The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-04-21
HYDE MURDER TRIAL
BEGINS CLASH
ATTORNEY REED DELIVERS OPEN,
ING STATEMENT FOR PROSE-
cuTIoN IN MURDER CASE.
CASE WILL Be FOUGHT BITTERLY
Accused Physician Bitterly Condemned
-AlIegatlons Of State Are Heard
Despite Frequent Objections
Of Defense.
CASE WILL Be FOUGHT BITTERLY
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DR.. TWYMAN e

Ely had the state completed it's =
= opening statement In tho murder =
, trial Of Dr.. D. c. Hyde when Dr.. =
: G. Z. Twyman, one Of tho p~rosecu- =
= items most Important witnesses, =
= died at a local hospital. He was =
= stricken last Saturday. Acute d. =
= v%erticuItts caused death.
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Kansas City, April 10. = Before a
courtroom that was crowded to it's ut.
most capacity long before the regular
opening hour, James A. Reed delivered
the opening statement of the prosecu.
ton in the Hyde murder trial. The
opening OF the case was marked by a
sharp clash between attorneys for the
two sides. The defense waged a hard
fight on the court permitting Mr.. Reed
as special counsel to deliver the open.
Ing statement. Judge Latshaw held
that 1t was entirely legal, but as a
precautionary move suggested that Mr..
Reed be appointed a special prosecut.
ing attorney, and this was done.
Before Mr.. Reed was fairly launched
upon his address, Frank P. Walsh,
leading counsel for the defense inter-
posed objection to the prosecutions in
Producing statements regarding any
feature of the case except that deal.
ing directly with the death of Colonel
swope for whose alleged murder DR..
Hyde is now being tried. He was
overruled. Mr.. Walsh spoke in a loud
tone of voice and branded many of
the persons who had gathered evi.
dence against DR.. Hyde as liars and
thieves"
Mr.. Reed sought later to tell the
story Of the courtship of DR.. Hyde and
Mrs. Hyde and the objection Of Mr..
Walsh to this feature being gone into
was sustained by Judge Latshaw.
Before the Jury was sworn, Mr.. Conk.
ling stated he expected to call DR..
Twyman to Testify AZ loon a he was
able to be about provided the case
had not been closed By that time.
Mr.. Walsh replied he would not
agree to the physician taking the
stand unless it was in the regular or.
der Of a state witness. Judge Lat
shaw announced he would decide later
regarding permitting the physician to
testify if he should be called.
The court room was crowded.
Thomas Swope, Jr., who recently re-
fused to aid his mother, Mrs. Logan o.
Swope, in sharing the expense Of pros
ecuting DR.. Hyde, accompanied his
mother and Miss Lucy Lee Swope, his
sister and Judge Lee Chrisman, his
uncle. Besides his father Rev. George
Hyde, Of Lexington, Mo-, was also
present.
After prosecutor Conkl1ng had read
the indictment, Mr.. Reed objected to
the presence of Mrs. Hyde in the court
room during the making Of the prose.
cutor's statements, but tho court ruled
that Mrs. Hyde and Mrs. Swope might
ROMAN In the courtroom, but all other
witnesses should be excluded.
On leading up to the motive which
the state claims caused the alleged
murders to be committed, Mr.. Reed
explained an o~verpowering greed for
money had manifested itself in DR..
Hyde. With a purpose Of adding to
his wealth, said Mr.. Reed, the physi.
cion made love to women and then OBJ
tanned money from them.
The deaths of Colonel Thomas H.
and Chrisman Swope and of James
Moss Hunton were dealt with in de.
tail. The charges that DR.. Hyde was
responsible for the spread of typhoid
fever in the Swope house, and that
on three occasions he tried to poison
Miss Margaret Swope, composed a con
siderable part of the address.
It was stated by Mr.. Reed for the
first time that the state would show
Colonel Swope was poisoned with eva,
hide of potassium as well al strych
nine. and that %strychnine and cyanide
had been given to Chrisman Swope.
The story of Colonel James M. Hun
toms death was made a little more
clear. According to the statement, DR.
G. T. Twyman protested against DR.
Hyde bleeding Hunton to such an ex
tent as he did. DR.. Hyde vas indicted
for negligently killing Hunton by
bleeding.