The Washington times., 1910-04-25
Sensation Promised In
Trial When Young
Tom" Testihes.
FOUND a CAPSULE;
HAD 1T ANALYZED
Defendant, Freshened By Days
Rest, Confident Of Refuting
Damaging Evidence.

KANSAS CITY, No. April 25--While
a wOman's wit was set against the skill
ful efforts OF an attorney to break her
story down. as Miss Anna HoulI-Isn. a
nurse. was further cross-examineC today
at the trial Of DIT. B Clark Hyde. ac-
cUsed Of the murder Of Col. Thomas H.
Swope, II became known that Young
Tom" Swope, the defendants brother
in-law, viii give sensational testimony.
He VIII. II is known, testify 70 finding
q capsule Of cyanide Of potassiuu-one
OF the most deadly drugs known-which
Dr. Hyde is said TO have attempted 70
destroy.
Story Expected
The story Of young Swope practically
as he is expected 70 tell Il 70 the jury, is
as follows:
Up 70 December IS, 1919. notwith-
standing all OF the strange and unex-
plainable circumstances at my mother s
home was n no way suspicious OF Dr.
Hyde Ny mother by that time had be-
come suspicious OF him. and the matter
had been talked over.
That night ! had taken my sister
70 the house Of a neighbor where she
was 70 remain all night At $50 O'Clock
7 was on my way back TO ny mOtner's s
home.
on Pleasant street I noticed e man
coming toward me on the same side
Of the street There was snow on the
ground. The man was about a block
and a half away
He crossed 10 the opposite side OF the
street Under an electric light so that
I could see the man plainly, he took
something from his pocket, dropped Il
on the ground and stamped upon il.
with bis feet
Recognized Hyde
Z recognized the man as Dr.. Hyde,
my brcther-in-law- de Coughed and
used his handkerchief TO wipe his mouth
He passed on without having seen me
I did not speak 70 him
7 crossed over, and struck q match
10 see If I could find what Dr.. Hyde
had dropped I found one-half Of q
capsule. I held ii in my hand and hur-
ried home
When / got there I put the capsule
on a card and IN an envelope I noticed
a peculiar odor, and then found that X
came from my hand. The odor re-
II aimed with me for over twenty-four
hours. I knew what the Odor vas for
I had worked in mines In Montana, and
I was sure It was cyanide
4 took the capsule to one Of the
nurses and asked her to smell IT. She
did 50, and said. while the OdOr was
familiar, she did not know what it was.
Later in the evening John G. Paxton
and myself went back 10 the same spot
We found fifteen or twenty little pieces
Of broken capsules We gathered them
together, and the next day Dr. Paxton
and myself took them 10 Chicago for
analysis
Experts TO Testify.
Poison experts viii testify this week,
among them Dr. Walter ). Hams, of
Chicago The substance found by Tom
SWope was pronounced cyanide by Dr.
Hams TIE physician also analyzed the
viscera OF Colonel Swope and Chrisman
SwOpe-
Attorney Walsh, for Dr. Hyde, today
attempted TO entangle Miss HoUlihans
Who v-ss one OF the nurses whose suS-
piciOns, aroused when she was caring
for the millionaire, led 20 the charge
that Dr. Hyde planned 10 eEteTmlnate
the Swope family with disease germs
and subtle drugs.
When court opened Dr. Hyde appeared
cheerful and refreshed after a days
rest from the courtroom NOtwiLh-
standing the damaging evidence intro
duced by the State he and his counsel
osclare they VIII combat il successfully.
Ms Florence SwOpe Hyde, the De
IendanJs devoted. pretty, and talented
wife, appeared worried and listened TO
each word spoken When an especially
damaging statement was made she
leaned forward in her chair and uncon-
sciOusly Erasped her husbands arm
The state NAV close frE case -irfC week