The evening world., 1894-05-11
PEOPLES CASE ENDS.
Evidence Against Alleged Poi
soner Meyer All In.
Counsellor Brooke's Motion to
Acquit Promptly Denied.
Lawyer Chanlcr Opens for the De-
fensc This Afternoon.

to clear up in the case for the prosecu-
ton in the Meyer trial this morning.
A diagram of the fiat 800 East Thir-
tcCnth street, where the alleged poison
ing occurred. was put in evidence.
Frank Snyder, Undertaken kip's as
s%istant, was recalled to the witness
stand. He had testified that the name
on the cards given to him when he went
after the body in Evergreens Cemetery.
was Ludwig Brandt. although the body
VAS supposed to be that Of c.. II. NJ. j.
Baum. and was buried under that name.
This morning he identified the cards
themselves. a transit permit and a New
town burial permit 70" the body of q.
ii. Nj. j. Baum.
Juror Charles Crosse. Mt the opening of
court. handed to the Recorder IA letter
that had been addressed to him, but
which he said he ha'ln't read. The Re
corde. read the letter. but made no com
ment.
While the transit permit and burial
permit were under discussion. and the
Recorder was looking over his minutes
Of Snyder's testimony, Mr.. Wellman.
leaning on the rail before the jury-box,
made some on the documents
Mr.. Brooke rebuked him. A tilt fol-
~dignantly:
I ever tried a case With. Mr. Weilman;
you know that you have no right to
comment before the jury"
Mr., Brooke asked the witness to look
point he had identified them.
"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 papers are alike In color. Then
Snyder, when asked when he first saw
fore to-day. He was glad to get away.
The people rest" said Mr.. Mcintyre
What Aren't you going to call Coro;
leading witnesses on the former trial
and l shall ask to have his testimony
given on that trial read to the jury
a right, and a discussion followed.
In the midst of the discussion OF the
subject by Mr.. Burke. Mr.. Wellmar
withdrew all objections to reading the
smythe made haste to strike .all this
talk" from the records. Then Mr.. Well.
man read ID. SchultZe's direct testimony,
Mr., Burke following Wa, the cross-ex'
Mr.. Brooke's desire to get the Coroner's
testimony before the jury was to show
that that official ordered the exhuming
of Brandt's body at the instance of the
the Instance of the New York District
Attorney. AMI that the legal authority
to- resurrect the body was obtained from
The defense claim that the body was
exhumed illegally and that the perform.
anCe showed 1t was the Mutual Life that
everybody was working for, rather th1 u
bring out also that the Coroner had not
held an inquest, as the law directs. In.
stead, he accepted the attidayits OF
Mr.. Julian and Mr.. Gillette. of the Mu
tual Life Insurance Company, and helt
his tongue.
The lawyer read the minutes of the
cross-examination with telling dramatic
direct testimony. Then Mr. Brooke de
manded that the prosecution produc,
s shs SRpSS on R Ihe for 1"t G tria a pS" Mall 81
pure arsenic for dosing Brandt,
Muller testified that DR., Meyer gnv'
Brandt these arsenic apsules every da,
for four or five days ill Brandt died
Mr.. Brooke contends that capsules hlleC
with pure arsenic would have kille,
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 Welsh had sealed 1t II
the envelope and given IT into the Gus
tody. Of the prosecution. at the close o
the former trial.
Mr.. ,Wellman said fippantly:
Select any size capsule you like. Mr.
the size Muller identified as the size useC
by DR.. Meyer"
Wei, MIR. Weliman. we will conduc
the defense. II Is your plain duty. an,
identified by Muller"
The was more sparring and Mr.. Well
man said he was trying to save time
while Mr.. Brooke had been wasting tint
| nil morning.
Nov, what is this? Is this a publ,
censor or the, acts or everybody else, II
this court? | win not submit; l-bu
there, / will not say anything. The in
~terruptions and interfcrcnCes OF thij
man are beneath even contemptuoui
II was finally agreed that a No.
capsule should he accepted as the size
A No. 2 is about as big as a thimblt
for a lady's little finger might be,
The Recorder pulled a dollar out of hi:
pocket, handed II TO Il messenger anC
said, with disgust expressed in face anc
voice:
60 out inc buy a lot OF sample cap
sules."
Mr., Brooke moved that the jury be in
structed to acquit Or Meyer. because o.
alleged variations of the, proof with thu
Gharges, First the ind!ctment charge
Baum" and suggested no aliases, Will,
the proof was that Ludwig Brandt
was the man who died; the !ndictmen
CndIEfH POISONING Nv d~ltlIn ny, "Hl,i
the evidence showed hat arsenic and an
that lnder the conditions. Dr
tirnuny were used, II It Is believe
that under the Constitution, III
Meyer was entitled % know tn,
whole nature Of the charge against him
and the report OF Prof. Doremus, rem
dcred In May. and the statement o
Muller. made In June. Informed tn,
District-Attorney hat the use OF boil
arsenic and anthony was charged, an
Is was his duty TO submit all these fact
to the Grand Jury, so that they nigh
be incorporated In the indictment 4
inform the defendant OF what accuse
ton he n to meet. and because III,
testimony of accomplice Muller had no
been corroborated In accordance will
the law.
This formal motion was denied am
n recess was ordered, prior to MI
CHAMBERS openig address.
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