The evening world., 1894-03-05
KILLED IN A FIGHT.
Police Think One of the Schaefer
Boys Murdered " Kid" Hogan.
There Had Long Been Bad Blood
Between the Fighters.
Hogan Aided Korr in Last Nightrs
Fracas with the Brothers.

Edward II. Hogan, nineteen years Old,
of pc East Twenty-ninth street. was
killed Just before midnight last night
in general fight between four men. The
other three men are under arrest. one
of them. Edward korr. nineteen years
old. OF ilS East Fourteenth street, has
an ugly cut in his left side. All OF the
prisoners deny the cutting. and tell a
different story
Policeman David Porter. OF the Fifth
street station. at ll.4O last night noticed
korr staggering along Fourteenth street
near First avenue. Some one had told
the policeman there had been a fight, so
he ordered Korr to stop. Korr tried to
run. but Porter soon caught him. His
clothes were covered with blood, and he
seemed to be badly cut.
The policeman decided to take him to
the East Twenty-second street station,
az that was nearer than his own at
Fifth street. At the former station an
ambulance surgeon from Bellevue Hos
pital dressed the wound.
He said that the man had been stabbed
In the left side with a jack-knife, and
that the knife had been turned after
1t entered the body. one of the mans
kidneys had been penetrated. The wound
was not considered serious.
Korr was then taken to the East Fifth
street station. where he told that he
had been engaged In fight with two
brothers named schaefer of 400 East
Fourteenth street. and Edward Hogan,
who IL also known as kid"
In the mean time kid Hogan had
been found lying In Fourteenth street.
directly direct in b;, trEnt Of the sshaefer boys,
East Firth street station. He had a
deep cut in his neck. and was uncon-
scious An ambulance was summoned
moved there. lie died fifteen minutes
words he spoke were; "Tell my mother. 3
Iee osSs SSssefsr SH SGys we're
Porter. They were, just. going to bed
Charles Schaefer Is twenty-five, year,
old. and Is steamtister' BITS brothei
August IL twenty-tbree years old
and is employed as laborer fol
the Department OF Public Parks. They
live with II widowed mother and elder
brother.
Their version OF the fight Is that Kori
came into the hallway of their house
and called up the stairs:
Say, Schaefer, II you want TO scrap
come down"
There had been trouble between the
Schaefers and korr before. 50 Charley
came downstairs and was soon followed
by August The three men engaged l.
a rough and tumble fight. when kid
when they heard a Crv OF "Policer'
When Kori heard that the Schaeferi
had made statement, he also made one
He was walking along Fourteenth street
he said, opposite The Schaefer boys
house. when August called to him:
Come over here, " you've got any
fighting blood in you"
He went over. found both the Schae
fcrs. who jumped on him. and began tC
pound him numerically When %kid,
Korr said he did not know who cut him
but thought 1t was one of the Scha=fer :
The police are convinced that tn,
Schaefers are responsible for the deatl
of Hogan. There has been bad bloJt
between the men for long time.
Hogan was leader of gang that usli
ally hangs out around Fourteenth stree
and First avenue. Some months ag,
on charge of burglary. 1t was salt
at the time that "Kid' Hogan gave tn
police the information that led to tn
mans arrest. a month ago. during
h"ht between Hogan and Angus
Schaefer, the latter was stabbed bu
e police Tere not able to captur
Hogan. as he kept out OF the way.
The police think that Hogan's slayin
is merely settling of the old grudge
and that he has paid the penalty 9f hi
betrayal OF the elder Schaefer. HoSal
lived with a ',Idowei mother, and ha'
an exceedingly bad record.
August Schaefer his brother, Charles
and Korr were arraigned before Justic
Koch In Essex Market Court this morn
ing charged with Hogan's murder. The
refused TO make any statement and Jus
tiCe Koch committed them to await tn
action of the Coroner.