The Washington times., 1906-10-17
Summing Upm Poisoning
Case Began by Attorney
for the Prosecution.
COURTROOM THR0NGED
BY PRISONERS FRIENDS
Prisoner Listens Closely
While His Counsel, Noted
Orator, Makes Plea.

TONS RIVER, y. J.. oct. 1.-THE
summing up Tor the prosecution ia the
case OF the State against Dr. BrouWer.
| charged with wife murder, was begun
IN court this morning by Frank No
DermoJt. Edmund Wilson. one Of the
most renowned orators In the State.
viii make the plea for the life Of the
accused physician A. J.. HOustOn wiz
close for the State and the judges
charge viii follow. The case viii nnally
50 20 the jury some time today or to-
night
Although court did not begin tlu $50
this morning, by O'Clock the court
house was filled with people. TheA
came frCm FOrked River, where DA
Brouwer spent his hoyEa5d, from LAKE
Hurst, where Carrie Hyer taught
school, and where she married the
brigh- young doctor fresh from col
lege, but full of promise. They came
from Lakewood. where Miss Hycr's
girlhood days were spent
Mr.. McDermott. iu rehearslng the
evidence in the case. insisted that the
one-nineteenth grain Of arsenic was not
all the body contained. He accentuated
the States claim that Mrs. Br5usser
had been Fivon arsenic before she was
taken sick that it had been passing of
for ten days and yet. after the body
had laid three months in the grave.
Prof Genth was able TO md Weighable
amounts in the fifteen pounds of tissue
thar was examined, and the body weigh
ed in an some $50 10 100 pounds
--ThaU night sIii mr. McDermafr.
came mct.Iiug that Or. BrOuwer.
while on the stand did not deny. The
evidence stands unquestioned Miss
4 rafHFr az q.
tor mix "A hypodermic injection which
she refused to use She did not deny
this. After that she threw away all of
the medicine that DR.. Br0uWer mixed
and mixed her own.
'As to the arsenic said Mr.. McDer-
Mott, you have the uudispured JesJi-
mony that arsenic was found j IS
not denied that no arsenic was used in
the embalming fluid that was used
We ind the doctor continued Mr..
MCDcrmOtt. "Out riding with a nurse:
while his wife is on her dying bed he
is az Long Branch buying flowers for
we ind the doctor in debt and en-
uaTEasSed by suits, needing money. and
ms wife had money. If she died the
money without a viii. went TO him
under the laws of the State These We
submit prove motive
HE was doctor, he could get any
drug he mixed the medicines
Plea for Defense.
Mr Wilson. in his plea Tor the defense,
improssively told the jury that they
had a power transcending the power Of
kings and emper0rs.
You hold a human life in the hollow
Of your hand" he said.
His voice rang out loud and clear. DIT.
Brouwer leaned over. listening. In the
audience were Mrs. Calverley, Miss Nc
Clenahan. Miss Hyer, and other interest
ed actors in This tragedy. He insisted
that if murder had been committed it
must be murder in the first degree and
that il must be capital punishment or
freedom for Dr. BFJUWvT.
To find a verdict of guilty IN this
case" Mr.. Wilson said. you must first
beyond all reasonable doubt be con-
vinced that Mrs BrOuWer died not from
natural causes but from poison admin
istered by her husband. Ii is upon this
that the whole case hinges