The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-19

that the mortality from typhoid
amounts to about flve per cent.
| Guessing Hatred Chase Jordan. the
yard doctor OF Kansas City. Kas..
came in for a grlling, the Swope fam.
| lily used vast quantities of the swar-
thy mans medicine says Mr.. Walsh
, DR.. G. T. Twyman. declared Mr..
| Walsh, had approved of the treatment
administered to Mrs. Margaret SwoDc
by Dr. HYDE.
Miss Lucy Lee Swope WAS not pois-
oned by DIR. Hyde and she would take
tho stand md swear to this, said Mr
Walsh
Mr. Walsh then began an attack
upon John G. Paxton. an executor OF
the estate, and Walter S Hams, the
Chicago chemist. whom he referred
TO as a hired man"
Mr.. HalnS made an examination of
the contents of the stomach OF Mar
garet Swope and capsule which DIT.
Hyde was said to have thrown away.
and reported TO Mr Paxton there was
no poison In It Two days later. Dr..
Hyde sued Slr. Paxton for 100000
for alleged libel. Mr.. Paxton then tel
ephoned his hired man and got a re-
port that there was poison In the
capsule, and the contents of the stom-
ach John c. Paxton started this In
vestigation thinking he could charge
the cost OF il TO the estate. Failing,
he was hired by Mrs. Swope to con-
tinue the Inquiry. Going TO Chicago,
he employed Ludwig Hektoen and
brought him here to make al autopsy
on Chrisman Swope. In little back
room in independence. the organs of
this unfortunate boy were removed.
The organs were then carried away
to Chicago What the investigation
showed. / don't know This defend.
ant had been deprived of the right
of examining these organs.
Reminding the jury that the brain
Of Col. Swope was removed while
frozen and cracked in the removal.
Mr. Walsh said 1t was impossible to
tell with the organ in this condition,
whether death occurred from apopleXy
II was charged that the organs. upon
removal. were thrown into a bucket.
Representatives OF DR.. Hyde called
upon Mr. Paxton and the chemist and
were refused a part OF the organs OF
Col. Swope. said Mr.. Walsh.
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Mr.. Walsh. Il believe, that these
chemists are professional witnesses.
"As to the alleged finding OF the
cyanide OF potassium. l will say that
these men either did not find this
poison. or else they trlckily concealed
the fact that they found 1t until their
trinl opened
Cyanide of potassium was TO be
found in every physicians office and
DIR Hyde had 1t, said Mr.. Walsh.
Mr Walsh explained the methods
used by chemists to prove poison had
been found in bodies. He warned the
jury OF many so-called tricks OF the
scientists. and asked them to exercise |
great care in determining whether
poison really had beon discovered.
Mr. Walsh laid especial stress upon |
tho poor physical condition OF Colonel
Swope at the time of his death, and |
requested the jury to remember that |
many symptoms. which might appear
to be due to abuse, were in>renlity but
the results OF O weakened constitus |
ton.
In closing, the attorney eulogized |
DIR. and Mrs. Hyde and announced the |
intention of both to take the witness |
stand.
DR.. Z L. Stewart was scathingly at
tackled for entering Dr. Hyde's office
while he WAS absent from the city.
Mr.. Walsh said that Stewart not |
only took typhoid germs, but also some
poison from the physician's case.