The San Francisco call., 1910-05-05
MRS. SWOPE ENDS
The STATES CASE
Tells of the Death of Hunton
Followed by That of
the Colonel
DR.. Vaughn Adds New Points
to Mass of Poison
Testimony

KANSAS CITY, May 5.-To the dis
appointment of several hundred people,
who used physical force, cajolery and
friendship to pry their way into the
criminal courtroom this afternoon, Mrs.
Logan o. Swope went on the witness
stand and calmly gave synopsis of the
Swope tragedies. Her testimony closed
the states case. Only once did Mrs
Swope appear to be affected. This was
when she was telling how Doctor Hyde
informed her shortly after James Moss
Hunton's death that Colonel Swope
could not live.
Mrs. Swope did not attack Doctor
Hyde nor his wife. They sat directly
in front of her and she looked both in
the eyes several times. They stared, at
her in return.
ANTIPApHY EXPLAINED
The whole situation between the two
families was summed up during Mrs.
Swope's cross examination:
You told Mrs. HYDE when she left
your house on December IS last you
hoped she would come back, and she
said she would return only when you
invited her husband, L believer" asked
Walsh.
That is what happened" answered
The defense attempted to show that
Mrs Swope's antipathy toward Doctor
Hyde had it's beginning last fall over d
financial matter
When Mrs. Hyde refused to give her
portion of the Hunton estate over to
Mrs. Liddie Moore. sister of Hunton,
you told her Clark Hyde had advised
her to refuse; that he did not love her
and only wanted her money, did you
not?" asked Walsh.
Il most certainly did not" said Mrs
Swope, warmly.
The contention of the defense that
| Doctor and Mrs. Hyde did not know
whether they were remembered in
| Colonel Swope's will was denied by
Mrs. Swope.
On September -, said Mrs. Swope.
! Doctor Hyde first talked about Colonel
Swope's Will.
He came to Hunton and myself
| said the witness. after he had talked
with Colonel Swope and said: Colonel
Swope wants to make a will. He wants
| a Mr.. Hawthorne to be an executor.
He seems to have it in for you, Mr..
Hunton. "
DEATH OF HUNTON
Feeling, Mrs. Swope said, that James
| Moss Hunton could not live after suf-
fering the attack af apoplexy, she or
dered him taken to her room. 1t was
there he died.
Did you see the bleeding of Hun
| ton?'' queried Reed.
Not much of it, Mrs. Swope replied.
Il glanced in the door just once. Doc
tor HYDE was Jerking the string which
was around the artery in Mr.. Hunton's s
arm"
OF The last illness of Colonel Swope
Mrs. Swope said
While Doctor Hyde, Miss Keller and
| were at breakfast on the morning of
October 3. the doctor gave her capsule
to administer to Colonel Swope. They
went out, and upon returning the nurse
told me Mr.. Swope had not taken the
medicine, but would later.
When Mr.. Swope suffered his con-
vulsion Doctor Hyde said to me: Its
Just another case like Mr.. Hunton's.
It's only a question of time, now
CONFIDENCE IN HYDE
81 was unnerved, due to the death of
Mr.. Hunton and when Doctor Hyde, in
whom at that time | had absolute con-
fidence, said Colonel Swope's death was
| near ] felt I could not go into the
| room. Therefore it was several hours
| before I went to his bedside"
AS Mrs. Swope talked of this phase
| of the case her voice faltered.
Much of the morning session was
consumed in the cross examination of
DR.. Victor G. Vaughn by Attorney
Frank p Walsh. The defense relin-
quished the witness few minutes be-
| fore noon.
Walsh's interrogations were confined
solely to the Investigations made upon
the organs OF Colonel Swope. New
features derived by the defense were:
Strychnine would accumulate in one
organ of body.
All the liver of Colonel Swope has
| been destroyed since Doctor Hyde's sci
entists applied to Doctor Vaughn for
part Of it.
The liver contained only $50 grams
whereas the normal liver contains
about 400 or 1,500 grams
Doctor Vaughn said if there had been
apple seeds or peach hearts in Colonel
Swope's stomach hydrocyanic acid
would have been present This acid
forms the deadly part of cyanide of