Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-09
OF DIR. MEYER,

TRIAL OF DIR. MEYER.
 He is Charged With the Murder oi
 Ludwig Brandt by Poison-Carl Muller Testihes and Gives Damaging
 Evidence Against the Defendant-
 He Was Hired to Impersonats
 Brandt-He Tells of the Administer.
 ing of the Poison to Brandt-A Mon.
 stFOus Crime.
 NEW YORK, Dec. S.-The taking of testimony in the case of Dr. Henry 0. F. Meyer, charged with the murder of Lud' wig Brandt by poison, WAS begun this morning in the court of oyer and ter miner.
 Carl Muller was the first witness called by the prosecution. Muller said that his right name was Carl Kirfel. He said that he had been sent to Joliet prison for one year. While there he met Dr. Meyer, Ludwig Brandt and Gustave Baum.
 After he came out of jail, June 9, 1891, the witness again saw Meyer at 331 Center street, Chicago, where Meyer was practic- ing medicine. He also saw Mrs. Meyer there. Meyer asked him If he was ready | l companies, and the witness told Meyer he was not.
 Later Meyer told him he had Brsndt's | life insured under the name of Baum. Mrs Meyer was to pass as Baum's wife 1 and was married to him in order to carry out the plan. Brandt was In the scheme and understood that he was to be made to appear very sick and that then ! he would be taken away and dead body would be passed off as his corpse. Muller and Brandt at the request of Meyer came to New York, bought furniture in the name of Baum, and hired flat in East Thirteenth street. Muller received a pack age marked antimony from Meyer. The latter told himi was to be used to make Brandt sick.
 When they got to New York the wit ness and Brandt stopped for tue first night at the Cosmopolitan hotel. The next day, the witness said, they went out and rented flat in East Thirteenth street. Brandt slept in the house that night, but the witness hired room for himself at 43 East IWeltth street.
 At this point. Frank 0. Schasfaer, the real estate agent for whom the witness and Brandt, who was known ss Baum, hired the flat, and Mrs. Leech, the janitress of the fiat house, were called into court and identified by the witness.
 The witness also identified the handwrit- ing of Dr. Meyer on the register of the Morton house, where Dr. Meyer had regis tered under the name of H. Werner and wife. The witness and Meyer went over to the morgue to see about getting corpse, but they were not allowed in. Meyer thought that they could get sick man from 8 dispensary and take him to the flat, where he would die under the name of Baum. Meyer was unsuccessful in this then the witness suggested that they all re- turn to Chicago. Mrs. Meyer opposed this scheme in some way. Brandt agreed then to bs made sick in earnest, and Dr. Meyer gave him eroton oil.
 The druggist who sold the oroton oil was in court and produced his prescription book. Muller identified the prescription for croton oil signed by Dr. Meyer. Meyer had signed the name of Otto 0. Stein to the prescription. That was the name given by the witness at the Cosmopolitan hotel. Meyer told him to go under the name of Winners after that. Meyer gave Brandt dose of croton oil but Brandt said that 1t was not enough and he took more himself.
 Dr. Winden of St. Marks place was sub sequently called in to prescribe for Brandt, whose symptoms were those of dysentery. Meyer, who had been to see Dr. Winden, said he was young man and could be deceived. The medicine left by pr. Win den for Brandt was thrown away.
 The witness told Meyer that when 8 corpse was found in the bed and Brandt had been removed to recuperate from his sickness, Dr. Winden would surely find out the change.
 Meyer said that he would not, as 1t was not customary for doctors to go and look at their patients after death. They were supposed to know what their sickness was and give 8 certificate of death to that ef- feet.
 The witness identified card on which Brandt had written note to bs sent to Dr. Winden to the effect that the medicine he had prescribed was doing him no good. Brandt had never taken any medicine left by Dr. Winden. SHe had had some cards printed with the name of Joseph Baum on them. This was all part of the scheme to have the doctor believe that his name was Baum.
 Muller testified that every time Meyer took any food into the bed room for Brandt he scattered something over the food. Meyer told him 1t was sntimony. The wit ness urged Meyer to give the sick man some medicine that would not make him SO weak. Meyer then put arsenic in Brandt's food, saying that 1t would not make Brandt suffer so much. He also said that Meyer told him he would use pure ar senic and poison Brandt quickly. Brandt died on the night of March 30.
 At the request of Meyer the witness mo- tifed Dr. Winden of Brandt's death. Meyer always kept out of the way when Dr. Win den was there. He told them to raise the curtain when Dr. Windsn went away. Un- dertaker Kip was engaged to bury the body. Before leaving Chicago Brandt was apparently strong, healthy man.
 After taking the stuff given him by Myer Brandt became frightfully thin and weak. pr. Winden gave death certi fcate. Meyer got the landlord of the house to cash the insurance or to identify him at the bank.
 Meyer gave Muller s75O and told him that If all the companies paid as easily as the Washington he would not have any trouble. He also told the witness he had no further use TOT nm ana ne might go back to Chicago. A week after witness had returned to Chicago Dr. Meyer and his wife returned there. Meyer had his beard shaved off. He told the witness that the Mutual Life had found out that the business was crooked and they had to get | out.
 Meyer got the witness to sell out his household effects and then Meyer went to Detroit, where be said he would open & saloon and could not be discovered. Sub sequently in Detroit Meyer told witness that he had left some of the insurance policies in 8 satchel in the depot. Meyer said he was afraid to collect until he had sent to New York to find out if Brsndt's body had been exhumed.
 I In Toledo where Muller afterwards saw Meyer the latter was going under the name of Hugo Mshler. In the house where Meyer lived there also lived Mary Mess. It is claimed that Meyer had employed this woman az a servant and was going to poison her after getting her life insured. Muller fell in love with Mary, told her of the plot against her life and married her. Muller testifeld that Meyer told him that ! h. o<