The evening world., 1894-04-12
ONE JUROR SECURED.
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Second Trial of DR.. Meyer Begun
Before Recorder Smyth,
Talesmen with PrejudiCes or Grave
Scruples.
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Hard Work Getting Men to Try the
Alleged Poisoncr.

For the second time DR.. Henry G. i.
Meyer was placed on trial to-day for
the murder OF Ludwig Brandt by poi
soning. The first trial in the court VI
oyer and Termincr, before Justice Bar
rett, came to a sudden and tragic end
just as all the evidence had been com
pleted and while the persuasive Charles
w. Brooke was IN the midst of an I'M
passioned appeal for the life of the ac-
cused. Mr.. Brooke had just completed
a rounded period In his plea, when the
seventh juror. Alexander Is. Low. n
plumber living at lO2 West Eighty-third
street. collapsed. and in ten minutes was
a raring maniac. OF course. that re
suited In a mistrial.
The second trial was begun before
Recorder Frederick Smyth, the same
Judge who presided at the trials of Car
lyle w. Harris and DR.. Robert w.
Buchanan, both OF whom were con-
victed of wife murder.
Assistant District Attorney John f.
Mcintyre. who not only prepared, but
presented the ironclad rasc against the
Meyers in the December trial, appears
as prosecutor again in this trial.
DR.. Meyer, who was taken from the
Tombs to Part II. OF the Court of Cen
eral Sessions in the Black Maria this
III illllB, IL represented bN 'nlTlpS w.
Brooke, the veteran lawyer, whose
fame as an orator is the country wide;
DIR. w. J. O'Sullivan, the young lawyer
who achieved fame as n medical. chem;
ical, Genealogical. legal and pathological
expert In the Dir. Buchanan trial, and
Lewis Stuyyesant Chanler, an Aston
heir, with a large fortune AMI a reputa-
Mrs. Meyer who was Jointly indicted
be tried separately, was not brought to
| art,Nt a.. lnNs mad ,t.tl ,Dt H. ,,l =. s.-.-
has been selected for the trial of her
husband.
II was l2l5 when DIR. Meyer was
called from the prison pen in the rear
Of the courtroom to tax his place be
fore the bar. The doctor has actually
improved in appearance in his long
queer. gray eyes brighter. He was
neatly dressed in a suit of black,
with a black froGk coat. He had had
had attained it's natural growth.
Clerk William +. Penny turned the
wheel Of fortune in which the jury bal
lots are hidden, and the first slip drawn
out bore the nam of samuel Levin. Of
Is catharine street,
Mr.. Levin is perhaps sixty-four years
old, retired from business and a property
dice regarding the case. Col. Fellows
was satisfied with him.
MIR. Brooke examined him. Nothing
new was learned. At a nod from Col.
Fellows, MIR. Brooke said. Excused by
consent. and Mr.. Levin departed.
BERNARD g. Murray. Gustav Koenigs;
burg, Of 62i Lexington avenue, Samuel
Raymond, shirt dealer, at s. South Fifth
avenue; Richard l.. Salembier. merchant.
at % Mercer street; Emil k9ehl"r, LIQUOR
dealer, SIS East o., ~Eighty,third street;
Davis, fancy goods, IS Lewis street;
Henry Friedgen, dry goods. rs East one
Hundred and Sixtv-setenth street; Jacob
s; Davidson aprons, lS6 East Sinetieth
avenue; Aaron Drummer, cigars, 34 East
one Hundred and Nineteenth street; AL
bert Rosenheimer, salesman. % East Six
ty-second street: Michael Cassei. cigars,
l7+ Lexington avenue; William Bradley.
paints. lJ7 East one Hundred and Tween
Ity-ffth street; August W. Brantigan, 2i52
Third avenue had conscientious scruples
against capital punishment such as
would prevent them from finding "A YER
dict OF guilty. even If clearly proven.
So were Simon Frunberg. grocer, at -
Norfolk street, and Terrence Mcconnell,
liquor dealer. at $50 Eighth avenue,
who were suspicious OF circumstantia
Herman .Behlen. draughtsman, ~
broadway. knew Mr., MARITIME of the
District ttorney,s Ettfe and was rx,
to excuse John Mcclure, dry-g""ds man
at IFS Third avenue, Man. ,ASt'in"r.
maker Of underwear at $50 ct"ll street.
and David W. Eiss, cutler at 40 Brpomc
street.
Dietrich Stugelar. a grocer. at 52i
West Fifty-fourth street, and living
only man In twenty-slX called who hal
decided already whether DR.. Meyer was
guilty or not. and Robert H. staveiy,
the only man In twenty-six who pass-,.
tn" examination successfully. But he
had served once - q juror in II muir
DIR trial and MIR. Brooke CHALLENGED hin
p"rrmpturily.
james visited, Il baker, at al and ~
Columbus avenue, was -" twrniy-s"v-
crth man. He passed the oNdmiu.u u
Of the lawyers and the curt and W.
accepted by both sides, Then ar. Mo-
Ihtyre tackled hIm again, and on hi"
would not be able to understand me rA-
pert testimony, the Recorder rNcus",
him.
William y. Beane. agent, at 3iI
broadway. wHS the seventeenth MAJ
with conscientious sc'upl"s against cap
itli punishment.
John ". Wcrsche was not troubled
with sCrupir" Of this sort, |TrrfuiIo"
against nvGmstrnt!ul nor expert oNl-
d.noc, nor bias. lac is thirtN-twO veal
Old, an Intelligent business man. lie
the jury that viii try Dr. Meyer for M
rorrman Warsrn, . "a cI.rh in "a.
Weller & Co. aud IN, many uf the EN-
pluyr"s Of this firm, he has . retail stor,
If his own. II IL az 20, seventh venue
A. his pu,ut a recess WAS taken.
During the recess, besides eating H.,
famous rel apple and smoking thu
equally famous cigar, Recorder SE.ytl
visited tho County Cl,rks office aud par
ti.ilatrd in the drawing of a -Ipcis,
panel OF 100 Jurors, vito VIII Dc sum
muned to-nisl+ TO appear IN court 60.
BORROW for examination as r'.-il.
Jurors in the Meyer tT'I
Air cNa mining th,r'J nine Citizeas
and ~"Hnau.iiug lh- regular ApriI .nHr'
tho Recorder ADJOURNED the tr'l, tn to.
morrow.
70 Investigate n ChiId's Death.
The Coroner has teen asked to investigate To,
death n a child. which ~as given birth TO b,
Kate Purcell. Of z7 Tenth avenue,
The child was born yesterday. and died &c.
day without medical attendance,
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