[3] That year, Brower planned two tournaments - one for the featherweight title vacated by Johnny Dundee and another to determine the number one contender for Benny Leonard's lightweight championship.
[8] During his tenure as Brooklyn's District Attorney, Brower's office investigated an alleged Protection racket perpetrated against laundry owners and the disappearance of wealthy boarding housekeeper Eugenie Cedarholm.
[9][10] In August 1930, McCooey and the Brooklyn Democratic executive committee selected Brower's chief deputy William F. X. Geoghan as the party's nominee for district attorney.
[12] In 1931, the New York State Legislature created twelve new Supreme Court seats and as part of a bipartisan agreement, Brower was appointed to one of the five new judgeships in Kings County.
[1] He also ruled on mortgage reorganization proposals for 19 Rector Street and the Hotel Bossert, presided over the guardianship hearing of Edwin Markham, and served as a witness to the execution of Lepke Buchalter.