The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-09
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MULLER STATES EVIDENCE.
NE 7ELkS or mrs CONSPIRACY UTTH
THE MEYERS.

| lnsuranCe a--Brnndt COnscntsd
Co Get sick In the Name OF Bnum mud Dr.
| JcSrr soon Mad, - Corpse of Him
| Muller Swenrn to ihe U,e az Poisons.
Thcre were some queer specimens OF hui
mainly scattered about Justice Barrstt's court
| room yesterday morning before tho court
! made an o:ler excluding from the room all
tie witnesses in tho Meyer murder trial ex.
! cent tine Witness upon the stand.
| THAT witness himself Carl Mailer Is Ger
| man. 80 years old. evidently well educated.
a mili. innocent-looking man, with bulbous.
| youthful forehead, and full, short, wel-
! catcd-!Or brown beard. who would look in
| place behind the ribbon coun,cr Of dry
| goods store. Yet he confessed to having been
! apiano player In disreputaUIe houses In Chi
| cIgo; to having been imprisoned for crime;
| 20 have shared in tho money obtained from
| an insurance company through the death OF
| Ludwig Brandt, with whose murder Meyer 10
| charged, and to have informed on Meier for u
| reward paid him by the Toledo police.
| Among the Witnesses excluded was Mrs.
| Muller, who. with her husband. has Uecn in
| tho House OF detention for months. She 10
| said To have been "a servant ia Meyers house
| in Toledo. whore sho was undcrg Ding the
| treatment Brandt received, aud Tor the same
| purpose. as her lie was insured hut she was
rescue 10y MuIlc.. who fell IN love with her
| and ried her. She appeared in court yes-
| terlay wearing silk. seaiskin. and diamonds,
| and conspicuous greon-fcathored hat on
| mop OF irizzrd hair. Then there were saloon
| keepers from Chicago. lodging house keepers
from Detroit, Toledo. and South Bend. japi-
| tresses and secondhand furniture dealers
from the east side. famous physicians from
| tho West. undortaGers. and detectives, IL was
a crowd OF about thirty that filed out OF the
room when Justice Barrett made his order OF
| exclusion. Mrs Meyer. the co-defondant, sat
| In n corner Of tho room with n woman friend.
| She Is a plain young woman. simply dressed,
| tho kind Of person in appearance who. in
| maids cap and apron. answers the door bell
| In an upper Tenderloln Hat she was the only
| person in the crowded court room who was
not. or pretended not to be. deeply absorbed In
the strange story told by Muller in his i've
| hours direct examination.
| Muller answered the many questions put to
! him by Mr. Mcintyre for the people. In a low,
soft voice. speaking slowly and carefully and
| with German accent, which MIR. Mcintyre
| took advantage OF as an excuse to repeat
much OF his testimony. He did this until Mr..
| Brooke became weary and complained. and
| then Justice Barrett mildly informed Mr.. Me-
| lntyre that there was no occasion to pha-
| size the evidence by repeating Il. Indeed.
there was no occasion. Tho jury Leaned for
ward in motonless attention as the keen
Assistant District Attorney drew forth the
| story OF the lives OF the witnesses ana the
| prisoner from the tlme wheh they met, iein9IW
| Prisoners, in the Cook county tGhicagol iail In
| lCS9' uhtll inc arre5t OF meyer IN OetEoN.
told Mr.. Mcintyre took the witness over the
events OF his own life before he landed in the
! Chicago JAIL preferring to have the Jury know
from the beginning the character Of the man
whose evidence they were hearing rather than
to give the defence the advantage OF bringing
! out those facts on the cross examination.
Mr.. AleIntyro first question was. What IL
| Carl KirIel" answered tho witness.
| - Rsh nc shlu ne ntl gone uhuer the names
36v a'hI .itar &nG Nu''er anu WAS no" known
q lie came to this country In June iSSS, from
States State he went in Sept September to t chicago.
@ y" we OF 'Or u ''iio "9 a psaO
nT1ssteH for i1nroner uss of the nITsd stntes
| mall; A.. ,,,... =. ..,,,-
| h,s OIL we iury wnat your onehce was saio
MI n eNai i, coi t L,l ,,.o..ox .5..-
az, Inc witness said he had inserted an adysr,
nSeivnt III tiio pairts III VIZ p"i ot wv
when delGaeI, c9untrymen answered THIS ad,,
NertisHeni Mui,TL sem mem n, ~
| iinGness o. 20 10 ms corresn9hheht put would
Tst nave 10 % sHnPeH Nun ,2P fos tS Sf
ana t%ndiHG Ms trigi was vas. toniined IN the SGSk
s0ra of Hrry avar Wrs NIL and
one q. H. D. Laura, alias racn ana brandtj
~ S4 i my" 9. 1hs r r1mmivr win ioyer
WIN" WILL IA yns aSheu III; Tt ,st dotaz
inns question , bTIougiht out me most aeter-
miaIGPH NJ nLoUhe maj Ine
Ie.s s'C coHsniry WAS cbaIged which wss nas
t thse cNI' '.N5 ia5 otIai fyu, "'to' Vas
| the case mere. evidence could not 10 Admltted
- " 'ouNeI sa'tOhs petMeen Mllneas anu So-
iieuuaht saIu 70 haLe taken p'aeo Two years DO
lore me eyed crime: ,-,. -, ,-.,-
II Allet louE hIGImthts ny poth slGss JusucS
Barrett almlIted the eNllslGe ms rni!n9
WAS sMeeplngl1 IN favor Of ne plan OF the
prosecution 20 snow meyers temperate sehemo
10 swlnd!e insurance COMPANIES even II the
corpse required In ne hcheihe hHl TO DO made
by me sche!ners The evidence was admitted.
shld Tue justice as Tearing on the motiye isr
the commission OF crime AID TO show that the
defendant was engaged while in JaIl IN form
Ing combination TO dsifaud Insurance. com
WHICH he Is on trial .
When Muller was allowed 70 proceed he said
that while In jail Meyer bad told him That when
he got out OF prison he, Muller, should call on
Meyer and engage with him In a scheme for
defrauding Insurance companies. Meyer
promised that there would be thousands OF
dollars in II for Mull9r, Muller went from the
term OF steven month";, and then he returned
o Chicago He found Meyer practising medic