New-York tribune., 1884-12-05
MAKING SURE OF HIS DEATH.
.r.rop SHOT ny HIS BRoTHER-lN-LAw
THE MURDERER suRRrSDrRs iiMsELf--AN1N''''
MS SISTERS WRONGS.

rur MrpprRsR suRRENDERs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ms SISTERS WRONGS
.-u .;r-hoired Young man, with regular fea.
&nr.. ~ The German cast, entered tno rll, SUI M ~
Police Station at noon Yesterday, ,a,n i,tic
40 naiihrc on the desk in front OF sergeant ',,'c
tmst sh"t n man" He seemed excited hut was ai,
Carently sober. Sergeant Little inquired w"o" "'
MY bro,her-in-law John Hester was the ''p'''
"in MpG;cu Sis c,uo,or.shop at No 800 Bowcry.'
,c Threatened TO kll my sistcr this morning ,,.i
sen, TO his plop few minutes A. nSo ,a" s 4 WAS nom"
"t INV hns,ncss. Thou shot him. Moro 'han once
'Thc sc,scnnt had noticed that tho Ave chnmhcra
of ihc tcyoivc, had been discharged. 10 h,- inquiry
A. ,hc woundcd man would bc likely 'o leave ,h,
sbop the Young man rcplicd promptly, Win aio''oo
sergeant Liitlo ordered tho man 10 be locked op
and then went To the tailor shop In the Bowciy. IN
company with Roundsman iro,z. lh,u" mere VIZ W. !
shots had been heard by persons pa"snIng ng
aud by oooupgnts Of the adjoining shops. ~" iho
youne mnn who fred the shots hau e"no w, m,o ~ the
shop Then he had locked the door on tne ,' on,sa"
and had gone in the direction OF the police sla,o,'.
Patroman Smith had arrived WITHIN m'o ta'l"r in.
and broken open the door Finding tn9 ,a,,oy M
sensblc on the floor and .bcednng rom sevJrn' ,
wounds the policeman had sent cali iot h' nnnu
lance from the Ninth-st. station OF the elevate"
raiiroad When Sergeant Little knelt down be
side the body of Hester he thought he rouid n,s-
tiugush a faint beating OF the near ,"odc n
bIef examination and said that the tai,or ''S 'o;
There were bullet wounds in Testers neal o,J
and hand Either of two of the wounns w3uiu
have proved fatal but II was Thought Una, oho ou'
let had entered his heart Hester had ialien IN 1c m
rear of the shop with his head toward ,nS uoor ,1
was n short slender man with dark complexion ana
abont thirty wears Of age. The shop had been oc-
Cuped by him foI about six months. People IN ,ne
neirhborhood said lie was quiet and INDUSTRIOUS.
iice sta
Philip Lohges, mechanic, age twenty-sIx' nn, n
married and recently without empl"ymcni,. ,,r m'
had boa ar,lcd with his sister ana brotncr-'h-itw
The family had lived for six months on INC Univ
floor of the tenement house No. 90 First-ave
Lohgcs and his sister were born III ,S IenhsS van" hn
Heer married about six years and had one child. 9
boy lust od enough TO walk alone. iiait an m noui
after the police learned of the murder they INFORMED
Mrs Hester, She became frantic with grief ane M
the police were unable to get from her any In,oI
nation about the quarrel which led 10 tne uS nt M
She was removed 10 the home of frend at no
4IO Fiftl-sI Late in the afternoon she became
calm enough 10 talk about her trouble ohe VA
married to Hester secretly anu agalms' ~ p;t.ston
Penn He took her TO Boston, where thcy liVeu uil
I'll eighteen mont his ago. Their narIlen ma , ne lie WA, wt
not been happy, because Hester fcit that MS VII VIZ
was n burden and made no attempt 10 cohccdi ti
fact Aft.r they came to New-Iork he Workcu 10
several broadway clohiers untli last sprins
he began business in the Bowery shop III ms wi1c
"Hc never beat me-" said Mrs Hester last evening
80 but he was stingy ana cross aIu Ia, tLro,t
leave me This morning he repeated the tnica'
He took cup and made motion to throw IT,
told him that if ne was going away ne mus, leav
,noney enough 20 support our child. lie SAID mus
wet along somehow When ne went ont he sald N
would not be home for dinner My brother came y
later and told him what my husband had S'iG. a.
wanted him to sec about getting n scpaia ION iroI
INV husband | had read SO much lately about me
killing their wives that tbonght my IRE wa. no -
safe, and / told my brother so fh,iip sag u, II
would 90 aud talk with my husband and see law
ver afterward did not know that he carried
pistol" -, ,. ,; rnoso
last sprinp and was confined for some weeks III IN
insane ward in Bellevue Hosuital. The police thin
that an attempt may be made to prove that ISohge
xos insane when he killed Hester. At the jefferson
Market Police Court Lodges was reihanded 1or a
examination to-day.