Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-03-05
NURSES QUIT CASE
STORY OF DEATH OF SWOPE
TOLD In COURT.
Doctor Charged With Crime Sues Wit
ness Against Him for 100000 Dam
ages-Nurse Makes Remark That
People Are Being Murdered in
This House.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. l3.-John G.
Paxton has submitted to the demand
that he give his deposition in the suit
brought against him by DIR. Hyde ask
ing 100000 for alleged SANDER. lie
refused to include in his deposition.
however, any part of the report of the
analysis of the contents of the organs
of the Swopes made to him by DR..
Ludwig Hektoen Of Chicago.
The session ended in a clash be-
tween Frank Z. Walsh, the attorney
for DR.. Hyde, and Paxton, because Pax
ton had declined to furnish certain tes
timony. Mr.. Walsh said he would re-
sort to court proceedings to compel
Paxton to give the desired information.
Attorney Walsh insisted that Paxton
testify about contents of all the let
tiers and other communications from
DIR. Kektoen bearing upon pathological
examination. Mr.. Paxton refused to
divulge any part of the reports made
to him by the Chicago specialist, ig-
noring the order of the notary that he
as to their contents.
Mr.. Paxton testified in regard to
the alleged strike of the nurses in
the Swope household. He said that all
the nurses appealed to Mrs. Logan o.
Swope to dismiss DR.. Hyde as the fam
lily physician, else they would leave the
house. The witness said that follow
ing the demand of the nurses DIR. Hyde
was asked to cease his professional
services and DIR. G. T. Twyman then
began to treat the family patients
Mr.. Paxton told how Miss Houle-
han, one of the nurses, put on her hat
and cap and left the home Before 90
ing, however she said to Mrs Swope:
People are being murdered in this
house -
Then Mr.. Paxton related the dra-
matte departure of DIR. and Mrs. Hyde
from the Swope home the wife indig-
nant at the charges that had been
made against her husband.
1T was on this day" Mr. Paxton
said. THAT for the first time poison
was mentioned in connection with
Colonel Swope ; death. II was on this
day for the first time ] was aware of
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their suspicious. 1t was on this day
that the open breach occurred be
tween Frances Swope Hyde, a good,
faithful woman who had charge of the
home during the trying siege Of illness,
aud her mother Mrs Sw0pe.
DR.. Twyman told me that evening Of
the action Of the nurses and the sus-
picions OF Mrs. SWope.
~ was thnnderstruek ] could not
believe IL al first bat Dr. Twyman went
from one popularity 10 another as the
nurses had related them 10 him.
Then for the first time did ] hear
Aiss kellar D statement of the giving
Of tho capsule 40 Colonel 6Nope and
how he had gone into eonVulsions im.
modiately after. But ! still believed
Dr. Hyde innocenf, NJ. Paxton
added and When they were leaving
ihe hwope home under that awful
charge ihst night, ! shook d. hyde'e
hand 40 shop Mas. hpope thar did
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