The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-25
GOES FOR LIFE
Hyde is Fouad Guilty Of Aurde. in The
First Degree But Only
GETS A LIFE SENTENCE
Sensational Murder Tria; in kansas
City Ends With the Conviction Of
DIR. Hyde, Whose Neck is Saved
by the Jury Fixing His Punish
; ment at Life Imprisonment

,ment at Life Imprisonment
AT Kansas City. Mo-. on Monday
Dr.. B. Clarke Hyde. was convicted
and sectenced 10 life Imprisonment
for the murder OF Thomas II. Swope.
millionaire uncle o. his wife. who
had given her nearly t~o hundred
thousand dollars IN his will.
Col. Swope died October 80 last.
His death certificate gave apopIexy as
the cause Of death. DR.. Hyde was
in attendance. The State AYERS he
poisoned the millionaire by admins
tering strychnine to him IN capsule
form.
The motive for the alleged crime.
says the State. was to obtain wealth.
BY the terms OF Col. Swope's will,
Mrs Hyde was 70 receive share of
her uncle's property and some mon
ey. Desiring to hasten the settle
ment Of the estate and also to pre-
vent certain changes. which the col
one! had planned. from being made
in the will. DR.. Hyde, killed the aged
capitalist.
When indicted for the murder Of
Col. Swope. ten other indictments
were returned against Dr.. Hyde. IN
them he was charged with the mur-
| der OF Chrisman Swope, a nephew
OF Col. Swope. by administering pois-
! on to him. negligeEtly killing James
Moss Hun,on. cousin OF Col. Swope,
by bleeding him. and OF attempting
to poison Misses Lucy Swope. Mil
dred Fox. Sarah Swope. George Com
ton. Nora Bell Dickson. Stella SwoDe.
Margaret Swope and Leorora Cop
bridge. All OF these people were at
tackled by typhoid fever. prevalent In
the Swope home. and It is aTerred
Hyde caused their illess.
| No Indictment but that one relat-
ing to the death of Col. Swope en-
tered the case which ended Mon
day, however. He was millionaire
real estate and mine owner. who
gave Swope park TO Kansas City. and
who died suddenly on October 3.
1909, shortly after having taken a
capsule at the direction OF Dr.. Hyde.
Drs. Hektoen and Haynes. OF Chic
ago. two eminent experts, who made
an analysis of the yiscera Of Col
Swope. found strychnine in his stom.
ach and liver.
DR.. Bennett Clarke Hyde. tbe de.
fendant. is the son OF Baptist min.
lister. now retired. at Lexington. No
He was graduated from the Went
worth Military academy at Lexington
and went 10 Kansas City in the early
COS and studied medicine.
a short time after he had been
licensed to practice Dr.. Hyde was ap-
pointed police surgeon By Mayor
Webster Davis. Before he had serv.
ed year he was removed for IN.
professional conduct.
When in October. 1898, several
unusually bold grave robberies were
committed. Dr.. Hyde's name became
connected with the matter. but nc
sufficient proofs were found against
him.
1t was three or four years late.
that the announcement was made o!
Or. Eydes engagement to Miss Fran
ces Swope. daughter Of Mrs. Marga.
ret Swope. OF Indepenence. and the
niece Of the late Col. Thomas II.
Swope.
The engagement wa strongly op-
posed by Mrs Margaret Swope, but
Miss Frances vas determined to mar
~ Hyde and even the fact that sew
eral breach OF promise suits were
filed against him. which did not re
fleet credit upon his character. did
not change her determination
She became the wife OF Dr.. Hyde.
and. after a while. truce was de-
clared and fairly cordial entente
established between the Swope fam
iiy and DR.. Hyde. The door OF the
Swope home was opened TO the young
doctor las, summer and soon there
after began a chain OF events which
caused the death Of three persons
and came near wiping out the entire
SHope family