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tectIyes at Police Hcadauarters to aid me. and

they found her at No. 3is Second avenue"
1saac Reeves affidavit was read, 1t was to
Iona sna and ne that Ss
Reeve. IL lying very Ill at 3is Second avenue.
She IL too Ill to appear In court. In this house
Meyer and Amelia Never. and on the front Of
thG n house M ne say tin sign bearing the words
The AFFIDAVIT of DR.. Charles Phelps Of III East
Ninetecnth street was read next. The Doctor
aycrred that on Sunday. Sept. 9. ho was profess
nue. ,where he found Ellen +. Reeve seriously
ILL.,. Miss Reeve told the Doctor that she had
had a m9iiscarriage. which had been produced
10y Mrs Meyer. the Doctors wife, who resided
in the house pr. Phelps says further that the
invalid will not be able to appear in court in less
Or. Meyers on Wednesday last. and Mrs.
Meyer then trcnted her.
John Ham, the other rustic-looklng man,
who described himselfas nm engineer and said
he lived at lG6 Franklin street. and who ia sad
TO be relative OF th9 girl. In his ,aiidnvt do
S"niay % nisht flien Recyc p"iptcd d. ont TX hmriia i'm
Meyer us tho " lady OF the house." and MS hav-
ing performed an abortion upon her. Loo
" / had nothing to do with tiny wife attends
10 it, He declared he should be ruined by
what had occurred, Ellen Reeve. the invalid
girl. Informed Ham that. Amelia Meyer had
not at that time received all of tho money due
her. Only $50 had been paid.
After these three aildavts had been read In
such a loud and clear voice that every one in
tho room could hear every word in them. tho
counsel for the prisoners asked for the instant
motion. The testimony Of Annie Maglnnis, the
doctors servant, criminatcd him, and then his
name WIS on the front Of the house, and he
was found IN. the house. The counsel argued
that Annie Maginns's testimony went only 10
show that two young women dincd twice ut the
Doctors table. and the Doctors wife ordered n
pitcher of hot water brought up stairs. neither
Of which offences is grave in the eye Of the
law, But Justice flammer declined to release
Never
ON what charge do you hold him? p the
- ~ an accompliee to the commission Of an
w VIII he sss detained on full or temporary
" He will be committed to await examination II
He valves examination now." the lawyer
The Court would not receive the offer. but as
sented to the request that the determination of
both prisoners To waive examination be made a
dssred he amount as S 81 bail S to bs HeI 'ne'
Justice flammer was unable to fix on date
for the examination, He asked the reporters to
recoe that the girl Ellen +. Reed is n prison
er. charged with aiding the doctor and his wife
in committing the crime.
Myer rPoeT s Si ahs suS yes'craay Mrs
NV fathers name is Captuen My name is
Emile; II is not Amalie. am Dr. Meyers
another woman that lives there. There ARE 81 X
other women IN my business OF the same name.
Or. Meyer never laid his hand on that girl;
had him giving her pills since the l7th OF May.
Both Of them finally came to our house. They
promised TO write 10 their friends. Then the
cramps caught them and they had To stay. This
girl was delivered of a child and then bad
symptoms came" At this point the converse.
ton was interrupted by pr. Meyer. who told
Mrs. Meyer not to say ANYTHING further. Both
speak with strong German accent.
| Charles Inslee Pardec, Dean Of the Faculty oi
| the University Of the City OF New York. says
TINT Or. Meyer is not professor in the Unit
| yerslty. He Is simply curator 10 the museum
| Dr. Meyer has been known by the Dean abou
fFl flnf tntn ha.
| himself an Industrious worker. and an enthu
| sIistic anatOmist.