The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-18

thOugh Hyde had not been specified
as executor In llunton's place, Swope
was dead. and dead. too. without a
change in the will that left the family.
Of which Hydcs wife was one. the
great bulk OF The vast fortune
The next testimony that will be in.
trOduced Is Indicative of the fact that
the next move Ia the carrying out of
this plan and purpose was to remove
as many members OF the family as
might be to the end that the fall of
each would swell the fortune that he.
through his wife, would be- able 10
/ control"
\ lengthy recital of how Dr. Hyde
| obtained typhoid and 'iphthcria germs
Of Dr f. l.. stewart. and the appear
| ancc Of typhoid fever in the Swope
/ residence. Followed. This typhoid
| could not have come from the water
used, 1t was said, because the water
came from clstern and was well
/ filtered II was on the occasion of
,Dr Hyde taking dinner with the,
Swopc family on November - tha,
/ he Is thought to have spread the
germs. 1t was said.
Chrisman swope's death was touch.
ed lightly upon, aud then the state
came to the alleged attempts of Dr..
/ Hyde to poison Margaret Swopc..
! n LOT a.
against him on this charge aud until
today little was known of the tes,i.
mony of witnesses that led to the in.
dictment This is the story. briefly
as told By Reed:
ON December Miss Swope was
stricken with typhoid. Dr. G.. r. ry.
man was placed in charge OF the pa.
tient On that night. while the g,,.
was supposed to be almost recovered.
a nurse learned that Hyde had given
the girl hypodermlc injection
/ When asked why he had made the
/ injection. he replied that he had Civ.
On her only some oil of camphor for
Intermittent pulse. Miss Swopc de.
MED the physician felt her pulse. and
the nurse found no odor like oil of
camphor
\ sore has recently developed on
/ the girls arm and the state believes
1t is due to the phyisician's injecting
some germs he obtained from Dr.
Stewart into this member.
\ few days after the injection in
! cident, DR. Hyde left capsule among
| the medicines belonging to the girl
nurse administered the capsule.
/ Miss Swope was seized with convul-
sions An examination of the con.
/ tents of her stomach showed strv-
chnine
\ significant feature OF that section
of the statement which referred to
I Hyde purchasing poison was the ref.
crence To the store of the druggist os
whom the poison was bought being
burned recently
Said Mr. Reed.
There is a druggist in Kansas City
named Brecklein. whose store was
near the office of Dr. Hyde and at
which the physician obtained some
of his medicinal supplies. After Col.
and Chrisman Swopc had died. and
after the rebellion of the nurses and
the outcry of suspicion, this drug
store was burned How or why we
do not know, nor. perhaps will it be
necessary to investigate, but while it
burned, the books OF account OF
frccklein were not burned and these
books disclosed that on December
and l2 Hyde purchased cyanide o,
potassium in capsules AZ the store
In closing his address, Mr.. Reed
explained that DR.. Hyde was being
tried only for the murder OF Cot
Swope. He said:
The evidence of all these other
crimes that will be introduced, VIII
be so introduced. not for the purpose
OF proving the defendant guilty OF
other crimes, but for the purposes
of showing the intents and purposes
and motive that controlled him in
his conduct toward Col Swope.
There viii doubtless be proof that
the typhoid nocculatior OF the Swope
family could have occurred without
the Intervention of Hyde. If that
should be- established. then the ques-
tion must be determined, or may
have to De- determined. as to whether
or not 1t was so introduced or wheth-
er it was the result OF the manipul-
alton OF the typhoid germs received
by the defendant from DR.. stewart
Thomas Swope. Jr,, who recently
refused TO aid his mother, Mrs. Lo-
gan o. Swopc, in sharing the eX
penses of the prosecution, accOmpa-
L..