The New York herald., 1869-11-30
THE GALLER-wEDEKINp MYSTERY.


THE CALLER -WEDEKlND MYSTERY. y
Tho Groas Blacknailins and Alleged Poison.
ing Casc-Double Invessiaatien Of the Case
Before Judge Hogan and Coroner schirmer-
Judge Hogan Laying Down tho LAVA
Fursher Adjoarnnont.
After formal examination yesterday morning at
the Cor0ners ONCE that occupied only few minutes
the examination was resumed before Judge Hogan,
at the T0mbs In the case OF Dr. Wedeklnd, on the
charge Of "blackmailing'' Mrs. Caller. The parties
cd4cerned In this case arrived ct the Court about
halfpast eleven O'Clock. E@
The Judge asked Mr.. Meyer, counsel for the
prisoner, II he intended 20 call any Witnesses q
Mr.. Meyer-Yes, have some seven or eight wit
nesses who viii give evidence Of the good character
and professional ability OF my CLIENT -a1ai
Mr. Kintzing-I presume that that is kind OF
evidence that will be admissible on trial before
jury but II not admissible here before your Honor.
am in q positi on to prove II the professional
ability OF the prisoner II gone into. that he Is first
rate barber. 1 3o sH
Mr.. Meyer-It is ruin to my client to be discharged
r0m this case without having his character restored
to him. have number OF witnesses who VIII tes-
uify to his medical SKILL ss'at
The Judge-An evidence al to character is GER
tainly inadmisslbe to this inquiry.
Mr.. Meyer-H your Honor refuses this motion,
may ask upon what statute my client Is held hereS
have certainly been unable to find any statute by
which he can be held. have spent two days loox-
ing through the law, but cannot nd anything that
Will justify this court any other court In holding
him upon the evidence now offered.
Mr.. Kintzing-I suppose 1t Ia no part Of the duty
OF your Honor to instruct counsel as to the law.
Mr.. Meyer-I claim that have right to ask the
JudU tO outn MT tho Iouv uuNo ho hoIdo
client have no witnesses to call; want to have
the law pointed out to me.
Mr.. Kintzing-Well. do you close the case and
leave 1t with the Judgei l presume II your Honor
commits in this you Will send the papers to the
District Attorney, and be VIII send the case to the
Grand Jury.
Mr.. Meyer-If understand the case the Judge sits
here to ascertain If any crime has been committed;
that is the whole object Of this examination. must
ask your Honor to show me the statute upon which
you are about to proceed
The Judge-It is no trouble fer me to give you the
statute. will do so certainly 1t may be necessary
for you counsel for me to do 80, to give you the
Information to the testimony to be produced here
and will try to do it. This is the statue:-Tlte O.
part 4, chap. Misdemeanors, 600 par. q page
712-"Every person VINO shall either verbally, OF by
written or printed communication, threaten to
another or any offence with intent thereby to
extort any property, or any pecuniary benefit what
ever. shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty Of
extortion the punishment for which Is hereinafter
prescribed" Judge Hogan also referred to the fol-
lowing statute:-Art s. page &c. par. $685. which reads
as fOllows:-
Every person who shall be convicted of feoni.
Ously taking the personal property OF another, in his
presence or from his person. which shall have been
delivered or suffered to have been taken through
fear OF some injury to his person or property to
the person Of any relative or any member OF hts
family, thereupon to be implicated at different
threats OF the person receiving or taking such pro.
perty, shall be adJudged guilty Of robbery in the
second degree
AS 1t was nearly twelve O'Clock the Court ad-
journed the further examination until two O'Clock,
when all parties concerned were ordered to be
present.
At the adjournment, before the case was further
gone into, Mr. District Attorney Blunt ddressed the
Court and said that report had reached him from
that court that 1t had been said that some had
trict Attorney reference to the case OF the man
his trial. and that Mr. Blunt had said that he
be held He did not appear there to give the law,
neither did he profess to have any superior legal
which had taken place at his office. He had
been waited upon by Mr.. Otto Meyer who
asked BY him to show to him any law by which this
man could be held. Not wishing to trust to his
memory me ne had referred 10 the revised statutes and
was charged was robbery in the second degree and
that the punishment was state Prison offence
and was punishable by three years. Imprisonment
If the offence was Penitentiary then the pun
lshment would be Of lesser degree. He told Mr..
Meyer he was unable to give any other definition Of
Mr. Meyer said that what Mr.. Blunt had SAID was
perfectly correct and was statement OF what mad
actually taken place.
Mr. Blunt stated that Mr.. Never had said to him
that ne thought the ban ~, was s but he had
Mr. Blunt then left the court, saying that he had
thought 1t his duty to make that explanation, and
thanked his Honor for the attention he had been
kind enough to give him.
Mr.. Meyer then called the following witness:-
MIR. Antonio Millsbach--I live at No. SO Mercer
street; keep restaurant have known the ac-
cused, DR.. Wedektnd, nearly two years; had con-
with Mrs. Caller and the prisoner; cannot recol-
ect the time. but IL was last year; Wedeknd said to
me, "They are bad people here; there came woman
to me who asked me for poison for her husband; she
can't live any longer with him. she offered me 500
If / would give her q prescription for poison; |
told her wouldn't do IL for thousands OF dollarsn
that was all he said; he did not mention the
name OF the woman; had another conversation
husband of that woman who had asked ior polson
had died; he had suspicious that she might have
done It, and that he had died at the house where the
woman short time ago asked for poison: Wedekind
been poisoned" wedeknd said he would write tea q
letter TO her that he might have more explanation
about IT. the next day prisoner came to witness
again; Mrs. Caller had seen him, he eaid and Mrs
Caller said to wedekind, doctor, don't make me
unhappy; Ill give you slOO to be silent;u Dr. Wede-
KIND tnen said to witness he would not be bought
of for any money; on the Saturday morning afler-
wards he came TO my house at half-past seven
o'clock; was IN bed at the time; he showed
me $1,000 bill, and he said to me- Now,
have here evidence that something must be in this
matter;n he asked where the oflce Of DR.. Schirmer
was; got out OF bed and went with him 10 Prescott
House; looked In the directory and saw where DIR.
Schirmer's Office was; the prisoner then left and
told me he gong to the Offce of DR.. Schirmer;
ne did not say where else he was going to.
Examined by Mr.. kintzing-The same day that he
was arrested Dr. Wedekinds wife came to me and
told me no was arrested there was nobody there but
ourselves when this conversation occurred; told
rested spoke to Mr.. Wirtz0urger; have kept the
restaurant three years; was shoemaker before