Show WILL HE GET llh1i I John Hogans Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus fIE STORY TOLD BY THE MOTHER The Basil for Naturalization in the Third Dlatrict Another Divorce Police and Probate Callings The matter of the application for a writ of habeas corpus by which Joan Hogau attempted at-tempted to secure possession of Patrick Francis Hogan his son was heard by Judge Anderson in chambers yesterday The boy in question a bright little fellow of about eight years was in court under the care of Father Keily of All Hallows college at which institution the youngster i now pursuing his studies Hogan was divorced from his wife some time since and he now seeks to obtain the boy and take him back to Bridgeport Cona where his father resides introduced considerable evidence to show that his character was above reproach but each witness swore that he was a gambler by profession Hogan testified that his father had made a will in favor of the boy conditional upon the boy being taken to Bridgeport Conn and educated in the Roman Catholic faith The property to be inherited by Francis Patrick Hogan on his majority would amount he said to about six thousand thou-sand or seven thousand dollars On being asked by the judge whether in case it should be decided that the boy should remain in his present residence he Would do anything for him he replied that he certainly would not because he thought the boys mind was being poisoned against him On boiag asked whether he proposed in the future to continue con-tinue in the same business as he was at present engaged in he said he did not know I he could find something that he could make more money at he would probably prob-ably abandon his present profession The only evidence offered against the granting of the writ was that given by Mrs Hogan the mother of the child She said she was married to Hogan in July 1SSO that his conduct towards both herself and the boy had been harsh and brutal and it was for that reason and that alone the boy was afraid of him Since her marriage mar-riage she had traveled through Idaho Montana and Dakota and in all these places the applicant for the writ had plied his vocation as a gambler He had always given her the necessaries of life but these were not the onlythings necessary for thehappi ness of a wife During the time she lived with Hogan he was at home only when he was asleep He would be out all night and sleep all day She was perfectly willing will-ing to have the child remain at the college where he was now pursuing his studies and where both she and her former husband hus-band could see him at any and all times She had never taught him to treat his father disrespectfully but on the contrary had told him that he must honor and respect him When the divorce was granted she said Hogan had given her the boy with the remark that he belonged to her and that he would not trouble about him After that he tried to steal him from her mothers To Varian she said that when she married the defendant he was in the same business he now follows fol-lows and she was well aware of i Further she said I was not engaged to be married to Al Smith I can give no reasons rea-sons why wrote a letter to him the latter you have in your hands I was in Salt Lake city when the letter was written Mr Smith is a freight conductor of the Union Pacific It was the year before last that our marital troubles began Hogan complained of me and I of him and matters gradually grew worse until a divorce separated sep-arated us I have no means myself but I am willing to work and educate the boy the best I can My brothers also would assist me I amsure I should be able to keep the boy at college in case the support of the father should be withdrawn No matter what should happen the boy would always have a home I am not a Catholic I but do not object to him going to a Catholic school I have no religious convictions of my own The matter was taken under advisement and today a decision will probably bd < rendered |