The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
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New York City-Miss Mildred Han
an, said by the police to be daughter
of the late Alfred H. Hanan, wealthy
head of Hanan & Son, shoe manufac-
turers, was shot three times early to-
day as she was emerging from an apart
ment house in Brooklyn with John S.
Borland, an importer. Mrs Grace
Lawes, who fired the shots, then ended
her own life by firing bullet into her
brain. Miss Hanan is in a hospital and
refused to discuss the shooting.
According to the police, Borland said
Mrs. Lawes stepped out of the shadows
as he and Miss Hanan emerged from
the apartment where they had been
visiting a friend, and fired the shots
He attributed the shooting, police said
to jealousy, admitting that he had
quarreled with Mrs. Lawes recently
over Miss Hanan.
Is in Critical Condition.
Miss Hanan's condition was reported
as critical, but not necessarily fatal
Borland said he had gone to Brook
lyn yesterday afternoon with Miss
Hanan to help her seek a new apart
ment. They had ended with visit to
Miss Dorothy Gottschalk, a friend of
the family. They left the apartment
about rs a. M, he said, and encoun-
tered Mrs. Lawes as they stepped to
the street. Without speaking, Mrs
Lawes drew a pistol and fired. She
then stood for a moment regarding
them, Borland said. Then she uttered
a scream, pressed the muzzle of the
pistol against her head and fired.
Mrs. Lawes, who is daughter of
Mrs. NJ E. Ditmars of San Francisco
was a distant relative of Miss Hanan
For four years she had lived with Miss
Hanan and the latter's mother in an
apartment in the exclusive Park avenue
district of Manhattan. Two weeks ago
she moved to the Hotel Vanderbilt
nearby. The police said she had sent
several threatening letters recently to
Miss Hanan.
Shooting Carefully Planned.
Two letters were found in Mrs
Lawes' pocketbook. One was addressed
to her mother, asking forgiveness fol-
what she had done; the other was ad-
dressed to Mrs. Birdie Williams OF
Manhattan, formerly a nurse in the
Hanan household, requesting that Mrs
Williams take Mrs. Lawes' body to San
Francisco and have it cremated.
The letter addressed to the nurse
asked her to notify Walter Huntington
at the Madison Square Hotel in this
city to take care of her affairs.
Last Letters of Mrs. Lawes.
"Send me home to California, Gre
mated" continued the letter "Make il
easy for my, darling, sweet mother
Don't let her know the truth, dear.
can't stand this sordid, tinsel life any
longer. Forgive me, Billie, all my mis-
takes, and remember me as sweet and
clean as I was-been too much liquor
and conversation on all sides.
"The black leather jewel case is in
the safe and my rings are gone and
sold the tickets. All my trunks are al
the hotel store-rooms. All my bags at
Hanans. Send them home to my moth
err, please"
After adding that she had sent the
"ruby ring to John Borland" the letter
added: "I drew almost all my money
out of Hartman National Bank. Did
have 5000 in my purse"
Letter to Mother.
The letter to Mrs. Lawes' mother
read as follows: "Mother Darling:-
You never can understand what I have
been through here. Don't try to learn
1t is past. I am too tired and i'll to try
to overcome the great obstacles have
placed in my own way. Too much high
life. The pace is too fast and the IL
.quor has driven me crazy, dear, For
give and forget and remember, pray
for nv soul. Love to all and think of
me as I always was to you-a good,
sweet daughter. Lovingly, Grace"
Miss Hanan Divorced.
Miss Hanan is "a years old while
Mrs. Lawes was 80. The younger WON
an, according to police, had been mar
ried to Jerome Wagner of this city but
divorce was granted about three years
ago. Borland was questioned by As
sistant District Attorney Wilson and
he admitted he liked Miss Hanan very
much, but denied they were engaged.
Police said the two women had been
almost inseparable for four years. They
expressed belief, however, that Mrs
Lawes had become so incensed by Miss
Hanan's acceptance of social invitations
from Borland that her mind had be-
come affected. Miss Gottschalk told