The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-07
.DR. HYDE INDICTED
 0N MURDER CHARGE
Thirteen Counts Made Against
 Him By Grand Jury
"A STATEMENT BY HYDE
Says That Only n Fair Trial Be- fore a July Can Develop
 That Fact

Clarke Hyde. husband of a niece Of the late Thomas H. swope, was last night indicted on 1s counts in II indictments returned by the grand jury that mas been Investigating the Swope mystery,
 Two indictments charge first degree murder in connection with the deaths of Colonel Swope and Of Chrisman swope. pr. Hyde is alleged to have given them strychnine tablets.
 One indictment accuses Dr. Hyde Of manslaughter by bleeding James Moss Hunton. cousin of Colonel Swope, in a neslectful manner.
 Perhaps the most surprising of all the indictments returned are the eight in connection with the alleged poison ing of the Swope family and visitors and attendants of the Swope house hold.
 Dr. Hyde is accused in these indict- ments. which contain counts of poison ing with typhoid fever germs, with intent to murder, Margaret Swope, Stel- la Swope, Sarah Swope. Lucy Lee swope Nora Bell Dickson, Georgia F. Compton, Mildred Fox and Leonofa copridge, negro girl. All these persons were stricken with typhoid fever while Dr. Hyde was attending the Swope amily.
 Three counts are contained in the in dictment charging the poisoning Of Miss Margaret Swope. The first charges that he attempted to poison her by ad- ministering typhoid fever germs on or about November 25. The second ae- cuses him of trying to poison her by giving a hypodermic injection Decem- Der 1s. On the third count he is &C., cused, December IS, of giving strych nine and other poisons.
 Indictments in connection with the illness of the Misses Fox, Dickson and Compton and the Copridge girl came as a surprise. Miss Fox was a visitor at the Swope home during the illness of members of the family. The Misses Dickson and Compton were employed at the home as governess and seam stress, respectively. The Copridge girl was a maid.
 Capiases for the arrest of Dr. Hyde will not be issued until Monday. Eo is at present under a s5000c bond In the case now pending against him in Justice Loar's court in Independence, charging him with the murder of Colo nel Swope.
 Prosecutor Virgil Conkling said as the indictments had been returned that as soon as pr. Hyde is arrested on the charges brought by the grand jury the case in the Independence court will be dismissed It has been continued three times.
 In Written statement given out at his home tonight Dr. Hyde said:
 ''I have just read in the evening papers that have been indicted.
 "In my libel suit against John G. Pax ton he has stated under oath that on the 20th day of December, 1909 before the slightest investigation was made, and before an examination of any of the bodies of the dead was had, he concluded I was guilty of the murders and attempts to murder others. I have just read the testimony of Mrs. Logan O. Swope, taken the day after the more than two weeks of earnest effort upon the part of my at torneys. She says she arrived at the same conclusion at the same time, like wise without investigation or proof. The 18th day of January, 1910. Mir Paxton wrote letter to his co-educator charging that all of these terrible crimes had been committed
 "In his testimony the first day of his deposition he published this letter to the world and declared 1t was I who was the guilty person.
 This stain upon my character can only be removed In one way; that Is by fail. trial by a jury of my fellow citizens In court where can be represented and where my vindication can be made com plete and final. Much as I regret the fact of my indictment, I realize 1t to be an inevitable and necessary step toward my final exoneraton. I would not have 1t otherwise after the publication of the Paxton letter. Of course the public will understand that a grand jury investiea- ton is secret and the accused is not al- lowed representation.
 'T am absolutely innocent, and I know on that account no harm can come to me. Those who know me best have assured me in thousands of ways since Mir. Pax ton made this awful charge of their stanch belief in my innocence and I feel confident that those of my fellow cit ixens who do not know me will suspend Judgment in my case until by fair trial my innocence has been established" !"