New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-25
Hanan,
At Death Door.
Seals Her Lips


for years her protege and friend, to
first threaten TO kill her and then TO
try to do it. Sullivan was permitted, to
fulfill the formalities Of the law, to
question Miss Hanan briefly at the hos
pital
Who shot your" he asked
Grace" replied the wounded woman.
do you know why?"
Miss Hanan did not answer directly,
but closed her eyes and shook her
head.
Did Mr.. Borland have anything to
do with it ?" persisted Sullivan.
HISS Hanan opened her eyes, half
raised her head from the pillow and
answered clearly and positively:
mot in the least"
Captain Sullivan had begun to frame
another question when a physician
waved him away as a sign that he must
not further tax the strength of the
wounded woman. Before he left. how
ever, he succeeded in obtaining from
Miss Hanan the admission that Mrs.
Lawes had threatened to kill her two
weeks ago, when they encountered
each other by chance on the street at
Seventy-third Street and Park Avenue.
Mrs. Lawes was unarmed, Miss Hanan
said, and she did not regard the threat
seriously.
Borland Near Victim
John l.. Borland, the dapper young
Importer who was with Miss Hanan
when Mrs. Lawes shot her in front of
the apartment of Miss Dorothy Gott-
schaf, at 35 Schermerhorn Street.
Brooklyn, remained with members Of
the family in room adjoining Miss
Hanan's at the hospital all day yester-
day and last night. When he emerged
Tor few moments at dinner time he
waved greeting to group OF re-
porters who stood at the gates of the
hospital, saying, "See you later, boys"
Borland has consistently declined to
express an opinion as to the cause of
the shooting, except to say that he did
not believe jealousy was at the bottom
of it,
Varying reasons for the quarrel
which preceded the departure of Mrs
Lawes from the Hanan summer home
at Shoreham, L. l., we're advanced yes
terday by those who professed to know
something about it. One story was that
Mrs. Lawes was heavily in debt to Miss
Hanan and that when payment was sug-
gested, words followed, which brought
about an open breach.
1t was said also that Mrs. Lawes had
been drinking heavily during her most
recent visit to Shoreham and that she
appeared at dinner one night much
the worse for liquor. Miss Hanan
chided her and a quarrel followed
which resulted in Mrs. Lawes being
asked by Miss Hanan to leave.
Whatever may have been the cause
Of the bitterness, Mrs. Lawes took UP
her residence at the Hotel Vanderbilt
where she occupied room up to the
time she shot Miss Hanan and killed
herself
Paid No Heed to Quarrel
Borland told Assistant District At
torney Wilson yesterday that he was
present when Miss Hanan and Mrs.
Lawes quarreled at Shoreham He sat
through the affair in a chair on the
porch, he said, but paid little attention
to it because he believed it was just a
"women's QUARREL
Mr.. Wilson talked for few moments
yesterday afternoon with Miss Hanan.
He said she answered readily all ques-
tions not material to the cause of the
trouble between herself and Mrs.
Lawes but declined to say what she
believed was the motive of her assail-
ant or whether she owed her any
large amount of money