The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-12
STATES CASE ALL IN
MRS. LOGAN O. swoPE LAST WIT NESS FOR PROSECUTION
 IN HYDE TRIAL.
DEFENSE TESTIMONY BEGINS
Col. swope's Business Agent the First Witness caIled-A Local Doctor aa Medical Expert-Aged Mans Ail' ments Were Grave.

 Medical Expert--Aged Mans Ail' ments Were Grave.
 Kansas City, May 6.--Mrs. Logan O. swope took the witness stand in the Hyde murder trial during the after noon. The expectation of hearing Mrs. Swope tell her story caused rush of women to the criminal court building.
 The courtroom was filled, even the standing room was taken, long before 1 o'clock. but that dida't deter the hopeful women who waited to get in the courtroom. At one time 50 women were in the office of Marshal Mayes begging for admission.
 Mrs. ewope Was Nervous.
 Mrs. Logan 0. Swope. betraying her nervousness in the twisting and un- twisting of the handles of her hand bag. did not look once in the direction of her daughter, but Mrs. Hyde resting her head on her hand, eyed the wit ness intently.
 pr. Hyde kept hIs eyes down during much of Mrs. Swopes testimony. Mrs. Swope referred to her daughter throughout the testimony as Frances and called the defendant "Dr. Hyde" The witness became slightly emo tionM when she told of her efforts to make Cousin Moss Hunton" com fortable after he had been seized with apoplexy and of how unnerved she be- came when Dr Hyde told her that Col. swope's lend is only a matter of time"
 After few immaterial preliminary questions, Mrs. Swope was questioned concerning the illness In her home.
 Or. Hyde Knew About Win.
 Mrs. Swope said that she, pr. Hyde and Col. Hunton discussed the resid. uary estate which Col Swope intended to leave to some charity. They talked of how the estate would be divided among the relatives, if the will remain ed unchanged. This contradicted the defense's declaration that when Col. Swope died Mrs. Hyde and her hus. band did not know whether or not they would receive anything. That visit and talk was Sunday, September 12. Miss Kellar came the next day and took charge of Col. Swope.
 He" said the witness, speaking of Dr. Hyde, "came to MT. Hunton and myself. after he had talked with Col. Swope, and said: Col Swope wants to make will. He wants Mir. flaw thorne to be an executor. He seems to have 1t in for you, MT. Hunton'"
 At the close of Mrs. Swopes testi. mony the State announced that their case was completed.
 First Witness for Defense.
 The first witness called by the de fense was g. w. Spangler, for sever years Colonel Swope's business agent He said Colonel Swope drank every day for many years until within clever months of his death and that aftei he quit drinking he began to fail rap idly in health. lost flesh, grew pale and became weak. In July and Augus last year MT. Spangler had to attend tho colonel to the street cars and hell him on and of.
 "He was depressed" MT. Spanglel said, "and said he was tired of life"
 Often Talked of Ills VIII.
 MT. Spangler said that Colone Swope often talked of his will but ha, difficulty in deciding to what charit, he should leave the million dollar resi- due. Once, the witness said, Colone %r hof Ina do cided what to do with 1t, but he di, not tell Mir. Spangler to what it wal to go.
 Colonel swope. the witness said drank strychnine tonic in his office fo long time and took tablets of on, sort or another. He used to say toward the end of his active life "Spangler, I'm a very weak man an, cant last long. may be here a da. or two weeks"
 For a while the examination lookei good for the defense; then the cross examination looked good for the state and finally an examination by bot sides developed into free-for-all, iron which anyone could get any kind O testimony desired.
 The First Defense Expert.
 That large part of the testimon, to be offered by the defense will b that of expert witnesses was eviden when R. k. Brewster called as tn second witness Dr. r. W. Froehling, local physician.
 Dr. Froehling first qualified as al expert He said he had studied fl the universities of Berlin, Bonn an Leipsig and was a graduate of tn Leipsig school. He had been practic ing medicine in Kansas City, he said thirteen years, being connected wit the German hospital during most e this time.
 pr. Froehling said a temperature 0 106 in typhoid would be fatal and h never had known of recovery wher 1t was 107A. This was all very in pertant to the defense because thes conditions. the charts of the nurse show. obtained in the case of Chris man Swope.
 Around the Margaret swope Case.
 Doctor Froehling declared that can phorated oil is used by all modern phy sicians and surgeons in Germany, an has been used for many years as heart stimulant and. moreover. that h uses 1t here.