Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-10-20
DID NOT POISON HER
DR.. Brouwer on Stand Dra-
matically Denies Guilt.
TESTIFIES THAT HE LOVED HIS WIFE
scribed FuIIy Last Iilreas OF Dead
Woman--$afd Deata gesutted


TOMS RIVER. NJ u. oct 10 s'r
Frank r. Be5GNer lral char
with the nusGer Of & wise ay III. 81
|, went on the stand il iis own derense
"As Gcd - lssose ! never save
my wife Az elie.7 he criei dranatical
" in answer to aHestioas. II nesei
gave her any poison except as NY Iua 4
ment as q physician and her condition
required
He told of his boyhood, his studies
his marriage and his hnHe building
With tears streaming down his cheeks
he denied that his wife had ever ac
! eused him seriously OF being unfaith
|iful
He denied positively the assertion Of
Elizabeth Hyer. his dead wifes sister
THAT he had threatened to get divorce
II could not, for loved her. he said,
and declared that Benjamin Hyer had
/ told but half the truth in order to make
q petty incident related in his testi-
mony appearimportant.
DR.. Brouwer described fully his
wife's last Illness and the treatment
klfGu D1 ullucCil utlO L1S OtHti lfiig 81
clans called in to attend her
DR.. Brouwer took the stand just he
fore noon. He said he was thirty-six
years old and was born IN Jersey City.
His father died before he was two
years old. His mother then went to
live in Cedar Creek, Ocean county,
N. ]. He went to school there from the
time no was six years old and later at
tended school In Providence, r. l., I'M
Itil he was sixteen years old.
DR. Brouwer said that on the last
Knight Of his wife's illness he gave her
brandy and one-twentieth of a grain of
etrychnine.
did the enema administered include
5trychnlne?' asked Mr.. Carmichael
mo; it did not" was the reply.
did you at any time give your wife
arsenicY
mo; I never gave arsenic to Mrs
Brouwer."
did you ever prior to or during your
wife's illness give her strychnine?'
CAS- God is my Judge, i never gave
my wife any strychnine except In the
one instance the night before she died"
"Did you ever put in your wifes med
,icine or food powdered glass;"
mo; did not
ibid you ever do anything to cause
your wifes death?"
II did not"
DR.. Brsuwer denied that his wife
was ever jealous, although she some
times spoke about women who visited
his Office and after they had gone
would ask who they were and what
Ithey wanted.
did your wife ever speak to you
about Miss McClenahan or Miss
Kearns?" asked Mr.. Johnson.
mo; she did not" the witness re
piled
DIR. Brouwer said that he had never
walked on the street with Miss Ilerns.
but one occasion took her for a carriage
ride
He denied that he ever told any one
he would get divorce or that he ever
heard his wife say she would apply for
Ia divorce.
"What about the testimony of Ben
jamin Hyer to the effect that you once
ystruck your wite!
ben Hyer only told half the truth
to my detriment My wife wanted to
tpunish one of our little boys, and l did
not want it, But I never struck her."
"Did your wife ever complain of kid
ney trouble before her last sicknessp'
Yes, and DIR. Cate attended her for
lit.
"What did Mrs. Brouwer eat just be-
fore she was taken III"
"At about 6 O'Clock in the evening
she ate canned soup and corn, potatoes
cottage cheese, break and butter, wa
termelon and drank a bottle of beer"
did she eat any more that even
7ing?"
Eyes. About 10 o'clock she ate three
onion sandwiches and a slice of water
melon and drank more beer"
The witness said that his wife's sick
mess, in his opinion. was the result of
overeating and was not caused by inn
pure food. He thought that a too
hearty meal had produced cholera NOR
bus.
DIR. Brouwer said the insurance on
bis wifes life had not been collected.
lin filing out the proof of death he
gave Bright's disease as the cause of
Meath because he believed that that
was the cause.