What is "eagan"

Usage examples of "eagan".

He had introduced himself as Snowball Eagan from Shanghai, and some of the other newshawks had heard of him.

And these patches on my hand are like those Eagan always wore over the bullet hole in his hand that never healed.

Snowball Eagan was as tough and chiseling a rascal as the Orient had seen in generations.

Against his better judgment, Eagan turned over command of the rescue operation and drove down the mountain to the hotel.

Frustration swelled and was replaced by urgency, as Marquez pleaded with Eagan to rescue Tom Ambrose.

Jim Eagan had been sheriff of San Miguel County for eight years and worked in harmony with the marshals who policed the town of Telluride.

At first glance, he looked to Eagan to be forty-five, but he was probably a good five years younger than the tanned and craggy face suggested.

What bothered Eagan wasn't so much the man's indifferent attitude-- he'd known many felons who displayed apathy-- but his bemused kind of detached interest.

After a brief pause, Eagan said, "Admiral Sandecker, this is Sheriff Jim Eagan of San Miguel County, Colorado.

Then Eagan quickly outlined the situation, stating that Pitt would probably be placed under arrest and charged with second-degree criminal trespass, theft, and vandalism.

Pitt and Marquez, with Eagan and one of his deputies trailing behind, stepped through the shattered wall of the wine cellar and began jogging through the old mine tunnel.

Fifteen minutes later, Pitt, Eagan, Marquez, and the deputy had pushed the ore car to within fifty yards of the trip wire.

The rumble was still ringing in their ears, the echoes reverberating in the old mine, when Marquez shouted to Eagan, "That should stifle any doubts.

When Sheriff Eagan arrived and began questioning Giordino, Pitt walked outside into the cold night and looked up at the great carpet in the black sky that was the Milky Way.

Unable to use their original escape route because of the booby trap explosive that had collapsed the roof of the tunnel, a team consisting of Pitt, Giordino, Eagan, Marquez, and two deputies traveled the course Pitt had taken from the Buccaneer Mine twenty-four hours earlier.