New-York tribune., 1885-01-29
LOHGEs WEEPS IN COURT.
ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL AND THE JUDGES CHAH'E
THE JURY LOCKED UP.

ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL AND THE JUDGES CHAR'E
THE JURY LOCKED UP.
Monsignor ,Capcps ruddy face looked ed. aowa N
GENERAL 1Eor% pe"a Sessions ms yesterday He sat be;
side Judge Gildersleeye and II tlsaeneG ph,in
to the closing arguments IN the ira a.. oi Hstsp fn
was reportcd to be too sick to attend court. no
evidence was introduced, although the defendants
counsel challengedthe lct.Att0rneyt0 prouuce
any evidence which it waslintmated by the prose
cution might exlst-tO show that there was lnsnr-
ance on the life of Hester. The c0unsel LOT tlie
prisoner made an earnest argument for MS cuen;
He paid particular attention to the police and cfit
cised Sergeant Littlcs conduct lie SAID there WaS
a police conspiracy TO convict Lohges and polnled
out discrepancies In the testimony Oh inc poiicc oin
GERS -, a,;,,
AS his counsel told the story Of the suffering
of Testers wife under her husbands cruel treai;
mcnt the prisoner buried his lace IN ms nasds anu
dwelt on and his sympathy with his SISTER IN i nen
misfortunes was given as the motive that led nm
TO seek ont the man whom he atterward KiileG.
The position of the shears found III the tailor S
shop was said to indicate that Hester Dad al,
tempted to assault Lohges before the latter hieu
Assistant District Attorney Bedford reviewed the
evidence and deduced from 1t that the prisoner was
gully of deliberate murder. lie SAID:
At o'clock on the morning of the murder Mrs Hester
said to her husband haye man VINO VIII NIX You
and that is my brother" The brother the p,soIT
at the bar, in four short hours did fix me deceased
undertook the bloody deed win such ,h.rpo h.vp'
as 10 show prelnediiaton and and ,,.,G, deloSTa snd
ton In purchasing and loading the pls'ol', ti"
wicked malice In seeking out his unsuspecting Vlctm
No doubt the prisoner at the bar, when he entered lo
shop and there found the deceased alone ana IN
armed thought as did Macbeth in his murder OF duncan
that if twcre done when tits done then twere wen "
were done quickly" for the testimony shows that TWO
shots were fired In rapid succession, then the cry o
".Nurder murder !" and then two shots more ana tho
last act Of the tragedy was over
Judge Gildcrseeve. in his charge to the jury
which occupied over half an hour. gave at le,Rth
definitions of murder III the first and second ae-
crees and mansaughter in the first degree. lie
said that the jury should find one of four verdlcts
not guilty or guilty of one of the crimes delned.
The first thing to consider was whe her the homi-
eide was ustiiiable and If the jury decided that
was not the question OF the degree Of crime was TO 6e
considered. "UDder no clrcumstances,' SAID the
judge" should you convict the prisoner OF man-
slaughter in the second degreeas do not think the
testimony iustilies that verdict. However, you
have the right to find a verdict OF that degree,
though do not think the testimony lnstihes H.
lie :hen gave definition of mansiaughter In the
second degree.
returned after an absence of three hours. Ihev
asked for instructions as TO manslanghter III the
second degree Stcnographer Mckenna read the
Judges charge on that point and the jury again re-,
tired Judge Gidersleeve, at 10 o'clock, adjourned
court TO this morning and the jury was locked up.