The Cairo bulletin., 1906-10-17
CALLS UPON GOD TO WITNESS
STATEMENT THAT HE GAVE
HER NO POISON.
WOMEN IN MYSTERIES
During the Sensational Murder Trial
at Toms RiVer-Brouwer Tells
of Wife's llness--Didn't
Kiss the Nurse.


on tlal for the murder Of his wife
was again on the stand ioday in his
own behalf
"As God is my Judge, I never gave
my wife arsenic" cried pr. Brouwer
in answer to questions during his
cross .examlnat on. Il never gave her
amy poison except as my judgment as
physician and her condition re
qHired
He told of his bayhood, his studies
la marriage and his home building
With tears streaming down his cheeks
he denied that his wife had ever &C
cgsed him seriously Of being unfath
ful
lie denied positively the assertion
of Elizabeth Hyer his dead wife's
sister that he had threatened to get
divorce. 81 could not for loved
her ho said, and declared that Ben
iamin lIycr had bat told half the
truth in order to make petty inc
dent related in his testimony appear |
aa important.
Br. Brouwer described fully his
wifc's last illness aud the treatment /
given by himself and the other physi /
clans called in to attend her
Women HystericaI.
The throng of spectators. most Of
them women, had been wrought al.
most to a state Of hysteria by he ac-
cused physicians previous testimony,
in which, between alternate pa
f0Xysms OF tears and spectacular
tempests Of anger. he had testified
on the stand that he loved his wife
Carrie, that be had toiled during the
heydey of his life to get her a home
and that all stories Of dscord be
tween them or that she had ever been
subjected TO i'll usage from him were
fabrications
When asked If he had ruck his
Wife, as Benjamin Hyer had testified
his sister had told him, Brouwer
clenched the sides of the witness
chair ard burst forth into such =
rage that his answers were uninteli-
gible When asked if he had not said
that he had lost all respect for his I
wife tears streamed from his eyes as a
he testified that he had not, as he still y
loved her. "
Many women in the courtroom wep, :,
IN sympathy with DR. Brouwer ana
the sound Of sobbing was audible near 4,
" oil the time he was on The stand.
There were more women than men =,
in the court room when court con. =.
yened in the afronooa. Attracted bv ".
The testim ny given by the defendant
Ihe largest crowds soon so far an the
trial packed the place The defense ~
In putting Dr. 8rouwcr ON iho stand -,
before calling his aged mother. sprang :.
a surprise on everybody This was ex
planned when it was learned that Mrs ~
'ayerly is slightly III. =
DR. Brouwer defended his diagnosis :,
If his wifo's Illness as Bhghts dis.
Ease by saying that Dr. Forman ana
4 firm of New York chemists. after [
nuid from Mrs Brouwer'f r
body. also rcpC red that she sunere, |
rom Brights disease
why did You suggest 10 Mi Dud
cy tha YOU wife had symptoms Of n.
.pinal meningitis" he was asked. =
"It occurred to me that it might Dee
spinal meningitis 7 had discussed the
natter with Drs. Cate and 1sbrow. but
hey had come TO no conclusion"
why did yog say TO the nurses Of
hat your wife might not get woll?" ge
"Becauc ! didn't tbi1k she would In
Ter heart action was irregular an as
through her sickness" IF
Gave Nothing TO Cause Death. su
Dr Brouwer said thar be admins COZ
cred TO his wife a hypodermic iniec 81
Jon prepared by a Philadelphia firm tle
strychuine and nitroelycel- Da
D. lie said that his wife immedia'r
Z became calmcr and quiet - an D n
er heart became more regular and III
.ronger Dr. RrouWer said shat or III
be- last night OF his wlfe's illness he -
ave her brandy and one twentieth ~
grain of strychnine
Did you 40 amy time give ycrr Pr,
ife ar enicg"
No, / never gave arsenic ~ M-s.
Did you ever prior to or during
'Hr wifc's illness give her -.rych-
na2~ Enf
AS God is my judge. ] never cave
81 wife any strychnine execepi IT, -
.e one instance. the night before she ~
Cd OF
Did Eou ever put IN your wife
eiicine OF food powdered glass; ssA
No. ! did not He
fCnntInned on Fnnr1h Pazsl flsl