Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-12-22
BY HIS INSANE WIFE.
SO SAY THE CORONER JURY
TUESDAY.

SO oh u ~ AAS - ~ - =
TUESDAY.
Tho Woman Re-eOmmitted 20
jail After the Inquest at
Greenwich.
Anawful. hJrrer comes to us from
Greenwich Friday morning. A frail
woman murders her husband in bed In
the dead of night.
She is Mrs.. Annie "A, -Bowers, and
her husbandSwas George Elmer Bow
ers, the only yeon Of Thomas Bowers OF
Cohansey street, this city.
George was q fireman with engineer
Charles Rice, ON q freight train on the
Central road, and he was off taking
his vacation. He and his wife have
also been living on Cohaneey street,
nearly opposite the home OIL his father,
but about three months ago, they
went to live with. his father where
Mra Bowers gave birth to baby
twelve weeks ago, and she was taken
there 90 that her mother-in-law and
sisters-in-law could give Der all needful
attention.
Here, she with her other two child
rem, and the baby lived happily.
This week Mr.. Bowers being off on
his vacation, the tive families went
down to Christian Mounts, noar
Greenwich, whose wife was Georges
sister, to spend.a pleasant time, helping
him kill hogs and enjoy themselves.
Friday they were to return home
and George was se move into the
house next to Harbert's store, on Co.
hansey street.
Thursday Thomas and George took
their gums and went ont short dis
tance from the house to take.a last
crack at the rabbits and quail.
Mr.. Mounts lives on the James Stew.
art farm. at Three Bridges, near the
head of Greenwich, and the men only
went short distance away to get into
the bushes. .r,
When they returned they set their
guns, still loaded, in the front room;
Thomas, the father. intended to take
them out in short time and draw ont
the charges, but getting engaged In
sailing tile newly killed pork of his
son.in-law, he forgot It and the family
retired leaving the gums still loaded.
THE AWFUL TRAGEDY. -
Three lights wers burning in as
many upper rooms; at one o'clock that
morning Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bowers
heard the voices of their son and his
wife in conversation, and soon all
was quiet and they fell asleep.
Directly the sharp report of gun
was heard resounding through the
house; it woke Thomas. who sprang
outof bed the thought springing to
his mind that his loaded guns had
fallen down and exploded.
He ran down stairs by the kitchen
stairs into the kitchen to get match.
There is another stairway which led
into the front room; down this latter
the woman had gone, and while
Thomas was finding match he was
touched on the arm by Annie, the
murderess, who said excitedly, ''Pop,
get the razor and
LET ME- CUT MY THROAT,
Pop, get the razor and let me cut
my throat" which she kept repeating.
Mr.. Bowers seized her and exclaimed,
''you dirty thing, what have you been
doing. 90 right up stairs"
As he started her up stairs he heard
the screams of his wife and daughter,
Mrs. Lizzie Mounts, who had gone into
Georges room.
They:cried, ''She has killed George!
she has killed George"
THE HORRIBLE SPECTACLE.
that met their gaze when they rushed
to Georges room was appalling.
Stretched upon the. bed, with his
twelve weeks old babe sleeping beside
him lay George Bowers, dead. His
head was partly blown off and his
brains and blood bespotted the bed
and wall.
The gun had been placed close to
the side of his head and fired. and
hearing the spring of her father-in-law
out Of bed the woman slipped out OF
the room and down stairs into the
front room again with the gun.
On examination it was found
THE HAMMERS WE'RE RAISED.
upon the barrels of both guns, except
ing the barrel discharged, which the
family think indicated the intention of
the maniac to kill the three other
members Of her husbands family
there.
The woman was seized, and though
fighting desperately, was tied fast and
secured oa lounge. She was not per