The evening world., 1894-05-03
|DR, MEYERS "PAL."
Emicago Jack" Gardner Cross
Examined by Mr.. Brooke.
me Accused Prisoner Writes a Let
ter to a Witness Against Him.
Hairdresser Greuter to Get
a Photograph Resembling Him.

Photograph hescrhDilhS him.
.The more crooks Of his kline they
hing here as witnesses against DR..
Never, the better 1 shall be satisfied"
kuuttered Charles w. Brooke. as he
kved Chicago Jack" Gardner. alias
krAtkins," before resuming his cross
Examination of that hollow-eyed, sunk
kn.cheeked, sallow and ja~il-bird-voiced
k.aim-ham'' operator this morning.
Gardner was in the Cook County Jail
with Muller. DR.. Meyer. Brandt and
baum in 1890, and tells a startling tale
III Or, Meyers condolences to him re-
EardIng a scheme to do away with Lud-
wig Brandt in 1891. This fellow, who
has been a crook for years and is now
hbsent from Chicago to the cost Of his
bondsmen in a burglary affair, testified
That as early as 1891 DIR. Meyer had In
kured Brandt's life for $500 In the
Equitable Insurance Company Of ILL
tois, and was planning to kill him with
titro-glycerine poison.
There was no suggestion of using
i,aum's name in that scheme. but Mrs.
lIeyer was tc figure as Brandt's widow.
the was to wear. black and play cry
3lg'' at the insurance office. But Meyer
That naturally ended their 'palship.'
"Chicago Jack" testified that by the
Direction Of pr. Meyer he n Brandt
! lXperimented, with 1t on .%"niggers and
Iramps''' on the lake front in Chicago.
That it knocked the victims out.
kas the result uitf Of your "e e4periments?
IL i%,niggers and tramps?'" asked Mr..
Brooke.
"Yes. sir; I looked in the papers next
morning, but l didn't see any account
their death" replied the man whose
kOng ~sojourn in ja,ls had made his voice
bepulchral from long disuse.
did you look in the Morgue?"
mo. sir"
Gardner laid warily this morning that
Mt ia'' at Me Eis talks TRs w fTsa0ep pT, MRs Fssr
but that when she was present nothing
Fas said about poisoning Brandt or amy
ne else; Muller was not present at
b. Meyer, and Brandt only two or three
dressed to tell what induced him to
mt from the Indian Territory to New
fork to testify against DIR. Meyer. Gard
er said he came in response to letters
Rom John Wright and Mrs. Morey.
bent, and Mrs; Morey he boarded with
Gardner said le had given into his
! lIt Nllht . III u safe httDlUR
letter written to him by DIR. Meyer.
Re offered, with charming naivete, to
bad a copy of 1t. to the jury, and when
I Brooke Numbered at him he said shrink
"Well. I'll have the original here for
, bu. My brother will send tiff he re-
Juror Ascheim asked a question, and
e crook replied that he did not see DIR.
&eyer after his last trouble in Chi
so, but he got a letter from him dated
me the four conspira tors were here and
be OF them being slowly poisoned to
, Mattie stichter, a young woman with
plain face, from Chicago, where she
manufacturer of children's clothing.
, hme next to the witness stand. h
fentre street, Chicago. next door to
pr. Meyer; that she called for medical
teatment; that his household included
The witness Identified Mrs. Meyer in
rOurt, n said the two photographs in
keurt were portraits. of Brandt.
In lSSl Or; Meyers house was closed in
\ Richter said that Mr.. Fink, of the
, Eutual Life Insurance Company. dis
bvered her two or three weeks ago
ina induced her to come to New York
/ LHer testimony was valuable only to
lhow the marital relationship of DIR.
tn1td Mrs. Meyer. and their relations
\ :Maggte Greuter, a hairdresser. Of 272
} EohaWk street. Chicago. corroborated
YThen she related that her mother wen,
70 Europe IN September, 1891. with DR..
tnd Mrs. Never. and that the latter
Returned Oct. &c.
mat DR.. Meyer went to Europe to learn
. about Baum's antecedents for use
J r the Insurance swindle and to play off
= klrs. Meyer as Baum's widow on his
parents IN an effort 10 get money from
hem. ~
LIN the latter part of February, 1892"
BY home. He said he was going to Den
Ter on business. He said he had some
klends there and expected to be absent
. Cree or four weeks. ! never saw DR..
vOurt.'
Muller was brought in and the Chi
uasn female hairdresser identified him
"Reinhold E:lein,' who went to her
!. April, 1892, with two letters from Mrs.
Nleyer, directing her TO turn over the
j. IeyS of the Doctors house 10 nm. as
, e had bought the furniture. Klein. or
/, FULLER, had a bin of sale of the furni-
rS and took the goods away.
/, lIhe Witness i1entined a letter as one re-
Eye by her from Dr. Meyer last sun
i, vs. We're plainly troubled by this. Or.
sSllIyan engaged In n whispered talk
Nv br. Never, His tcne was remon-
Istiye, Mr.. Brooke bent over his
HerS and affected Indifference. while
e Fellows. Mr.. Mcintyre INC Mr..
IGG,mnn examined the letter. which was
NJ; Mcintyre said he'd have It trans
before reading II.
4 Aiter recess the letter addressed by
/ y Meyer to the female hairdresser was
eal 70 he jury in translation. In 1t
Meyer asked Miss Greuter to re-
$ern TO him n photograph of him. and
{vSus7ted her to get for him a photo
Ssph of n tencher in the Barclay
AnutGl named H~offey-"one taken with
Ehlskers like mine says the letter.
ne inference Is that Ir. Meyer con-
seu Il resemblance to Hoffey, and
nLtI TO use the photograph of the
Trner TO confuse witnesses.
inns photograph Will be taken for
Ivy and VIII make a big sensation
me companies never dreamed Of"
NJ ,Ts Dr, Meyer. The public is on
~ 'nS. They have offered my sweet
her liberty, but my lawyers will
nd t SGt ner. They offered her 500. 900 to
VI against me. but she told them
Iuid only, tell the truth. and they
'ps not let hcr."
ua astounding letter to n woman come
: s,y,WA York from Chicago to testify
~~..St him Is explained In an afi-
" Ny offered by Mr.. Brooke. but not
n was signed and sworn to by
6ssnsit9 '%irruter y her mother, Maria