The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-12-09

calmly took notes of he testimony all day
long
The witness testified that his real name
was Carl kierfel, and that he had passed
under the names of Carl Muller, August
Winners and Otto c. Stone; that he was
"a years old, and was school teacher in
Germany before be came to America in
1887. He had made a living in this country
as a bartender millman's agent and
cagemaker, and had also played tho piano
in disorderly house He was sent to the
Joliet prison in 1889 for using the United
States mails for illegal purposes. While
in the Cook county Jail awaiting transfer
to Joliet he met DR.. Meyer and Peter C.
Parker, whom he afterward knew as lad
Wig Brandt.
What conversation did you have with
DIR. MeyerY asked Mr. Mcintyre.
"He asked me what | was in Jail for. !
told him. He said there was not enough
money in that. He said he would put me
on scheme by which could make thou
sands; that we could swindle life insur.
ance companies out of thousands | was
taken to Joliet prison June 30, 1880, and
served ten months and nine days DR..
Meyer was discharged. ! got out MAY 20,
1891, and went back to Chicago, where
Dr. Meyer was practicing medicine"
Meyers Vinainous Proposal.
Witness then related the details of the
arrangements to defraud insurance com
panies The first case determined on was
to insure Brandt, who had been a fellow
prisoner with them, in the name of Gus
tave Baum. The latter was not one of
the parties to the fraud, but was confined
in prison at Cincinnati. The insurance
was effected in four companies for $500,
the beneficiary to be Mrs. Amelia Baum. "
Mrs. Baum was Mrs. DR. Meyer, the
woman now in court. Brandt had per
sonated Baum before the medical exam
iners of the insurance companies. That
was in January, 1892.
The witness related that before that
date, and in order to make the fraud com
plete, DR. Meyer had gone over to Ger
many to find out all about Baum family
and history, so that there could be no diff
fculty should there be any question OF
identity raised by the companies when
called on to opay the amount of the policies.
The story of the marriage of Mrs Never
to Brandt in the name of Baum was told,
and of their coming to New York in order
to carry out the scheme.
They hired a fat on East Thirteenth
street, the witness being known as Aug
ust Winners and Brandt as August
Baum Brandt wrote a slip for the letter
box under the bell pull at the entrance of
the building. He wrote on the slip
Baum He wrote letters and signed
them Baum. These letters were addressed
to the insurance companies in which the
policies We're drawn to notify them that
Gustav NJ A, j. Baum" had removed
from Chicago to New York. Soon after
ward DR.. Meyer and his wife took up their
residence at the fiat, Mrs. Meyer being
known as Mrs Baum.
Looking for a Sick Man.
''Now we must find "a sick man." said
Meyer, and the witness detailed the eff
forts to get some sick man whom they
could take to their fiat, put him in the
place of Brandt, have him die there and
be buried in the name of Gustav Baum.
In this they failed after more than one
attempt We went back to the fiat ="
continued the witness Brandt said he
was tired of being a sick man | told the
doctor the scheme would not work and
that we had better go back to Chicago.
Mrs. Meyer refused to go, and threw her
Sc If on the bed and cried about it, Brandt
and the doctor tried to get her to 20 back,
but she would not do it. When she cried
Brandt said that he would get sick"
Brandt first took a dose of salts, but
this did not have the desired effect. and
DR.. Meyer suggested crotOn Oil DR..
Meyer wrote prescription for croton oil,
and purchased it himself, signing the pre-
lotto c. Stein, NJ. d." Liberal
doses of CrutOn oil produced the desired