The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-07-15
PRISONERS
Dr.. Meyer and Wife, the Modern
Borgias, Captured.
They Slew Their Innocent Victims
for the Love Of Gold.

Disgrace to Roth sexes are Thls Fiend-
Ian Pair They Have Record Of
Victims in = Doaen Dtnereht
Cities Partial History.
Nsw York, July IA. DR. Henry
Meyer and Maria, his wife. were arrest
ed in Detroit late on Wednesday night,
charged with the murder OK their
learned and ingenious fellow thief,
Gustav II NJ Joseph Raum. II only
half the story told BY the Authorities Of
this CITY Is true. this man and woman
arc the most remarkable persons this
century has witnessed They commit.
ted their crimes, IL i alleged, with all
Tire scientific calmncss Of Bor.
gia, although inspired only by money
hunger Thera-Syns no malice in their
murdeIs Meyer and his wife were in-
dicted Thursday by the grand jury.
detectives started westward 70 bring
them to this city The authorities do
clare they have ample evidence 10 war
rant the conviction 81 the pair ~ MUIR
der Ia the iirst degree Their victim
was their confederate. it IS said IN
swindIing life insurance companies by
poisoning persons they had insured. or
by themselves fcignfng illness aud sub.
stituting stolen corpses.
Their operations were carried on in q
dozen different cities The pair dwalt
IN Cincinnati for time, where they
were known Ms Mr. and Mrs. Reuter-,
which H. only one Of the numerous
aliases they bore
DR. Meyer graduated from the Chi
cago homeopathic medical college In
1915, and began practice on the North
Side. He Is q native Of Minden, Prus-
-sis.
His drst wife died soon after no be-
gan the practice OF medicine under cir
cumstances which many believe indi-
cate thntshe was poisoned Soon after
this he was tried for the murder by
poison Of a wealthy North Side grocer
named Geldarman. OF this he was ac-
quilted. and soon after married. Colder
mans widow, who was worth
some $4,000 Shortly after the
marriage, he was again charged
with the murder Of his wifes
son. On this trial he was also acquit-
ted. Not long afterward his wife was
found 70 be suffering from totally
wrecked constitution, and Is still an in
valid. She left him and procurcd d az
vorce, and claims 70 this day that he mt
tempted her life by poison
A little later, about the year 1883, he
met and married HE present wife,
whose maiden name was urossen IL
was soon discovered that the old gem
tleman's name had been forged to a
heavy life insurance policy in the Ger
mania Co
DIR. Meyer Skipped out TO Denver. but
was brought back, tried and again &c
quilted. While in prison he met n mnn
by tire name Of Ludwig Brandt, the
son Of general in the Norwegian
army, and OF very respectable family,
who was, like himself, charged with
forgery. When both had got out Of
prison, Meyer resumed his practice and
employed Brandt as q collector Brandt
also acted as solicitor for ono or more
life insurance companies. On August
10, 1891, Brandt was insured under the
name Of Gustav Maria Joseph Baum in
several companies TO the aggregate
amount of $500.
On February IL, 1899, all three of the
parties went to New York, Brandt and
Mrs, Meyer appearing as Mrs and Mrs
Baum and DR.. Meyer under the name
OF VIM. Reuter-, as boarder with them
The plot seems to have been that Baum
was TO disappear and -a cnda3er from.
some medical college was to be palmed
of on the insurance companies as his
body But on March ., 1922, Baum was
taken sick and DR. Minden,
bright and thoroughly honest ply
stefan. was called in to treat
him. He pronounced IL case Of
dysentery, but hts patient grew rapidly
worse, and died-on March 30. Before
the body was buried. DR. Meyer and
wife, the latter appearing as Baum's
widow. collected 81, 900 from the Wash
ington Life Insurance Co and Vi, 900
from the New York life
Or Meyer and Mrs. Baum called TO
collect the $500 indemnity, but on
finding that an investigation was TO be
made they hurriedly left the city.
leaving check for q, 900 In the Etna
Co 3 Office just acress the street, which
they might have had for the asking
The doctor was traced TO Chicago
and then to Toledo Vhere he was
identified through pictures as Hugo
Weller and III Meider, He claimed to
have come from Indianapolis during the
month Of June, 1892. Weller was ac-
companied by woman whom he intro
duced as bis vito. She was q pure
blonde, about feet inches tall In
July Mrs. Weller was confined, giving
birth to boy A week later Mary
Neiss. Of SO Division street, was en-
gagged as domestic She was induced
by the doctor to insure for 81, 600 made
payable TO Weller. In short time she
became ILL., but left the family soon
after
VIII They BE Executed7
FIR GIBSON, L r., July 14 ~ Ii is re-
ported that Gov. Jones will attempt to
execute the condemned Choctaws and