People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1894 — FOUND GUILTY. [ARTICLE]

FOUND GUILTY.

Dr. Meyer 1» Convicted of PoUonlng aa New York. New York, May 19.—The jury in the case of Dr. Henry Meyer, who is accused of having poisoned Ludwig Brandt, came into court and rendered a verdict of murder in the second degree. The penalty is imprisonment for life. A motion for a new trial was entered. Dr. Meyer was accused of poisoning Brandt in order that he might profit from the latter's life insurance. Brandt had married Dr. Meyer’s wife, supposing her a single woman, whereas she was in reality the doctor’s confederate. It was expected that she would receive the insurance and then she and the doctor would enjoy it together. It is alleged that the doctor had been guilty of similar crimes before.