Putnam patriot., 1918-01-18
HAS A MANIA
 FOR FINE CLOTHES
Daniel Hogan Also Had An IT, resistable Impulse to Steal
 Shoes.
His Bodily Adornment is Now the Faded Blue of Brooklyn Jail

EIIEIHK fAOkfEfsaa Ian tAtttAt Q AAsztla part as he sat la the prisane6 pen, sallow of complexion and shftE- eyed, Saturday morning Hl= elothez were badly wrinkled and worr and his shoes sported fringe derotne hard usage
 Dan was charged with stealing three pairs of shoes from the Putnam freight house. They were alIeged t9 be the property of j l.. Rich ( Son. Dan objected to the charge as made. saying that he stole them from the man who stole them, while the man who stole them was sleeping of drunk bought with dollar that Hagon gave him for one. of the pairs of shoes
 Considering his aspect the court and spectators were 4 bit surprised when Dan informed them that he had mania for buying clothes" and said he spent all of his money that way He did not look the part A tall and unless one believes Dan's state ment he could not credit the fact that ne has a large wardrobe in Brooklyn N. '.
 It IS sad that there are young chaps among the idle rich that be deck themselves with many suits, and socks to match thelf ties That they change their attire several times il day for the want of something bet ter to do Dan, however did not aeet the requirements of what the ordinary mortal Imagines the man about town to be He said he had worked for plumber. q gas filter and even occasionally had trucked freight along the docks of Brooklyn until he left little old New York to work on the thira floor of the Rem ington Arms company Here the night air did not agree with him and he drifted along to Putnam and secured job at his profession pushing truck at the freight depot
 They say that pride goeth before d fall" Had Dan not been too proud to live at the bunk house near the freight depot with the rest of the gang of freight handlers he might even now be at liberty wearing his hnery and sporting the shoes that he was found guilty of stealing That brings us Co the story as related in the city court Saturday morning
 William Shippee, foreman at the freight depot, told the court that much purlouine had been going on Tobacco whiskey, and other mer- chandise surrcptltlously disappeared Hundreds of dollars worth of goods vanished and it got on his nerves and kept him awake nights December 3lst several cases of shoes were talk en out of box car and put near door six in the freight shed From right under the eyes of the men at the depot three pairs of shoes disap= peared. The foreman thought and thought and made ms own deducz tions. He knew that Dan Hogan had given up his bunk in the freight handlers shanty and taken a room not far away He wondered why Dan preferred to pay rent to living at the expense of the company. He decided to investigate With John Murray he went to Dams room and there found one pair of the missing shoes in a dress suit ease and two others under the bureau Dan was arrested This Nas on a Friday, an unlucky Friday for Dan
 Murray, an Investigating agent of the New Haven road. also told the court of finding the shoes and said that Hogan admitted to him that he took inc Eeojs of the railroad com panY'> preaases. making three trips
 James Brown. who roomed with Hogan. told how Hogan sold hlm par of shoes for dollar
 Then Hogan had hts innings He objected to the valuation placed ou the shoes by the prosecutor and chen came the announcement that he has mania for buying clothes and did nothing else with his money lie said he had as much as $40 worth of clothes in New York.
 Regarding the shoes he said he paid man a dollar for one par. He didn't know who the nan Was The man got drunk on the dollar and when he went to sleep in box car he, Hogan. stole the other two pairs.
 Hogan said that there was gang stealing from the freight house and that f he knew where their hiding place for goods was he could show the officers at least sl50 worth of merchandise He said that one man named Pete had $50 worth of spark plugs
 Hogan begged not to be sent to jail He said he had twelve or four teen dollars coming to him and would give that and work a week for noth- ing to square himself
 When Judge Geissler got an ep-