The evening world., 1894-04-18
Says HIS WIFE WAS BEATEN.
But DR.. Meyers Story Is Contra
dicted by Warden Fallon.
New Panel of Jurors Summoned for
tho Murder Trial.

DR.. Henry C. F.. Meyer. on trial for
murder In Part ii OF the Court OF Cen
eral Sessions. was much detected when
he appeared in court this morning.
He said he had been told by one Of
the keepers at the Tombs that his wife,
Mrs. Mary Meyer. had been the victim
OF vicious assault In the female prison
at the Tombs last night
They said my wife got both eyes
badly blacSened and cut. that she was
knocked down and kicked by some
drunken woman. and that she was pros
trated and quite III this morning in con-
sequence. said the doctor.
TT Is a burning shame. My wife
Is in delicate health at best. Her baby
was born and has died since she
was arrested on the pretense that she
crime charged against me.
Hers is a sensitive organization, and
her Imprisonment in the noisome Tombs,
and the awful charge made against her,
have rendered her condition very deli
cate. Now to let her be assaulted by
some bag is too much"
According to Warden Fallon, of the
Tombs, Mrs. Meyer was not bruised
or injured nor is she suffering in any
way from the assault said to have been
committed on her.
the name of Maud Winfield, who is
charged with felonious assault" said the
Warden.
she had been drinking heavily be-
fore she was brought here. and yester.
day morning was on the verge of
Mrs. Meyer and several other pris-
speaking to her Mrs. Meyer ap,
Who put her a. hand i' against Mrs Meye a,
'hSsk an Me ssqv sas her not Snr 1t could
hardly be called an assault. The wo-
man was irritable and cross and wanted
to be left alone"
Meyer differs in his tory from the state
ment OF Warden Fallon regarding the al
legged assault upon Mrs; Meyer. ~
in the Tombs this afternoon and he says:
The truth is this: Mrs. Meyer sat
reading a letter when, this drunken
woman bounced upon her and struck
The blow felled Mrs. Meyer to the floor
and to-day both her eyes are discolored,
and she is In state bordering on pros
tration; She Is In a highly nervous con-
at is not true hiatt Mrs. Meyer in
terfered with that woman In any way.
Mrs. Meyer is a fragile woman, refined
companions forced upon her in her
present unfortunate surroundings"
There were six men In the jury box
when the trial OF DR.. Meyer was re-
sumed be fore Recorder Smyth. in Part
II. of the Court of General Sessions, this
morning, AMI n special panel of 100
jurors was on hand from which to select
the other six men to try the man who is
charged with numbering Ludwig Brandt
These are the Jurors sworn UP to last
night. They had been chosen from 2O7
citizens examined by the lawyers
wERsEEE. JOHN w. foreman: a clerk for
Tent. Weller q Co.. who lives at 225+ Seventh
wEIDNER. OTTO A.. publishing business 4s
University place; residence. Is East Eleventh
NERHooD. JACOB c.. restaurant keeper. as
East Twenty-third street
CROSSE. CHARLES. hardware. i6+s Second
MiDDLEBRooK. EUGENE o.. printer. IS.
vesey street: resdeI.ce 1874 Third avenue.
VAUDEVILLE. HENRY c.. builder. III West
Thirty-ssventh street; residence. 3o5 Amsterdam
avenue.
The Sitting for jurors" as 1t Is
ent success to-day again. The first
twelve men revealed conscientious
scruples in eight cases. bias in one and
two men held policies In the Mutual In
surance Company.
Michael Mclean, of 70 West Seventy.
man Tor the jury, but Mr. Brooke. Of
DR.. Meyer counsel peremptoril"
challenged him.
One citizen declared that he would not
convict n man OF murder unless he saw
the murder himself.
Twenty-seven men examined before
recess brought no juror to the seventh
chair,