The evening world., 1893-12-07
One JUROR LACKING.
Rumors that Mrs. Meyer Has
Confessed Officially Denied.
Muller Expected to Be the First
Witness Against the Doctor.
( Not tho Alleged Polsoner's Only
Trial for Murder.

The presence Of Mrs. Or. Meyer every
day in the court of Oyer and Terminer.
where her husband Is on trial for pois-
, oning gave rise to a revival Of the story
that the woman with the laughing blue
. eyes had confessed, after all. and would
be put on the witness stand to tell the
story of how her husband. with Carl
Muller, alias Winners. and herself, had
conspired with Gustave NJ A. J. Baum
to defraud the insurance companies out
of the heavy insurance on Baum's life;
how they administered arsenic and
antimony to Baum to give him
the appearance of very sick
reputable physician. and how the poison
did its work too well. killing the fake
patient March 80, 1892.
The rumor brought an immense crowd
to the white courthouse, for II was
anticipated that the two vacant seats
and the trial actually begin. to-day.
But John r. Mcintyre, the able and
conscientious, public prosecutor; who is
lnis morning He said Mrs. Meyer was
1'onbs SO that the witnesses might
Other things observed in court belied
the story, too. Or. Meyer and his wife
ana alleged accomplice exchanged many
tor. manipula ting his great, bulging,. gilt
tcrlng, gray-blue eyes In remarkable
fashon in s,gnallns to the, The blnssseab 1hs syttb
with hum 50 completely.
Carl Muilei, the alleged aceompllce OF
the Msers n n eys MSrv aas Neiss
the servant eirr who. 1t is alleged, was
being poisoned to.death in, Toledo, and ran
Ss nr .eSeans Sssd the her was win
ness, to he followed by the rosy-cheeked.
LiR-ryed. friz=y-haired young woman
herself.
\ part Of the proof offered by Prose
under the names OF William Reuter-,
er,, has been twice tried for murder in
''hi,HSo, the first time on charge of
Iosonlng his wife, and the second on a
with the purpose OF securing the insur-
ance on the life of the victim; once in
South Bend, on n charge OF forgery.
silrance. He was acquitted on the muir
go. trials, but, 1t is alleged, was con-
rIcted and imprisoned on the other
Muller and his wife were this morning
brought down by Jack Galleghar from
the Eouse of Detention. where they have
been held since September, when the
pretty Mary Viola ted the confidence re-
posed in her by the District Attorney and
ran away from the Brooklyn boarding
louse where she was living at the eX-
rense of the county of New York. She
WIS caught in Rochester and brought
back and placed where she could not
\: No e one ui, could blame Carl Muller for
repentins of his share in the conspiracy
TO poison the little creature to death,
save her life for himself. Mary Neiss
Muller, alias WINNERS, Is most in
teresting young wIman She looks Ike Ike
down Broadway during the Summer
months, only she wears a long velvet
cloak trimmed with fur. Her hat is a
ing green parrot wing In its front; All
are clustered. and behind them is a
fined close to the head by u bit of ribbon.
The man who left off poisoning, her
TO- marry her looks IKE a EGpng soI physi1, N 81
IN court directly, behind the pallid-faced
The woman who so strangely ressem-
bles DR.. Meyer. who says she Is Mrs
Mauger. and who Is, by a remarkable
O'Sullivan to take care Of DR.. Meyers 8
eighteen sold baby hoy, came to
court alone to-day. She sat few feet
prs of imperturbabilty under the
gaze of the court spectators.
ur. Meyer, who was plainly sick
mar yesterday, looked much better to-
day. but he drummed listlessly with his
big, bony. yellow white hand on the
table as he answered an Evening
Il have not been well since I arrived
at New York, but think am as well
as usual"
His furtlve eyes, fitting from place to
place In the court room. never rest upon
Carl Muller ana Mary Neiss. He seems
70 be obiivous TO their presence but when
they go on the stand they Will surely
lay bare the long story. the horrible tale
Of the score OF people in as many cities
whose lives, the prosecution claims, DIR.
Meyer has attempted during the fourteen
years since he came to America In
1879.
There were only two Jurors lacking
when court opened this morning. ten
having been found In three days. The
ten, in the jury-box at the opening OF the
days session were
residence ia East Ffty-seyenth street
JOHN A. GRAY, eating house. 1893 Broadway
residence 1871 West Thirty-hfth street.
CHARLES O. HAYDEN. trucks 3s6 and e21
Washington street; residence. Sts West Thirteenth
street
WILLIAM E. pEMAREsT. dry-goodu, 2ss
Bleecker street: residence. 81 barrow street.
AMBROSE @ NEAL hea.sr., ?ls Centre street;
EDWIN FISHER. carpet designer. iiS Worth
street; residence. bsi East One Hundred and
AIEXANpER D. Low, plumber, los West
Eighty-thrd street; residence, SIS West Eighty
JOHN K BRuNsKILL. salesman, tss Yves,
street: residence, $40 West one Hundred and
Twenty third street
sgRsAa sFfsEsHs Ws. s sH1 .s. aG'
facturor residence. iiss Park avenue.
Deputy sheriff. Murray took Mrs;
been met by q woman in Centre street
and accompanied TO court. This woman
was evidently a sister OF Mrs. Mauger,"
The two were toined In the prisoners