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 Chanler Opens for the De-
fense This Afternoon.

,o c,oar I'D in the case for the prosecu-
t,on in the Meyer trial this morning.
diagram of the fiat S2O East Thir-
teentb street, where the alleged poison
ing occurred. was put in evidence.
y Frank Snyder. I'm ler.aker Kip's as
.,stsnt. was recalled 20 the Witness
I stand. He had testified that the name
an the cards given to him when he went
after the body in Evergreens Cemetery.
was Ludwig Brandt. although the body
yas supposed to be that of G.. H. NJ. j.
taum and was buried under that name.
rhis morning he idcn' 'iiied the cards
themselves a transit permit and New
town burial permit TO- the body of G..
H. NJ. J. Baum.
JJuror Charles Crosse. Mt the opening Of
court. handed to the Recorder a letter
that had been addressed to him. but
when he said he hadn't read. The Re-
cordc. 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. Weliman.
leaning on the rail before the jury box
made some comment on the documents
MIR Brooke rebuked him. A tilt fol-
lowed in which Mr.. Brooke said, in
sYou are the most unfair air M nan N IT, that :,
you know that you have. no right to
comment before the jury
Mr.. Brooke asked the, witness to look
At the documents and tel by What
/ point he had identified them.
-"By the name Gustav Brandt replied
the muddled witness helplessly. ,
Mr.. Brooke went at Snyder with en-.
SNYDER
the papers by their colors. or course
sll these papers are alike In color. Then
fore to-day. He was glad T. get away.
1.-THE people rest" said Mr.. Mcintyre
at 11.40 O'Clock.
what! Aren't you going to call Coro.
leading witnesses o., the former trial
and I shall ask to have his TESTIMONY
asked Mr.. Brooke. He claimed this as
right, and, q discussion followed, ~.
In the midst of pnnol the dscsIs'oR wS,ma of th9
Withdrew all objections to reading the
testimony of the Coroner. and Recorder
smyth made haste to strike . all the
man read Or. Schultze's direct testimony
Mr.. Brooke following him with the cross
examination.
testimony before the, jury was TO show
that that official ordered the eNhumlns
Of Brandt's body at the instance of the
Mutual Life INSURANCE Company not "a al
Attorney. and that the legal authority
to resurrect the body was obtained from
Dstrct-At,orney Mic1iI afterTars TER hodv wa.
sxhumed illegally and that the perform
ance showed it was the Mutual Life tha
everybody was working rooE dTF ra.ner anted 1hdt II
S.id an inquest. as The law directs. In
stead he amN aSNSeP1ed ette lie OF the Mu
bal Life Insurance Company. and hel'
Irhe lawyer read the minutes of th'
tyre tyre With a reading Of the Re
ect testimony Then reeS,,,oB Mr Brooke %loaSs, de-
implies on the former trial by Mule,
the size filled by Dr.: Dr. Meyer with
kIuller testified that Dr., Meyer CAV.
andt these arsenic capsules every da;
four or tive days IN Brandt ,dhiesd died
ve killed Brandt within the hour.
3oth Mc!ntyre and Wellman declare
the capsule. although by Mr.. Brooke
n 1uest, Clerk Welsh had sealed 1t II
/, envelope and given it into the Gus
iy of the prosecution, at the close
Lr. Weilman said fiippantly:
Select any size capsule you like. MI
poke, and we VIII concede tn. IN that It, that at
Wei. Mr.. welman. we will conduc
defense. 1t is your plain duty, an
tied by Muller"
- r was more sparring and Mr.. Well
said he was, trying to save time
le Mr.. Brooke had been wasting tim
morning
;ow. ;.tS What is this7 Is this publ
,or OF the acts Of everybody else J.
re, l will not say anything. The IN
Ecuptions and interferences OF thi
Tn are beneath even contemptuou
was finally agreed that a, No.
Ssuie should be accepted as the size
mo. 3 is about as big as thimbl
ne Recorder pulled dollar out Of hi
ocket, handed 1t to messenger an
said. with disgust expressed in face an
go out and buy a lot of sample car
sules."
Mr.. Brooke moved that the Jury be lr
alleged d' vara,ions tH@s Of the proof With til
charges First. the indictment charge
Pr. Meyer with poisoning "Gnstav H.: \
the proof w was s' That '.Ludwis Brandt
was the man who died; the indictmeI
charged poisoning by antimony. viii
the evidence showed tnat arsenic ana al
Ntimony was used: II II Is believes
that under the Constitution ID
Meyer was entitled to know II
n whole nature OF the charge against hir
and the report of Prof Doremus, rel
dcred in May. and the statement
Muller, made in June, informed IL
District-Attorney that the use of bot
arsenic and antimony was charged. al
II was his duty to submit all these fac
10 the Grand Jury. so that they migl
be incorporated In the indictment
inform the defendant what accus;
tion he had to meet, and because II
testimony OF accompice Muller had n,
been corroborated In accordance wit
the law.
This formal motion was denied ar
q recess was ordered prior to NJ
Chandlers opening address.
Mr.. Chan.er opened the case for the d
fenfe. this afternoon. The address ind
Gated that the defense would rely as
*H the former trial. on n conflict of opinic
among the experts, rather than n deni
- cution. ''N
The lawyer declared that the Mutu
1 hHe insurance Company had lavish,
its money In an effort to convict i
Meyer In order to escape the payment
Insurance money; he charged that II
flnkert IN detectives had nrocurel vi
Eesses and taught them what to testif
tnat experts were untrust worthy al
that the men who had testified again
Cr. Meyer We're, many Of them self-co
ttsseu lail birds. thieves, murderei>s ri