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Show DESIRE TO GET CONTROL Of WIPE'S ESTATE GIVEN AS MOTIVE FOR -MOM 1 . .. teraay, bnt the precution- blnnderea in not being properly prepared to question ques-tion him, and tbo doctor. was hastily excused until today, in order. that . hypothetical question can be framed' that will stand the attacks of the defence. de-fence. ' y ' Yesterday the defense successfuHv-objected successfuHv-objected to the following 'question put to Dr. Washington bv the prosecution after be had stated that he had heard the testimony thus far given in court: ' Basing jour opinion, on the testf- monV Ox theA nitnaaM anA aanmin .tojts ri veb; . j., on. 12. tie. Walter 8. Washington of Newark, medical expert for ,the prosecution will go on the witness stand today at the trial of Dr. Frank. Brouwer, who is. ebarged with )oioning his wife. Dr. Washington is considered the most important im-portant medical witness for the prosecution, prose-cution, as he is expected to say positively posi-tively that Brs. Brouwer 's death was due to poison. He was called to the stand late yes- I their testimony to be true, what in your opinion was the cause of the death of Mrs. "arrie Brouwer!" The attorneys for the defense insisted insist-ed that the hypothetical question must be' framed so as to include all the pertinent per-tinent testimony of the witnesses referred re-ferred to. and Justice Hendrickson agreed with them. The interest in the trial reached its highest pitch yesterday when the prosecution called" witnesses to prov a motive for the crime. This testimony testi-mony was introduced to show that Dr. Brouwer had been living beyond his means and had been using his wife's: money at times to pay his debts; that her life was insured "for $1000 in his favor and that by her death he cama into possession of rropertv valued a't nbout $6000; that they had frequentlv quarreled and that the question of divorce di-vorce had been considered; that since Mrs. Brouwer 's death the insurance company has declined to pay over the money on her policy. Finally testimony" was given that at the time Mrs. Brouwer was lying on her death bed her husband was visiting vis-iting a trained nurse who was a patient pa-tient iu the Long Branch Memorial hospital, and that he purchased flowers flow-ers from a Long Branch florist, whiea he said he was going to send to a patient pa-tient of his in the hospital. Brouwer listened closely to the testimony tes-timony and consulted frequently with, his lawyers regarding it. He also suggested sug-gested questions to them in the cross-examination cross-examination of witnesses. One of the pathetic features of the trial is the prisoner's mother. She is a gray-haired woman with a fine face, and although she seldom enters the courtroom, she remains near the courthouse, court-house, walking up and down the sidewalk. |