The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-21
CHIEF HOGAN S
MAD ACT
Beats and Kicks His Wife
and Then Tries to
Kill Himself.
POLICE HAVE TO BREAK INTO HOUSE
He is Found Unconscious in
a Room Filled With
Escaping Gas
he is THOUGHT 10 Be INSANE
A Year Ago He Was Thrown
From His Carriage and His
Skull Was Fractured.
he is THOUGHT 10 Be INSANE

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while temporary insane through the eff
feet of family trouble and injuries
ceived in the service, combined with the
,,se5 of large quantities of quinine IN The
last few days, Battalion Fire Chief John
Hogan last night nearly killed his wife
and then attempted to end his own liie.
He was arrested with great difficulty alsd
was taken to the Communipaw avenue po-
lice station which is next door to ms
HEADQUARTERS. There he was kept an
night being closely watched to see tnat
he did not commit suicide He was nor
placed in a cell as an ordinary prisoner
Ban was refused him as there was no
telling what he might have done IA me
excitable condition in which he was after
the affair. Dr. Mclaughlin attended him
at the police station and gave him drugs
to quiet his nerves This morning he
was somewhat recovered
SIT was shortly before II o'clock last
night when Mrs. Hogan staggered into
the Communipaw avenue police station
clad only in thin wrapper. One OF ner
eyes was nearly closed and she was
bleeding from wound in her face. she
could hardly stagger into the office OF
Captain alcKaig. who has always oeen
her friend.
ae tried to kin me-" she said, and
sen she collapsed. Water and other Ie-
eatives were applied and soon she was
ss.e to tell what had occurred. She said
saat she and her step-daughter Miss.
tes cars old. were sitting in the parlor OF
tiei9 nome No. 1 Monticello avenue, when
el,:ss.afs Hoean, who was supposed to be On
duty at the firehouse, came in She greet
ed him and told him that she was going
to New York today to buy Christmas
presents.
You are not going alone he replied.
sWhy hot?' she asked.
sI'ii show you why not. she says he
replied, and then, she declares, without
more ado, he struck her in the face
knocking her to the floor. His daughter
Miss, interfered, saying
Don't, papa; don't beat Kate
Hogan desisted long enough to seize
the child and thrust her out of the front
door, which he locked after her. She
rushed to the house Of a neighbor and
told what had happened The neighbor
hurried to the Hogan house, but passers-
by who had been attracted by the wom-
ans screams she was being beaten,
were there first. They burst open the
door. The act had the effect of causing
Hogan to stop for the instant. Mrs. Ho-
gan seized her chance and fled through
the open door, never stopping in her
flight until she reached the police sta
tion. Captain McKaig did what he could
for her wounds. She complained that
he had injured her back. She could
scarcely move her head Her eye was
sight. Captain McKaig sent for Justice
of the Peace Charles Roe and, on seeing
the woman he at once issued warrant
for Hogan's arrest.
IF it was my own father who did
that" he said, II would cause his ar
rest"
Hogan has been his friend for years.
Policemen Collins and Enwright were
sent to serve the warrant. They found
on arriving at the house that Hogan had
locked and bolted all the doors and win
dows. Collins called upon him to sur
render
Never" said Hogan. 'If you try to ar
rest me / will kill myself, and then you
can do what you please with my body
Collins did not care to take the respon-
sibility of driving Hogan to the act he
threatened, so he sent back word to Cap
tain McKaig that Hogan said he would
kill himself and asked for further instruc-
gan must be taken at all costs. Collins
again called on Hogan to surrender and
he again refused to do so. The house
In which Hogan lives is three stories high
and is Of brick. There is high flight
of steps to the parlor floor. Hogan was
in the parlor window, which is composed
of a large pane of glass, with smaller
one on either side, when Collins spoke
with him. Collins tried the front door,
but could not open 1t, as 1t was doubly
locked and bolted He then leaned over
the railing and tried the window Hogan
had in the meantime disappeared from it.
The window would not open so Collins
broke the glass of the smaller pane and,
slipping his hand through the opening.
undid the fastenangs. Just as he was
climbing in the window there was a
crash Of glass on the floor above and
bits of glass sfowered upon the police
man.
The crowd yelled that Hogan was at
tempting to throw himself out Of the up-
per window. This was thought to be so
a. his body was seen against the window
pane and IT was that that caused the
crash. After the glass was broken, how
ever. there was no more disturbance up
stairs II the meantime Captain Nc
Kaig had grown anxious at the loag de-
lay on the part of the policemen and mad
sent Sergeant Richard Battersby to see
what the trouble was. Collins and Ell
wright ana Batfershy entered by the par
lor window and lighting all the gas jets
as they went along worked their way
upstairs. looking ii all the corners fo1
Hogan not knowing what to expect from
HIM They found nothing until they
reached the top hoor The door 70 tfle