The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-12-19
MEYER WILL GO FREE
This Will Probably End the Grea
Poisoning Case.
A REMARKABLE SCENE IN ooURl

Juror Lowe, Moved by the Eloquent Pie
of Lawyer Brooke, Suddenly Goes In.
sane. and the District Attorney Says Il
VIII be Impossible to Get Another Jury
Henry G. b. Meyer came to an abrupt
conclusion In the court of oyer and termi
ner yesterday. One Of the Jurors, Alex
ander b. Lowe, was so affected by the ad
dress of the attorney for the defense an
weakened by previous lapse of mental
strength that he was seized with acute
dementia in the jury box and was subse
quently removed to the insane ward of
Bellevue hospital This compels the
abandonment of the case, as the district
attorney deems 1t impossible to obtain
another jury in this county.
The case was resumed ut the opening of
the court by the summing up of Mr.,
Brooke, of counsel for the defense. Mr..
Brooke opened his address in manner
which was placidity itself. His voice
was low. In that tone he called attention
to the feet that the chemist, Doremus,
had required twenty months In which to
prepare his report. The voice of Mr.
Brooke rose gradually, and he introduce,
few gestures as he said the defendar
Iiuu Dttn CuhTRtu Win having poisoned
Brandt with antimony. Then he said til,
opportunity for the prosecution to con
Wet man was so great while the oppol-
tunities for defense were so little.
"Somewh ere in the early part OF July
he said, "a coroner of this city received
from DIR. Winston, not an officer of the
law but a physician of the Mutual Lif,
Insurance company. an invitation to call
upon him. The coroner called, and a;
once the suggestion was made as to why
the body was to be disinterred. And at
once the coroner went ahead without the
proper authority and gave the undertaken
the permit to do the work. 1t was Win
ston who directed everything. Two days
afterwards the organs had been removed
from the body Sehultze obtained the for
NAL permission for his action For yea;
after the disbursement of the body no eff
fort was made o arrest this defendant"
He then proceeded to disscct the testi.
mony of Muller, the accomplice of Meyer
in he case, Muller, he said, told one of
the most frightful stories ever heard in
court. Under the ceiling of court room
no such creature ever told such story.
Justice holds its hands up in horror and
says: Pause. and reflect before taking the
life of n fellow on the testimony of such Il
told of his own degradation in superc!
lious manner, as if he were telling som
entertaining story to crowd of frienG
in barroom. .--.. fl
1t was while the lawyer was dissectiu
Muller's testimony that Juror Lowe va
attacked. The man seemed to he yer,
much affected by the plea of the lawyer.
His hands twitched and as the speak rr
proceeded the jurors head moved till, ii.
nnlly his head was swayiug from side to
side, his lips moved as if muttering, and
his eyes rolled. Mr.. Brooke paused and
asked; Mr.. Lowe, are you illf"
mo, there's nothing the matter with
me. I'm all right" replied the juror but
his voice was thick and articulation
seemed difficult.
Mr.. Nicoll repeated the question. The
Juror tried to reply again but got no fur
Their than mo" when he threw up both
hands, stiffened ont straight in his chat
and then collapsed.
Drs. Carpenter and Minden, who cam.
to the rescue, reported to Justice Barrett
that Juror Lowe was suffering from cerc
bral congestion and would not be able to
return to the consideration of the Meyer
case Mt once, if ever. An adjournment
was ordered
Meantime DR.. Carlos r. Macdonald
state commissioner in lunncy was sent fol
TO examine Juror Lowe and determine
whether he is mentally fit to go on with
his duties as juror DIR. Dana was Sc
lected by Justice Barrett to act with DR..
Macdonald.
1t was ascertained after the trial had
been closed that the iuryman had one.
been confined in Bloomingdale asylum for
the insane This fact was made known
to counsel and the judge when the panel
was completed, but Lowe denied that he
had been in the asylum, and so he was by
consent of Judge Barrett and counsel on
both sides allowed to retain his seat in the
jury box.