Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-02-17
Tested All of Them on Himself Before
Giving to Patients.
DOCTOR" WITHOUT A LICENSE
His Name is First Brought Into Case
by Mrs. Hyde.
GRAND JURY CONTINUES WORK
DIR. g. T. TwSmRn, who Succeeded
DR.. Hyde in Care of Sick at
swOpe Home, is Before
InquisltOrs.

KANSAS CITY Feb. 1s.-How Guessing
Hatred Chase Jordon, colored man OF
Kansas City, Kan, who advertises HIM
self as minister OF medicines" medical
doctor and doctor OF liver and gall stones
and minister Of herb remedies compounded
by himself, obtained from $4,000 to $4,000
in about eight years for doctoring members
Of the Swope family was told by the doc
tor here today
He as called to give deposition in the
SANDER suit brought by Dr. B. c. HYDE
against c. Paxton, executor, for the Swope
estate.
The doctors" name was first brought
into the Swope case when Mrs. B. c. Hyde
Issued statement expressing confidence
In her husbands innocence and saying that
Chrisman Swope used Jordan's remedies
Jordan gave his deposition after much pro-
test, as he claimed his mlnstering to the
Swopes had nothing to do with the case
Jordan testified that his medicines were
harmless YARDS as he called them. He
said they were compounded from roots and
herbs obtained in foreign countries and
dug in the woods in this vicinity.
But how could you tell whether these
herbs were poisonous or not?" Attorney
Frank P. Walsh asked him
why, that's easy" replied Jordan. 'Id
chew them II they didn't hurt me GER
tainly they weren't poisonous and certainly
they wouldn't hurt my potients. That's
the theory work on"
The herb man claims to be a South
American. He was raised by a negro
named Eli Jordan in Texas There is no
record of his having physicians license
In Kansas.
Witnesses Before Grand Jury.
Six witnesses testified at a short session
OF the grand jury today They were, DR..
c. T. Twyman, the Swope family phys-
clan; o. B. Gentry, druggist of Indepen-
dence of whom Colonel Swope purchased a
compound containing strychnine; Benjamin
Smith and r. 3, Fieldsy undertakers as
sistants who aided in the removal of Col
onel Swope's body from the vault; Sylves-
ter Spangler, Colonel Swope's confidential
agent and John @. Paxton.
As previously announced, the prelimn-
airy hearing of DIR. b. G. Hyde, set for
tomorrow morning in Independence, will
be continued by Prosecutor Conkllng. The
continuance will probably be for one week
Word was received from Drs. Ludwig
Hoktoen. Victor Vaughn and Walter S.
Haines today that they would not arrive
here until Saturday Their testimony will
probably not begin before the grand jury
until Monday.
Twyman's Testimony Important,
Dr. G. T. Twyman's testimony is said to
be of the greatest Importance, as it has
a direct bearing on the death of Chrisman
Swope and the spread of typhoid fever in
the Swope home.
Dr. b. C. Hydo treated the members of
the Swope family until after the death of
Colonel Thomas Fl. Swope. When the
nurses announced they would leave the
house unless Dr. Hyde ceased his treat
ment of the patients there, DR.. Twyman
was called, and 1t was he who notified DIR.
Hyde that his services were no longer de-
sired by the Swopes.
DR.. Twyman was summoned to appear
in the office Of Frank Walsh to give his
deposition ia the civil suit after he has
been excused by the grand jury.
Miss Lucy Lee Swope also was subpoe-
naed today to give her deposition in the
suit brought by DR.. Hyde against John q.
Paxton for alleged slander.