Connecticut western news., 1893-07-20
BAUM AND MRS. MEYER.

his heavy eyebrows, almost white in places, fell over cold blue eyes. His face Is deeply marked and lined. He has heavy inustache that defies cultivation, and . large. square lower jaw. His nose is prom inspt and his cheek bones arc high. Meyer trailed along sheepishly with the dstec- tives, and was taken before Inspector Mo Laughlin.
 What is your name and residencer" inquired the inspector.
 To this the prisoner promptly replied: "Carl Shsffer, D years old, of 1s8 Clifford street. De- troit."
 'Is that your right nsme2"
 "Yes"
 Were you not also known as Dr. Henry c. W. Meyerf" asked the inspector.
 Well" replied the prisoner, T would rather not answer that question until see counsel"
 He Refused to Talk.
 The inspector asked the prisoner several more questions with a view of drawing him out, but Meyer refused to answer any of them. He said he would say nothing about his case until he had consulted coun. sel He did not know what attorney he would engage When the inspector saw that further questioning was useless he or dered Meyer to be locked up.
 The Crime Which Came to Light.
 The indictment upon which Meyer has been brought on to this city was found for the poisoning of Ludwig Brandt the son of . general in the Norwegian army. Meyer met his alleged victim while in Chi. caRo, where he had been tried and acquit- ted on the charge of attempting to poison his wife's father and forging the latter's name to insurance papers.
 Brandt was in jail on & charge of for. gerry, and when both were released Meyer resumed his practice in Chicago and em- ployed Brandt as his collector.
 In 1891 Brandt was insured under the name of Gustav Maria Joseph Baum in several insurance companies-nsmely, in the Washington Life of New York for 5000; New York Life, ti,Oo0; Etns Life, Sl. 900, and the Mutual Life, $s. 800. Up to that time Brandt was a willing tool of Meyer and readily entered into the scheme to defraud the insurance companies. He believed that his part of the plot was mere ly to feign sickness.
 Then it was to be given out that he was dead. and the amount of the policies is. sued on his life could then be collected.
 Meyer decided that In order to carry out the plot successfully it would he necessary for Brandt to marry Mrs Meyer, and in February, 1892. the marriage actually took place. Rev. z. Werner of Chicago perform ing the ceremony. Some days later all three removed to New York. renting . small fiat at s20 West Thirteenth street.
 Almost immediately Brandt or Baum, as he called himself, began to fail in health, and 1t is charged that he was dosed with minute but continuous doses of antimony.
 No physician was called in until the man was beyond recovery, and then Dr. Simon Minden of 11s East Twelfth street was sent for. He treated the patient for l2 days, but Brandt finally died Mrs. Meyer had been a close attendant upon him up to the last.
 The Washington Life company paid the policy without question, and so did the Mutual Life, but the officers of the latter threatened to make an investigation, where upon the conspirators fed. They had for. gotten to embalm the body, and afterward it was exhumed and traces of the antimony were discovered.