Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-19
Law REPORT.
COMMON PLEAS.

| ROMAN LOHRER ON TRIAL ron THE MURDEl
OF DANIEL HALLAM.--Roman Lohrer ap
peared on trial yesterday afternoon, befor
Judge Carter, TO answer an indictment
I charging him with the homicide of Danie
Hallam, late Fourth-ward Policeman. Til,
prisoner is the son of Cassimer Lohrer, whit
Is inpleaded with him.
The following jurymen were sworn: Johr
Gray, J. l.. Bellville, Aaron Wheatley, Alex
Neave, Abner Jones. James Rose, G.. w
Jack, j. B. Molloy, Martin Barwick, j. NJ
| Miller, Js mes Wise, @. W. Ebersole.
| Emma o 1ements examined-I live up stair
| at 272 Main etreet; never saw Hallam until
| the night of the 9th of January, when be
came to my htNnse with Clay Long, at about
eleven o'clock about half minute after
they came in the bell rang again / opened
the door and saw il was the elder Lohrer
| saw he had been drinking, and told him
be could not come in, that there were too
many in the house; he still insisted, and I
told him he must ot come in, and ] shut
the door he said by Cd I had better let
him in-that if he did lTet get in the door he
would another way.
l asked Hallam what should do, and he
said, to let him and Long go out and throw
them down stairs. l said, "No, do NOT
want to have any fuss let them alone. snd
they will leave" Lohrer Che elder) swo-e
out an oath that he would not 90 away all
nighti to let him go in moment and he,
would go away. Hallam said to open the
door and talk to him; l said, no, if | raise
the prop of the door, he woRld push in.
Hallam then remarked, /" if you DO not want
them in, they shall not come in; :" and he
took nail and fixed the bell-wire, SO that
they could not ring the bell. After they had
broken the bell wire, Hallam said to open
the door and talk with them, that he would
stand behind me and see that was rot hurt:
opened the door; the elder Lohrer stood at
it and saw he had pistol in his hand: he
had it pointed in at the door to me; said to
Hallam that was afraid to talk with him,
as he had pistol; Hallam said, l guess he
won't hurt you; let me 60 out" and he
pushed me to one side, and opened the door,
l attempted to pull him back by the coat
sleeve, but he would not come. He said 10
Lohrer (the old many, "what do you wantY'
L. said that he wanted to come in. Halam
said you can not, she refused to let you, and
would not go in any place where was not
wanted" Lohrer called him some name,
Cd id some thing, and said, "you can
not help me from coming in" Hallam went
out then and pulled the door to. l then re-
quested Long to go out and make Hallam
come in, as he might get killed. Long said,
"hush, let me alone,' and he opened the
door. took hold Of him by the coat but he
did not let on to heed me and went out. In
few minutes he came to. the door and said,
Emma, let me in, / am stabbed" He stag
gered up against the wall, and some of the
girls let him 60 into my room. Soon after
Hallam kept knocking at the door; at first
was afraid to open it for fear the rest would
come in. He called to open the door quick,
and after be got in he pub his hand to his left
side and said "I'm cut
told him to come to my room, and after
he had walked round, be fell on the lounge
and asked to have his coat unbuttoned.,
Some Of the girls remarked, that poor Clay
was dead (meaRing bapgl called for The.
watch in few moments three watchmen
arrived. Hallam remained at the house un-
til the time of his death, at seven o'clock
the next nighb. Long died at six o'clock on
the morning of the next day. 1 saw the
elder Lohrer once before, the Friday before
New years : he called to see about my
taking two girls, named Emma and Alice,
to board. He said he could not keep them
in his house, as his son had come from Nash
vile. told him they might come, and they
did come, that evening. l also saw young
LohreE once befOre-the Sunday night be-
fore the cutting. He came with some
friends, who were acquainted in the house,
and said he wanted to find out whether
Emma and Alice were in the house.
A further hearing of the evidence was
postponed until this morning. It
. BET0RE JUDGE MALLoN.-Mary Bollinger
Us. Peter Muller. Suit under the bastardy
act. Verdict of guilty.
The Firemens Insurance Company us
Bsrtley Campbell. Verdict was returned
for the plaintiff for $63T a.
BEToRE JUDGE HoADLEY-C. D. Foot Us.
John Bates. To recover for two statues
made on the order of the defendant to be
placed in inches Of the National Theater.
Judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $500
the statuary to be delivered to the defendant.
Nor GUILTY.-In the case of Augustus
Grief and Philip Horton, on trial for arson
in the Common Pleas, the jury returned
verdict of 'Not guilty"