Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-12-22

| 1uc UOuy WAS hTrduReu ana CaKo
in charge by an undertaken, brough
to this city. and taken to the home O
Mr.. Thomss Bowers on Cohansey St.
and will be inferred tomorrow.
In the meantime, the poor woman
down stairs, author OF the awful deed
was moaning and saying, why did
come down stairs SO soon?" repeating
this over and over. ~
| The Bowers family did not seem t,
pay any attention to the woman, hel
awful crime having, seemingly, made
them extremely bitter against her, ant
they expressed desire to have the
woman removed from the house as soor
as possible. The family offered to care
for the baby. it not being wise to com.
NIT that with the mother, to the jail.
When Preparations were made te
remove the young woman. she seemed
TO realize what was being done, and
she raved terribly, and begged piteous-
" to be allowed to remain where she
was. Coroner Bellows did not think
the woman should be brought to jail
alone by the Constable, an entire
stranger, and after much persuasion,
he prevailed up5n Christian Mounts
to come with her. .x: "a.
The dessraeted, crazy wife carried on
terribly when brought to jail. She
did not appear to realize where she
was, simply moanipg, II have never
baen In this. place before.n She be.
came quite violent during the evening,
and nothing seemed to quiet her. She
rocks to and fro, sways her body and
/ cries out "Oh, il had only staid In
my bed. My poor baby. NY poor
| George. Oh God, take me home,
| want 70 die"
County Physician Thompson visited
her last night and this morning, and
tried to pacify her but she says she
don't want to live and she declares he
can do nothing for her. Her aunt,
Mrs. John Hoeltze', of South Pearl st.
with Mr.. Hoeltzel, remained with the
woman at the jail all night. 49,
The Sheriff feels his position keenly.
He is fearful that the woman will at
tempt to end her life and he has her
I watched constantly. She refuses to
eat, and the medicine she takes is
vomited almost as soon as swallowed.
Her father, who lives in Woodbury.,
has been notified, but he is very i'll and
has not come here as yet.
! LAID AT REST.
The funeral of George Bowers, who
was killed by his wife on Friday last
occurred last Sunday afternoon, and
hundreds of people viewed the body
and attended the obsequies.
The services were announced for
two O'Clock, but long before that time
hundreds of people visited the house
of Thomas Bowers, the father of the
victim of the tragedy, and viewed the
body. It lay in handsome black
cloth combination casket, in the par
lor of the house.
The head was turned, so that the
dead man seemed to be lying on the
left eide of bis face, covering the
CHASTITY wound in the head, and il
seemed as if the young man was sleep.
ing, peacefully and contented. at the
foot Of the casket was the regalia ol
the Brotherhood of Firemen, and al
the head, a beautiful wreath, pre-.
sented by Niagara Tribe of Red Men,
In the centre of which were the secret
letters of the order, Tote"
Rev. N. Webb, of the Second Protes.
tant Church made the opening prayer
and few remarks, and Rev. w. d.
Stultz, of the First Protestant Church
preached an excellent, touching ser.
mon.
The pail bearers were composed
equally of members of the Brother.
hood Of Firemen, and the Red Men, and
were Joseph Shemala, William Hutch
inson, Geo. Bennett, Howard Mulford,
William Durand, and Ashbrook Mead.
At the Pearlstreet Baptist Cemetery
the place Of interment, there were at
least a thousand people gathered at
the grave.
The religious ceremonies were soon
over and the Niagara Tribe OF. Red
Men went through their beautiful and
impressive ceremony, closing with the
flight of pure white dove, symbolic
of the flight of the spirit to the Happy
Hunting Ground.
This over, and the grave was covered,
and the body of the victim of a most
horrible tragedy was forever at rest.
MRS. BOWERS JAIL LIFE.
While the Coroner's Jury Is In
Greenwich today listening to the
shocking details of last Tuesday morn.
ings tragedy, the poor woman, respon
sible by action for it, is moaning anc
crying In the woman's corridor of the
county jail.