The Cairo bulletin., 1906-10-15
FIGHTING HARD To.
SAVE DOCTORS
LIFE
DEFENSE OF PHYSICIAN CHAk1.
ED WITH STAYING WIFE
SHOWS IT'S HAND.
SAY DRUG WAS FOREIGN
And That il Was Administered After
Dcath---Sster Of Dead Woman
Tells Of Family Troubles
Loved a Nurse.


Toms River N j. Oct. i4.-The dc
fcnse ia the case of Doctor F'ranh
Brouwer. charged with telf murder oI
his wife, will endeaVor to show thai
whatever poison was found in Mrs
/ Brouwcr's body found its way there
aftct death
This has heen shown by Doctor John
Marshall, q Philadelphia chemist, Nh-
testified regarding i chemical analysis
which he had made of portion q
| Mrs. Br uwers brain
1 In the evidence brought ont by the
prosecution to prove motive for the
crime il was shown
That Doctor Brouwer had been liy.
ing beyond his means and that he had
bcen using his wife's money at times
TO help pay his debts.
That her life was insured for 81 600
in his favor, and that by her death he
came into possession Of property, the
yaIne Of which is yafiously estimated
at from $4,000 To $i0,o0o
That they had frequently quarreled
and that the que tion of divorce had
been considered
That since Mrs BrouweF's death
the Insurance company has declined
to pay over the money on ner policy
That shcr' time before his death
Mrs. Brouwer's father leaned Doctor
Bought Flowers For Patient.
Finally It was shown that, al the
very time when Mrs Brouwer was ly.
ing on her daathhed her husband was
writing trainei nurse who was
patient in the Long Braach Memorial
Hospital and That he purchased flow
ers from Long Branch florist, which
he said he was gofog to send 10 a
patient of his IN the hospital Doctor
Brouwor's attentions 10 this Young
woman had caused comment which, It
is alleged, had reached the ears of his
WI.
The accused has admitted that The !
" fe wa0 jealous of Miss McClanahan !
another young woman patient. rcsid- |
ng in Toms River. who afer his \
vifos death lived under his roof VI
he capacity OF governess 10 his two
ittlc boys. Miss McClcnahan has
'eca suhpoenaed as a witness, bit
las not yet been called to the stand
The tory of the trained nurse ana
he flowers seemed to arouse tae
reatesi interest Of tho day. There
ad been two or three eases Of TYPHOID
ever in Toms River during the fan
+ 1905. and Doctor Bruuwcr had been
uihorizcd by the township 10 cstab
sh "A tent hospital to care for them. \
Ie emplcy yed Miss Marie Kcarns
aimed nurse from Bellevue Hospital
raining school. to take charge of this {
ospital Prosecutor Brown says he q
ls been unable subpoena this nurse d
5 witness. Her duties brought her
cGucnily in Doctor Brouwers com
N. {
About two weeks before Mrs. Brou- 9
cf was taken IN Mis- Kearns was v
lcd with typhoid fever and Doctor y
rouwer took her TO the hospital IA :
1ng Branch. She was discharged as p
rcd the very day before Mrs. Bror. 5
pr died. and that evening she visited =
'c'or Brouwcr in his Toms River u
me ~
Sister Tells Of Trouble. Z
Miss Elizabeth liver. 81 ter Of ~
RS. Brouwer was called to the stand y
10 sal facing The prisoner with II
ls Of cool determination upou nor y
'e Doctor Brouwrr. whose bright. 70
ddy eyes have shot dcna7cc at mos, m
thc " Illnesses against him. seemed p
oc'cd by her teajv gaze. B
I visited my sister tbe SUNDAY ho
'o she was taken 80" said Miss
.or. and sho seemed uuusuau,
Il She was rohus, Young woman
.isiicd her he day of her illness. 'i'
d did noi think she wa very bad ro
c'or Brouwor afterwards told me ar
.f she went to pieces the uoNi day So
! took the children back home m.
h me- to Lakewood I received he
Iy REPORTS from fhe drcfor hy teIc 7i.
'ne. and ho kept repeating that
r" MAS no Improvement Whe1 D.
Q him ON one 81 ms visit. thar
h0ught She wss better. be- said.
aii ] can't SEQ it," ual
iiss Hyer fold ~ her sisters u1- car
uy married life. Bruuwer and Ms Geo
e hai unpleasant differences while MS
ng 90 Iakehu7sf Sic had heard all'
8. Br0uwer say in the presence of ai1
doctor that be had tWitted her Of
lg D. or aul be- vas constantly
EiIg az her The witness said Brou-
had said 70 the Wie ess oa fire.
nt occasions that BE- had Inst his iai
mel
gConcluded On third Psgsl the