The evening world., 1894-05-11
Evidence Against Alleged Poi
soner Meyer All In.
~counseIlor Brooke's Motion to
Acquit Promptly Denied.
LAWYER ChanIer Opens for the De-
tense This Afternoon.

ZION IN liz EhtyNh t'N
d,agram of the fiat 800 East Thir-
tenth street, where the alleged poison
ing occurred, was put in evidence.
Frank snyder, Tn lertaker Kip's as
sistant, was recalled 10 the witness
stand. He had testified that the name
ON the cards given to him when he went
after the body In EVerEreens C EN- boiy
was supposed to be that of q: II. M. j.
baum and was buried under that name.
This morning. he iden lned me Sards
! themselves a transit permit and a New
stown burial permit TO- the BODY of q.
n. NJ. J. Baum.
niJuror Charles Crosse, at the opening of
ptourt. handed to the Recorder a letter
ykhat had been addressed to him. but
when he said he hadn't read: The Re
horde. read the letter. but made no com
n, While the transit permit and burial
U,ermit were under discussion. and the
ot.ecorder was looking over his minutes
grf Snyder's testimony. Mt. Weliman'
tmade some on the documents
Mr.. Brooke rebuked him. A tilt fol-
lowed in which Mr.. Brooke said, in
"You are the most unfair man that
I ever tried a case with, Mr.. Wellman;
Comment COM NnH" before s"ae tiRHe jury u4yt no f's"' 10
MIR. Brooke asked the witness to look
at the DOCUMENTS and tell by what
point ne nal lQentlleu tnem.
by the name Gustav Brandt" replied
the muddled witness, helplessly.
Mr.. Brooke went at Snyder with en-:
ergy. He got Snyder to say he identified
the papers by their colors. OF course,
all these ape are alike in color. Then
Snyder, when asked when he first saw
the papers, said he never saw them be-
at ll.4o o'clock.
What! Aren't you going to call Coro.
leading witnesses on the former trial,
and l shall ask to have his TESTIMONY
giyen, on that trial read to the jury
asked 3 ktSbt Mr. and Brooks : 1iscu He ela fnT1ewa this as
In the midst Of the discussion Of the
subject by Mr.. Brooke, Mr.. Weliman
withdrew all objections to reading the
4 testimony of the Coroner. and Recorder
II Smyth made haste to strike " all the
4 talk from the records. Then Mr.. Well
Imam read DR.. schultze's direct testimony,
Mr.. Brooke following him with the cross
\ examination.
MIR. Brooke's desire to get the Coroner's
\ testimony before, the, jury was to show
OF Brandt's body at the instance Of the
4 Mutual Life Insurance Company. not at
the instance Of the New York District
4 Observation-Disclosures Nicoll afterwards.
The defense claims that the body was
s nss% gssw it,1f e kas sp the 's Mata thf I RfifGfG thn,
everybody was working for, rather than
for the State. Mr.. Brooke wanted to
bring out also that the Coroner had no'
M siraa julian ng a aSiee Mr.. Gillette Tile " Of the Mu:
tual Life Insurance Company. and held
The lawyer read the minutes of the
cross-examination with telling dramatic
effect. He was followed by Mr.; Nc
direct testimony. Then Mr.. Brooke de-
manded that the prosecution produce
the capsule picked out Of a number Su o,
as the size filled by Or. Meyer with
pure arsenic for dosing Brandt.
Muller testified that Dr., Meyer gave
Brandt these arsenic capsules every day
for four or five days till Brandt died
Mr.. Brooke contends that one of these
capsules filed with pure arsenic wouit
have killed Brandt within the hour.
Both Mcintyre and Wellman declared
that they didn't know what had become
of the capsule. although by Mr.. Brooke!
request; , Clerk ND Me eiyen h1 Il ,Sta a't the II GUS 81
4 tody of the prosecution, at the close o
the former trial
Mr.. Wellman said fippantly: -,
"Select any size capsule you like, Mr.
Brooke. and we will concede that that Il
the size Muller identified as the size use'
\ by DR.. Meyer"
the defense. 1t is your plain duty, am
you know It. 70, produce the capsule
4 Identified by Muller
Their was more sparring and Mr.. Well
man said he was trying to saye time
while Mr.. Brooke had been wasting tint
NOV, What is this? Is this a publ,
censor Of the acts of everybody else II
this court? l will not submit; l-bu
there, ! will not say ANYTHING. The IN
man are beneath even c~ontemptuou'
II Was finally agreed that a No.
la o. no tho civn
4 A No. 3 is about as big as a thimbl'
| for q lady's little finger might be
4 The Recorder pulled a dollar out OF hi!
said, with disgust expressed in face an
.H%Go out and buy a lot of sample cap
Mr.. Brooke moved that the jury be In
structed to acquit DR.. Meyer, because o
alleged variations of the proof with tn
charges; First II;s n the ,hdic!ment y ehdrs (,
the proof was that, Ludwig, Brandt
was the man who died; the indictmen
the evidence showed that arsenic and an
timony was used; II II Is believec
whole. nature of the charge against hin
and the report of Prof. Doremus. rer
dered in May, and the statement Q
Observation-Disclosures that the use Of bot
arsenic and anthony was charged. an
= II was his duty to submit all these fact
TO the Grand Jury, so that they Nigh
be incorporated In the indictment I
inform the defendant what accuse
ton he had to meet. and because tn
= testimony of accomplice Muller had nc
been corroborated In accordance wit
the law.
This formal motion was denied an
n recess was ordered, prior to Nj
Chandler's opening address.
Mr.. Chanler opened the case for the d.
Tense, this afternoon. The address ind
Gated that the defense would rely, as |
the former trial. on a conflict OF opinio
among the experts, rather than a denii
OF any Of the facts arrayed by the pros,
cution.
The lawyer declared that the Mutui
Life Insurance Company had lavishe
It's money in an effort TO convict ID
Meyer In order to escape the payment
Insurance money; he charged that II
PInkert) m detectives had procured wi
Lesses and taught them what to testif,
mat experts were untrustworthy an
mat the men who had testified again
pr. Meyer were, ma ~ OF them, ~self-coi
tsSed jail birds, thieves, murderers an
thorough rascalS. The address Occlpl,
one and one-half hours.
AZ the close OF the address Mr.. Wei
man offered to correct some statemei
Tegarding the evidence Mr.. Chadler col
teh,ded, Mr.. Brooks called out: Don
under any circumstances have n col
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