The evening world., 1893-12-11
MULLER UNDER FIRE.
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photographs Of the young girl and got
pms pms OF money" confessed Muller in
answer to MI process ok er du , ion i, Chi
40, by a United States Commissioner. !
was convicted June. 30 and sen. to Joliet
prison for using the mails for sd fraud
under the name of Rosa Muller" said
or four weeks. 1t was his scheme"
"How, much n money did you earn by
uaA About $50 in two weeks"
Zip to that time you had never heard
Of pr. Meyer. Parker. Brandt or Baum,
nay o. sir 1 first met Parker in the Jail.
He was there for forgery. He was not
confined in the same part of the Jail as l.
HIS MEETING WITH MEYER.
Parker was the name by which Gus.
isil" continued Muller. II met him
Walking on the floor, of the jail about
20 b bsS Me ND A. r spSks in the news Snd
Purifier. Parker asked me what part OF
Germany came from. We talked about
our cases ,hs },,t next saw hin with Or
heard of DIR. Meyer. He had become
prisoner few days before. Parker in
Produced us. / never saw Parker speak
to him again until we were both in Joliet
"Dr. Meyer. came to the door of my
cell in the Jail early in June. He talked
was not the first time he had been in
Cook County Jail. He wanted me TO
write. letter for him to the Germania
LIE bann he said he
that company by forgery
II had met Brandt in the Jail, and
met him again in State prison; but did
after. my discharge from Joliet. when l
met him at Or. Meyers.
II was discharged from Joliet in May,
1891, and went as plano player to Miss
Lilies at SIS a week. From there in
month went to Miss Alexander's, 123
Custom,Ho place. as piano player.
] was there one year"
Mr.. Brooke was quick to notice the
discrepancy. A, year brought the career
OF this RASCAL down to June. 1897, three
Brandt. But Muller wiggied out OF the
lawyers grasp, saying he was not quite
year at Miss Alexander's disreputable
HE LEFT A WIFE IN GERMANY.
Did your wife come from Germany
with you, or did she remain behind"
demanded Brooke, abruptly.
Muller hesitated. Prosecutor McIn-
Justice Barrett said the witness must
answer, and then Muller admitted that
he left wife At sstiGh. in Germany ny;
Where did you get that money!"
From DR.. Meyer"
You are sure Of that?"
When did you marry Mary Neiss?'
April "a, 1893. l first met her in To-
ledo, Sept 26. I met her in South Bend,
Chicago. took her away from DIR.
Meyer. Jan. 8, and took her to 234 Twen-
ty-fourth street., Chicago. That is re-
You didn't take her somewhere to
make a living for you?"
No, sir; WE WE lived wed & together but were
HE'IS A BIGAMIST.
All this was told simply and as II 1t
were the most ordinary affair. not a
crime for which he will probably be pun
amy is a crime in Illinois.
who told you to marry Mary Neiss?'
No talyk with Plnkertons before you
married her.
Were you threatened with arrest by
the PInkertons unless you married Mary
no, SIR"
To the next question he said the Chief
Of the I .f 20 S sa he Would oeate
Dr. and Mrs. Meyer. He agreed and led
the police to the Meyers IN Detroit.
Again he denied pt that me haa Seen d Hnr
and declared that he had never seen any
Pinkerton detectives.
In response to Ren question Rises as e %o, ed%
came to employ him to look up DR.,
S Msysra Muller to IMP r0e CHARLES Miller $50
twenty street, Chicago" July is,
1888. It asked Muller to hunt Up
been stolen by Rp Me ey So fr reward T3edo
The same day of the receipt of this let
ter a man came to Muller in Chicago
and offered $500 for the capture Of Dr.
Meyer. Muller snapped at this chance
He knew where DR.. Meyer was located
for he had just received note from MIN
from Cleveland. Before he. could dis
saloon-keeper of Detroit wrote TO Mul.
Ter to ask about DR.. Meyers STANDING
as the doctor wanted to live with him
and had no money
THE HUNT FOR MEYER.
"A lawyer came to me-" began Null
Ter. when Mr.. Brooke interrupted.
Sure 1t wasn't q Pinkerton detective|
No, sir, 1t was NJ. Julian"
"Oh, the officer OF the Mutual Insur'
ance Company! Did he pay you the
NO, ! got that hat. of e the So, Chief Z of tbs
"Did you locate the horse and buggy,
Il did, but somebody else had located
them. too, and didn't get the $780, said
" Muller H told how he led the police tc
how he was arrested. Then Mr.. Brooke
returned to the period when Muller wa:
in the Chicago Jail. and the subsequen
months during which the scheme o
broached, planned and unfolded by DR.
Meyer. .,.,