New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-08
MRS. MEYER ARRAIGNED.
SHE PLEADS NOT GUILTY OF MURDER
JUDGE FITZGERALD COMMITS HER TO THE loND'
HER ACCOUNT OF THE TREATMENT
SIZE RECEIVED IN DETROIT.


SIZE RECEIVED IN DETROIT.
II would not be easy to see anything ~ 80
Henry Meyers face which would lead one 10 ".
I,o,o that sbe could be the alder of her husband "
the posoning OF Gustav Baum and severai o'
persons Her appearance is certainly IN hei '"
As she stood at the bar In Fart Vi 49,,
Sessions yesterday. she won additional ''N'p"".
on account of her infant which was DOT" -
weeks ago, while its mother was under ai'''
charged with a capital crime. Mrs Meyer mas
fine nose, well formed and straight, ana "ou'u ~
more than pretty but for her sunken cheeks one
has a pleasant, frank face and intelligent eyes
She wore a blue gown, with an Elton jacket.
The woman and her two children, the eloer
bue-eyed boy of thirteen months, Arthur spe"'
Sunday night in the Mercer-st. station. Inc '"'
were taken to the General Sessions Buiidhe a'
N On o,cock IN n coach Detectives Won Gerichten
and Trainer accompanying them The officers hau
charge OF the party on the journey mere Hoii
Detroit and have become exceedingly lrlehuy VIZ
little Arthur. who is quiet, weil-pehaVcu e','u
The woman was to be arraigned before Judge
Fitzgerald He however was kept busy for some
time in getting the August Grand Jury, as num-
Der of the taesmen did not appear A good many
notify iurors wanted to be excused and the Judge
had to listen to the stories of all Mrs Meyer anu
the children therefore taken 10 the rooni vi
Assistant District Attorney Mcintyre, where they
remained until 1910 o'clock. Then Detective w"
Gerichten took the woman upstairs u INC No
room; she carried the infant out leit Auiui WIN
Detective Trainer.
Mrs MEYERS lawyers, Charles w. BROOKE, Dr'
W. j. OSullivan and Lewis S. Chanler, were all IN
court Mr. Brooke had thought of asking that the
woman be a hospital on the ground ,iii'
she Is still Ill. Mr. Mcintyre, however moved aite'
she had pleaded not guilty to the Indictment ioi
murder that she be committed to LUDLOW street
Jail so that she might be properly cared TOT
tlroo objected
that only prisoners in the custody OF the Sheriff
could be committed to that institution, ana dehied
that Judge Fitzgerald had any right to grant Mr.
McIntyre's motion. Mr. Brooke evidently TOOK
no stock in the explanation of Mr.. Mcintyre De-
evng that the prosecution wanted to keep Meyer
and his wife as far apart possible The nus
band is in the Tombs Mr.. Brooke wound up by
saying that If Mrs. Meyer was committed to the
Ludlow Street Jail he would secure her transfer
by a writ of habeas corpus.
Mr. Mcintyre suggested that Arthur be sent to
the nursery on Randalls Island, but the lawyers
for the defence said they would look
out for the child. Judge Fitzgerald re-
served his decision until the after
noon. Then ne announced that Mrs. Meyer would
have to go the Tombs. AS to the older child,
Judge Fitzgerald said he had nothing to do with
him. so the boy also went to the Tombs. A nurse
will be employed to take care of him.
Mrs Meyer in talking to a reporter, corroborated
her lawyers account of the treatment she received
in the Harper Hospital in Detroit where her
child born. She said that two Pnkerton men
named Ball and Black went to the hospital with
her. and constantly near her. They al
lowed her privacy after the child was born.
one ever in the room with her. They piled
her with all kinds OF questions about her al
legged crime. Finally a German named Meyer
hotter replaced OF them. He tried TO get into
her confidence by telling her that he came from
the same part OF Germany that she did He told
her that her husband had pleaded guilty, and
tried TO make her confess her guilt. She
WINGED that her food drugged. When the
Interview with DR.. O'Sullivan here was published
in the Detroit papers, she asked to contradict
his statements. This she would not do. pre-
tended denial OF them was sent out
Even II husband and wife are kept apart In the
TOmbs. IL will be easy for their counsel COM
municate with both. and TO carry any message
from to the other The prosecution there
fore. cannot prevent this indirect comforting.