The evening world., 1893-12-18
JUROR Low INSANE.
Collapses in the Box While Mr..
Brooke Is Pleading.
They Can't Convict Or. Meyer, ,
He Raves.
Now Learned that He Had Once
Been in Bloomingdale.

luGiG wac buuucI pause tO-udy III
the sensational trial Of DR.. Henry c. F.
Meyer, which was drawing to a natural
close in the Court of Oyer and Terminer.
It was while the eloquent Charles w.
Brooke was In the midst of his plea for
the life of the accused DOCTOR
The seventh juror. Alexander B. Low,
. plumber. at 1o2 West Eighty-third
street, and living at 3lS West Eighty
fourth street, fell suddenly i'll at noon,
was hurriedly carried into the office of
the Clerk Of Chambers. adjoining the
courtroom, and in ten minutes was raw
ing an dviolent, as the result of cerebral
congestion.
This. pause, will probably mark. the
end of the trial, for in the midst Of the
excitement young man., white with
anxiety and fright, pushed his way to
Justice Barrett's desk and said that
ruined by the destruction by fire of the
Rockaway Beach Hotel some years ago,
and had been so mentally unbalanced by
the catastrophe. that 1t had been neces-
sary to confine him in a hospital for the
insane.
Plumber Low is a large man, past mid
die age. ford and Of full habit. After
he had been sworn as a juror to try DIR.
Meyer, District-Attorney Nicoll received
anonymous letters, saying that Low had
been an inmate OF an asylum. When
f'> . was bWo LII UNUSUAL
recess of twenty minutes was ordered by
Justice Barrett.
nm No S Sn hneW the reason for this recess.
tice Barrett called Juror Low to his side.
He talked with him and examined him
quietly, but could discover no sign Of
mental trouble. Finally he asked Low II
he had ever had any. mental trouble. and
lawyers oH both sides. whsreupon the
trial proceeded with Low fn the box.
Mr, Brooke was in the .midsf of n
dennnciation Of the informer-accomplice
Carl Muller; He had been speaking an
i nCur ana q nan. ana was making a par
n "The Evening World" reporter had
been watching Juror No. Z. The man
plea Of the i lawyer ssty mis-" His hands areG.e tw Hy sne
and as the speaker proceeded the jurors
head moved till. at 1l.55. his head was
sWaEing from side to side. his lips moved
y The reporter called the attention of DR..
I Ssullivan and Mr.. Nicoll to the Juror.
Mr.; Brooke paused and asked:
"N-no; there's nothing the matter
with me. I'm all right replied the
juror, but his voice was thick and ar
ticulatton seemed difficult.
Mr.. Nicoll repeated the question. The
{S%rShsr han ,S sssS'y w sss'n' he eu threw ss ,u np
c cSSah1 hangs sId stlfrennd out straignt in his
Every spectator arose In his place.
pr. O,S9llivan leaped on the District
attorneys table and into the jury-box;
al the jurors were on their feet, some
box. " -r
DR.. o'sullivan n four Jurors carried
ne sick man into the next room. DR..
O'sulliyan stripped him to the waist,
placed him on a couch and put a cake OF
ICE IRON m,a a wateritank upon his head:
penter, of 40 West Thirty-fifth street,
VINO We're In the courtroom, FASTENED to
u uie sia 3. OF the sick man, and in ten min
ths patient on the couch.
3 He threw his arm about and yelled:
n can DO anything! Anything"
DTS. Carpenter and Minden reported to
justice Barrett. that Juror Low was suf-
re,ing cerebral congestion, and~ would
not be able to return to the considera-
An a%djour mTsen ea Wss 'O ordsre i e III to-
mmorr9w. Meantime DR.. Carlos F. Mac
Oonald, State Commissioner in Lunacy,
vas sent for to examine Juror Low and
determine whether he is mentally for to
70 on with his duties ais a Juror. DR..
Dana was selected by Justice Barrett to
act with DR.. Macdonald.
The excitement In the courtroom when
tne Juror FLAPS was intense. The
Iaces OF the women present blanched,
H Saire the re men men struggled to get out and
man mad been removed.
Jpr. carpenter gave the opinion thai
dementihao w caT wss sST H rms with acute
physical strain resulting in the cerebrsi
yyongestion. 1t might be only temnorarv
might result In permanent derange.
.ahe son Of the Juror had been a con.
iitnant attendant at the trial, but no ons
s ansW him. He had watched his father
his mental h hes, fuii OF apprehension OF
ye ae told Justice Barrett that sever
h 1RRSS o ago his father, had been confined
pi~oomlngdale Asylum.
ON over sc6 De resumed. II It is abandonet
Mr acSount OF the mental incapacity Of
in tS Sw a new trial will be ordered. ant
morning 1t would be next to impossibi,
% % secure a jury in this county. III,
itv having been given so much public
tbpr. Carpenter succeeded in ouietin,
use ravlngs OF the sick Juror by In,
at IL % % morphine and hyoscyamine, an
pitsi in Il" an ~ amb pemoVed to eBllevue Hos
day ~ VIII be recalled that In the closin,
cissSspnt me trial OF Or. Robert w. Blu
9Th fh"S juro TOR us murder By poisoning. tn,
iiu n III at the Aston House while th.
rI was celebrating on the evidence
wer naties w. Brooke and DR.. O'Suiiiva,
famous trI siTs sess 10 the defense in tina
NJ is1 Rroo RaFs sakeat ess e q sort i Of a. an,
OF IN on the alleged mental incapacit,
new Smyth, and Mr.. Brooks moved 10
talivvs 10 show that Paradise was mem
way unbalanced. The proof the othe
trial Swes we to be strongest and the new
IA Meyer oSullivan. OF counsel for n,
u sode SAID after to-day's exciting eni
was p snat he did not believe juror Loy
tp~iearmanently ~ ~
70 the y eongestion-a rushing OF bloo
mead due to the strain Of the ira