New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-21
MEYERS ACCOMPLICE HERE.
NEWLIGHT ON THE POISONING
ROMANTIC RESCUE OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS
OF THE COUPLE

SHE MARRIED THE CoNsrIRAToE WHO BE-
TRAYED THE vILLANous PAIR TO HER-THE
PRISONER BEGs HIS WIFE TO COM
NIT SUICIDE. SAYING THAT HE
WILL ALSO DO so-THE
QUESTION OF IDENTITY
New developments crowded on one another yes
tcrday in the remarkable Of Dr. Henry O.
| F. Never and his wife, at whose door is laid the
| poisoning OF Gustav II W. Joseph Baum. to secure
| the insurance on his life. Most important was
| the bringing 10 this city Of Jacob or August
| Winners. alias Carl Muller. one of the conspira-
tors against the insurance companies. who may or
| may not have been accessory TO the murder of
| Baum There also to light the fact, or
| the report which is true beyond reasonable doubt,
| that Never had written TO his wife 10 tell her
TO commit suicide, he promising TO make away
with his own wrctched life in prison here. II
also became known that love made one of the
| band Of poisoncrs rescue victim OF Meyer. who
was already at the brink of the grave, from the
| deadly antimony. Still further new feature was
| the pointed indication that the prisoner who now
| anguishcs in the TOmbs will seek TO show that
he is not the Dr. Meyer who tried to collect the
policy on Baum's life from the Mutual Life In
surancc Company.
The arrival in this city Of party Of five per-
sons on the Exposition Flyer" of the New-Y York
Central road yesterday morning threw a stronger
light on the details of the grewsome plot of the
fcndish couple under indictment This group
consisted Of Daniel G. Gillette, superintendent of
the Medical Revision Department of the Mutual
Life, who was chiefly instrumental in laying bare
the almost incredible villany of Meyer H. &.
Julian, a Pnkerton detective. Of Chicago. who has
done most of the hard work on the case; WINNERS
and his wife, formerly Mary Nciss. of Toledo and
James Kennedy Chicago lawyer, who is counsel
for WINNERS The five went directly TO the
General Sessions Building OH arriving here. where
they consulted with Dstrict-Attorncy Ncoll. Late
in the afternoon all except Winners went to the
Mutual Life Building Winners was locked up
i'm the House Of Detention as witness
Mr.. NICOLI's STATEMENT
When his visitors had gone Mr. Nico said to
the reporters WINNERS and his wife came here
from Chicago voluntarily have not yet gone
into the case far enough TO know whether VIM
mors will be prosecuted or merely used as a wit
ness lie was in the fat in which Baum died
and knew Of the medicines given him. II may BE-
that he will he charged with completely in the
murder, or only in the attempt TO dcfraud the
insurance companies. His wife Is not in custody.
Mr. Nicoll would not deny that Detective Julian
had in his possession the letter written by Meyer
10 his wife TO persuade her to commit suicide.
Doubtless the mans idea in writing this was to
get her out of the way that he would no longer
have to fear the possibility of her bctraying him
The scoundre doubtless had no intention of keep
ing his agreement TO find relief in death also.
She had lur,d Baum TO his death when he trusted
her with his ifc and her cynical husband wanted
10 make her the victim of trcachcry like her
own The letter, however, never reached the
woman.
ROMANTIC RESCUE FROM DEATH.
The marriage Of WINNERS and Mary NrisS is
gleam of romance which lightens up the sombre
ness of the awful story of Meyers crimes Vim
mcrS is an cx-convict. having served "A term in
Joliet Prison 1t now seems that he and Baum
were both deceived by the Meyers, whose vlllnny
regarded as less than trihc the mere Staying of
one of their partners in tn" crime of Swindlng
insurance companies. New details came out yes
tcrday which enable one TO paint with a surer
hand the picture of a murder which one cannot
think Of without shuddoring.
Meyer had committed perhaps half dozen mur
ders by poison before that of Baum. lie hal
been arrested scvcral times, but always managed
to evadr conviction. Chicago was his chief baY"
Of operations On one OF his stays behind the
bars he met Ludwic Brandt, the son, il is said of
% Norwegian general, whose wild life ha i lei him
To leave his native land for America. When the
two became free men thoy continued the intimacy
which had sprung up when they were brothers IN
misfortune. Needing money, they became brothers
in crmc Meyers ingenuity LAYING out pan OF
action which promised to yield large returns.
Thy were TO dcfraud insurance companies by
palming on the wrong corpse. Meyer lnd had
experience in this kind of crime before.
BAUM AGREES TO THE PLOr
The scheme which tho German proposed was
that Brandt should have his life heavily insured
should fall III and appear 20 he at the point of
death: that corpse should be secured and be- !
passed of as that Of Brandt that the policies
be- collected and that the conSplmtorS disappear |
with thc money. 1t Necessary that Brandt |
should have an her, and Meyer nn,'hshy pro-
vidcd one in his own wife. Rrn'.t. under the |
name of Gustav II. w. Joseph Baum. married her |
in Chicago OH February II, 1891. The three
came to this city with Winners, who was taken
into tine cons piracy.
laums lif. was insured as follows: In the
Ncw-foik Life, 1000; Arinn Liir, Sl'4Qo'
Mutual if,. $500, and tine Washington l.llc, |
$4,000. The band hired ilt AT No. $50 East |
lhirtccntli-.t.. and. according 10 the plan Meyer !
began 20 administer dug, 10 tlr in'urrd man u
make him ILL., After II tllns Baum was III 50 |
satisfactory a state ~ 10 need the services oi |
DR. Simeon B. Mnden No. !ls E1S'
Twcltth-st, was summoned Baup was taking
,laily dos,s of anumony, bat the physician
ma aturally dd not suspect that the caS" was on"
If poisoning. \ few days later WINNERS Wont
for DR. Mndcn again. Baum was wpIs,i. iIr IIa
physician told him to prepare tor death lie
calmly said that all he asked was that his wiie
get the insurance.
DEATH OF THE TRUSTING VICTIM.
Baum, Of course, thought this WAS AL accof"-
ing to programme lle and perhaps "lhlh'ts'
expected that "A body would BE- secured an" 'n'
patient smuegled away 10 recover HIS heai'"
But the Meyers played their confederate ia'',
They kent on giving him poison until h' ul'o'