New-York tribune., 1885-01-24
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
+ UNFOLDING HER HUSBANDS SLAYER.
x,ps HESTER sYMPATHIzEs WITH LoHGEs, HER

NRs HESTER sYMPATHIZEs WITH LOHGES, HEX
BRorHER-PRoGREss OF THE TRIAL.
Tho trial of Philip Lohges, the young man who is
.baroed with the murder of his brother law was
the Court of General Sessions. The widow OF the
dead man sister of the defendant sat near; the
Counsel for the defence. She takes the part of her
brother against her dead husband. Obcer arley,
who testified on Thursday was recalled and was was
position of the shears. the defence allege that
Hester, the dead man, had taken up the shsars 10
attack the inst before te 1atf hat the
handles of the shears were toward the body.
Officer Kelly testified that he remained on guard
;nr at the ant Se seOs sa
viewed the corpse lie described the postum Vi
the wounds -, , ho hoo,, for
many wears maker of vIolins and had shop
divided by q thin board partition from Hester
tailor shop at No. 293 BOwery, was next calied 10
testify lie related in quaint way how ne neaIn
four shots fired on December T. A cry OF " murhor
was heard after each of the first two SHOTS: IN IN
cross ex animation the witness was asked as I'd nls
ideas of the time. He said that the time occupied
in the shooting was about one minute @ and ,nen ter
walls corresponding with the shots. The lawyer who
held watch said that only fifteen SECONDS paSsed
while the four were @ pne svore that the
defendant came into his store where guns anu anu
pistols wele for sale, and asked for pistol lie
was shown one OF Two anu mmaf ,s 'pSH nsid Sii
and received also a box OF cartridges At his re-
quest the five chambers were fitted with cartridgeS
thus occurred an hour or two before the shooting
The testimony for the prosecution was inter.
rupted to accommodate Frederick e. Richardson, OF
the firm of Richardson ~ Boynton, stove dealers. III
Febrnary 4 to August 81 He described the de-
fendant as quiet, good-natnred and generai
favorte among his companions l.. 49,. oa;.;o,,
Deputy Coroner DOnlin testified 10 tne poSltion
of tile wounds and said that death was due 10
shock from wounds in the brain ana other parts
The prisoners counsel in his opening address sa9
at
against the prisoner but would TESTIFY III MS Deail
She had lived a miserable life with her husDand
who abused her, and on the dav of the shooting had
threatened to shoot her and her brother. Ihe Ihe
shooting, he said. was done in sei-lsience' rhe Ihe
widow of Hester wept as the lawyer taikeu' Inc
trial will continue on Monday
TENTH WARD SANITARY AID SOCIETY.
STIMULATING THE AUTHORITIEs-GooD EXAMPLES
TO FOLLOW.
The Sanitary Aid Society of the Tenth Ward has has
been working quietly for several weeks periectlng
its organization and preparing for vigorous and Ell
fective action At a meeting of the directors on
THURSDAY night IN t9S 1Se oHS ,y OF
the Law Committee, consisting OF General
Webb stephen A. Walker. l.. ). Metcalf, +. r. A;
Seligman and Nathan Blur, reported that IL had
taken the preliminary steps necessary to remedy
the defects IN number of tenement houses reported
by the s9eietys lnspectors Inc C Sonmstes Scion Gn
mons, Cleveland Dodge. DIR. William y. thompson
and NJ. A. Kursheedt. reported that it had secured
large DullulDG lOl a uouSO h""
In view. President Barnard, Professor 1. w;
Dwight, Dr. A. s. lsaacs, Algernon ). sullivan ana
an appeal TO tbe public :" for moral and material
sDpportv and f. c. Vanderbilt was elected treasurer
The law committee went before the Board OF Health
at IL o'clock yesterday morning and lodged com,
plant against the house No. AS Forsyth-st. By,2
r. M an officer of the Board of Health had made
an inspection of the building and reported PACK 10
the Board. The committee has twenty more cases
ready.
The society has concentrated its work upon the
Tenth Ward ."said Mr. Blur to TRIBUNE reporter
"in order to achieve practical results without
delay, it having been found inexpedient II not
frutless TO attempt 10 too large field 1T Is
to be hoped that the example presented by the re,
forms which Will be accomplished In this ward
will stimulate similar efforts in other parts of the
city The authorities have promised then hearty
cooperation and at the instlgation of the society
they have acted in several of The worst cases
The directors of the society IN addition TO those
already given are Mrs Leo NJ. Bates, the Rev. Dr.
G. GottheiI, Duscan ID. ParRley Robert &.
RemseIl Isaac L. Rice, Mrs. Jackson S. Schultz, A.
r. w. Seaman and f. B. Thurber.