Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
100000 WILL Be
SPENT IN EFFORT
TO CONVICT HYDE
Both Sides Are Confident as First
Week of Physicians Fight
for Life Ends
DEFENSE GAINS SOME GROUND
Nurse Makes Favorable Admis-
SionS in Course of Cross
Examination
DEFENSE GAINS SOME GROUND
Associated Press1

II ANSAS CITY, April 23.-The sec
N ond week of the Hyde murder
n trial closed here today with both
the defense and the prosecution pre-
dieting ultimate victory.
Only two important witnesses have
been examined so far. They are Miss
Pearl Keller and Miss Anna Houlihan,
who were nurses in the Swope residence
when the tragedies were enacted.
Miss Keller, who is considered the
states star witness, told a straight
and vigorous story which greatly
pleased the prosecution. Attempts of
the defense to break down her mar
rative were futile.
On the other hand, Miss Houlihan,
whose cross examination has not been
completed, has buoyed up the hopes of
the defense. Attorney Frank p. Walsh,
chief counsel for DIR. Hyde, has un-
der the direct coaching of Mrs. Hyde,
been able to obtain some admissions
damaging to the states case from the
witness.
Two hundred thousand dollars is the
amount 1t is estimated the county will
spend before the trial is completed.
Some attorneys in the hearing e.
lieve the case will not go to the jury
for five or six weeks. Mr.. Walsh said
tonight he thought the case would be
completed within five weeks.
The state has thirty-seven witnesses
to call. How many the defense will
summon is only known to Mr.. Walsh
and he will not tell.
Chief interest now lies in the COM
ing testimony of Mrs. Logan o.
Swope and her daughter, Mrs. Hyde.
Although the state was denied the priv
ilege of going into the private life of
DR.. Hyde in its opening statement, 1t
hopes to throw some light on this
phase of the case later.
MRS. HYDE TO TESTIFY
Mrs. Swope is the witness who is
depended upon TO grill the physician
from the witness stand. In refutation
of the stories told by Mrs. Swope and
Miss Keller the defense will offer Mrs.
Hyde as a witness.
Judge Latshaw's ruling that every
phase of the Swope mystery may be
developed, in order, if possible to show
motive on the part of Dr. Hyde in con-
nection with the alleged killing of Col
onel Swope, makes certain that ere the
trial has ended the public will have
heard all there is to tell Of the mys-
terry.
owing to attorneys in the Swope
murder case having made arrange
ments to take another deposition in
DIR. Hyde's libel suit this afternoon
there was only a morning session of
court today.
Miss Anna Houlihan, the nurse who
occupied the witness chair the greater
part of the session yesterday, took the
stand today. Her direct examination
was resumed by Assistant Prosecutor
James r. Reed.
Mr.. Reed asked the nurse but few
questions regarding the Illness of Mar
garet Swope. Attorney Walsh then
took the witness.
Mr.. Walshs first question was re-
garding the box of candy which Miss
Houlihan testified yesterday that DR..
Hyde gave to Stella Swope just seven
days before the young woman was
stricken with typhoid.
"Did you see DR.. Hyde give Stella
this candy?" asked Mr. Walsh.
Eyes, SIR she replied.
did you see her eat any of the
candy?"
"I did not"
Miss Houlihan said she could not re-
call the size of the box nor could she
say whether DIR. Hyde and his wife ate
the candy at the house on the day the
box is said to have been presented to
Stella Swope.
Using a plot of the second floor of
the Swope house, drawn by DR.. Hyde,
Mr.. Walsh developed that three per-
sons were i'll on that floor and that the
plumbing in the house had been torn
out