Huntsville gazette., 1893-07-22
MEYERS MANY CRIMES.
The Prisoner I'm New York Whose Mis-
de ds May Hang Him.

de DIS May Hang Him.
NEW YORK, July 21.-The picture of
DIR. Henry 9. w. Meyer published in
the papers, recalls to Julius Dahlmann,
who keeps small shop at No. 16 White
hall street, the face of man he met in
Denver in 1897 and who was introduced
to him as DR.. Meyer. He recognized
the face, albeit Meyer, while in Den
yer, did not wear the whiskers which
now adorn his visage.
Dahlmann says Meyer came to Den
yer from Chicago. He was intimate
with druggist or druggist clerk called
Klotz, who had been III drug store in
Chicago and compounded prescriptions
for Meyer while there.
Meyer practiced. or pretended to prac-
tice medicine while in Denver.
The Indictment upon which Meyer
has been brought on to this city was
found for the poisoning of Ludwig
Brandt. the son of general in the Nor
wegian army. Meyer met his alleged
victim in Chicago, where he had been
tried and acquitted on the charge of at
tempting to poison his wife's father and
forging the latter's name to insurance
papers.
Brandt was in Jail on a charge of
forgery, ana when both were released
Meyer resumed his practice in Chicago
and employed Brandt as his collector.
In 1891 Brandt was insured under the
name of Gustav Maria Joseph Baum in
several insurance ompanies-namely.
in the Washington Life of New York
for $1,000; New York Life, $1,000.
Etna Life. 81 900, and the Mutual Life,
S.. 800
Up to that time Brandt was a willing
tool of Meyer, and readily entered into
the scheme to defraud the insurance
companies. He believed that his part
of the plot was merely to feign sickness.
Then it was to be given out that he was
dead, and the amount of the policies
issued on his life could then be col
lected.
Meyer decided that in order to carry
out the plot successfully it would be
necessary for Brandt to marry Mrs.
Meyer, and in February, 1892, the mar
riage actually took place, Rev. 2. Wer-
ner of Chicago, performing the ceremo-
ny. Some days later all three removed
to New York. renting small fiat at 800
West Thirteenth street.
Almost Immediately Brandt or Baum,
as he called himself, began to fail in
health, and it is charged that he was
dosed with minute but continuous doses
of antimony.
No physician was called in until the
man was beyond recovery, and then
DR.. Simon Minden of 1lS East Twelfth
street was sent for. He treated the pa
tient for 12 days, but Brandt finally
died. Mrs. Meyer had been a close at
sendant upon him to the last.
The Washington Life company paid
the policy without question, and so did
the Mutual Life, but the officers of the
latter threatened to make an investiga-
ton, whereupon the conspirators fed.
They had forgotten to embalm the
body, and afterward it was exhumed
and traces of the ant1mony were dis
covered.
There are many other crimes laid at
his door and his road will be a rugged
one before he gets through the courts,
and should he escape the law IN this in
stance. Toledo, Chicago and several
other places will make a demand upon
the authorities here for the~ prisoner
who will have to answer similar
charges there.
The detectives claim that they have
evidence of six other victims who have
been poisoned for their insurance
money, and several others who barely
escaped by the discovery of his purposes
and frustrating his plans before it was
too late.