New-York tribune., 1878-04-02

until they saw them print and others were found In
crdnons late in the afternoon they had set tner races
against any hoax OF the day. and were " W
n had been announced that tie trial Of Madame Ees-
telle would probably take place " tue Cout Vi Osos
n, Tnpminfr Yesterday and though the courtroom was
not o, o,ercrowded there were many persons!pfcsen vi
trials Anthony Comstock came IN, but aiter
a brief conversation with Ass'stan' h,snered nS,e
about the oourroom that Madame Resell was dead lead
MI Herring seemed unwilling to believe the news true
Ne talked with Judge Daniels and then sent messages to
Police Headquarters and u the C0r0ners ONCE hs ne
explaped To- TRIBUNE reporter: This is the lst OF
ATr ana once before was induced TO release bail on
physicians certificate OF the death OF Lew Aarons wno
Prison must be well assured death before take
any further Some other business nIervenea. a
then came the OF the story from tne poce
ocals and the Coroner, and Mr. Herring took up an
The will of Madame Reste ia now locked up in safe
of the Surrogaes Office She brought 1T there on Mach
2s in company OF her nephew, and presenting the
envelope IN which II was contained to the surrogate,
said she wished exchange IL for her former VIII Shc
had had experience i'll the Surrogates Court IN proving
the will of her deceased husband and was familiar WIN
its methods. The other will was made III leIn.
and was left in the surrogates Office IN the same ne way;
will take away the old and that on the next day
ingy done and the VIII st remains where it was
then locked up, until such time as IL sh DC ohereu ioi
In Wal-s,., Madame Restell's sudden death the
subject OF much comment. IL was stated by an I'M
agnatiye broker that she had left Will with the names IS
OF all her customers. and directions 10 pay 10
each the amount given to her Tor ,dred nedcine in
fehaagg era Che sDe~ newsi aver ne Replied What IS
ReS RST ds e IFS in nc TSe victim looked
disssted the crowd seemed 10 take great relish In the
joke.
MADAME RESTEIL'S LIFE.
Madame Resell, or. as she gave her real name, Mrs
Ann Lohman, was an EnglishwomaD, born in 1872 Her
parents poor. and she received little educa'loh'
After marrying journeyman carpenter. she came TO
this country, and lived Ollverst, ia this city Drink
removed her husband and soon after she married
Dr. Charles r. Lohman with whom she lived until his
death years in 1886 she began TO advertise as
physician Under TINS guise built up large traffic
ia medicines for procuring ab0rtiou La is4I she kept
police. There she arrested IN that year charged
with having caused the death OF Maria Bodne,
Tie trial attracted great attention as Madame Resel
was defended by David Graham and James J. Brady,
DsIrct-A ttorney Mckeon and Jones b. Philips
The tral consumed nineteen days. ana and re, re-
a year in the pemtentiary on Blackweps Island Her
husband who assisted her in the infamous business,
lived with her on island In lavish style during the
period of her Imprisonment After her release she moved
into house adjoining what now the Chambers street
Hospital Years aiterward. when the house was altered
for the occupation of families separate sewer was
found leading from it to the North River .,.
she moved into the house at Fifthave and Fiftysec
ond-st about twenty years ago 1t is elegantly furnished
ever since with very slight impediments. About
mapnreTs yeo of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum
and the captain of the precnc. stationed an oioer at
house After few weeks the officer was removed on
New Years Day lat Madame RestePs request and ne was
replaced Her arrest by Anthony COmstocK on rem
ruary aud the subsequent Examination aud indictment
are matters occurrence aud general knowledge
WHAT HER LAWYER SAYS.
Orlando L. Stewart, the counsel of Madame Restell,
SAID Yesterday in regard to his connection with the
cage:
About three weeks ago young man entered my
office and asked IL would lady professional
business. 1 replied in the Affirmative, and he said he
would bring her in. After few minutes he
again entered with an elderly lady. who
sds%c RSse she waited me to take her, case ad
fearing that would not consent she impored me and
almost got her knees. said could judge better when
the facts told After she related the cir
eumstances, told her the did not present az
to counsel thought, and Immediately began work on
tire case cautioned her that popular prejudice was
against her, and said she must avoid anything like o.
tentatlon. asked her not to come TO court III car
riage She replied that the coachman had been IN her
employ for eighteen years and she afraid to travel
An the streets without his company. She finally con
sented to have the cOachman appear without livery
Throughout the management OF the she exhibited
on some things Everything that the papers published
she read with intense interest She was deeply affected
by all that said against her nat would arouse public
opinion While had the case her appeared to
kilograms TO call at the house Her excitement was
materially increased large number of blackmaiers
who literally bescged her. asked her 10 send some
these persons who said they possessed very damaging
testimony. She told about twenty to come TO my onice,
"On Saturday evening called at the house, and said
the case put the calendar for Yesterday She
made appointment 20 call at the office about 10
O'Clock. she then greatly excited. IL not the
present she feared hut she thought Others would
follow, aud the public iDcensed that conviction
vOuld necessarily Yesterday morning about
o'clock, greatly surprised at receiving message
that she was dead She was no doubt crazy over her
troubles"
Mr.. Stewart said that only three weeks ago. while
che was under indictment, a wedding occurred IN
Madame Restell's house. Her granddaughter was mar
ried William shannon, OF Robert Shannon, law
yer this city After the death of Mr.. LOhman. Mr.
Purdy the grandson lonely, and desired male COM
pany. He and william Shannon friends and |
finally Shannon became resident at The house Dufng
the past year intimacy sprang up between him and
tie granddaughter resulting In the marriage.
Mr.. Stewart Inferred from recent conversations that
Madame RestelPs estate worth about half million
Of dollars Some properly is in the name Of her de- |
ceased husband. but she virtually owned all. For |
tance, she held the Osborne House for
$4,000 and $4,000 on her residence Most OF the
property wed TO her grandson Her brother and she
have not been friendly terms for years This morn
ing the collin will be closed without any services, and the
body will be taken 10 TarrytOwn.
Disseminated PLASTERERS.