The Indianapolis journal., 1893-12-13

cemetery to bury 1t in. I selected Green
lawI. Cemetery" The undertaken remem-
bered several little details in the case use
man with the body exhumed. There were
buttons missing from Baum's undercloth-
ing. and the undertaken, by request OF Mrs.
Baun. fastened the garment with safety
pin: Then came the photograph of Brandt.
ana the undertaken testified positively that
II was a likeness OF the man buried from
the Thirteenth-street fiat the man whose
body Mrs. Meyer followed in mourning TO
the grave and claimed as the body Of her
Mr. Nichon then read the report of Prof.
Doremus- The latter's analysis showed
that the stomach intestines and liver con-
tanned antimony and arsenic. It was after
warrant.
testified that he had brought the prisoner
from Detroit to New York. When Meyer
tective told him he was accused Of poison
Ing several people At this juncture Mr..
Brooke nterposed an objection, asking that
all conversation between the detective and
prisoner be stricken out The detective
went on to explain that after Meyer reached
this city his beard was removed. This so
changed Meyers appearance Mr.. Mcintyre
did not recognize him when he appeared in
court.
DIR. MINDEN'S STORY.
DR.. Given b. Minden was next called to
the stand. He had attended Brandt during
the latter's illness. In March, 1882. he first
saw DIR. Meyer at his office. Meyer told the
witness he was a physician and just ar
rived from Colorado He asked the wit
ness's advice about locating in the city.
Witness advised him not to do So saying
that the field was already overcrowded.
That same day man giving the name of
Baum, but who proved to be Brandt, called
on the witness two days after Muller and
WINNER visited witness. WINNER brought
card to witness. in which Baum stated
the medicine prescribed by witness had
failed TO relieve him. Witness called at the
Baum fiat and was taken TO Brandt's room,
where the latter lay in bed. He was intro
duced by Baum to Mrs. Meyer as his wife
He examined the patient and found that
his bowel complaint had grown worse. He
supposed that the patient had taken medi-
certain. Witness attended him daily until
the time of his death. He had
grown worse with each day. DR.
Minden said that If the medicines had been
given TO his patient il could not have been
In the way prescribed by him. Much of
some medicine had been used and not
enough Of another. None Of the medicines
prescribed by him had contained either an
timony or arsenic. Shortly before Baum's
husbands death was imminent, and he
thought he should hold consultation with
another doctor. Mrs. Baum, or Meyer de-
INJURED. saying that she could not afford
TO pay for consultation Witness sum-
moned two other doctors and told Mrs
Baum-Meyer that 1t would cost her moth
DIR. Meyer at Baum'S house. In informing
Mrs. Baum that her husband could not sur
vive he told Baum that he not likely
to improve. The night of Baum'S death
witness was summoned to the Baum house
shortly before midnight. subsequently, at
request of Mrs Meyer. known TO him
Mrs. Baum, notified undertaken Kipp, who
prepared the remains for interment. Dr.
Minden unhesitatingly identified a picture
shown him as that of the supposed Baum.
Witness again saw the body after il had
been eXhumed. He testified to the presence
of Prof Doremus Coroner Schultz and Dr.
Walsh at the autopsy.
DR.. Minden was croSS-eXamined by law
yer O'Sullivan. The medical legal expert
went over the period of Baum, or Brandt's,
illness, and asked numerous questions with
regard to the patients symptoms. Lawyer
OSullivan tried, by asking technical ques-
tions, to offer proof of witnesses inexperi-
ence. The questions were objected to by Mr..
Nicoll. and the objection sustained.
At this point recess was taken until even
ing
At the evening session DIR. McAlpin, jr,
demonstrator of pathological anatomy at
the Carnegie Laboratory, was asked to ex-
plain the meaning of the word pathology"
This was for the benefit of the jury. Wit
ness said In all his examinations he found
evidence of typhoid fever dysentery.
He found all the organs in fair state of
preservation. In reply to Mr.. O'Sullivan,
the witness said that he had examined the
intestines- He was questioned on the sub
ject of pathology, and wordy debate on
that technical subject followed. At its con-
clusion court adjourned until tomorrow.