Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-09-23
NEW YORK HE|RESS
VICTIM Of WOMAN
CRAzED BY JEALOUSY
WoULD-BE MURDRESS AFTER
SHOOTING RIVAL TU r N S
WEAPON ON SELF-DIEs WITH
BULLET IN BR nj r A p S
SHOE MANUFACTURERS.

New Yor, Sept 23.--Miss Mildred
Hanan, said by the police to be a
daughter of the late Alfred p. Hanan
wealthy shoe manufacturer, was shot
three times early today as she was
emerging from an apartment house
in Brooklyn with John S. Borland an
importer.
Mrs. Grace Lawes, who fired the
shots then ended her own life by fir
ing a bullet into her brain.
Miss Hanan in a hospital refused
to discuss the shooting.
According to the police, BOrland
said Mrs. Lawes had 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 ad-
mitting that he had quarreled with
Mrs. Lawes recently over Miss Hanan
Miss Hanan's condition was report
ed to be critical but not necessarily
fatal One of the bullets took effect
in the left breast, near the heart, one
in the left side and one in the right
arm.
Trailed To Apartment House.
Borland was unable to explain to
the police how Mrs Lawes learned
that he and Miss Hanan were visiting
in Brooklyn. He said he had gone
to Brooklyn yesterday afternoon with
Miss Hanan to help her seek a new
apartment. The apartment hunting
trip, he said. ended with a visit to
Miss Dorothy Gottschalk, a friend Of
her family.
They left the apartment about l:25
a. m, he said, and encountered Mrs
Lawes as they stepped on the street
without speaking, Mrs. Lawes drew
a pistol and fired. She then stood for
moment regarding them, Borland
ed the muzzle of the pistol against
her head and fired.
Mrs. Lawes, who is a daughter Of
Mrs. M. r. 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 hOtnl
Vanderbilt near by The police said
that she had sent several threatening
letters recently to Miss Hanan.
Leaves Two Letters.
Two letters were found in Mrs.
Lawes pocket book. One addressed
to her mother asked for forgiveness
for what she had done. The other ad-
dressed to Mrs. Birdie Williams Of
Manhattan formerly a nurse in the
Hanan household, requested that Mrs.
Williams take Mrs. Lawes' body to
San Francisco and have it cremated
The letter to Mrs. Lawes' mother
read:
Mother Darling:
you never can understand what |
have been thru here Don't try TO
learn. 1t is past | am too tired and
i'll to try and overcome the great
obstacles | have placed in my way,
Too much high life. The pace is too
fast and the liquor has driven me
crazy, dear. Forgive and forget and
pray for my soul
In an effort to save Miss Hanan's
life a blood TRANSMISSION was made.
Miss Hanan wos "a years old while
Miss Hanan was q years old, whilc
woman had been married to Jerome
Wagner of this city, but a divorce
had been granted about three years
ago. The police announced an eX-
animation of Mrs. Lawes stomach will
be made to learn if she had been a
drug addict
Miss Hanan declined to say what
led to the shooting but gave a descrip-
tion of the affair
Sordid, TinseI Life.
The second letter, addressed to
the nurse, said;
"Send me home to California ere.
mated
MAKE it easy for my darling, sweet