Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-12-22

all sat there until the Coroner ordere,
| the room cleared
The jury We're as o'lows:
John Tyler, foreman; Frank Bacon
Isaac Reeves, Samuel Watsop, Rober
Watson, Samus Miller, job Watson
Ephriam Herring, Edward Simpkine
Eaoch Mulford, Jr., William FL. Cook
and DAvii w. Slmpkins
The jury had previously been
sworn, viewed the body. and were
ready to listen to rhs testimony
offered, Coroner Bellows conducted
The case, Prosecutor Logue not being
present
Thomas Bowers, the father of the
unfortunate young man who had been
killed, was called and sworn. The old
gentleman WAS qnite much broken
down. aad in giving his testimony he
broke down entirely once, but recov-
cred and wen. on with the sad story.
First he described the house, and
said that on the night 10 question he
went to bed about nine o'clock, half
an hour after bIs son and wife. He
soon fell asleep and was awakened by
a noise which proved to be the dis
charge of the gun. Thinking that his
gun had fallen down on the front room
down stairs, he hurriedly went down
the back way, and into the kitchen.
While endeavoring to find match his
daughter in-law came to him and said,
"Glve me your razor want to kill my
self. Later he said he did not notice
anything particularly wrong with the
unfortunate girl
Mrs. Amy Bowers was sworn and
told story of the shooting similar to
the one already published. and further
said she had never seen any crazy
people and did not think her daughter
in-law was crazy before the shooting.
She said she had always treated the
young woman kindly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mounts and son, gave
similar testimony.
Isaac Sheppard, OF Greenwich, told
the jury the same story as published
in these columns yesterday.
DR.: T. j. Smith testified that he at
tended the woman in her confinement
and she appeared to get along all
right until within two or three weeks
afterward, when her mind was noticed
to be failing. 1t was not serious
case and little attention was paid to
1t, as at times che was perfectly
rational, and the most skillet. physi-
clan could not determine that any
serious consequences would follow.
DR.. Ezra Sharp said that he at
tended the woman on the morning OF
the murder, finding her. in a very ex
citable condition. He prescribed for
her and left her. Tue physician said
that at the time he visited the woman
she was positively insane
DIR. Henry Elmer testified that lie
had been attending her for some time,
and a trip In the country was sug-
gested. After she was there q while
her husband came up to Bridgeton
and he said that his wife was not i'm
proving and talked of bringing
her home this week, when something
would be done to improve her. The
physician said that he had suggested
that somebody had best watch her.
Further the physician said that the
cause of her internal trouble was moth
ing that any physician could be held
responsible for.
DIR. Thompson, the County Physician
told of the examination of the dead
man, all of which has heretofore been
published in detail
In short time the jury returned
the following verdict.
GREENWICH, Dec. 10Th, 1892.
I'VE the Coroner's jury in the case
of the death of George e. Bowers, af-
ter having viewed the body, and con-
sidered the evidence presented to us,
HUI tudo Ouo o1tu 0cOIko u. DOWoIS,
came to his death by being shot
through the head with a gun In the
hands of his insane wife, Annie E.
Bowers. on the morning of the 10th
day Of December 1892.
MRS. BOWERS is RE-ARREsTED.
The insane wife who killed Geo.
Bowers spent miserable day Mon
day in jail-aIinost as distressing as on
Saturday last when she was first incar-
cerated. All day long she moaned and
wrung her hands, crying for her baby
and bemoaning her sad fate.
In the morning Prosecutor Logue
was at the jail and he said he thought
he had found law that would permit
this woman to be sent away to an asy.
lum. In looking it up he found that
lunacy commission would have to
sit in the case, in connection with
Judge Reed, and inasmuch as the Jan.
uary term of court was SO near at hand,
he did not think it necessary to remove