The Washington herald., 1906-10-14
BROUWER SEES ACQUITTAL
Assured by His Lawyers That the
States Case Is Broken.
Philadelphia Chemist mistaken in
ant and Mother to Testify.

Toms River. y. J.. oct. 12.-Conideut
that he would be acquitted before the
( end Of next week. DR.. Frank L. Brouwcr
accused Of tho murder of his wife. was
. returned 10 the jail here to-day after the
first session of the court. at which the
/ defense was able to offer its evidence cx-
/ clusively
He bases his hopes on the assurances
/ of his attorneys. who tell him that the
/ state has failed To make out case. and
that the points which apparently have
/ been scored against him viii be turned
I to his advantage before the jury has
! heard all Of the evidence.
The symptoms of illness indicated by
/ Mrs. Br0uwer before her death. and the
! agony sac admittedly suffered when the
physicians were summoned. the de-
fense viii insist. and they claim they will
prove, were those of acute indigestion.
| They viii attempt to prove that after
eating a hearty meal early in the day.
/ Mrs. Brouwer ate three onions. with
bread, drank three bottles of beer. and
partook freely of watermelon just before
I retiring Tor the night
Or John Marshall. the Philadelphia
expert upon whom the counsel defending
Frank Brouwer depend 90 prove that
Mrs. Brouwer died Of ptOmaine poisoning
and not arsenic poisoning, was On the
witness stand again this morning and
cTOss-eyamined by Attorney johnson Of
the prosecution. The testifying OF DR..
Marshall occupied the greater part of
the morning. His direct testimony, given
yesterday. was the strongest defense that
can be raised around DR.. Brouwer by his
attorneys. 1t refutcd the charges of the
prosecution that Mrs. Brouwer had been
poisoned by arsenic and strychnine, and
that ground glass had been given her by
her husband. lie accounted for the pres
ence Of che arsenic and glass in her body
and offered q strong hypothesis Of the
food poisoning as a cause OF death.
For two hours the prosecution were
trying TO shake this testimony of the
expert. On direct examina don. Dr. Mar
shall had said that as there was trace
of arsenic found in the brain of the dead
woman. this fact helped 70 confirm the
theory that poison must have been in
iected into the body after death.
If It had been administered before death
there was little likelihood that any would
have reached the brain. This part Of the
testimony Attorney johnson attacked. lie
attempted TO show that if an arsenic
tainted cmbalmng haid were injected into
the brachidl artery little of it would pass
through the heart. The witness refused
to weaken or his original testimony.
Asked if ptOmdine poisoning might not
result from a person eating watermelon
onion sandwiches, potatoes and bread. and
drinking plenty of beer he answered,
Yes"
The judge before court adjourned for
the day granted permission TO the jury TO
attend church tomorrow under guard /
but he first took the preoaution to have /
the sheriff notify the pastors of all the /
local churches that they must not refer /
10 the Brouwer case in their sermons to- /
morrow.
On Monday Dr. BrOUwer and his moth (
or. Mrs. Cavcrley. viii so on the stand 4
and the defense'will then rest its case. Tt /
is said by the lawyers that the case may
so TO the jury Tuesday morning.