The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-20
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
PRISONER REMANDED TO JAIL
LIKE ANY OTHER CON.
vIcTED SLAYER.
HYDE CASE cHRoNoLooIcALLY
TOLD.


denly At the SWope nome in lndepen.
dsnes, NO., 4 surburb Of Kansas City,
supposedly by apoplexy.
Oct. 1Thomas II. swope dies sud.
denly, exactly ~ Hunton had died.
supposedly Of apopIexy.
Oct. s-WiIl Of Thomas n. swope
filed for probate. The estate was val.
usd at @3,ooo, 900. and of this 81 ,ooo, 900
was left to members Of the swope fam
lily.
Dec. 1-Miss Margaret swope, niece
Of Thomas II. swope, stricken with ty.
phoId fever.
Dec. 2-chrIsman swope, nephew Of
Thomas n. swops, stricken with ty.
phoid.
Dec. 4-Miss Cora Dickson, govern.
ess In the Swops home and a cousin
Of Colonel swope. and nesress servant
named coppeee, stricken with typhoid
fever.
Dec. 6stewart S. Fleming Of
Maury county ,Tsnnesse, who was
visiting at the 9wope home, stricken
with typhoid.
Dec. 6-chrlsman Swope dies.
Dec. 9-Miss Sara Swope, fourteen
years old, niece Of Colonel Swope,
stricken with typhoid.
Dec. 11-Miss Stella Swope, niece Of
Colonel swope, stricken with typhoid.
Dec. 18-Miss Lucy Lee, relative OF
Colonel swope, stricken with typhoid
In the Swope home four days after her
arrival from Europe.
1910.
Jan. Body Of chrlsman swope Sc.
cretiy exhumed and an autopsy held.
Jan. 11-Body Of Thomas II. Swope
secretly removed from tomb In Forest
Hill cemetery and stomaehs of both
swopes taken to Chicago for analysis.
Feb. e-coroner's Jury finds Thomas
H. swope came to his death as result
Of stryehnine capsule administered by
Or. 8. c. Hyde.
Feb. 1o-Dr. B, c. Hyde arrested on
charge Of murder.
April 11-Trial Of Or. q. c. Hyde
begins.
May 11-Evidence submitted to jury.
May 13-Arguments Of counsel
close.
May 16-Found guilty In the first
degree.
Kansas City, Mo-. May 16.-"We, the
jury, find the defendant guilty of mur'
der in the first degree as charged In
the Indictment and assess his punish.
ment at Imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary during his natural life.
(Signed) FRANK CLAYPOOL, Chair.
man."
Such was the verdict in the trial OF
DR.. B. Clark Hyde, accused OF the
murder of Col Thomas H. Swope, Kan.
sas City, millionaire philanthropist.
1t was rendered at 1922 o'clock Mon.
day morning.
Doctor Hyde sat motionless as the
verdict was read.
AS the words of conviction were
spoken Mrs. Hyde broke down com.
pletely and tugged at the arms of her
husband. His two sisters, Mrs. Hop.
their tears with hers. but the physt
clan stoically and with the same fixed
expression of the mouth, said not a
word. For a time he was even un
able to whisper a word Of comfort.
"Oh, Clark" cried Mrs. Hyde when
the verdict was read by Judge Lat
shaw.
She threw her arms about his neck
and wept silently. Then she patted
her husband on the cheek.
Doctor Hyde sat motionless.
He looked firmly at Judge Latshaw
while the verdict was being received.
AS the words imprisonment in the
State Penitentiary during his natural
life," were pronounced, his eyes fell
to the floor.
Don't worry. dearie," he said to his
wife. as she clasped him in her arms.
Mrs. E. N. Hopkins and Miss Laura
Hyde, sisters of the physician, looked
distressed but did not break down.
They tried to comfort Mrs. Hyde and
appear brave before her.
I'VE shall hope for the BEST" they
said.
1--WE do not understand this verdict.
Clark is innocent"