The evening world., 1894-05-03
DR.. MEYERS "PAL."
Chicago Jack" Gardner Cross
Examined by Mr.. Brooke.
The More Crooks the Better"
Mutters the Counsellor.
A Remarkable Recital OF Deadly
Experiments on People.

I'm hNtS NO
Meyer. the better 1 shall be satisfied"
muttered Charles w. Brooke, as he
eyed "Chicago jack Gardner. alias
"Atkins," before resuming his cross
examination of that hollow-eyed, sunk
unchecked. sallow and jail-bird-voiced
" him-fam'' operator this morning.
Gardner was in the Cook County Jail
with Muller, DR.. Meyer, Brandt and
Baum in 1890. and tells a startling tale
Of DIR. Meyers condolences to him re-
gardlng a scheme to do away with Lud-
wig Brandt in 1891. This fellow, who
has been a crook for years and is now
absent from Chicago to the cost Of his
bondsmen in a burglary affair. testified
that as early as 1881 Or. Meyer had In
sured .Brandt's life for $3.50 IN The
nois, and was planning to kill him with
nltro-glycerine poison.
There was no sugsestion Of using
Meyer wa to figure as Brandt's widow.
She was to wear black and play cry
ing at the insurance office. But Meyer
that naturally ended their. 'palship.'
direction OF pr. Meyer he and Brandt
experimental with 1t on 'niggers and
tramps'' on the lake front in Chicago.
That It knocked the victims out.
Dtu " eNtI ny W Iitfh u "i"N
was the. result of your experiments?
DO you know whether it killed any, OF
the .niggers and tramps%" asked MIR.
Brooke.
Eyes, sir: I looked in the papers next
morning, but / didn't see any account
OF their DEATH" replied the man whose
long ~sojourn In jails had made his voice
sepulchral from long disuse.
"Did you look in the MorgueT
Gardner said warily this morning that
e Mts' at e KS talks MRs with eIb5 r. Meyer
but that when she was present nothing
was z said said about %n, poisoning %ns r Brandt ndess er ANY ny
any of the talks W Gardner and
DR.. Meyer, and Brandt only two or three
Mr.. Brooke tried to find out who in
duced the crook to come to New York
as a witness, but could get nothing
more than that a man saw him in the
Indian Territory, and heard his state
ment, and asked him to come. He de-
MED that anybody had ever taken n
written statement from him.
81 told my connection with the case to
Mr.. Mcintyre at my hotel" said Chicago
"What is your hotel?" asked Mr..
"The Aston House."
"Who paid our expenses to come
from the Indian Territory to New York.
r wh 3, is paying your bill at the Astor
II paid my own expenses from Chi
cago. The man paid my fare to Chi
S%a dEp =, and i'd ] suppose %% so the S state . Of New ,Ss
hollow voice. II have been here since
Mr.. Brooke finally wormed out of
MIN TO New York told him his name
was Miller. but he couldn't swear that
was his name" Miller pays for his
to places Of amusement. Gardner de-
MED that he had or was to receive any
bonus" for coming to New York. He
vas to be paid for his time, but couldn't
Pressed to tell what induced him to
come Fl from 3a. the Indian T f. to NeT
ner said he came In response to letters
from John Wright and Mrs. Morey.
Wright sn y M e drummer morsy b out bo of e%GP Miih
Gardner said he had given into his
brother Mikes hands for safe keeping
q letter written to him by DIR, Meyer.
He offered. with charming naivete, to
read q copy of 1t to the jury, and when
Brooke Numbered at him he said shrink
aWell, Til have the original here for
you. MY brother will send tiff he re-
did o ever receive any letter from
Mrs. Meyer" asked the lawyer.
YES, a stack that high" said Gardner,
holding his bony hands about a foot
Where are they? Mrs Morey burned
them up for me nj 1890.
Gardner denied that he had come to
testify against DR.. Meyer under prom
Use OF reward.
do my duty and to do the State a ser.
vi sH.m SAID as cs,fas %S Sass; the cross
examiner. did II ever occur to you
that you. might b. doing the State some
service by giving yourself up to the
your bondsmen in that burglary af-
The question was excluded.
Juror Ascheim asked a question and
the crook replied that he did not see DR.
Meyer after his last trouble in Chi.
ago but he got a letter from him dated
time the four conspirators were here and
one OF them being slowly poisoned tc
Matte Stichter. a young woman with
a plain face, from Chicago. where she
Is a manufacturer of children's clothing,
came next to the witness stand. She
testified that in 1891 she lived at 33a
Centre street. Chicago, next door to
DIR. Meyer; that she called for medical
treatment; that his household included
The witness identihed Mrs. Meyer in
court. and said the two photographs in
court were portraits of Brandt.
se ln 1Syb Dr. tw Meyers Sr house mov 2 closed is
Stitcher aid that Mr.. Fink. of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company. dis,
covered her two or three weeks age
AND induced her to come to New York
TO testify.
Her testimony was valuable only tc
snow the marital relationship of DIR
and Mrs. Meyer, and their relations
Maggie Greuter, a hairdresser, Of ri
MohaSk street. Chicago, corroboratec
Then she related tina her mother wen
10 Europe IN September, 1891, with DIR
and Mrs. Meyer, and that the lattel
This Is to corroborate Muller's stor,
tnat DR.. Meyer went to Europe to learI
all about Baum's antecendents for us,
IN the insurance swindle and to play of
Mrs. Meyer as Baum's widow on hi
them.
I'm the latter part of February. 1892.
said the witness, "Dr. Meyer called q
my home. He said he was going TO Den
yer on business. He said he had som,
friends there and expected to be absen
three or four weeks. I never saw Dr.
Meyer again till l saew him here II
Muller was brought in and the Chi
cage female hairdresser Identified hin
as "Reinbold Klein" who came to he
In April, 1892. withtwo letters from Mrs
Meyers, directing her to turn over tn,
NeyS OF the Doctors house to him. M