Daily camera., 1901-12-13
,,ate hoard of charities and correcuons,

state board of charities and corrections,
and an investigation has secr made By
Mr. Stonaker. The result g that Mr.
S,crakcr will do nothing in the case, as
he considers Never insane. EoT-eycr,
bis condition. is better and he may be re
leased in a month.
"Geyer lshers under the deluslon that
he has been put on the dissecting table
and mutilated IN shocking manner, and
:hat the enemies who did this are pur-
suing him with their vengeance. He be-
llevcs that his detention in the Wood.
craft asylum of DR.. Work is the result OF
their Vaccinations.
"He has been insane for some time,
and made unpatriotic and anarchistic
utterances at the time of the assassina
ton of President Mckinley. This
brought forth great Indignation from the
people of Boulder. and Meyer might
have suffered personal violence at the
time were it not known that his mind was
affected. He has now been in the asylum
six weeks, and DR.. Work declares tina,
he does not believe that Meyer should
be at large.
"The investigation by Secretary Ston.
aker was made at Pueblo this morning.
He talked with Meyer for some time,
and found him sane on some topics
However. he clearly showed, in the opin.
ion of Mr. Stonaker, that his mind was
deranged, especially on the subject OF
the assassination OF the president and
his having been the subject of expert
men,s in vivsection. He declared that
he would do nothing in the case, as
Meyer should be confined.
"The Carpenters union and the An
cient Order of United Wcrkmen in Boul
der and Colorado Springs have been aid
ing the efforts that have been made for
the release of Meyer.
"Meyer has numerous friends at Colo
RADIO Springs, where h. worked number
of years as a carpenter. among them
being H. w. Wyman. prominen;
jeweler. who says if Meyer is released he
will put him to. work at his trade at the
rate of $3.50 day. Of which sum 5. a
day will be paid to man to keep Meyer
under surveillance, the balance to be
applied to the unfortunate man support
alt is An outrage to keep Meyer in the
asylum said Mr. Wyman this morning
to Times representative. Meyer is
the victim Of a political conspiracy. H
Is a socialist and voted that ticket, there.
BY incurring enmity. Meyer was always
outspok en- in his opinion, but he is no
anarchist. He always spoke OF the
workingman as poor and downtrodden,
and some began to think he was an
anarchist.
when It became know that Presid snt
McKinley's assassin was an anarchist,
Meyer became an ohjec, Of violent hatred
Boulder. Soon after the shooting OF
President Mckinley he was arrested and
taken to a waiting Carriage in front OF
his house, despite his protest. His wife
entered the vehicle along with the officers
and her husband and was forcibly elsct
ed, receiving injuries which confined her
10 her home for six weeks.
Naturally Meyer became nervous
under the harsh treatment to which he
had been subjected, and DR.. Ferguson
gave him an injection of morphine, which
had the same effect upon Meyer as
though he were intoxicated He was
Immediately arraigned before jury, ad
Judged insane and committed to the
Work sanitarium.
"At the meeting of the Colorado
Springs Woodmen | brought, up the
matter and a committee Of three was ap-
pointed TO take steps 10 secure MS release
Meyer was member oil the Carp enteIs'
Union, and the matter will be brought
before iha. organiz alton also."
"Meyer has strange life history, ac.
cordiDg to Mr. Wyman. While in Bremen,
Germany. he says be built church
costing S55.o and was unable to coll k Ct
cent, the minister stating that it was
better for one 70 suffer than fer the
whole congregation. His disbelief in the
existence of God and his sociallst!c
tendencies have made him unpopular"