New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-05

the age Of the man. There little OF the AMI
nal nature in his face. Whatever else he Is Or.
Meyer IS not coarsely brutal lie IS rather pitt
less and inhuman. lie seems TO be man who
would be utterly Indifferent pain and suffering.
lie would not kill the killings sake for there
In he would experience no pleasure. But he would
Kill without hesitation to accomplish some end
and would feel no remorse thereat At least so
he appeared
Mrs Meyer who is TO be tried with her hus
band az his accomplice in the murder OF Baum Is
an intellectual woman. although not refined in
appearance her husband She IS about twenty
five years old. and does not look like murleress
Charles W. Brooke, vino Will conduct the de-
fence. early hand. with him are assoc-
"tei l.twis yFesant ,hanier; pro,neT m,'T
OSulliyan. District Attorney De Iancey Nicoll and
the people At the close Of the day only three jur-
ors had been secured of forty hfty exam
chant at No. Ige Water.st': John A. Gray Who
runs restaurant at broadway and Thirty NTH
st. and Charles O. Hayden. a trucknan. OF No.
/ 1896 Westinghouse
The defence asked each drawn juror i his llfe
was insured and if he had ever had anything to do
with the four companies whom Meyer tried to de-
fraud any other companies. several wer" email
lenscd peremptorily by each side pistrlct-Auorhey
NicOll is confident that the can be finished in
Two weeks The testimony promises to be- OF
In d.smissng the three jurors for the nigh, Judge
m n 'i iS 's On s sbr 'gs Mr. Hrd pU
turned toward the reporters and wnked
THE REMARK ABLE CAREER or DR.. MEYER.
DR. Meyers career II the stories which have
been published about his life correct is that OF
an expert. skilful. educated and scientific villain.
collblooded almost beyond belief. quietly and slowly
poisoning his victims to death and calculating his
profits as their checks grew wan and their eyes
became lustreess. His method was to have his
d%c Ing dysentery. from which he died Then he
would get his reward by collecting the insurance
DR. Meyer was born In Mnien, Prussia. he IS
about forty years Old. He became known as
,i iE !" liad iher Under sispirons crcum-
stances soon after he had married a widow named
Geldeman whose husband h. Is suspected OF having
poisoned Meyer was arrested. but was discouraged
through lack Of evidence. He married the present
Mrs Never. the daughter Of man named Giessen.
in 1855 Since that time, ms actions nave nave pen n
pretty thoroughly ferret'd out Before that II IS
suspected he killed his first wife. his own child.
alleged wife In Toledo Ohio ana Henry GeIde-
man. " ,, - ~
rested charged with forging his tather-n-laws
name on a large life insurance policy; He was
iall pending his trial he 'hecame acquainted with
Ludwig Erandt who was also under arrest charged
was "A general in the Norwegian army. Brandt
escaped punishment ana became collector tor pr,
the two was entered into which has resulted In this
sharp. INSCRIPTIONS leader Brandt the part Of the
plant and too trustful tool
DETAILS or A VTLLANOrS SCHEME.
Brandt had his life insured under the name Of
Gustav H. Maria Joseph Baum. He took out four
policies as follows: Washington Life Of New
York. $1,000 New-York Life 1000; Etna Life $1,000;
Mutual Life $500 The scheme concocted was as
follows Meyer TO give Brandt some medicine
that would make him show signs of dysentery: "A
physician would be called I'm to attend him; at the
proper time Meyer would procure corpse and
substitute 1t for Brandt, and they would get a
death certificate on which they woh!d collect the
Ns = preliminary to CARRYING out the plot Brandt
and Mrs. Meyer went through a marriage cere-
mony together February II. 1892, and the in
surancr policies made out In favor OF BrandtS
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