The sun., 1894-04-28
MILLER REPEATS HIS STORY,
,yr COURT sPEcrlroRG LISTEN
bND LlzILT.

MURDER NIlhi 10 htVWtI phVhNNHs-
liz Ip ton floor room OF the General Sessions
ms n,,., ~ wbsre the hum from Broadway and
e.Ssrs eunuI street comes lsziy like the soft and
tnsm uun, sounds which first fret and then lull TO
Wv. The boys in = country school who are
r.oT .I,s those last few weeks before the sum-
s..o,ions Recorder Smyth has adopted
..to about admission to the court room
,,.h adds to the classroom resemblance.
So, mora than score OF people were sd-
Wt,.d ye,terday, and they were scattered
M, the big room in . llstless summer
..Soo,.day fashion. During the afternoon
.s.rn elln,s OF sunshine shot IN past the half
.,o.sd western curtains and played hide and
~ among the rival curls clustering high
AVER the glistening foreheads OF Counsellor
brooke and Col. Fellows.
Throuch the open southern windows the
,.Int oder Of the newly planted bed OF tulips in
S,v Hall park drifted in with the spring time
.anos OF two busy thrushos. In the room
,bsrs we're only Ave men always alive to the
,,ocsedings: the "implacable, white-faced"
p,corder; the cunning faced little German.
r.,l Muller who was telling In low. soft. mu-
,,e.l tones the awful tale OF the murder he
,op,esses that he helped to do; the drawn
i.ced. blocking defendant, Meyer. whose
u,s was being sworn away by the soft-toned
vitness; the prosecuting oiIlcer. Mr.. McIn-
,yrs who was conducting the examination.
and the silent, busy court stenographer.
There we're others who took spasmodlc In
tsres. in the proceedings The people OF the
state Of New York were numerously reDre-
,sntsd. COL Fellows. the District Attorney.
Was there, sitting in the angle formed by the
b.r rail and the front OF the jury box. separated
only by the rail from his old law partner.
Charles Brooke. senior counsel for the defence.
iacine the witness, and at the table before him
sat two other assistants from the Diesrict
oft tlpe. AZ the table outside the rail- next to Mr.
brooke, Mr.. Chanler. his junior associate. sat.
generally with his hands thrust far Into his
Ha oStwsrd curve i Of his very high coiisr Next to
him sat the defendant to whom no one ever
:DS :SSts c Ss Sa ss 06s deenG
ants third counsel: smilins 1ns cyntSaIly soms,
Times times ~ held trSnsorips Of the testim tax en-
when sn' he S' oSserved that the blinking little
mony verbatim as he had given tat the former
trial
tive. S' The PR' odor do of the fresh aowers the hum
from the distant street, the warmth of the
HSGsa 'sH su%S.T snS q
not its .eality. Heads would nod and a. droop %
nd rest OysT un Sn tqss.dI ,hnn HaSd
be related and shock every one into wakeful-
ness
ONer IN one COEnoI VI tuo CoutkEoo" "otiUu-
less and far apart from eyery one else. sat the
pretty yeung woman KNOW as ~ ths ,ha deisnd a.r'.
% VII. and ws u
Iled to It's fatal end tn: plot TO kill tndSTle
But during the recess hours a woman in deep
mourning went to Mrs. Meyer's side ca
s' tse resess % hour taxing orders for lunch and o.
this man the woman n moufniinG mourn i,f, ordered
Who is " charged with murder. After, Mrs.
Meyer had eaten. the other woman held her
hnd aS9 BEEN In tn. Tombs and tho
House oi Detention Tor eight months. yet she
looks like a woman Il. good oircumstsness
gray dress OF fashionable cut a black ha.
trimmed with purple Wild flowers new and and
thrown back over her chair was a wrap whose
lining would induce any woman to expose it
Ths rhs Witness s prattied on and on Interrupted
how and then by a question from the examin-
court. who. In the summer country school re-
sem tance. had the part OF the conscientious
sons nnoassd ali tRs awys1s ia way not ss
Muller was testifying to the fact that the do
sprlnkling il over his food.
How did no sprinkle it; what from ?" inter-
vrom a small boddls." answered the
WHAT'S thsta" asked Mr.. Brooke, and Col
leEs Est9ok his hands ont oat Of his e Poskets: 3. t.,
"A small smail 0Si So,sio ssscIsH sscIsimsd Mf. Wsiiman
and DR.. Osullivan thoughtiuily. in chorus.
BiocHs' iSckinr hard hard a. Col Fellows. asked:
A small bottle OF whatw
Eeco.dsr swept q. the sounssl ~ si With
lust little bit. and said:
"A small bottle OF poison"
All" said MIR. Brooke sadly.
Mr Chanler returned his hands to his pock-
cts and his chin to h!s collar. but Mr.. Wellman
OsuIlvan winked gravely. and the two shortly
.terward silently stole away, and whom they
SstuTDsd rnsSshs they looked uneOmmOnly innocent
The Incident. somehow. seemed to max Q Col.
Fellows irritable. He showed this later when
laugh. Col. Fellows arose and said that In bis
opinion court proceeding wherson human
and he hoped sss would psa sSf pSopsi
regard Tor the ,proprieties. MIR, Brooke saw
a as r qS aS. tIs SHs sbs sh the SSss he
where he told 9i IeeeivInE letter from Meyer
mWhsrs is that lstterF" Mr. Mcintyr. asked.
Put the letter in his, trunk, but It, was not
there now; and he had searched for 4 in vain.
s. dS Sussicn siis5 'sz HI BS:te sSs S. bu.
sam. question was, asked on, the former trial.
brooke asked tbs privilege OF calling the Re
corders attention to the record. In doing so.
testimony, Mr.. Brooke caught the fact that
Muller had then testified that he had torn the
letter up.
Then I withdraw the question" Col Fsl-
lows remarked gracefully II the witness
hsd lost the letter. counsePs objection would
pot be good. but IL witness has. by his own act.
deprived himself OF the letter the objection il
am deeply obliged to the District Attorney
lor sustaining my objection after the Court
bow.
,,.TEhs The question has been withdrawn" said
,g.lS Then agSin the witness bA6bled on. He told
business short" when Brandt did not die OF
i she doses of antimony; and he did cut 1t short
with liberal doses OF arsenic.
Ahd all day the court room, where q man
Who said he had plotted TO kill another told
story which was meant to kill still
anolhsT. was flllsd with the spring perfumes
i,tom The park. the notes OF spring birds. and
20 on on Monday.