The evening world., 1894-04-27
MULLER RETELlS HIS STORY.
The Alleged Poisoning Of Brandt
Told in Detail.
r. Meyers Desperate Plot to De-
fraud Insurance Companies.

The second trial OF Dr. Meyer for the
killing by poison of Ludwig Brandt was
resumed this morning in Part ii. OF Gen
eral Sessions.
Carl Muller. the alleged acoomplice who
has turned States evidence. took the
stand again.
He said he first met Ludwig Brandt
at Dr. Meyers home. 331 Centre street,
Chicago. June 3. 1891. In conversation
Brandt said then that he had read In
a newspaper that Gustav NJ. A. ]. Baum
was under arrest In Cincinnati. Baum
was the erring son Of German family.
Meyer, Brandt and Muller proposed to
insure Brandt's life in the name Of
Baum. and while Baum was In jail
Brandt was to feign illness. a bogus
corpse was to be put in his bed and a
physicians certificate of the death of
Baum (BrandU thus obtained on which
TO claim the $500 insurance money.
There were several conversations, in
one Of which DR. Never told Muller that
abou. b AI to go go to Germany to @ find out out
whether Baum had told him the truth
about his family there and their wealth.
,ahv ae was sSHns ssr to take MRS Meyer
Baum and play upon the sympathies Of
Baum's parents. get lot Of money from
them for the purpose OF getting young
% the money @ in p cspryiSS 1S out % the n" Scheme
for insuring some man under the name
Of Baum.
Baum was i'll at the time, and the
died. when they. would collect the
Baum didn't 4ie. He got well. and
jail again, this time In Mexico. and then
the insurance scheme was modified, and
the substitution OF II corpse to imper-
senate Baum decided upon.
Nlier The consSpiFaaorGs MS rat Meyer MSs Meyer
to work out the scheme. For the pur-
pose Brandt married Mrs. Meyer under
the name Of Baum. Notice Of trans
Baum and OF their removal to New
York was sent to the several insurance
companies, and they came to New York
in January, 1892.
an effort was made by DIR. Meyer to get
sick man who would allow them to
nurse him until he died, physician to
be called in to treat Baum
Brandt and Muller came to New York
They. registered at the Cosmopolitan
Hotel. Chambers street. as Salton and
Otto e. Stein. Next day they went out
himself at IS East Twelfth street.
DR.. al Mrs. Meyer came on a few
days Later They found Brandt Installed
Baum" on the door slip and letter-box
Muller bought furniture with $40 given
= him in Chicago, by Dr., Meyer,
cI,he The " witness = had earned earned living in
houses. The second night in New York
he secured similar job in West Thir-
,y-second street.
nat March iSse Mser az pointed 5hs oas
entry on the Morton House Register,
March 6. 1892, and said i was in Dr,
Meyer's handwriting; II was III.
fat" said Muller: because it had no no
back door; and besides the house was
built too light You could hear every
DR.; Never and Muller bought more
furniture March s. in Fourteenth street
They went also to rent u piano at Mrs.
Meyers suggestion that "our furniture
mustn't look cheap"
Dr. Meyer. Muller and Brandt went
first to Bellevue Hospital and then To a
dispensary to see II they could find some
young man M and without friends who
would be glad to come into the fiat and
be nursed there by Mrs. Meyer. This
sick man was to be known as Baum,
but the plan failed;
Meyer wanted to give up. the scheme.
Mrs. Meyer the. blue-eyed, threw her
self on a bed and wept. She said:
snail not go out OF new 1OTk
that scheme has been worked out"
Dr. Meyer tried to encourage his
spouse. but Brandt came to the front
nob!y. He said he was willing to be
you can give me anything you want.
Any poison to make me sick. but you
must not kill me-"
Then 1t was arranged that at the prop
er time a corpse was to be brought into
the fiat
Dr. Meyer got Croton oil at Boehme's
drug store, in Sixth avenue, on n pre-
scription signed by himself, 80. Stein,
NJ. D., and after that Muller ceased To
be known as Stein, and August VIM
mcrS" came into being.
Dr. Meyer offered Brandt the medici-
nal dose, one to three drops, but Brandt
seized the bottle and a spoon ana
poured out and swallowed a large dose,
Muller continued hts story after recess,
telling how Brandt was finally done 10
death. and how Mrs, Never visited the
New York Life. Mutual, Etna and Wash
ington Life Insurance companies, claim
ing tho insurance; how she got 5000
from the New York Life and 81 900 from
tho Etna.
Then he said ne signed the papers
August WINNERS" and Dr. Meyer ng-
ured as William Reuter-" friends, md
he CMulleD got $50 as his one-fourth OF
the m. 5000,
Mrs. Meyer sat through the recital
with an amused expression on her face
but the doctor was plainly much per-
turbed and he never once lifted his eyes
A. A,,r hAN