The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-31
The Horrible Poisoning Record
Which Is now Laid TO the
Doctor.
At Least Five Peoples Deaths
Are Attributed to His
Drugs.
His Third Wife Is Likely to Turn States
Evidence In Order to Save Hor-
self From Harm.

Meyer, tho Wholesale toisoner, received no
Visitors in the onbs to-day and did not
leave hid cell. Nobody sent him his sun
dhy dinner and he had to content himself
with the regular prison fare. Tho prisoner
was In bad hnmor. lie has not heard
from his wife, who il still in the Parker
hospital at Detroit. He fears the author
ties may induce her TO talk. The fact that
no has not been able 10 secure counsel yet
also worries him. He ex ected to hear
from DIR. O'Sullivan. but he did not receive
decided answer. LAWYER Charles W.
Is ooke, with whose firm DR.. O6ullivan il
connected. said he WAS waiting TO see Mrs.
Meyer before deciding whether his firm
will defend Meyer on tho charge OF mur-
derinR Ludwig Brandt. who died in this
oity March 30. 1892.
The district attorneys office has a oom-
piete history Of Meyers case. The evil
denoe has bsen submitted to District Attor-
ney Nicoll by Superintendent Daniel q.
OF the medical revision departments
OF the Mutual Life Insurance COMPANY.
and Detective Julian, Of the same COM
pany. There were indications that DR..
Meyer poisoned at least five people-his
hrst wife. his own child, Henry Gildermau
In Chicago. Ludwig Brandt in New York,
and an alleged wife in Toledo. II is be-
iieved he had begun TO poison With view
OF killing his second wife, Gilderman's
widow. in Chicago. Mary Neiss, q servant
at South Bend, Ind, and an old man in
Chicago. The woman who is known az
Mrs. Meyer, is the DOCTORS third wife. His
first wife is dead. His second secured di-
vorce and Is living.
In 1877 DR.. Meyer boarded in Chicago
with family named Kirchoff, on Sedowiek
street. In the house was ii handsome young
woman, Miss Mary Kirehof. DR., Never
had an Office a block from the house. and
Misc Kitehof was frequent caller. He
paid her much attention, and they We .
married in the fall Of 1877. Early In 1873
tend the child of Henry Gilderman, a grocer
and saloon keeper Of Chicago. He made
the scguaintGnes Of n. 9. Giiderman. which
resulted in the intimacy on which tho
charge Of triple mn, der il based. Glider
man ti'st was put out of the way. Mrs.
Meyer. the bride of year. vaa
poisoned, and subsequently, her child
was strangled in the bath tub. Glider
man was worth $4,000 and carried
some life insurance. He was the father OF
six children. In October, 1873, his rela-
tives wsre notified that he was seriously III.
They found Dr.. Meyar in attendance. The
petisut grew weaker steadily and died
October 18th In horrible commissions.
Matthew stark. n brother law. believed
the man had been poisoned, but had no
proof. Gildermnn left nearly $4O,C all
of which went to the widow, except Sc, 900,
which WAS reserved for the children.
Twelve days later. on November l, Mrs.
DIR. 7, att had been called in by Meyer in
both cases. DR.. Pistt gave certificate of
death from BriRht's disease in the case Of
Gildsrman and intestinal troubles in that
of Mrs. Meyer. Tho latter's life had been
insured in favor Of her husband. Tho
among the neiRhbors. Matters reached a
climax In Januaty. 1879. when DR.. Meyer
and Widow Gilderman were married,
1 hey lived together two years, Mrs. Glide
man bearing Meyer one child. girl. now
almost Ii years old. early in 1881. The
bsbe OF which Meyer's first wife was ths
mother was found drowned in . bath tub.
Ihe coroner found dark marks about the
child's throat. Meyer was arrested, but az
no direct evidence could be produced he o.
capped.
A year later his wife. the 70 NOR Mrs.
Gilderman, became suddenly i'll. She as
serted that her husband was poisoning her
scribed. Other physicians were SUM
moned. who said she was suffering from
poison. DR.. Meyer fed TO Germany. He
remained abroad until he induced his wife
to withdraw the charge. She. refused to
live with him, and Mover began to look
for some other desirable female acquaint-
apcs. In. 1886 he met Miss Dresser, who
lived with her parents on Russell str ct.
Six months later his wife secured divorce.
She has since married again and probably
will attend Meyers trial this fall. Miss
Dresser il the present Mrs. Neyer.
DETROIT. July 30.-It is believed here that
Mrs. Meyer. the wife OF DR.. Henry @. +.
Meyer. the Wholesale poisoner who 10 now
In the Tombs Of New York charged with
causing the death OF Ludwig Brandt, will
turn state's evidence TO save herself. This
belief 10 based on conversations recently
held between Mrs. Never and the two de-
tectives set to watch her i'll the hospital.
One Of the detectives is q German and he
talked with MS. Meyer in their native Ian
puape. With this detective Mrs. Meyer has
become mo or less confidential. She has
ackno owledgsd that she il DIR. Neysr's wife
and that the wholesale poisoner ia In des-
pesate fix. In one of her con fadential
moods Mrs. Meyer told the detective thet
she did not think the prisoners case would
come to trial. ~ he probably would com NIT
suicide before the time SET for his appsaf.
ance in court. Az the hospital it is thous hi
Mrs. Meyer will be kept there under one
pretext or the other until tho detectives
have her full story or as much OF IL ~ she
can DO induced TO give.