The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-11

They returned TO the fat. where Meyer
gave Brandt three drops of the oil.
Brandt declared that that was not
enough and grabbed the bottle and took,
the witness thought, as much as 10 drops.
| This affected him. In Brandt's absence
Meyer explained how poisonous large
quantities of the oil we're and Muller
! blamed Meyer for allowing Brandt TO
take so much.
DOSING THE VICTIM.
Soon after the big dose of croton oil,
Muller began To notice that every time
Meyer gave Brandt any food or drink, he
added a sprinkle of powder from a phial
he carried in his waistcOat pocket. Null
Ter also noticed that Brandt vomited vio-
| lently after every dose OF this powder. He
asked Meyer what IL was, aud Meyer
answered, speaking in German: Bush
meinster," which Muller translated "an-
! timonyn
"On March 25," said the witness,
! Meyer began giving Brandt arsenic"
How do you know it was arsenic}"
asked Mr.. Mcintyre.
Because" said the witness, as calmly
as he had answered every question,
! Meyer told me it was arsenic. He said
he would not see Brandt suffer any longer,
and so he would give him arsenic. -
Even this amazing statement caused no
change IN the calm appearance OF the
prisoner.
Muller said that Meyer had told him
that he had bought the arsenic in Jersey
City and no one would find it out. He had
given Brandt ''impure" on March 26 and
% by sprinkling it on his food.
1t increased instead of ending his
sufferings, and it was on that &C
count that he went to Jersey City on
the 29th and bought the pure" arsenic.
This he administered to Brandt in cap
sules on March % and 30. Never told
Muller he would next give Brandt some
iron, which would "change" the poison.
He did give him something he said was
iron out of a black bottle, and when
Brandt took this, which proved to be his
last Dose he said 10 Meyer: IF you do
do not get corpse to take my place
PRETTY soon, III be a corpse myself"
THE SCHEME WORKED.
That was in the evening of March so
At IL o'clock that night, while Meyer and
his wife and Muller were sitting around
the kitchen table, Brandt called for help
Meyer went to his bedroom, where he as
sisted Brandt from bed. Pretty soon
Meyer called for Muller. He found
Brandt bleeding, and Meyer said he
thought he was dying, He died before
ne could be put back in bed.
Meyer told Muller TO report the death to
DR.. Minden and an undertaken, and to
signal him (Meyer) by raising front
window curtain when the doctor and I'M
dertaker had left the house. This plan
was carried out, Meyer returning to the
fat after DIR. Minden and Undertaken
kipp had left it.
What did Meyer say when he re
turned" asked Mr. Mcintyre.
He told us the police could never
make a case against us, as only three
knew, and none would tell, If the police
got on to it,, he Meyer would swear he
never was in New York, and Mrs. Meyer
and l, if arrested, were TO say nothing "
THE BLOOD MONEY PAID.
That ended the principal story. The
witness told the story Of the events after
the death of Brandt, most OF which has
already been made public. After the
funeral, which took place on Tuesday,
April ?, and which was attended only by
Muller and the pretended widow, they re
turned to the fat and afterwards went
to the Office of the Washington Life In
surance Company. The secretary of the
company told the widow that her claim
would be paid on the following Tuesday.
On that day Mrs Meyer received check
for 5000 which she gave to Meyer. He
got it cashed and gave Muller $3.50.