The morning times., 1896-06-07
FAMILY OF THE WICKED
Ten Sisters Have All Had a
Term in Prison.
THEY ARE PRETTY GIRLS
They Are the Dugans of New Jersey.
3 Two Brothers Who Are
Desperate Characters.
THEY ARE PRETTY GIRLS

Copyright 1886; by the e'Bacheler Syndicate.
The pugan family of Jersey City is fast
carving out distinct niche i'll the temple
OF fame of the criminal classes. Net in
any ether city of the. United States, or In
outia wed rocky businesses, is there lam
ay or ten girls who so court every form uf
devntrS aud laugh at arrest and imprison
ment, They arc'tdestined to go down in
police annals as Il remarkable family. In
the vcruacuar Of their class they can turn
JCt' with neatneSS not to be cX-
| celled by any of their professional sisters,
They are the new woman III crime and
presen' an Interesting study OF criminology.
It's proverbial that when IL woman enters
on such career she stops at nothing,
But think OF ten girls OF the same family
bidding deiiancejtO Law and order, and
prldlnE themselves on being ''pnched" more
thau any other ten girls IN the world. Now
these llugan girls are not rcpuisiye in ap
peatuuce Indeed they think themselves
fair To look upon, and always aim TO dress
attractiyely. although their taste is Eer-
haps loud. They have tot reached the age
OF sodden indifference to appeara that
years OF hard living usually produce. If
some awful calamity should suddenly wipe
the l'ugans off the face Of the earth. the
police OF Jerse City and of HOboken would
breathe sigh OF relief and rejoice. For
besides the ten Dugan sisters, live of whom
are b.euched, there is one Dugan son, who
has fiery red hair, Il sandy complexion and
sDui; nose. He is the idol Of the girls.
The eleven, singly and in pairs, tFlos and
quartctS, have all been in jail at one time
OF ahotEer, but the boy Dugan is worse than
all his sisters put together.
Chier OF Police Murphy of Jersey City
and Donovan of Hohokcn declare that
the Dugan family is the worst in the
world Il Will make wager that no
~ hnr lnf of init.
can produce family so fun OF deyiltry as
the Dugans are declared Chief Murphy,
when he was giving a brief history OF the
notorious family to the writer
The lady who bore the lot is now living
at No. 80 Park avenue, Hobokrn, and noone
has ever succeeded in convincing her OF the
ba dness of her offspring
When Tommy Dugan'' shot police
man some time ago she said it was good
FOR hini, because hc must have been teasing
her 'darlnt' or else he would never shoot.
As matter OF fact, TOmmyS quick action
with his gun was the cause of Chief Muir
phys Issuing an order TO his men tie first
OF the year which is unprecedented in police
annals. He directed that pistol pockets be
placed in front, in the left side OF the mems
uniform coats where they could get attheir
weapons handy, ana they were instructed
To shoot 10 Kill whenever they had any rea-
son to produce their weapons at all.
Priol TO that Tommy and his gang had in
ausurated fashion OF shooting policemen
On sight when they went on a marauding
expedition, but since tile chiefs order not
an officer has been shot. When Dugan heard
OF the order, he remarked 20 his closest pal,
Jim Dudley:
Wen have TO quit here: Murphy means
to Kill u.s. and they did. They came TO
New York, and all went well until the Tth
or Maylast. They belong tothe class known
as ''after-night burglars" because their
work was all done between The hours Of
ard 5 Il. IN. Their business was robbng
house. and they were as ready to shoot rs
to steal Frcda Raum. who ought to be
Dugan's wife, but who isn't, was the cause
OF Bis present Imprisonment. Dugan was
living witli his eldest sister. Anne, who was
living with q man namtd MCDerm OFT, at
No / 81 Railroad avenue, Jersey City and
there he would repair after his nightly dep
rcdat ions in New York. Frcda was there,
too. but Anne did not like her and they
quarreled. Dugap, who is known a among his
pals as Judge finally determined 10
leave. but when he started 20 take his trunk
A lnG interfered. H. Il
He promptly kicked her down stairs.
Then be carried the trunk out and put t
or the wagon of an eXpressman who was
waiting. but Anne grabbed the bits of
the horse. Dugan Saya gely whipped the
horse, which started ahead, but Anne
held on 10 the lines until Dugan pulled
hrs postol and fired at her. The bullet
did not strike her, hat she ran to head
quarters and told Chief Murphy what her
brother had dose. He ordered every man
on the reserve TO catch Dugan, but when
two deputy s:ierfffs tackled him he COW
cred one with his pisto! and Knocked the
other scnse!esS With the butt OF another
one. He escaped for the time being, hut
later was surrounded at the residence of
his sister Lille, who was living with hs
pal. Dudley. at ~ Ogden avenue. When
a platoon OF police, in charge of Capt.
McNuItY. forced an entrance there they
found Dugan with a pistol i'll either hand
eveleL at them, kneeling behind his
thirteeE-year-old sister Laura. The latter
had a big pair OF tailor's shears, which
she brandish cd, and with string OF
oaths she declared that she would cut
the heart ont of The first man who came
near her broth er.
MCNulcy parleyed with Duean. He told
him the house was surrounded, and that
he was going to have him dead or alive.
SO Dugan finally submitted to arrest. and
he was taken to headquarters along with