The evening world., 1893-12-09

didn't die. Instead he wrote from Mexico
that he was In Jail again. He was out of
the way anyway. and so Brandt was IN
sured IN Chicago as Baum the pedigree
OF the latter being used.
This insurance Of Brandt as Baum IL
corroborated by DR.. Ware, who. as
medical examiner for two OF the four
companies, had special reason to re-
solicited by an insurance agent, an un-
usual thing; and Or. Ware Identifies II
photograph OF Brandt, the German re-
porter, as portrait OF the man he eX-
amined under the name OF Baum.
According TO Muller he Brandt, Or.
Meyer and Mrs Meyer came to New
going to visit dispensary and find
some frlendless man dying of some dis
ease, offer him home and nurse him
IN he died. calling In a doctor to treat
him as Baum. At his death Mrs. Meyer.
who had gone through a marriage cere-
meny with Brandt and figured AZ Mrs.
Baum, was to collect the $500 insurance.
But they failed to find q dying man TO
was for giving up the job. but. according
to Muller, Mrs Meyer was the prototype
OF Lady Macbeth and the most relentless
Of the pair. She cried at the thought of
giving up the scheme. after spending so
much money on II. and Brandt bravely
volunteered TO be made sick himself, so
that physician could be deceived into
thinking he was dying. When this inno-
cent physician gave him up, a corpse
was TO be procured. put In Brandt's bed.
and the physician again summoned TO
issue a death certificate, while Brandt
was spirited away to recover, and Mrs.
Meyer collected the insurance.
Muller's story was apparently corrob-
Grated as II went along. Hotel registers
Brandt registered. to show where DIR.
Meyer wrote III. Werner and wife"
on the Morton House register. The
agent OF the fiat they rented was stood
N Nk.,s r. 49,
furniture Of and the contract for the
renal of a plano was shown. But all
these concerned Muller only, except the
Morton House register Meyer kept out
hand that signed the application for
insurance, was introduced II was ad :
dressed TO the innocent physician called
In by Brandt as Baum.
Brandt was dosed with salts. then
with Croton oil, and the druggist from
whom II was obtained by DR.. Meyer
was with the prescription purporting
Stein, NJ. D." was produced.
Muller told how arsenic was at last
resorted to. and that Meyer got It in
ful agonies March 30. 1892: how Mrs.
Meyer dressed IN mourning and visited
the insurance Office to collect the fraud
ulent insurance on the life of her al
Baum had died Of dystenery.
The notary before whom she appeared
stood up in court.
Muller told how she got n 1900 check
from one and 81 1000 check from an
other company in payment OF the insur-
ance. and how DR. Meyer got the land
lord OF the fats to identify him at the
banks when he caBhed these checks.
The landlord stood up In court.
Muller told how DR. Meyer ran away
and visited several cities. fugitive
from the suspicious Mutual and its
pInkerton detectives.
Mary NeIss was presented as a cor
roborating witness. for she was with the
Movers in this flight.
The accomplice told her during all his
two months in New York Dr. Meyer
home and Office remained In Chicago.
and how DR.. Meyer, not daring to APP
pear In the neighborhood himself, got
him. Muller, to go and sell the furniture
and take down the sign.
1t was O circumstantlal story, marking
a wonderfully retentive memory. and APP
parently corroborated in its details in such
n way that 1t Is almost conclusve-at
least bears the impress of truth.
Yet the doctor says with cheerful con-
wait for the defense. Don't find a
verdict till you hear both sides of the
story"
The story will be resumed in court on
Monday.