The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-10
DOCTOR HYDE ON
WITNESS STAND
Continued from Page One

line G, OF Interrogation without dificulty,
Inc sahent features of her Testimony
were her declarations that:
DR.; Twyman adjusted the str;no
which stopped the Aow Of blood ii,s FROM
Mr.. Hunton g body. She did not 70.
quest her husband to stop the bIeedinp
Coi. thomas Swope never cried out
on his deathbed that he wished he had
never taken the medicine DR.. Hyde
gave him: The millionaire s symntoms
were entirely different from those de-
scribed by the nurses who testified for
| the state. Ava
Miss Keller, the nurse who sworo Dr
Hyde asked her to use her influence
with Colonel Swope to have the phvsi
clan made administrator of the mSll;on.
alre g estate. overheard the witness and
Or, hyde discussing such a plan. The
remedies of Jordan, the .,yarb'J man
were used by Chrisman Swope until a
rev da@-s before his death.
She ate of the candy which Dr. HYDE
gave tne Swope children and it did not
She ordered the filtered water taken
to the .Swope house and the family is
now using it. -
Mrs Hyde's direct examination was
not finished at noon. The courtroom
was oroered cleared that the jury might
Mrs. Hyde took the witness stand 81
9;2o O'Clock this morning.
Tears Run Freely.
Scarcely had she taken the stord
when she began to cry. She was asked
first to tell of the illness of James Moss
Hunton; For several minutes she was
unable to proceed. Regaining her COM
posure, she said:
My mother summoned me and nv
hasnand 10 her house from our homo
when Mr.. Hunton was attacked on the
night of October l. We knew nothing
of his illness until then.
were IN the room when Mr.. Hunton
was bled. | held his head DR.. Hyde
made the incision in the right arm and
Dr. IWyman held the string that fast
After / had held Mr.. Hunton 's
bead a while, the, physicians began to
discuss the advisability of stopping the
flow of blood. | told them the temples
were throbbing violently. Finally
they agreed the bleeding should stop,
and then DR., Twyman tied the string.o
Did Dr. Twyman say to your hus
band that enough blood had been taken
and ask him to stop the bleedingi"
''He did not,' answered the wit
ness.
"'Did you ask your husband to close
the artery, saying, DR.. Twyman wanted
~ did not''
The blood drawn from Mr. Hunton IS
body was placed. in a bowl which con-
tanned water, said Mrs. Hyde 1t was
at her order, said Mrs. Hyde. that the
drinking water was taken TO the Swope
house. Her husband said the witness
never saw the bottle until It was on
the way to the house For more than
a year prior to her ordering the water
TO the residence she had not drank any
of the water at the Swope house.
fE'Didn u the Swope family subse
quently adopt the use of the filtered
water9' asked Mr.. Walsh.
Question of Bad Water.
"They did, the witness answered,
The water cooler in the house was n
barrel and the ice was dropped direct
of his condition and also because the
water was drawn from cistern, she
refused to drink the liquid, she said,
Mrs. Hyde then told OF Colonel Swope's
habit OF using medicine containing
strychnine, iron and quinine; There was
a bottle OF this remedy in his room up
to the time OF his death, she said.
On the morning of October 3. said
breakfast table in the Swope house. Mrs
Swope testified that she talked at the
breakfast. table with Miss Pearl Keller
medicine DR.. Hyde had left for the mil
lionaire.
Mrs Hyde's description OF Colonel
Swope's convulsion varied greatly from
that given by Miss Keller The arms, she
said were not drawn and the twitching
was apparent upon only one side OF his
body, He made no sound but that OF
Did your Uncle Thomas say. I wish
hadn't taken that damned medicine?
oueried Mr.. Walsh. , ,a, !,
was dead" answered Mrs. Hyde
Mrs. Hyde said she was In constant
attendance on her uncle until until he he, died,
were in the room but once on the day
Of Colonel Swopes death she testified.
one in the presence of Miss Keller, re-
| garding the appointment OF your hus-
band a an executor OF your uncle's es-
tate?" asked Mr.. Walsh
Hyde as Executor.
Eyes, sir; Clark and | talked few
Hyde. "
The defense offered to prove that in a
subsequent conversation between Mrs
| Hyde and Mrs. Swope the question OF the
appointment Of Dr. HYDE was brought up,
I'VE shall prove Mrs swope I answered sVm, ,,a
with some degree Of anger, There VIII be
great objection to such an appointment,
You have two brothers who can serve as
executors, " said Mr.. Walsh .,
| The court would not permit 'he tesli-
mony To be given. 80,
The states contention that DR.. Hyde
on November u infected the Swope water
| cooler was attacked by Mrs. Hyde when
she said her husband was not at home
on that day Mrs. Hyde said she and nor
husband dined with John NJ Gleary and
wife on the date mentioned. Mrs Cleary
had previously, in a deposition. made tho
same statement
on December following a summons
from the Swope house, testified Mrs
Hyde, she went 10 her mothers residence.
There she found Margaret and Chrisman
III with typhoid fever The witness saiu
she called her husband 10 the house
''Was Chrisman taking any medicine
when you reached the house,? querlen
Mr. Walsh.
He was taking some white pellets OBJ
tained fromsJordan, n Kansas CITY Man,
man" replied Mrs. Hyde -,
some Of this medicine every half sf.i hour
until Saturday. two DAYS before nc aieo
He continued 10 grow worse from the
time OF my arrival until his death
Mention OF Jordan's name PROVOKED
storm Of objections from the state.
Didn't your mother once give you