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

10 CledT up III tne case LOT tHe pTOSetu-
tion in the Meyer trial this morning.
| A diagram of the fiat 800 East Thir-
teenth street. where the alleged poison
| ing occurred. was put in evidence.
Frank Snyder, Undertaken Kip's as
| sstant, 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 Evergreens Cemetery,
was Ludwig Brandt, although the body
was supposed to be that OF G.. il. NJ. J.
| Baum and was buried under that name
This morning he identified the cards
themselves a transit permit and New
town burial permit TO- the body of G.
II. NJ. J. Baum.
Juror Charles Crosse. at the opening Of
court. handed to the Recorder n letter
that had been addressed to him. but
which he said he hadn'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
I of Snyder's testimony, Mr.. Wellman,
leaning on the rail before the jury-boX,
made some comment on the documents
to the jury.
Mr.. Brooke rebuked him. A tilt fol-
lowed In which Mr.. Brooke said' in
"You are the most, unfair man that
i ever tried case with, Mr.. Wellman;
Mr.. Brooke asked the witness to look
at the documents and tell by what
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. or course
! 81 these re al ka n pp
Snyder when asked when he first saw
the papers. said he never saw them be-
fore to-day. He was glad to get away.
What! Aren't you going to call Coro-
,ner, Schultze? He was one OF your
and l shall ask to have his testimony
given on that trial read to the jury"
asked Mr.. Brooke. He claimed this as
rsn the mids OF the Of
subject by Mr. Burke, Mr.. Wellman
withdrew all objections to reading the
testimony of the Coroner, and Recorder
! Smythe made haste to strike ''all this
talk" from the records. Then Mr.. Well
man read n. Schultzes direct testimony,
Mr.. Burke following w...I the cross-eX-
Mr.. Brooke's desire to get the Coroner's 5
testimony before the jury was to show
that that official ordered the eXhumng
of Brandt's body at the instance of the
the instance Of the New York District
Attorney, and that the legal authority
to resurrect the body was obtained ,I.ra5 from
The defeuse claim that the body was
exhumed Illegally and that the perform
ance showed 1t was the Mutual Life that
for the State. Mr.. Brooke wanted To
bring out also that the Coroner had not
held an inquest, as the law directs. In.
stead. he accepted the afiidavits of
Mr.. Julian and Mr. Gillette. of the Mu.
tual Life Insurance Company. and held
his tongue.
cross-examnation with telling dramatic
effect. He was followed by Mr.. Nc
direct testimony. Then Mr., Brooke de.
the capsule picked out of number OF
samples on the former trial by Muller
as the size filled by Or. Meyer with
pure arsenic for dosing Brandt
Muller testified that Dr., Meyer gave
Brandt these arsenic apsules every day
for four or five days till Brandt died
Mr.. Brooke contends that capsules filled
with pure arsenic, would 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's
request. Clerk Welsh had sealed 1t In
the envelope and given 1t into the Gus
tody. OF the prosecution, at the close OF
Mr.. Weilman said flppantly:
Select any size capsule you like, Mr.
Brooke, and we will conCede that that 1t
the size Muller, identified as the size usec
." Well. Mr.. weLman, we will conduct
the defense. 1t is.your plain duty, and
you know know It, 13,op to produce the capsule
Ther was more sparring and Mr.. Well
man said he was trying TO save time
while Mr., Brooke had been wasting time
all morning.
'Now, what Is this? Is this a public
this court? / will not submit; hut
terruptions and interferenCes OF this
man are beneath even contemptuous
II was finally agreed that a No. Z
capsule should be accepted as the size.
a No. 3 is about as big as n thimble
for a lady's little finger might be,
The Recorder pulled dollar out Of his
pocket, handed It to a messenger and
said, with disgust expressed in face and
go out and buy a lot of sample cap
MIR Brooke moved that the jury be in,
structed to acquit pr Meyer, because OF
aSEsd vap9A s ,Sa of h PrS2f with ,@
DR. Meyer with poisoning Gustav II. NJ
Baum" and suggested no aliases while
the proof was that Ludwig Brandt,
charged poisoning by antmony, while
the evidence showed that arsenic and an.
timony were used, II II Is believed
that under the Constitution. Or
Meyer was entitled to know the
whole nature Of the charge against him
and the report OF Prof. poremus, rem,
dered In May, and the statement oi
Muller, made in June, informed the
Dlstrict-Attorney that the use of bott
arsenic and antimOny was charged, anc
is was his duty 10 submit all these facts
10 the Grand Jury. so that they might
be incorporated in the Indictment tc
Inform the defendant Of what accusa'
ton he had 20 meet, and because the
testimony OF accomplice Muller had not
been corroborated In accordance with
} the law.
n recess was ordered, prior to MIR
Chanler's openig address.
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