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The Washington times., 1910-02-13
HISTORY REPEATS.

one day handsome young chap
- named Bennett Clarke Hyde came
into her life His birthplace was at
Lexington No and his father vas g.
Baptist minister. He met Frances
Swope, and after the meeting, like that
Of her mother, more than a generation
before tie one man in the world had
been found
Family history seemed TO he running
m cycles in her case ALSO for Mrs.
SWoDe fr0wned upon Dr. HYDE the mo-
ment she met him as q future sou-fn-
law At That time he was the police
surgeon OF Kansas CITY and strange
stories came out that coupled his name
with peculiar matters. As q result Of
one story regarding the method OF
treatment that Inc prescribed for a negro
woman, DIT Hyde was placed under
charges and dismissed as the police
surgeon
His troubles had no bearing upon his
relations with Frances Her mother
pleaded and begged that she give I'D
the Young doctor. and each time her
mother pleaded 81 seemed that Frances
seized upon such an occasion as a thong
TO bind her affections for DE- Hvs- the
stronger
Tn cxasperatioa- and desperate as
well 80 the -t1'boruness OF her dauCh-
fer Mrs Swopn took Frances and bun
aled her off 20 an aunt in Arkansas
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A VITAL POINT.

XTITALLY embodied in the first chap
ter is the fact that Colonel Svope
=as on the point Of changing his WILL
which had disposed Of property valued
at $4,000 auo-z his ueDhevs and
nieces. and Iez-'rg one-haIf Of that sum
10 Kansas Cisy len years before he
had given the city Swope Park, q. beau
tifUl stretch Of country. 1,554 acres in
area and worth Soc an acre It Is
UDon the issue that ne wished to
change his VIII that enc must base the
belief that some person who wished to
benefit erdeavorcd he She -ubtIest meth
81 thar could he employed 60 -oiS1u ara
entire f-.-5'-- for the gain O. million
aires estate
One Ul1-- Begin seQUeutiaIIv 10 tell
the story now that the prologue Is com
nIeted- In the viii made by Colonel
Swope, which vas drawn 4 number OF
years ago, he made n number Of charft-
able bequests and left the rest of the
estate, estimated at from 5000. 900 TO s.
02a.rOo. 10 his relatives He created
James Moss Hunton. his friend. an ex-
Acutor, together with Stewart n T1em-
Ing, nephew. living near Nashville.
and James NJ Paxton, who for years
had been his legal adviser.
On the night Of October 7. 1862 Hun
ton was taken sick at the Swope home
in Independence, snd two hours later
died in commissions. No suspicion was
attached TO MS death, as It was be
lieved that hc had Keen stricken with
aporleNy. and as such the death certif-
case was signed bv the physician. who
was none other than DIT. HYDE Two
days later Colonel SwOpe took a cap
suls containing = ssedative, ordered by
Dr.. HYDE. and al hour later died in
convulsions- As IN che case Of Hunton
his death certificate read: "Apoplexy,T
signed by the same physician
Huntou vas buried in the family plot
q. Forest Hill hut the body Of Colonel
SwoPe was placed in a receiving tomb
in the cen.stery-
Several months passed after the death
OF Swope and his attendant without pro
dUcing the slightest inquiry into the
mystery that has since interested a con
tinent-
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ress Of his disease to the time Of De
cember 8. died within an hour after
taking the medicine.
Since that time il has been proven
that the capsule was Of the same nature
as that which Colonel SwOpe took when
he died iu commissions It was IN the
same manner that Chrisman SwoPe
died
Tn order. the others stricken were
December &, Miss Cora Dickson, the
covernesS in the family and a -sgatee
Of Tom Ss,ope; Miss Sansste-. the
zeamstreSz, and a negro servant named
CoDpfd-e. one day later Stewart IL
F-1emln-- an executor, VINO was attend
iuc his uucIe's funeral. fell a victim,
and on December Q. Sarah Swope, four
teen years old. daughter OF Mrs. Logan
SvODe. became ILL.,
TWO days later Stella Swope was
stricken. and on December . the last
person 10 become I'll, Miss Lucy Lee
S7yore. Who bad returned from Europe
on the receipt Of news or her uncle s
death became ii victim
None OF these. however. was seriously
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Says Dr.. Hyde
Was Uniustly SuSPecr ed.

Stronger statements directed against
one man, Mortified Dr. Twymanr and no
said he diSbeliCEed anybody could be
guilty Of such heniOus action as the
nurses suspected. DR.. Twyman said he
thought that Dr. Hyde was resting
under unjust suspicion, and said he
should be informed Of matters and given
the right 10 cOunteract them by his
defense
Mrs. HYDE. who had been in constant
attendance upon her relatives, immedi-
ateIv took the side Of her husband. She
stated 10 her mother that in view OF
the events OF the night and the Unspok-
en- suspicious which her mother enter
tanned. she, the doctors wife, could no
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Removes Portion
VI Remaining Cultures

I'r. Stewart gave his brother phvsI-
clan at the time six cultures. two Of
which were those or the typhoid bacfIIi
When the light broke upon him that
perhaps the keynote or the mystery
might lie in those cultures. which he
had given away on November 10, Isa.
Dr. Stewart went 90 the Office Of Dr.
hyde "a secure their return.
TIE latter was not there. but he found
q young woman clerk, and to her DR..
Stewart repeated shat he wished 20
secure some typhoid cultures, as ne had
given soU7e q short time before TO Hyde
The young woman told him where the
cultures were and Stewart found the
TYPHOID culture and discovered that one
half Of Fl had been used DR.. Stewart
removed a portion 81 the remainder, and
by the practice used by physicians
showed how much had been taken.
Later, meeting Dr. HYDE. Stewart ask
ri MIN if he had ever Used any Of the
typhoid cultures, and the latter, accord
in- 70 Stewart. stated that he had not.
or gave him some answer which Stewart
construed as meaning substantially that
Hyde had made no use Of the typhoid
cultures
DIT Hyde himself PRODUCES some
thing Of = sensation when he proved
that an alleged quack doctor nameG
Dr. Charles Hatred Chszzes Jordan,
who practices in Kansas City. Kansas.
had prescribed tablets for Colonel
Swope and Chrisman, which were sup
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Plans for Wedding
Arc Madc At Once

The moment tha+ Frances reached her
aunt she wrote 70 her young lover where
she was ensconced, and Dr. Hyde went
poSthaste 10 the town
The night or his arrival Frances made
an excuse to her aunt. went out for
-Uo hours, and when she returned calm
ly announced 10 her mortified as well
rs sstound sd relative that she GTrS.
HYDE was going hack to Kansas City
because her husband didn't care 10 be
separated from her for any length OF
time Ely the time the smelling salts had
revived her aunt Mrs. Frances Swope-
Hyde was ready for her return home.
Her ciaudeStiue marriage. however.
estrauEed her from her family. and 1t
was only a short time before the death
Of Colonel Swopc that she and the fam
ily were united again IN harmonious re-
IatIous
Thus we have the facts standing in
their proper relation TO one another
when Colore1 SwoPe died Now 10 the
euErosSinE story that rivals in its as
poets the tales that have come down TO
us from the time that poisoning was a
fine art
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longer remain under her mothers roof
in company with Ier husband. and
bowling 10 her mother in a naughty
manner, Mrs Hyde left and went home
when Or Hyde, within The following
few days. made no further attempt to
see Paxton. or 60 Communicate with
him and enter a general denial Of the
charges brought rs the nurses the
suspicious Of Mrs Svoue broke out
afresh- That woman demanded that the
bodies OF her son and her hrUther-in-
law be taken from the vaults and sub
mittaG 10 an autopsy while q chemical
analysis be perforur= or the vlsc7ras-
Requests Persistent
For An Autopsy on Bodies
Requests Tor an autopsy had now be-
come imperative commands. In order
% insure the publicity Of tine innocence
or the guilt % the person 90 whom the
finger Of accusation was steadily point
Cd examination by experts was essen
tiaI Pastor. therefore who .Uas placed
ia charge OF this phase or the mEster5--
consulted with friends 5u Chicago. and
was given the name Of Prof Ludwig
IfektOeu as an authority on infectious
diseases Paxton went 20 Chicago and
conferred with tr- doctor The latter
told him that 10 insure the fullest in
vestiEati0n n was essential 20 have the
services or q tOZI-1lu-iSL DIT Haynes
was chosen. as his reputation as an au-
thorItv IS fixed. Dr HAYNES first con
cerned himself with the matter expelled
from the stomach Of Margaret Swope-
after her commissions on the night that
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Typhoid Epidemic
In the SwOpe Family.

But. in the early part OF December
the Swope household was attacked by
a malady Of typhoid fever, that resulted
in ten persons being stricken. and the
death of Chrismsn Sw0pe-
In order that these prior events may
not be permitted TO dim the importance
Of the present, Il is suffice 20 say that
or December Chrisman Swope and
Margaret, his sister, were stricken with
typhoid feVer and the former, after
being given a capsule during the prog
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Continued from First Psge9

ztradin- post lslled Wyandotte, where
the ugh OF tie Indian was the gen
eral cultural greeting, until the day or
MS death, at eiEhty-rwo years OF age
he was Colonel" SwOpC-
IT is with his death. said 10y. some 90
he part of q deep murder plot. that this
story IN the main must deal. For n
the finger Of suspicion is pointed uucr-
rin-Iy as well as accusin-IE I'm a GER
tain direction then a condition Of at
fairs has been uncovered that for q
parallel one must Hark hack 10 the
DAYS Of the I.orGias-
Ou the other hard. If the blasting
breath Of uufouudcd r:mgr has sccrched
q reputation an injustice that is ire
parable has harmed a. man. au injustice
that cannot be sUeaced NOW that the
tongue OF gossip hes wasSed ln@essanj-
ly and harmfully-
In The summer OF 1876 a sstaIwa-t, good
looking young nan arrived on Che scene
His nsue was SvoDc- He had titled
the fields OF Kentucky with pecUuiary
profit hut his ambition outraU the quiet
scquisitlvcuess or a (ErUCr and mis- iu-
@iucts wcTe those or a pioneer
Be Knew How
20 Make Things Pay.
= Tom Swope showed himself money
setter He was shrewd. struck q bar
gain with a rare sense of its ultimate
value, and. I'M the language OF an old
timer, who IS stH alive, knew how
10 make things pay
lie bought property IN ST Louis pur-
chased lot after lot in CIficaEo-when
that city was a stranger 10 civilization
AMI sent his gold also into the shafts
Of TenneSsec's mines. All brought him
millions eventually. and ne never knew
The pinch OF want from WEaudotte 10
death
There was one strong feature in his
character. lie cared greatly for his
family Back fin KeutUCsy were three
bretnCrs Tom sent Tor them all. only
Two responded one VINO was named
William, is incidental to this story
The other brother was Logan Swope,
who came 10 kansas City after the war.
He VAS 4 lawyer but his practice was
not altogether confined 20 the bar Of
pTust7cc- and Tor that reason Ire did not
create a shining reputation
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CALL SPECIAL GRAND JURY
TO MAKE INVESTIGATION
Opinions Are Divided in Social Circles in Which Sus
pected Physician Moves-Has Many Loyal
Friends

she was treated by Dr. HYDE upon the
Iatfer-s return from New York The
analysis showed strichHine.
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Mrs. Logan SwOpe
Communicates SuspIcI0ns.

communicates uSplCloUS-
Mrs. Logan Suope. the mother Of
the majority of the typhoid victims
was the person who brought the i'm
vest cation and its resultant effects
10 q head she communicated certain
things. which were wei grounded
suspicious in her mind. TO Mr. TaNtou,
an executor and her legal adviser
since the death or her husband As
q result. He had the bodies Of Tom
Swope and his nephew. Chrismau.
IA ken from the vaults and the organs
removed ard sent 10 Chicago FOR q
chemical analysis. II viii forestsI
the real story TO enlarge greatly on
the result Of the analysis. but two
prominent doctOFs in Chicago namely
Dr. Walter : Haynes, an eminent
toxic0Io@ist, and Prof Ludwig HEX
soer. of the University OF Chicago
examined the visceras Of the dead
men and made report that a white
sediment had been found IN the
stomach Of each. which they testified
was strychuine at the recent inquest
As a result Of the report. Paxton,
on behalf Of the Swope family, en-
gagged the best firm of criminal law
yers in Kansas City to advise coun-
sci and help them.
Once II was known that the bodies
Of Colonel Swope and his nephew had
been taken from the vaults. with the
corComitant autopsy, which was or
dered when the report from the
analyses was made, gossip started
rife
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Declares Hyde
Ordered StTyChniue.

Deliberately the nurse accused Dr.
Hyde She began by recounrinz a Dor
ton OF her testimony on the previous
day, and then IN answer 10 2 carefully
phTaSed question OE the coroner said
that she had administered strychnfne 10
Swope, acting under the orders Of Dr..
Hyde
This caused a thrill among the SPEC
tators- which was supplemented f7 Il
short time BY Miss KelIar's description
Of the death scene Of Colonel SwOp-.
Simplicity that was dramatic. fntenzr-
y so, marked her narrative OF IN.
scene SH0pe had been informed Of tho
death OF Huuton.
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posed 70 be composed Of some south
American herbs Dr. Jordan admitted
that ne had prescribed. but stated that
the sedatives which SWope had taken
were not the prescriptions ne filed.
Found Nc elot
On Brain, Says Physician.
To WAS not until the afternoon epz-
sion that testimony began 10 pro
dUce the meat Of the inquest Dr.
Edward Stewart. the man who relates
tho story OF the typhoid cultures was
present al the inquest as an auanu-
ensis Tor the other physicians comprIs-
ing DIS HeI0toen, Han and Twymsn
He recited the method Of performing
an autopsy, the state Of the various or
gans, all Of which he said seemed 20 be
normal and then gave the first shock
10 the spectators By stating that rhe
brain showed an absence Of bIoodcIo-,
such as must be found in al cases OF
apopIexy.
Sylvester Spsnzler. who mznaz
the real estate holdings OF Tom
Swope, told Of pecUIiarities about HFS
client, and how he was a fend for
IA king medicines TO cure the stomach
troubles 70 which he was a victim Tor
years. He told how Svope had some
tablets which were composed Of
strychuine and other drugs
Miss KeIlHr, the nurse. the nexr
witness, told Of being engaged BY Dr.
HYDE.
She testified that on the morning that
she informed him OF the death Of Nos
Hunton- his old retainer, that Swope
was insistent that Dr. Hyde be not a.
I lowed 10 visit him that day.
Miss keilsr resumed her story At the
morning session OF the second dav.
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Swope Dies
After Taking Pellet

An hour later Dr- Hyde arrived in tfa
house He inquired for the condition
Of the patient and upon receiving the
information from the nurse. said thal
the colonel should have something for
his Indigestion ThereUpon, accord
irE 10 the nurse he took from his
pocket a small box, which contaiuea
Continued on Seventh PaEeD
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100000 Libel
suit Against Physicians.


So prolific was this unsubstantistod
chatter that on January = DIT r. Clark
Hyde. husband IF Mrs Frances SwOpo
HYDE. nice Of the late colonel, instituted
a suit for criminal libel and civil libel
against Paxton. Dr. Frank Hail. and Dr.
F., L. Stewart, for amounts ag2reEatinZ
$4,000 The case came to ? RAPID
terminatlCa for z tine when Judge
Herman BrumbacII issued 4 restraining
order % Keen the parties to the suit
from taking dispositions. The connection
OF the defendants should be stated 50
thai @ coherent view of the matter can
be taken. When the typhoid epidemic
III the home Of the SwOpes became
widespread Mrs. Swope had the sanitary
and drainage examined and the water
tested. The plumber. who examined the
drainage testified that il was perfect,
the sanitary conditions were found TO be
o. the cost and the physicians alsJ teS-
tilted that their chemical analysis Of
the water used for drinking and bathing
purposes showed it free from germs OF
any nature Dr.. Hall and DR. = T
Twymau. the family Dhysici--.. per
formed the analyses, and Dr. Stewart s
connection with the suit is startling. he
! claimed 10 have given a test tube Of
( typhoid germs to Dr.. HYDE on Novem-
I Der 20.
/ Then comes another strange feature
I in this most batting OF cases. Miss
/ Lucy Lee Swope was in Europe vber
I her uncle died. 4 eabIegram was sent
F to her, reaching her about the first OF
December She Immediately cllrtaiied
/ her tour of the continent and started
Z at once for hone
Miss Lucy Falls III
( After Her Return Home.
Dr. Hyde met her in New York and
I Miss Lucy returned home and in seven
+ days she fell III with typhoid
Margaret SwOpe. who was stricken al
the same time that her brother Chris
man was attacked. seemed to become
remarkably cOnvaiescent with the de-
partUTe Of Dr. Hyde. so the letter
claimed The latter, upon his return,
went to visit Margaret to change the
medicine. the charge IS made. and then
left for Kansas City
Hardly two hours after his deper-
J ture Miss Margaret Swope was taken
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Continued on Seventh Page
The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-13
PARDON
 IS REFUSED GOVERNOR DoNAGHEY SETS FORTH MANY REASONS FOR REFUSING THE PETITIONS. Declares That if the Pardon Is Grant. ed That It Opens Breach for
 Many Other Pardons To
 Be Applied for.

Little Rock, Jan. Ex-Governor Donaghey tonight issued a formal statement of some length, in which he declines to issue pardon to w.. r. Ellis of Pine Bluff, who killed N. P. Willis of Indianapolis, Ind, in a local court room here last summer.
 The governor sets forth number of reasons why Ellis should and also why he should not be pardoned.
 The governor urged in support of his action that Ellis actually killed another man." that if Ellis was par- doned on account of i'll health many others in the penitentiary would de- serve pardon for the same reason and others would endeavor to escape pun ishment under the pretext of poor health; that if Ellis was slightly un- balanced mentally, as his attornevs endeavored to prove, he is a menace to society and should be confined; that the pitiful pleas of mothers and wives cannot govern in such a matter. else convictions would be of no avail
 The governor referred to the lengthy petition for the pardon of Ellis and in this connection stated that although it is difficult for one man to set his judgment up against that of many men, it must be remembered that many people sign such petitions through friendship, others because of kind instinct and still others because they would rather sign than refuse or argue over the matter
 We all know that the taking of human life has been too lightly con- sldered in Arkansas" declared the governor.
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A BRAVE ENGINEER.

Vincennes. Ind, Jan. 12.-Engineer Charles Mahoney of Indianapolis Ind. by his presence of mind is believed to have saved the lives of many pas sengers in wreck on the Vandalia railroad, three miles north of here, this afternoon.
 As the train was approaching the 150 foot trestle the engineer discoy- cred that one of the cars had been derailed The train was running at high speed and could not be stopped before it dashed upon the trestle. To apply the brakes would have precipi- tated the wreck, which many believe was inevitable.
 Opening the throttle, he went across the bridge at full speed. On the other side he attempted to stop- The cars were thrown down an em- bankment Many of the passengers we're hurt. but none fatally.
 The more seriously hurt are:
 F.. P. Wade. Louisville. body hruis- ed; R. P. Miller. Arkansas City, ArfL, internally injured; Eliza Cooper. San born ribs broken.
The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-13
Balloons Over Ocean.

Los Angeles. Cal, Jan. 12-Three balloons, the New York, Peoria and Dick Ferris, ascended from Hunting ton Park grounds within fifteen min utes of each other today. The start of the Peoria was marked by slight accident, but there were no serious results. The balloon was brought to earth, however, for a moment.
 In the basket at the start were Frank Kane, the aeronaut, his sister, Miss Marie Kane, and MT. Crovall.
 When he returned to earth Crovall got out of the balloon, remarking that he had enough ballooning to last for some time.
 The Peoria later. started with the others.
 In the New York were Clifford B. Harmon, Nat Goodwin. Bud Wood thorpe, Mme. Paulhan, Baron Robert De Penedorff, Mme. De Penedeniff anu ueOFBe f1dfFlSOll.
 In the Dick Ferris, a new balloon, were A. c. Willard, aeronaut, George Duessler, Captain H. c. Sletterbeck, California national guards; P. H. Greer and Chief Edholm.
 The Peoria, at a great height, sailed away to the northward and soon was across the beach near Santa Monica, and passed out over the ocean, travel ing in an opposite direction to the lower curlents. After going about three miles out the balloon dropped so close to the water that her drag rope trailed in the sea. Then catching the reverse current from the northwest, the Peoria sailed back and over the land, going in an easterly direction.
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MAY BE THE SLATE TO DEFEAT vARDAMAN IN MISSISSIPPI
 SENATORIAL RACE.
Percy Still Leads the Anti-vardaman Forces But Shows Loss in the Last Ballot Taken
 Yesterday.

Jackson, Miss Jan 12.-The sena torial waters are just as muddy as ever and there is no more prospect oi breaking the deadlock now than al any previous time.
 The three ballots taken today show ed each candidate with practically the same strength. except that Vardaman polled 72 on the last ballot, while he had only 6S on the last ballot the night previous.
 Extravagant claims had been made during the day by both factions. The Vardaman followers declared they would gain all they had lost and more. while ghe bpposition asserted that Percy would show surprising gains. Bo h claims came partly true.
 Vardaman gained five votes on the thirteenth ballot and four on the four. teenth, while Percy got thirty-one on the thirteenth ballot, the highest vo,e he had ever received, and lost three on the last ballot, going back to the same twenty-eight mark of the night before.
 There has been a great deal of talk today of combines and combinations in favor of dark horse, the name of Speaker Street figuring in most of them and Chief Justice Whitfield in others.
 While the end does not seem in sight and the candidates and their friends are tired and worn out, inter- est does not decrease and the galler- ies are packed and jammed at every sitting of the caucus.
 The first ballot taken at the Demo- cratic caucus here today in the sen atorial contest resulted as follows:
 Vardaman, 69; Percy. %; Alexan- der, p; Anderson. 21, Kyle, lS;; Byrd, 12; critz, 5; Whitfield, 2; Longino, i. Total, 174; necessary to choice. Ss
 The thirteenth ballot Vardaman, 73 Percy. 31; Alexander, IS; Byrd, II; Anderson, 20; Kyle, II: Critz. g.; Street. 2; Whitfield. 9; Longino 1: Kincannon, i. Total, 175; necessary 10 choice. S8.
 The fourteenth ballot vardaman, 72; Percy. 2s; Alexander. r; Byrd, 14; Anderson, 22; Kyle, 12: Critz, 1; scattered, 5. Total, 174; necessary to choice, s8.