Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-21
LAW RNPO&T.
coNMos PLEAS.

COMMON PLEAS. 81 if9
TRIAL OF ROMAN LoHRER.--The N Sal o
this prisoner, for the murder Of policel qal
Hall9m, proceeded before Judge Carter al
Emma Gardner-owed, Cassimer Lohrer
half weeks board; saw a six shooter in his
pcssession. .... a In. % .o
Oscar Kirby, Lieutenant of Police, testified
that the policemen got leave to go in citi-
zen's dress. ,r zoo n
The evidence of Carrie Nelson and Charles
Greenfield was not important. .ai.g rn.
George Wallace described the circum-
stances OF the arrest. The old man said he
would 60 along, and they were taken to the
station-house; searched them there found
| on The young man a knife with which the
wound was claimed TO be iuflicted( pock-
et-knife, powder flask, and powder and caps,
and on the old man two pocket knives. :
Abraham Straus, J. G.. Il. Haberkotte aud
+. r. Becht (pohcemen) testified on the same
| subject. 1t was stated that pistol was
found in the gutter where the men passed.
j. i. Smith examined--Saw defendant and
his father on the morning Of the 10th of
January found no marks of blood on the
son. There were marks Of blood on the
fathers shirt. . I.. '.f
1.-THE shirt was produced in Court; there
were spots of blood on the arml 't'f''
Oscar Kirby was recalled, and examined
as to the dying declaration of Hallam.
The State here closed.
EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENsE. .
VIM. H. Glass Deputy Sheriff) examined.
| Saw Cassimer Lohrer on the day he was
brought into Court to be arraigned; they
| were then in jail from four days to a week;
there was mark on one of the old mans
eyes; a slight black msrk-a black eye.
EVIDENCE OF OAssIMER LoHRER.
Mr.. Kerr claimed first, the right to ask the
| witness if ever he had been convicted of any
crime, and sentenced to imprisonment in
any penitentiary.
The Court said the witness might be exam
| ined on his Voir dire.
The witness, whose testimony was given
through an interpreter, then stated that he
had been imprisoned in Germany in l848, at
the time of the revolution. '....
The Court said the party might now be
| sworn. e.' '
The witness was then sworn, and being
examined by p. McGroarty, testified as fol-
! lows: am eight years in Cincinnati; my
/ son is twenty-three years old; he married
about three years ago, and moved to Nash.
vile at that time, and lived there until the
end of the last year. | was living on the
corner of Third and Elm when my son came
back; he is carpenter. He could not get
work and he wanted to return to Nashville.
Q. State now the whole transaction in re-
A. My son had loaned me $50; when he
came from Nashville he wanted the money re-
turned to go to Nashville, and intended to
leave his family with me on the 9th of jan
uary, the same DAY this affair occurred,
went to two friends TO borrow the money
Joseph Herman and John Long. l got So,
ana gave 1t to my son he said it was not
enough, and | must raisr more if it was only
So. l went then to Mr.. Flattich to get it.
but did not see him. 1t being now late,
my son said he could not go until the
morning train. | then thought it better to
see Emma Gardner, who owed me for board.
WANTED to 60 by myself, but the young
man said he had better go with me, and he
could then know whether he could get away
in the morning. We then went to the house
on Main-street. There was some one stand
ing on the head of the stairs, who came
down when we went up. When I saw q
bell at the door pulled it twice. The door
was opened little, and woman asked who
we were. l told my name, and she slammed
the door, and said could not get in; that
she would let no more in. | said l only
wanted to speak a moment to her, that did
not want to come in. | then pulled the bell
again. | heard a person then come to the
door again, and said / did not want any
thing wrong. but only to speak a moment to
Miss Emma Gardner. There was some one
then pulled the door from the woman's hand,
and two men came out.
Q. How were they dressed2
A. In citizens dress. 1t was those who
pulled the door open that came out. They
asked what we wanted. / said nothing, only
to speak a few words. One of them, the
heavy man, then knocked me down; he
struck me once below the right eye, and once
on the top Of the left; fell on the platform
and while was looking for it, heard my
son say. u want you to let me alone;
want to have nothing to do with any one. y
then saw the two had hold of him by the
neck, and pressed him back against the wall
heard enc of them say, "You Cd id
son, &c, FL blow your head off" About
door; the other had still hold of my son, but
he, too, soon left, and went in. tramped on
a hat, which / found belonged to my son
and put it on his head, and we left. When
the men first went in, my son could not
speak from his neck being choked AT the
station. house, l said 1 wondered why we
were arrested, and then first heard from him
that he had stabbed the men.
@. How much did Emma Gardner owe youi
A. About half weeks board and 81
cash; in all 50. The watchmen had
no badges on them; did not know he had
ever seen them before; it was not with his
fist the man struck him. The blood got on
! his shirt at the Station-house from the
j wound on his eye. The witness was also 9
carpenter by trade.
On cross examination, he said he had nc
} work Immediately before this affair. HI
never carried weapons; owns pistol; die
not have one that night; was not drunk, anG
did net make threats before the men caml
out in the evening was a little "high."
Adam Keck testified, that from 1855 tt
1856 the prisoner worked for him; hi
character then for peace was good.
VIM. Keck corroborated this evidence.
G., o. SPECIAL, Geo HelQardler and M
Behaa knew him several years, and his con
duct then for industry and qnietness wa
good. The latter heard his name was good
in'Nashville, and that he was the foreman
Of a railroad shop there.
Testimony not closed.