The sun., 1893-12-08
THE CASE AGAINST MEYER.
an OUTLINE OF THE EVIDENCE
AGAINST THE ALLEGED PofsoNER.

In the Court Of oyer and Tetminer, Assistant
District Attorney John L. Mcintyre in his
| opening address last evening gave tho facts,
CLEANED In three States and in Europe. OF the
| elaborate preparations by which. 1t is claimed
Meyer poisoned his friend. Ludwig Brandt to
| obtain the So 500 Insurance on his life. APP
| prised for the first time fully OF all the evil
denIe against him. the defendant became
restive. and had to be restrained several times
by his counsel. He became pale at times and
trembed. When Mr. Mcintyre said the prs-
| oner had been accused by insurance companies
OF having been twice tried for murder. Meyer
shouted out excitedly In his strong German
accent:
IT'S n lie; a dirty lier
When Mr.. Mcintyre described how the de-
fendants wife had passed herself of as the
wife OF the deceased Mrs Meyer sitting In the
dark corner she has been occupying. would
occasionally smile. 1t made her smile TO hear
It said that che had told the insurance people
that the deceased had been a good husband
to her.
In the Cook county jail. Chicago, in January,
1890. according to Mr.. Mcintyre. there were
four mon who subsequently figured in name
or otherwise in the all eyed murder OF Brandt
One OF them was DR.. Meyer Meyer had been
licensed In Chicago in 1873. after graduating
from q medical institution and had practised
IVA pONoAhi Jeaio' bHoINlS tHo
onment he had got Into difficulty about the
presentment Of fraudulent Insurance claims
to an insurance company Of Chicago for
which he was the medical examiner
Ludwig Brandt had been employed in the
same company and was arrested on the same
charge. Brandt had come to this country ten
years before. He was the black sheep OF q
good family In Norway. Brandt first tried re-
porting on Norwegian paper in Chicago. and
then became solicitor for the insurance COM
pany. He and Meyer were fast friends, and
Brandt was under his control. At
the jall they became acquainted with
Gustav Heinrich Marie Joseph Baum. who
was aiterward personated by Brandt.
Baum was In Jail for forgery. The
fourth man was known there as August
Winners. and subsequently as Carl Muller.
which last name Mr.. Mcintyre said he would
carry through the case. Muller was In Jail be-
cause Of violations Of the postal laws. He has
turned States evidence in the present case,
and Is the principal witness for tho prosecu-
tion. He brings the love feature into the story
by his marriage to Mary Mess. after he had
rescued her, as It is said. from similar death
to that OF Brandt She has been attending
court with Muller.
In JAIL" Mr.. Mcintyre said. DR. Meyer told
Muller that he had a scheme by which they
could grow fabulously rich. Meyer said After
you have served your time come to me- Meyer
and Brandt soon got out OF jail. but Baum and
Muller were each sentenced for a year. After
his roease Baum got In tho tolls again for
forgery. Muller remem bered what Meyer had
told him about making money. He looked
up the name In the Chicago directory
and went to see Meyer at 33l Centre street,
where he was practcing medicine. Meyer
told OF q plan to get insurance on false GER
~ h,tN M,tI1n aII No.
panies we're too sharp and he did not want to
go ba ck to Jail. Amonth later. In July. 1891.
Dr. Meyer called on Muller and gave more
particulars OF his plan. In August Meyer
called again. The plans did not seem prac-
ticable TO Muller; Finally Meyer said:
any lie Insurance company. Ny idea is to
insure Brandt who was, Iai with us. lie isa
have him, personate Baum. who is in iail at
Cincinnati. Brandt will take ont insurance in
granted /, will get history of the antecedents
Between Aug IL and - Brandt went to
then in the best OF health. We shall SHOW n that
and saw Baum, He found out where Baum's
parents lived in, Germany. and subsequently,
On lis rst"pn 10 10 Ills eoansry eySr again
sought out Muller. He told him that he, would
o s ESa ssna bHnS under
and under tho cnre Of physician he said. i've
will take him away then. where will get, him
We shall show that on Feb, IL, 1852, in
ally married his own wiie Amelia to brandt
before q clergyman in Chicago. and on Feb.
s Hned He poes. reGs to the his a"ms % PAs
banm. Brandt md was also pSTty to & The scheme
could disappear. and, that the dead body |
would complete the deceDtlon. Brandt and |
two tickets given them by Meyers to carry out |
this ARRANGEMENT. They stopped the first |
hired fiat for $50 month at 32O East Thir. |
teenth street. Brandt Immediately wrote the |
aum that he bad come a"r this s city aa PesdS
Muller being afraid. hired a room for himself. |
uns baS% n fsb P" Sn sGS Gc'T
came from Chicago, They stopped the first
night at the Morton Houso and then vent to
Mr.. Mcintyre said that Brandt agreed to
take laxatiye medicine, and Meyer went with
could not obtain It without prescription. At
a second store store Meyer Ginye q prrsscrirtion.
Irons otit. They then had to get by arranss,
ment Ient q young physlsian. Who would not be
Of a person he was. lie told him that he was
physician from Colorado and needed money
and could not SPARE money Tor strangers. Or.
Meyer was satisfied with Dr. Minden and sent
Muller to engage him 10 attend Brandt. IT.
Minden WAS required to call every day from |
March almostt to March 30 when Brandt died |
In the meanwhile said Mr.. Mcintyre, |
' Muller saw DT, Meyer put Antimony each
iay into the food Of Brandt. who was suffering
the tortures Of the damned. Ills eyes would
bulge from their sockets, and he would 10
seiZed with horrible pains after his meals nr
Meyer told Brandt that no was getting better.
Then Muller AMI Meyer BEGAN to look about
'or corpse And they went 10 the MorgUe one
lHht TO CLAIM one hs being that OF
Meyer said that he would get another
sick man TO live ut the fiat. Muller then be-
'ame suspicious. and asked II Meyer really iu-
ended to kill Brandt Meyer said he did, as
ne had no money to get a CORPSE. lie was not
satisfied with antmony, ana would use pure
arsenic, Meyer went to a druggist in Jersey
ity and got the arsenic. lie gayo four or
I've doses to Brandt.
After the death uf Prandt Mrs Mever put on
Widows weeds She went 10 tho Washington
lie Insurance Company with Muller and got
$1,000 giving the check to Meyer, who got the
IwneI nf the fiat TO cash H.. Meyer gave ; 1LO
q Muller and told him to get out, Muller left |
Meyer went 10 tho New York Life Insurance
company with his wife next day and got
81 600. The following day they tried the /