The Jersey City news., 1906-10-11

Witnesses Give 1'sssialoh Qoe
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PROSECUTION Sc0 also.

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Nurse Tells Of Preparation II rype-
dernaic Injection Frou Portion of
Medicine Crest Containing ssryes-
nine Wandssinas Of Eshysiolan Who
Signed Death Certificate
ToSas River q. J., 0at. IL. TltA the
calling of Df H. H. Cate nao had
bean described as the stars ituess
against Dr. Frank Bfou4Yer. son tri9b
fer the alleged murder d, his wife. the
ease Of the prosecution received set-
eacx. I1istsad Of describing, Is It had
been asserted he would, how r. Rfol
yer induced hi13 to sign a5e Eea3A
cegsifi9ate Br, cate ags3sgea 1Aa ds
felaant from all blame ia tAe signing
q lAe certificate, and he g flataee
te tta0ng to substantjafe the eonten-
tion 81 the defeHse that aIrs. rouwer
vFas III of Bright's disease
Nurse Helps Eofense.
2F. Gates testimony bow eYer, was
not the only evidence favorable TO the
defendant Miss Alice HorioeEz. d
trained nurse, who was present. when
asrs. Brouwer died ana Who alsa had
been regarded as one Of the chief wit
nesses against the accused physician,
Insisted that the medicines wsissa Dr.
fsrouWer gave bis wife did not bring on
ongulsiong and that the patient seems
ed to improve NThaneFer her husband
gave her a hyDaaermic injection. The
onsy thing thar seemed 10 save the
prosecution Sias the eact that tsse chaat
of sIrs. Brouwers condition which the
nurse kept contra sdieted her testimony
.Hhe chart showed that while at ne, time
after Mrs. BrouTer was taken I'll did
laea temperature or pulse become nor
Iaaf Eaeg nevertheless were neareTxthe
aornal figures on the Gay befSre The
patlent died than they had been since
the Saturday when she was stricken
With e0nYuss 5ns.
Asiss May l.ippiBcott, d nurse at die
bedside Of tiae dying Woman, declared,
s. saw Pr Hrouwer take two po
frenl Tie portion of his Iaediefne chest
where be Kept BIS strycnniiie and pre-
pure q nwpeae mic which he asked NE
70 give her
eo1Sra etary
iss Ina Dudley, another atirse wEo
eaHast for Mrs, BrogHssT, admitted MI
der cross examination, Tba bitter
TASTE Of the sanizea milk, wBich i
testified was caused by tie presence
oe deadly drug, may have been dQe
60 the lenggh 6f tizae which the mix
s69od Ia the ieebox
From tliis contradictory testimony
bofh sides clsinaed that they had ex-
fraeted partial victories when fba
days session Of the trial closed.
Eyer siaee the Hfouyar case became
the ra6st absorbing topic Of discussion
ii this county every one wondered
what position DF. Cate would take
Cafe was an Old friend &c Mrs. Rrou-
7Teg. lie lad been her physician for
more than ten years before her mar
ldage When ais September, 1905, she
beeaIne suadenlg iii Gaze, who lived
in Lakewood, was sent for He saw
her several times la her laaf illness,
aad il was he who signed the death
cerfiaeaTe giving acute BEight's dis
case as tlle cause Of deatnf Several
weeks after Affs 3roawer died Gate
suddenly 6isapneafea Three months
aftenvafd he found himself I'll d sani-
saa'tun ID Goshen, n. ana ha said
filaf he could not aSpiaIn how be got
there. His mind, be said, was a com
plefe blank as to what happened be-
between the time he let s:txewooa and
When he recovered his faculties IN
t78shen Three years ago. the rllysis
eian said he had q similar Ispse Of
memory that lasted from april 10 De-
csnber.
sisaea Deata Certificate.
After being found il Goshen, Gate
IS reported to hsye said tnat he sign
ed TIE death certifieats Of Mrs Eiou-
Tfer at the request of her husbansl and
that ae took Or BroHwer's word for
+ thar his wife had died of Bqisats
disease. Surprise was expressed when
the prosecution II s1uestianing Cate did
net ask hiaa how Be came e sign fhe
death certificate. This was explained
however, Nfhen Cate VAS cross exam
illed. Tie assorted tllat be signed tile
certificate At The request Ct the under
falSer, that Dr. BrouNer knew nothing
abort 1t and that three months befeva
her leath he had trasted AIRS. Bron-
werlfor Briglats disease or her own de-
scriptlon OF her symptoms