that death had been caused by q
bullet entering the back of her neck
convinced the detectives that she hac
her back turned to the other woman
when tho shot was fired
Miss Donegan was found in the CEN
ter of the room. In one hand she held
muff and in the other the revolver.
Three chambers of the revolver we6c
empty and three loaded One of n.
three bullets fired was found imbedded
il. the woodwork of the door leading
from the parlors into the hallway.
The police believe that the first shot
!. fred by Miss Donegan penetrated the
back of Mrs. Uague's neck and that she
then fired shot into the door befo1 e
turning the revolver upon herself. 1t
IS thought that she had drawn the re-
volver from muff and that the sho IT..
ing was the elimination of a Quarrel
cne of the msny between them since
he establishment of the beauty plt-
lors.
When persons passing the building
heard the shots a call was immedat ;y
rut IN for the police. Detectives re
spondrd from the Hamilton Averuc
station, and an investigation was csr-
Quoted under the direction Of Acting
Captain Gallagher, in charge of detcc-
tlves of the 18th Inspection District.
Won Decoration in War
1t was leorned last night that. on
November 10, Miss Donegan mate a
complaint TO the police about Mrs.
Hague regarding a quarrel that they
had had over financial matters TIE
case, however, did not reach court
Kathryn Donegan, Miss Donepar' s
sister, told the police last night shat
Anna had served in the Red Cross for
eighteen months during the war, and
was overseas most of the time She
said that her work won for her a deco
lation from tie French.
When Miss Donegan and Mrs. Hague
decided to establ sh beauty parlors, ac-
cordng to Miss Donegan's sister, it was
agreed that Miss Doncgan would fur
nlsh most of the money and that Mrs
Hague would do most sc the actual
work.
Kathryn Donegan said that two weeks
ago Mrs. Hague told her sister that
she had met a man in whom she was
greatly interested, and that she was
thinking of quitting their partnership
and gett ng married.
According to Kathryn Donegan her
sister was of the opinion that she
would lose money If Mrs. Hague sud-
denly left the business, as she was un-
able to attend to the worn of the beauty
parlor herself Anna, said her sister
was employed as a strict nurse at the
Schermerhorn Street branch of the De-
partment of Health.
DR.. NJ. Joondeph, of 1902 Avenue ]
Brooklyn, owner of the building at 361
Van Brunt Street, said last night tn at
he knew nothing of the financial
troubles of the partners.
At the home of Miss Donegan it was
said last night the two women had
been friends for many years, and that
Mrs. Hague's husband died about a
year ago. Since then they frequently
talked over business arrangement, SO
that Mrs. Hague would be able to earn
money to support herself and her
child.
Mrs. Hague, however, according to
members of Miss Donegan's family
had little or no money to put into a
business and Miss Donegan agreed to
put something like $1,000 into the
beauty parlor She had received little
in return. according to her sister.
Miss Donegan needed money to buy
Christmas presents last week and was
able to get but SO from Mrs. Hague,
her sister told the police.
At the home of Mrs. Hague members
Of her family refused to make any
statement.