The evening world., 1894-05-10
Mr.. CHAMBERS JOKE.
It Game Near Causing q Sensation
in Dr.. Meyers Trial.
Alleged Proposition for q Plea Of
Guilty Of Manslaushter.
Mr.. Mcintyre Refuses Il and MI.
Chanler Says He Was Testing.

There was a little nuttering sensation
to break the monotony Of the Meyer trial
this afternoon. 1t was a tender babe.
and 1t died youns living less han an
hour.
The report got out at recess that Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler. OF DR.. Meyers coun-
sci, had asked Prosecutor Mcintyre II he
would accept a plea OF manslaughter in
the first degree from DR. Meyer.
Mr.. Mcintyre confirmed this report.
For m~anslaughter. DR.. Meyer might be
Mr.. Brooke said on the subject:
81 don't know anything about II. Mr..
Chanler had nc authority TO make any
such offer. and l don't believe he did.
on Mr.. CHAMBERS part"
Mr.. Chanler came into court late, He
was much astorished to learn OF the
sensation he had unconsciously created.
There's not a word Of truth in IL:
AS we were leaving the courtroom l
said to Mr.: Mcintyre; a.. .... ,,,s
afternoon. Mace -
mo, we VIII hardly nnish'' he re-
How would you like us to offer. a
plea OF ~manslaughter in the first de-
ITO which he replied: I wouldn't take
it,
~ guess you wouldn't, either. and l
guess we wouldn't offer It, l made re-
turn.
seemed to me to Indicate a feeling in
our favor, n the idea in my mind was
that Mcintyre would like to accept a
P % ! oa,y any a ,d aied a no s sst out was Gf nothing ie; II
that gould possibly be twisted in'o an
Dr. Charles L; Peabody came to the
ical and pathological expert. to say.
from all the known facts about the i'll,
ness. death, pathology and chemical
analysis Of Brandt-Baum. what caused
Mr.. Wellman read a Hypothetical cues
ton that would MI a column OF tn he
asked at Its conclusion:
There being the facts; what In u
opinion was the cause of death?.
patient died as the result Of arsenic
and anthony poisoning.
Mr.. Mcintyre, who carries the burder
Of %or The p%r9 9sem aRrs re GeG nnswoq a letter s. v th,s
cents Hospital. In which the writer
says that had the detectives called or
him when witness Frank Burke disap.
peared, he could have located the miss
He says Burke. who. was a prisoner
In Cook County Jail in 1890 with DR.
aasyssr; MS Il tn. srs ess.I a aas%i 3ass
and claims to have been in the insurance
known as .Mr F. W. Lindsey. manage
s ssa Man'y ss q and mill ~, Sew snS %G 3hs, f sis %ifs
Nine. Sanger, is known as Carrie
Sanger" a ~spiritualistic medium known
all oyer the country.
Brooke In reading sections of the by.
Rs Pc lentered question an o sSssnss ~n1 ii
TSSuna whole se QUESTION Siss a" on oe fss saeun e
that running all through It were fact.
alleged only on the uncorroborated testi
mony Of the accomplish. Brandt. and
that the law would not permit the con
alteration OF that testimony.
Mr.. Wellman declared that every par;
tlcle Of Brandt's testimony that had
fully Excluded from the question, and
after a few notifications. principally
in the use Of technical terms, the Re-
corder permitted DR.. Peabody to answer
The cross-examination OF DIR. Peabod,
by DR.. o'Sullivan. consumed all OF thu
forenoon session, DR.. O'Sullivan leading
the S M,tness a Of m ma;er iaa med SSsr s siI ..
tons. subjective and objective, poison,
and their effects. and diseases that pro
duce symptoms, and post-mortem effect.
cases Of poisoning by arsenic or anti
But Or. ,Peabody's opinion as to tn
cause OF death in the case Of Brand
returning to his first retoinder:
Some Of the conditions, detached
from the others. might indicate som,
convince me that this man died from
a%rsenical and anthony poisoning, ant
could have died of nothing else"