The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-10
SYMPTOMS POINT TO MURDER


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PORTIONS Of che Dody Committee 70 zlsia
To,m RIVER, n. j., Dot. G.-The proseou-
Uon ,-ick It's heaviest blow against DR..
Tra,k Brouwer, charged with tho murder
of HE wife, at tho first days taking Of testi-
D,ony. Tho evidence upon which tho state
orose. ltors place their chief reIiance for
con. ction was all made q part Of the rec
ard # the case to-day. In his opening
Natemcnt Of the case before tho jury. this
morning Prosecutor Brown said:
.Ws charge this man with deliberately
nos7ning his wife. Mrs. Carrie Brouwer,
nDde- The guise Of administering TO her
As a physician. We will show that arsenic
was the poison he used, and We will further
hiring forth evidence TO show that while
his wife was suffering from the effects
Of the first dose Of poison the defendant
gave % the nurse in charge more poison
in the shape OF medicines, with orders that
this ~ administered TO his wife
To prove these Two contentious, the
contentious upon which the prosecution
will rest its case, the attorneys for the
stafs called upon Frederick A. Genth, an
sxpert chemist OF Philadelphia, to show
that no found arsenic in the body OF Mrs.
Brouwer after it had beer exhumsd by
order Of the Grand Jury Of Ocean county.
Then. with Miss Una Dudley. q trained
nurse Of Philadelphia. on the stand, the
prosecution drew forth testimony to show
that while Mrs. Brouwer lay jill under the
attendance Of nurses in her own house
in September. 1905, her husband repeated
the poisonous doses that finally killed her.
Miss Dudley went on the stano late in
the afternoon. In Ane hour she had told
the story that the prosecution believes to
he part of the most damning svidsnoe
Against the prisoner.
The nurse spoke in so low a tone that
even the stenogrspher, who sat at her side,
could not always catch what sha said.
Judge Hendrickson, who il feeble and hard
Of hearing. had TO interrupt constantly to
ask that the woman repeat her words.
Everybody in the crowded court room
leaned forward with hand to ear to catch
the whispered words.
when l was called to attend Mrs.
Brouwer DR.. Brouwer told mi she was
very ill., said Mise Dudley. -On the first
day I got there l found her resting easily.
On Friday, it was the Friday before she
died, she seemed to be getting along very
well, when the doctor told me to put a
pepUone Po"u He e.Ne ~ noI nnA'
"ha' vas INC enecE Ine nlA mao on
her, asked Assistant Prosecutor Brown,
who was conducting the direct examina-
tim aSbe vomitsd irnyn sdiatalv and aid
il tasted bitter"
ShoNio u ave tssteo oitterE No. II
Then the nurse told how she had herself
prepared a bottle Of p~eptonized milk. After
taking II the patient neither showed signs
OF VoHlsLns MOI ~ComplA1neu OF the bitter
taste. ohe mproved. On the Following
SATURDAY. SAID MISS dudley, sne was feeling
much peIter ana mao a nortnai pulse and a
strong neaIt ACTON;
IN thst Gay VI. a~nnounced that
ne hdu 70 go away, put ne lelC a nutr1tlVe
comPoun1i Oope SoHlnisIereo 10 the patient
composed ne salu, OF MIX, egg n whlskey.
mas mere anything Pecular about what
me uoctoF prepared asked the questioning
attorney.
les; IL was Lnick ana dark ana curdled;
nov rs II 'SnouIu De- repheo MISS dudley:
IA PpS AiueE you nsd Admins
FsSa
NIH. prov ~er got nervous r&pidIy, then
tme scrsaneo IN agony, drew up her legs,
CIamped her aTms across ner breast and
tnIeW her neso pacK' her whole body
became rlgld'
SHOW the Jury. Miss Dudley Just how
me aCted, sald Attorney ohnson
an instant husn Tell over the court room
end every one in the benches leaned tensely
ior"bru Inc woman on the stand threw
net arms across her chest, tipped back her
heaG snd drew her race Tor an instant into
a SUI mask OF horror, A woman in the
c9n'i room Caught her breath IN a sibilsnt
Vnl~,!a Ihen the witness continued to
lHlI' " ne succession OF paroKysms that had
racAe1 the patient all night. She said that
neT' day. Sunday, when DR.. Brou wer had
'rh"rSh her 10 give the patient a similar
C'inplund she did not administer IL, al
th"hFh the doctor supposed she did. She
Wa ON duty when Mrs. wer died early
next morning, Miss Dudley said.
Sfter Prosecutor brown had made his
onen,ng statement to the jury when court
convened this morning Mrs. Abbie Irons
o. thls town was the first witness called. |
m" testified that she was on duty as a
nurse when Mrs. Brouwer died. That was
all thai was asked of her and the cross
examination by Attorney Wilson for the
defence was brief.
avid r. Anderson, an undertaken Of
Toms River was called for the purpose
NJ recording his Identification OF the body
ri Mrs Rrouwer when il was exhumed.
Dr Henry W. Cattell. a pathologist Of
Philadelphia, was next TO take the stand.
He tpetifed deliberately and at length TO
the examination Of the bodv OF the dead
woman he had made with other physicians
ordered N 10 do by the Grand Jury on
December - Of last year. He said that
The vital organs of the body were at that
time in an excellent state Of nroearyation |