The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-24
Dr. DROUWER IS ARRESTED.
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Dos. m" II the w%itnessoa who had not
I..,I.| i'fpro. notably Dr " II cate,
.. .' Lakewood, and the 'wnn ursca.
N.a.. Im.II"y AMI Liptencott. formerly
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v..r .. bad = Conference with Justice
U..|,.. -Hu. and the latter came TO Toms
4 .. '..ilv. arriving on the noon train.
g.. .,0 az ne reached court he road the
Or A. 'mont aloud and then ordered sheriff
l~.'a,g- 'o arrest Rrouwer.
The ~h"riF. armed with warrant, started
T., .Ic bor>' R~rpuwer'S lawyer, Isaac
C,rma.ao.. called his client up by teIe-
r. .o h@urevcr, and informed him W hat
W r,miug When the sheriff r.a chsd tn,
h..-. 'e found Brouwer sitting In the parIor
with h, arms around his two young chill
drar Brpuwrr's mother, a Mrs. Calvary.
by second marriage, Is over 20 years old.
81. NA- -lttlng in one corner of the room,
cr,Iug utterly. There was emotion in the
Sho1F- voice a. he said
Doctor, I'm sorry that I've got to do 1T
Never mind, mother, il will all come
onf night vet am innocent of this crime,
and wiIl prove 1t before | ar through"
sal1 Ir r%rpuwer. This is only the work Of
nv enemies My time will come later"
Frouwer'- lawyer and the Judge were
waiting for him in the court house and
the accused Wan arose while the Judge
read the Indictment charging him with
% 4,ll 90 t,I,. ,att.tnn .l,A |zoth - fHuu.,,
Brouwer on Sept. 25, 1895, by administer
iIE poison" Brouwer pleaded not guilty.
The Judge read several Passages in the
INDIGNANT pertaining to parts of the dead
womaH's l%nternai organs, which are now
IN possession of DR.. Shaw, of Long Branch
Il have made an order" hs continued,
that the organs be given to DR..
Genth for examination. | have ordered
that they be turned over to him next
Tuesday and the defendant is to be allowed
to have a representative there and also a
chenls present when the, examinations of !
the or gans Is made
The Judge then set the trial for next
September and the prisoner was remanded
to Jail without bail.
Prosecutor Brown said later that he would
He said that in all likelihood it would be
james W. Osborne, Of New York. He
laid that he was now in negotiation with
him. and he felt sure Mr.. Osborne would
accept. If not he would get a Philadelphia
lawyer
When Brouwer was led away he refused
10 make any statement. His attorney,
who is assisted by Edmund +. Wilson, Of
Red Bank, was lust as uncommunicltive..
The evidence brought out indicates that
two distinct attempts were made on Mrs.
Rrouwcr'S life, She was a gOOd-looking
woman, several years younger than her
husband and they had been married about
seven years. She was first aiken i'll on the
1tHlt g SA.e 1 a lnat 70 -,t. - .ea l.-N .
Of a light luncheon and heer. II was be-
levcd that she was suffering from cholera
morhus, which has symptoms similar to ar
e"nIcaI poisoning. on Sunday, the 25th. Mrs.
Bru,wer was taken suddenly worse, About
ao'cIock in the evening DR.. Brouwer entered
the SEX room and told Miss Horlock, the
nurse, that she had better go to bed and
ret some rest. She retired and left the
doctor alone with his wife.
About midnight Miss Horlock was hur-
redly summoned to the sick room, Mrs.
Brorwer was in great agony. Her cries
alarmed the whole neighborhood, DR..
Brorwer was present all the time with his
mother and appeared TO be greatly affected.
Later Mrs. Irons, a neighbor, was called
IN. About 800 A.. NJ. Mrs. Brouwer died
in great agony.
The investigation into the death of Mrs.
FroUwor was started at the instiRation of
Miss Elizabeth Hyer, of lakewood, and
Gilbert and Trevonian Myer, of Long
hTah'l, sister and brother OF the Cead
woman. They alleged that their sister had
died under mysterious circumstances and
demanded an investigation.
DR.. Henry II. Cate, Of Lakewood,
intimate friend Of Rrouwer. signed the
death certificate, in which he said that Mrs.
frouwor died Of Bright's disease. A few
days after the investigation was started
Cat" m"steriouslv disappeared.
he subsequently, turned up in Springfield,
Mas, where he said that his mind was
= blank as to what had occurred since he
lcf' tins place for Lakewood. He has been
IN a ~inltarium at Goshen, \. Y, but came
here 10 testify before the Grand Jury. DR..
Cate had disappeared from his home in like
manner once before.
Mrs. Brouwer's body was exhumed and
an examination made OF the internal organs
by Chemist Genth. He reported that he
found arsenic and ground glass in the stom-
a"h and intestines. The report caused deep
ind gnation among the inhabitants of Toms
River. An autopsy was made by DR.. Cat
foil az plilalnIph,a