New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-13

closed often open of their own accord and that
o.-How did you Identify the body you you exhumed
as the oSSy d S1H yGn IDENTIFY BY
A-The safety-pin may have had some influence
"Of course It had" said Mr. O'sulvan 49,, .
Mr. O'Suyan asked many Questions ai nnGI,io ~
OF other bodies that he had exhumed after burial;
and he was anxious to procure the names 81 ~ tbai
experience But Mr.. Kipp's memory was rei1c t
on these points. and he remarked that IL woud mut
him in his business to talk too much about sIrcn a
brought out, and by Mr. OSulIvan str9nsg y, Wv e o
their faces for many months after life Is eSt ,nti
Mr.. osulliyan showed other ana even h more '''
mate acquaintance with the habits OF bodies r., to
Coroner Schul.ze described the autopsy; lie sau
that the body havng been brought nom rdsra5 that
Cemetery into NewYork County ne orde h bear t
the autopsy be made. and he told now tn5 H 49,
lungs brain yer and spleen b bney and an" sealed
Mr.. Brooke in cross-eXamining the C9rC ,d nrv
nqHest and that he had Violated the law both In
failing to do that and In cutting that body, anu fr
examinatIon before he had got official authority
from the and the supreme bsd done
ali this 70 to facilitate the plans Of the Mutual Ite
NI sofp produced more law and other law whereby
il appears that all Schultze had done was precisely
what Mr.. Ncols laws required him to DO. ana that
the Mutual Life Insurance Company, having dlsc0v-
cred Meyers frauds, would have committed a ms ms
dcreanor had II not given evidence TO the autnorl-
ties OF their commission. Mr. Nicol read these Jaws
with great ferVOr ana satisfaction. Inc 'OIpur.
10 him concerning the results Of his examination.
forced on him that Baum had met his death IN
consequence Of the administration 10 him whle
we're present in all OF the organs ne had examined
in sufficient quantities TO cause dsstn ana on re-
for Meyers arrest
An ATTEMPT At DISGUISE
Detective Won Gerchten. Of the District-At-
torneys office testified that he brought Meyer from
Detroit on July l6 to New-York City, and that
two days later. when Meyer was arraigned In
court. his beard had been shaved from his face.
Mr.. Brooke objected TO this evidence. but II was
admitted on Mr. Ncols contention that It showed
Meyers purpose to escape Identification Mary
Neiss had testified that while Meyer lived In To-
ledo and South Bend he had worn only mus
sS% 50 st wheg on 1nai arrested him
he had two months growth on his face .,
Baum as his physician during his Illness. He said
that on March 8 before he saw Baum meyer came
been living in Denver il happened that Or. Mlnden
had resided for several years In Denver; ana ne
Meyer professed Acquaintance with them. Meyer
said that he was thinking Of settling b IN ms
doctors counseng him not to do 80 he said ne
guessed he wouldn't and went away HAIR an
slonal treatment. and two days after that he was
summoned to the Hat TO attend Baum then ~, IN
bed. He made twentyone visits. He described the
patients condition from day 10 day. he described
his treatment OF the case and how Baum grew
steadily worse. The symptoms were those OF
chronic dysentery. The Doctor prescribed first
opium and bismuth; then mixture of strychnne
and morphine. sulphate OF magnesla ana suphurlc
acid few days before Baum's death he pre-
Of grain Of arsenite Of copper This was me only
medicine containing arsenic that he prescribed. ana
died the witness told Mrs Baum that hts death
was imminent. He made the same communication
allow nm TO obtain counsel but on her refusal.
on the ground Of expense. he called in two OF his
When Baum died Muller came to the Doctors or,
body. and saw that II was dead He called in the
qnderar KIP He 1emi hn n, the bc6 Pi han2 a Of
tending and who died. Tie testified to his presence
at the autopsy on July T. and to the fact that the
same body that had been buried from the fiat.
DR. MLNDEN'S OPINION.
Mr. O'sulllvan cross examined DR.. Mnden. going
with great particularly INTO the arsencal and an
tirnonal polsons in the atmosphere Of the shelters
in Denver until the Court informed him that that
was not cross-examlnatlon. Then he elected from
the doctor the fact which may or may not do
Meyer any good that although the doctor had no
doubt In March. 1892. that Baums Illness was
caused by chronic dysentery. he was now satisfied
that Baum had met his death by arsenical and an
The doctors evidence remained mistaken when
ing the fact that the lawyer inquired. with much
emotion. whether Mr. Nicoll or the Mutual Life
doctor any money or promised to pay him any. The
doctor said they had not. and Mr.. Nlcoll smillngly
inquired whether Dr. O'Suvan had paid him any.
But il seemed that Mr. o'suivan had been equally
neglected. of Dr. Mlndens Interests.
Or O'IInre testified To the facts Of the Inquest.
simply corroborating the evidence of Coroner
Schultz. and Dr. McAlpln ended the days SEES
sion with n description Of the organs taken from
the body at the autopsy. Or. McAlpin Is demon
strator of pathological anatomy In the Carnegie
Laboratory His examination Of the organs was
Intended simply 10 learn their general condition.
which was that OF fair degree OF preservation.
Mr. oSulliyan, in crOss-e"amnatiOn carried the
doctor of among the peasants OF Silcsia, and sue
ceelod In discovering 10 the jury that he that Is,
MIR O'Sulvan was we'll Informed about the said
peasants He also asked the doctor n great many
questions that nobody understood except himself
and the doctor and the doctor rather vaguely.
They were full Of medical lore. Latin terms. and
they reekel with the doors OF the morgue. But
nj last the doctor allowed TO 90. and the way
is now clear for the testimony Of Professor Dore-
mus l.. r.. e.