http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 23 February 2014 COOGAN story ____________________________________________________________________ appearing in "Daily Alta California" [CA], 30 OCT 1883: COOGAN'S CRUELTY Thomas Coogan was ordered to appear for sentence to-day for cruelty to children. The information elicited in Judge Webb's Court yesterday was that Coogan, the possessor of three houses and lots, and a hog ranch, made his children go to the neighboring grocers and beg for bread, which they received daily, on the ground that the family were in want. http://cdnc.ucr.edu ____________________________________________________________________