Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-23
JEALOUS SHE SHOOTS
NEW YORK HElRESS
Continued from narn


nurse, asked her to notify Walter
Huntington at the Madison Square
Hotel in this city to take care OF her
affairs.
Send me home to California cre-
mated" continued tho letter. Make
Il easy for my darling. sweet mother.
Don't let her know the truth. Can't
stand this sordid, tinsel life any long
er,s .
Forgive me, Billie, all my mistakes.
and remember me as sweet and clean
as | was-----been too much iuuor
and conversation on all sides----.
THE black leather jewel case Is In
the safe and my rings are gone and /
sold the tickets. An my trunks are at |
hotel storeroom. All my bags az Han |
ans. Send them home to my mother
please"
After adding that she has sent the !
ruby ring 10 John Borland"the letter |
added:
II drew almost all my money out OF
Hartman National Bank. Did have
5000 In my purse"
The shooting of Miss Mildred Hananl
In Brooklyn is the latest of long list
of sensations in which the Hanan
name has figured. Because of the
numerous love affairs OF her father.
the late shoe manufacturers, these
sensations have extended over per
iod of almost a quarter OF century.
Back in 1898 the wounded woman's
father was sued for s150,000 damages
by Mrs B. NJ. Dutton, whom he had
met i'm Cincinnati. Charge OF breach OF
promise was included i'm the suit. as
Mrs. Dutton alleged she had been
greatly embarrassed ON discovering
MIR. Hanan already had wife and
could not marry her. This suit was
settled out OF court. the reported set
tlement being in excess Of 100000.
| Next MIR, Hanan became involved In
legal complications with Mrs. James
II. Thompson. Newport and Narragan-
sett having sued her for the return of
gifts of an alleged value Of 100000 or
more. This affair served TO compli-
cate the Dutton episode, becoming
public at almost the same time.
| Mrs. Thompson. as widow, Mrs
Charles Talbot Smith was said 20 have
met Mr.. Hanan at party aboard his
yacht the Saginaw. shortly after
wards Mrs. Dutton left brooklyn.
whore she had been living near the
Ilanans, and took up her residence In
Chicago.
Next Mrs. Smith remarked. and the
disagreement with Mr.. Hanan resulted.
The suit he brought against her was
compromised, however, and finally she
divorced MIR. Thompson.
Beginning In 1900. Mr.. Hanan en-
deavored 60 have his wife divorce him.
but he was not successful until Janu-
AIRY l3. 1908. when she obtained de
cree. His marriage to Mrs. Thompson
followed.
on January H. 1905. MFR. Hanan
gave one of the costliest dinners ever
known i'm New York on tho sixth ami
versary Of the day he had brought suit
against his second wife for the return
Of gifts. Thirty-six guests attended
the dinner and II was said everything
was served from gold plate.
The second Mrs. Hanan was said tC
have been a governeSs at Newport be-
fore she attracted the attention of Mr.
Hanan. Her father was r. w. Briggs
a farmer, who afterwards became a
/ AARANA III OtfA kNAtA ~ hN~AAA 1kstAtNtAAs
Miss Dorothy Gottschalk, whose
apartment Miss Hanan had been Wis.
iting, told the police that Mrs. Lawe'
had been i'm love with Borland ant
had been extremely jealous.
The police announced an examina
ton of Mrs. I.awes' stomach woulC
be made to determine IL she had beer
a drug addict.
e Questioned at the hospital by detec
tives. Miss Hanan declined to say wha
had led up 10 the shooting. but CAV
the following description of the affair
MIR. John s. Borland Dartmouth
University graduate, and engaged i
$ the import and export business here
Miss Dorothy Gottschalk, Brooklyn
- and l had dined at my home last nigh
At IL p. m. we arrived in my automo
bile at Miss Gottschalk's home.
we remained in Miss Gottschalk
= apartments for two hours, durin
d which time we discussed the genera
topics of the day. Mr.. Borland spok
of looking for apartments in Brooklyn
d and his business affairs.
I We had just emerged from tn
; vestibule when l saw Mrs. Lawes ste
3 from an area way on the left of tn
n entrance. The next thing / hear
= was three pistol reports. / dropped
II the sidewalk and when ] got up sa
& blood running from my arm.
;" Il ran for a hundred feet and co
; Iapsed. then heard another sh,
\. fired. Mr.. Borland picked me up an
q carried me to the steps of a hou:
o on Schermerhorn street A policema
came running up. Mr.. Borland askC
him to get an ambulance. l w;
. brought up to this hospital and tn;
u is all / can remember"
In an effort TO save Miss Hanan
l. life, a blood TRANSMISSION was mad
DR.. Harvey Fist was the donor. A
sembled at the hospital were Borlar
L. and the girls mother and brother.
a Add Jealous she shoots precede das
r Miss Hanan is "a years old, whi
to Mrs. Lawes was 32 The young
e. woman, according to the police, hS
~ been married to jerome Wagner,
this city, but divorce had been gran
er ed about three years ago.
ne Borland, a graduate of Dartmou
College, was questioned for sever
hours by Assistant District Attorn'
Wilson and Detectives. Although a
mitting that he liked Miss Hanan We
much. he denied that they were e
gagged.
H. The police said that the two wom
IN had been almost inseparable for 70
n years. They expressed belief, ho'