The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-22
HOG NSKY.
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Their Worst On Him.

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Their Worst On Him.
Hogansky is the name they gave him in the
Tcnderloin district, where everybody knows him.
Tho people who don't live in tho Tenderloin.
but who have made HogRnsky's acquaintance,
are mostly ambulance doctors, policemen. and
cable car operators. Hogansky Is only q years
old. but he is proud Of the fact that he has been
run over by trucks and cars more times than
any other boy in New York.
But l got not n one medal yet" he says in
telling the story OF his life TO people.
He'd have more medals than Prof. Denton II
he got one for each time he has met with nm
accident" said Police Sergeant Lane yesterday.
in relating some OF Hogansky's experiences.
Yes" continued the Sergeant. he'd have
medals to burn. He's a little Jew boy who lives
here On West Thirticth street. near the
station house. ] believe II was the newsboys
who christened him HoRansky. and that's the
only name he goes by now. Talk about n cats
having nino lives-Iiogansky has nincty.nine.
you might kill him with an axe. but You could
never do it with a cable car or an ice cart. He
seems to grow fat on the knockdowns he gets
from the cable cars. ami he Just prospers on
being run over by express wagons. Every time
there Is an ambulance call In the precinct il is
safe to wager your months wages against n
pack OF cigarettes that Hogansky's been run
over. He has a funny round face with a big
mouth and a pair OF ears that stick GU. like the
wings on n flying machine. II the news
papers were 10 chronicle tho daily doinHs
OF Hogansky they'd have no room for Klondike
news. I've been on the police force nearly n
quarter OF a century and have done duty In the
worst neighborhoods in New York; / have read
scores OF books about the doings OF various mis-
chicvous boys; l have seen many cantankercus
specimens Of Juvenile depravity. but Hogansky
ia anfiilad 70 thp gold rpala1 H., -, ho1.
kicked by old man Brady's truck horse; he has
been hit by a dozen, cable cars: he has been
pounded on the head by Niger Jackson's base
PAL BAT; he has been run over BY a score of cabs:
ne has fallen into many area ways; he has tum-
out Of a window. and he has been run over by
several loaded trucks. but he has come up smil-
ing and lmpinR each time.
IF you ever see a little barefooted chap lifted
may be sure it is HoKansky. He spends ten
hours a day playing in the middle OF the street.
is sure to get under the wheels. A few days
ago. after he han been run over by an ice cart.
picked him up and dumped him into a a little soap oar
box wagon, which they had with them. They
played ambulance with him until a man down
been broken. The real ambulance then came.
and Hogansky continued playing on the street
weeks ago when ne was rum Dns o %eg Sy 'e an
express wagon right here opposite the station
carried into the station house. We called an
ambulance from the New York Hospital. and
a sprained ankle. The doctor was setting the
q little Jew woman who has damage-suit wheels
i o n dow paS Witnesses sss Sn nalnes. a f Rshisp pa aaa pinRedd s to
she was storming. about. shouting that she
wanted the hospital surgeon to take HoKansky
to the hospital. so that she might have good
grounds and plenty Of witnesses for a suit
for damages against the exPressman who ran
came into the station house. s said Hesan sRS
was to blame. and that the boy ran under the
wheels by tumbling from the Trail that con.
meets the axles. When Hogansky's mother was
told that the expressman was blameless. she
went away. The boy ilmped out into the street
n0d M%s PRl aa hsp Mash bis % sH@pi Hdsaa ,gs' as sa i,
still talking OF a damage suit when the old cell
ing OF the station house fell on her. She lay
down on the floor and moaned. When q police
man ran to her assistance she said:
Send for an ambulance; I'm dying! Send for
my husband so he can get the names of the witt
nesses. Now we have a good damage suit against
the city
tended to HoKansky was called back to attend
liogansky's mother. Then Mr.. Hogansky came.
He began taking damage.suit testimony with
he C had his BOOK and y pencil i out u9i the ambu u hie
surgeon said that the woman had been only
slightly hurt, and that a small scalp wound was
posed to be unconscious when the ambulance
surgeon made his report. but she jumped up
from the floor and shouted.
You must take me to the hospital-Tm dy-
ing-and besides we want evidence
oh. no; said the ambulance surgeon. you're
What exclaimed the husband, 'ain'd she
got not one broken legf
No. said the doctor.
DE my boy is injured for life said Mr..
hogansky: must keep him in tho house for
80! wish you would said the doctor. and
then i might get a rest once in q while.h