New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-19
THE TRIAL INTERRUPTED.
oxr OF THE JURORS SUDDENLY GOES
CRAZY. . ..
,vooKE WAS IN THE MIDST OF HIS SPEECH
FOR THE PRISONER WHEN THE TAi'hs'
MANS STRANGE ACTIONS WERE NO.
rlCED-PossIBLE RESULTS

OF THE INCIDENT.


rlCED-PossIBLE RESULTS
OF THE INCIDENT.
,.,. ,,- Rrooke Of the counsel for Meyer was
,r HE address 10 the jury yesterday IN
~ nr,soners behalf, Alexander T. Low, the sew
80, ,uror began show symptoms OF physlcal
s,,ress and presently colapslns III d i"lh'' was
80 from the room the shoulders OF the court
@ars and the trial abruptly adjourned uh'i
Av The result will probably be n misulal' ioi
=, Nr LOW sufficiently recovers to take his
,oos IN the jury-box. either to-day or at some
snseouent occasion TO which the court may "'
..,rn the defendant will nave iair sro"Hu9 i'' "e
,hot the iuror has not been in possession Oh HIS
me- "s a. critical points in the case. Removed 10
- od,oning room, the sick mans voice WAS 'ed'u
srotesting loudly that he knew where ne was an"
-. n. was doing and at the same time ramDlhs
.coberently about his personal anairs. Inc PRISON
.o. during the whole of the morning SeSSion Ia"
80 saIow and hopeless But as the souhu 'ilat
s..s from, the adjoining room announced that 'he
CAM Nr Low was affecting his mind Meyer
N,na broadly and looked at his wife with an eA-
nre.slon almost triumphant -,
'rha scene presented in the courtroom "heh 'Iio
,or WAS overcome was intensely drahd'c' MI
~. had been talking for an hour ana a man,
"a rod reached that point in his address "here
- mas going over the evidence OF the iiioiinei
~ ~, &C ~ the proceedings that took place IN the
rnsre Brandts death occurred. For nearly
80 an hour Juror Low had been giving Huioa
Alan Of illness The Tribune repoI'ei' WIZ
~, d,rectly in front of him. had notced lot soii'
ga s ,hat his head was rolling from side to side' ana
49,, there was a queer almost an lhahe eApIes
'ne' - h,s face II was precisely the appearance
~, a., intoxicated man would present, ana eA-
nt for the fact that the jurors face was SO wii'e
w w. ,snorter,s inference from his general manner
~ouh have been that the man had been dr!hhins
uE. SAID HE WAS ALL RIGHT.
had been
Mr. Brooke. after the jurors heau H'u -"
,nNng about In this extraordinary way loi oe.
80, % much as half an hour, paused IN MS
ach and said looking directly at Juror ho"
..ra Won I'LL sir?" Mr.. Low perceived that 'ie
question was directed 10 him. ana a''ei"P'eN
nswer His voice husky ana MS u''ei""ee
,h,ck The stiffness in the courtroom pe0a'.
snd and all eyes directed TO the seven"
a, last he managed TO force the WORDS from
-. r,ou,b "No. no; I'm all right but from ms
49,, nav OF SAYING it it was plain that ne was d"
wrong. ,a NJ Rrooke
.rd one of the court attendants hurteu 0
49,, e-rand. He quickly returned and nahoeu t"e
,ass N the sick man. Mr.. Low Tleu u ''
o.. "a. hord IN receive It, but was evidently Will
ou, the strength 10 do so. Almost immeuia'es
r,n.r escaped him. and he collapsed IN his e""'''
His whole figure sank 49,. .. b,gb
The courtroom at once IN s'ate "a
,,ansn, Everybody arose and craned MS neoh
get
~ cour, officers called out peremptory orueis u
.ha ,eon,e 10 sit down Meanwhile. the jurors "e"'
.., Mr. Low were endeavoring 10 sustain" MN "
his chair and two Of the court at'ehua'i''
ing opportunely forward, ne was s'"'P -. ,h
the arms and around the legs ana poi"e ou' "
- .rd ont Of the room into an adjoining aPai =
ment. .,o,o, vvho
rb,tber Dr. Minden the young physician VIM
has riyen evidence in this case. and VINO "aS 'i
attendant upon Brandt at the Ihir'eehOi-''' 10
Immediately hurried. and upon an inquiry "o"' Wv
ro,r. whether there were other physicians present
DR. Henry b. Carpenter, OF No ~ west nm
Afh-st. came forward TO DR.. Mndens ass's.d"0e
r. ,,ror was found In a condition of cerebral con
..s,,on which the physicians afterward eHpiai"eN
N he similar in kind to a sunsuoke. MS hiiNu va"
wandering but not without a strong eilort Vi WI"
70 recover possession of 1t. He would cry ou' IA
. vary 1oud tone of voice. Where am /? "Heie
AZ, -" and would then almost iInmeoia'e'! ieP'S
o. h,rose,f 'Yes yes; / know where am kho"
all about II. can go on with the case lie "ou'u
,oot AZ those about him and say, i oon NM"
vou-yes | do Yes. | know YOU you are "a -
dsn And YOU are DR.. O'Sullivan; hho" 'ou'
Won are one Of the lawyers know my sun ~, ~
wv ,on Archie This is Archie, standing here Inc
,,ror,s son who had been sitting In the coui i'io0'
hod arisen al the first sign OF MS ia'hei ,
d,s,ress and when the juror was Dorhe i0'' ~
room had gone quickly to heip h''h'
HOW THE PRISONER TOOK THE INOipH,'i
rho ,,ost interested witness of this extraord'haIS
incident was the prisoner al the bar, III wy
= All the morning his appearance had pee,' ma -,
ths utmost detection His yellow hair had d or''
.,.. ,har rs,,al. his sharp features were hoie
60 .ver n,nched and angular. The holows IN MS
cheeks had sunk into holes mis- eyes geheraHS %
n phenomenal brightness. were oui' ne ~
seemed 10 be listening 10 the lawyer p'e"u'"e 10
his lfe His manner was that OF one 4'' " g. 80
~ revery. with his head dropping upon the DreAS'
reyerv thai he was awakened by Mr. BROOKE S III
ouiry Of the juror whether or not ne was III -,
fxed his eyes on Mr.. Low win an e"p'''
something like wonder. as II he had come o"' Vi
dream and didn't precisely UNDERSTAND """ - W,
going on what had preceded 1t. or no" " hau
80 S,.. a,d uhen the Juror having attempted
90 ,oLa the water fell in a heap in his chair meyer
started trembed all over. and ior an nS'a", -
seemed as II he. too, were going u De 'ne ,
~ a .ndden epileptic disorder. But ne iecote'eu
himself quickly He watched the oous u 49,,
Iow as /, was borne from the room WIN a''ios'
- ,,os ond then the full significance OF the
sor,s ri,ess coming upon him, he darted d glance
towsrd his wife and smiled grimly. !. ""' ~
ante the next thing TO the stay OF 'he o'N'' -
execution! 49,, ,, ,,oster
vo,h,rv has occurred during the trial until yestei
dav morning that in any way indicateo "eaA'e''
-. ~. ,ar, ~ the seventh juror. But peloFe INC
trial hAgan and Immediately after he was s"o'"
as n turor District-Attorney Nicoh recei'eu -
from an anonymous correspondent s'a'i'is ' ~
Low had once been confined In an insane aSS iu'
,hat his mind had given way as the result oi
business troubles in connection with the man,
haitian Beach Hotel. and the correspondent wainei
the District Attorney that he was an unsaie Juio.
Mr.. Nicon submitted the letter to Judge par 49,
and II being obviously undesirable 10 question ~, :.
-. q, on.n cour, on a matter 50 delicate, and II
untrue so offensive, the Judge took occasion"
during the recess Of the court to make some private
INQUIRIES OF the juror. He asked Mr.. Low ne
had ever had any great afiict!on The reply was
NO. none that are not common 70 almost every
body" ..,
"Hav. YOU had any serious business reverses?
asked Judge Barrett.
"No. I have a good, successful business
.Did YOU ever have any business embarrassmehts