The evening world., 1893-12-07
MRS. MEYER IS TRUE.
Rumors That She has Confessed
officially Denied.
Two Jurors Still Lacking in the
Great Poisoning Trial,
Tho WINNERS Expected to BE tho
First Witnesses.

The presence of Mrs. DR.. Meyer every
day in the court of Oyer and Terminer.
where her husband Is on trial for polls
oning, gave rise to a revival Of the story
that the woman with the laughing blue
eyes had confessed, after all. and would
be put on the witness stand to tell the
story Of how her husband. with Carl
Muller, alias Wimmerx, and herself. had
conspired with Gustave NJ. A. j.. Baum
to defraud the insurance companies out
of the heavy insurance on Baum's life;
how they administered arsenic to Baum
to give him the appearance of a very
sick man for the purpose of fooling a
reputable physician, and how the poison
did its work too well. killing the fake
patient March 30, 1892. .
The rumor brought an immense crowd
TO the white courthouse, for 1t was
anticipated that the two vacant seats
n the trial actually begin to-day.
ut John F. Mcintyre, the able and
conscientious public prosecutors VINO Is
b fa1s mfrn down fi from sn'o her ELI in the
Tennis SO that the witnesses might
Other things observed in court belied
the story. too. DIR. Meyer and his wire
and alleged accomplice. exenang gh. many ANY
tor manipula ting his great, bulging. gilt
tering. gray-blue eyes In a remarkable
fashion sml',0n M IN s,gns Msos bs to k tae G sSs fsfts
with him SO completely.
Carl Muller, the alleged aecomPlice OF
and WHO fell in love with Mary .Neiss.
the servant girl who, It is alleged, was
being poisoned to death in Toledo, ran
Mr.. Mcintyre's schedule as the first wit
ness, to be followed by the rosy-cheeked.
big-eyed, frizzy-haired young woman
herself.
A part Of the proof offered by Prose
cutor Mcintyre will be that DR.. Meyer,
under the names of William Reuter-,
er. has been twice tried for murder in
Chicago, the first time on a charge of
.%poisoning his wife. and the second on a
vii i5of poisoning s "a man 4 each eSe ,n slime
ance on the me of the victim; once in
South Bend, on a charge of forgery,
and once for alleged fraudulent life in
surance. He was acquitted on the muir
der trials, but, it is alleged, was con-
victed and imprisoned on the other
Muller and his wife were this morning
the House Of Detention, where they have
p pretty n Mary S'" Violated ssP' the Confidence Geac re-:
posed in her by the District-Attorney and
ran away from the Brooklyn boarding
p peuse OF Tht the e county was Of NEW New York. She
was caught In Rochester and brought
back and placed where she could not
'G 70 aU Sns e eoald blame Carl Muller for
repenting Of his share in the conspiracy
TO poison the little creature to death,
SAVING save her m i lGse fo %i'f him ne 5 ahq M si0p'H Nei IS
Muller; alias winners; is not not q ,o most IN IN.
one of the soubrettes who fiutter up and
months, only she wears a long veivei
cloak trimmed with fur. Her hat Is q
dainty thing trimmed with fur and hay;
ing a green parrot wing In its front. AL
around her head fluffy coubrette crimps
are clustered, and behind them Is q
bunch of the crinkly brown hair, con
The man who left off poisoning, hei
s to ma nr her looks Kill IKE Ella a i ETIYInSg ed Phys n d,
in court directly behind the pallid-facet
doctor, whom they expect to send t.
the electrical chair.
The woman who so strangely resem
Manager, ard who is. by a Remarkable
CCCincidence.. the person engaged by Dr.
eighteen-months-old baby boy, came. t.
court alone to-day. She sat a few fee
from the Mullers, and preserved her ex
PRESTON of imperturbability under tn
gaze of the court spectators:
Dr. Meyer, who was plainly a sicl
mar Yesterday, looked much better to
~ put ne urumTneu nstiesSiy, WIN NJ
pig, bony, ,yellow-white hand on tn
table as he answered an Evening
World" reporter:
Il nave not been well since l arrive,
at New York. but I think l as as wei
His furtive eyes. fitting from place t
place In the courtroom, never rest upoi
Carl Muller and Mary Neiss. He seem
70 be oblivous to their presence. but whei
they go on the stand they will surel.
lay bare the long story, the horrible tai
or the score of people In as many cite
Meyer has attempted during the fourteen
1879.
There WERE only two Jurors lackini
when court opened this morning, tel
having been found in three days. tn
Ten in the jury-box at the opening of tn
days session were:
GtsTAvE M tobacco. 126 Water street
'eSi1enee ia East Fifty-seyenth street.
JoHN A.; GRAY, eatinG-house. 1898 Broadway
nCHARLES o. HAYDEN. trucks, 3se and G.
street,
WILLIAM Z. DEMAREsT. dry-goods. 20
bleecker street; residence. 81 Barrow street.
AMBROSE o. NEAL, heaters, 2s Centre street
fesidenne. 4s East One Hundred and Fourth street
hpWlN FISHER, carpet designer 10 Wort
ALEXANDER d. LOW, plumber, ios We,
hlshty-thlrd street; residence. ss West Eighty
JOHN *. BRUNsKILL. salesman. $50 We
Erect; residence. $40 West One Hundred an
BERTRAM d. DEPIERRIs. hotel, i7o7 Brost
way residence, a3t West Fifty-fourth street.
hDWARD retired piano manl
HIrlurer; residence, 1853 Park avenue.
Aeyer to court late. n again she ha'