Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-04
CASE NOT STRONG
AGAINST DR.. HYDE
Cross Examination OF Or. Vaughn
Brought Out Fact Swope'S
Liver Destroyed.
MRS. SWoPE TO BE CALLED,
VIII be Last Witness for the stale
Not known How Many De-
fcnse VIII Csli.

Kansas city Mo. May 4.-PractIcdlly
AN OF the opening session OF the Hyde
trial today was consumed in the cross
examination of Dr. Victor G.. Vaughn
by ATTY. Frank p Walsh. The de-
Tense reunquished the witness few
minutes before noon The state am
nouncod that il would briefly question
the physician in the afternoon and
afterward call Mrs. Logan o. Swope,
its last witness.
MI Walsh's nterrogations were con-
fined solely to the Investigations made
upon the organs OF Col. Swope New
features derived by the defense were.
sugohnine would accumulate In one
organ Of a body.
All the liver of Col Swope has been
destroyed since Dr. Hyde's scientists
applied 90 Dr. Vaughn for part " it.
only a small part OF the strychnine
said Co have been taken from the
liver remains and none OF the drug
found has ever been fully purified.
The liver contained only 800 grams,
whereas the normal liver contains
about 400 or 1900 grams.
How many Witnesses the defense Will
offer and who they viii be is some
thing known only to the attorneys for
Dr. Hyde They are not telling any
body about their plans.
John n Atwood. the prosecution's
attorney who. until his illness began.
Monday, examined an OF the medical
witnesses, was I'm court again today.
lie did no active work, however. Mr.
Reed continuing his examination OF
Dr Vaughn
stand. the spectators arrived early to-
day As usual many We're turned
away because there was no room for
them
WAS there anything in the stoma h
Of Col. Swopc following which cyanide
could have formed?" asked Nr Reed
Nothing" answered Dr. Vaughn
Mr.. Walsh took the witness 20 min
utes after court opened
DIT Vaughn had testified on direct
examination that the falling tempera-
ture OF Col. Swope was a sign OF his
having received a respiratory poison.
Mr. Walsh asked the witness IL the ap-
plication OF an ice pack and the Civ
ing Of a bath would not cause the tenn
perature 10 fall. Dr. Vaughn said such
was the case but he did not know
these things had been done.
None Of the liver Of Col. SWope U.s.
now In existence admitted the witness
The physician said he had, besides the
one two hundred and iftieth Of a grain
Of strychnine offered IN evidence, only
a small amount In n chloroform eX-
tract He did not know how much OF
the drug was In the chloroform.
DIT Vaughn said II there had been
apple seeds or peach hearts In Col
Swopes stomach hydrucyanic acid
would have been present This acid
forms the deadly part Of cyanide Of
potassium. Asked N he examined close
lv the contents OF the stomach, the
physician said he looked at them with
bagnifying glass.
Mrs Logan o, Swope mother Of Mrs
HYDE, took the witness stand at ?
O'Clock
The defense made strenuous obiec-
ton 10 the witness telling about Dr.
Hydes courtship Of her daughter
Judge Latshaw oyCrrulcd the objcc-
tions but tho state did not press the
subject Mrs. Swope simply said she
met DR. Hyde a year and a half be-
fore he was married 90 Frances Hyde
June ~, 1905 Immediately after their
meeting. said the witness. the physician
began 20 call on her daughter
Describing the premises at her home
as being I'm good condition she said
There was no sickness IN the house
for many years prior 20 September
1909"