The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
TRIAL OF DR.. HYDE
is NEAR ING END
Dozen Witnesses Appear to Give
Evidence in Re
buttal.
NURSES ARE RECALLED
State Tightening Chain OF Testi-
r11ony About Accused
Physician.
NURSES ARE RECALLED

Kansas City. No., May 11.-More than
| a dozen witnesses appeared at the
crimianl court building to-day to give
rebuttal testimony fer the State in the
trial of Dr. B. c. Hyde for the alleged
poisoning of Colonel Thoma S. II. swope
Every nurse that gave direct testi-
mony for the prosecution was present
to take the stand again
C. II. Briggs. a chemist of Detroit,
Mich. WIS the States first witness to-
day. In the quinine employed in the
and eQuinine elixir taken by, Colonel
Thomas H. swope. said the witness.
there was less than per cent. of I'M
purities.
The defense attempted to prove on
its direct testimony that large
amount Of impurities probably existed
in the strychnine taken from the liver
of Colonel Swope. due to the million
aires use of the quinine remedy. Prof
Paul Schweitzer, of the University OF
Missouri, testified that it would be inn
possible for hydrocyanic acid to be
formed by the mingling of formalde-
hyde and ammonia In a dead body.
Under no less than 400 degrees of heat
would such a formation take place, he
said
No Ammonia In Body.
On cross-examination the professor
insisted that ammonia formed no part
of human body.
Upon being recalled to the stand Stel-
la Swope told of mysterious capsule
given to her. she said. by DR.. Hyde.
"On December 10, the night my sis
ter Sarah was taken III, DR.. Hyde gave
me capsule and asked me to hand 1t
to Miss Gordon, a nurse, and tell her
to give it TO Sarah. / handed it to
the nurse"
The nurse. Miss Elizabeth Gordon.
testified that she did not believe the
patient needed the capsule. so she threw
it away December IL. Miss Gordon
said she understood the capsule was
supposed to contain medicine for the
patiestS nerves. sst
Professor Fl. p Cady, of the Unlvers-i
ity of Kansas, said tests he had made
corroborateds the testimony of Profess,
sor Schweitzer regarding the hydro
cyanic acid.
state Attacks AlibI.
With the testimony of Mrs, James
II. clinton, from whose house Thomas
I. Swope, Jr., testified he telephoned
DIR Twyman after he found the cap
uleS thrown away py DT. fiSue Deceii-
ber is, the State attacked the physi-i
clans alibi. built up by the defendants
wife.
Mrs Hyde said that young swope
cher brother) was at her house be-
tween the hours OF 8 and 10 o'clock on
that night, lnakinsstt impossible for
him to have met Or. Hyde on the
street.
Mrs. Clinton said Mr.. Swope came
into the house at $3.50 o'clock and she
called Dr. Twynlan over the telephone
for him. Mr.. Swope talked With DIR.
Twyman several minutes. she said
"How did Mr.. Swope hold the tele-
phone receiver?" asked Mr., Conkling.
''Fle held with a finger and thumb.
The three remaining fingers were
clenched against the palm"
"tIow do you know II was just $3.50
o'clock when Mr. Swopee came into the
house?' queried Mr.. Walsh.
81 heard the clock strike Just as he
came n,"treplled the witness.
Recalled To testify. Mr.. Swope said
that while telephoning he held under
his cleHched tlngers the capsules he
had picked UP,