New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-21
CLASH AT HYDE TRIAL
Defence Produces Notes of
Prosecution Expert.
AGAINST CYANIDE CHARGE
Psychologist Threatened with
Prosecution for Perjury
Nurse Continues Story.

court room scene in which many lawyers
addressed the court at the same time and
banded charges of unfair play among
themselves marked the trial to-day Of Dr.
r. 6. HYDE for the alleged murder of
Colonel Thomas H. Swope
The trouble all arose over the losing by
an assistant Of Prosecutor Conkling's Of
flee Of the grand jury notes Of the testi-
mony of DR.. Walter s Haines. a toxi-
cologist Of Chicago. and forty-two other
state witnesses woman found the
notes and gave them to Frank p. Walsh.
chief counsel for DR.. Hyde He said he
kept them. in spite Of legal ethics. be-
cause il was chance 10 prove his clients
Innocence.
These notes. according to Mr. Walsh,
contain statements of DR.. Haines that no
cyanide Of potassium was found in the
tiscera of Colonel Swope. and that not
ienough poison was found in Chrisman
Swope's viscers TO cause death
II DR. Haines swears on the witness
stand 70 any alleged facts other than
these he will be prosecuted for perjury
according TO a. statement made i'm court
by Mr. Walsh. Perjury is capital Of
fence in murder case in Missouri
Prosecutor Conklng admits that this is
the testimony Dr. Haines gave before the
grand jury. but AYERS that later the
chemist found traces OF cyanide of
potassium fin both visceras. He will testify
to this effect. Mr.. Conkling said.
The papers were returned 10 the state
to-day. but the defence kept carbon copies
Nurse Still on Stand.
Miss Pearl Keller, who attended Colonel
swope in his last Illness. took the stand
again after the upheaval in court
IL was only when asked three times by
| DR.. g. T Twyman and once by Mrs Hyde
10 stop the flow of blood from James Moss
| Hunton- that DR.. p. g. Hyde closed the
| wound IN the patients arm. said Miss
Keller She measured the blood and found
two quarts
few minutes after Hunton's death. she
further said. DR.. Hyde importuned her to
Use her influence in having him made an
administrator of Colonel Swope's estate to
succeed Hunton. She refused.
On the morning of October s. the day
Colonel Swope died. said Miss Keller, Dr.
| Hyde gave her capsule TO give to the
patient, who at first refused TO take it, but
later swallowed the medicine.
What the nature of this capsule?'
queried Mr.. Reed
1T was either three or five grain can
sule Of a white or grayish appearance"
she replied.
How long was this before the death OF
! Colonel Swope?"
About ten hours"
Miss Keller said that a few minutes after
she had administered the capsule while she
! was reading q paper to Mr.. Swope the
| patient went into a convulsion. His arms
were drawn up. The hands were clenched.
/ The eyes were dilated The mouth was
mid
denly the legs drew UP.
Miss Keller said that she ran to the door
and called DR.. Hyde He did not respond
at once, SO she called again.
Hyde entered the room and. looking at
Colonel Swope and feeling hts pulse, said:
Called Death Apoplexy.
1T is a case Of spoplexy."
| The CONFUSION lasted about eight or ten
minutes. Miss Keller said.
How the pulse during and after the
convulsion?'' asked Mr. Reed.
Low before the convulsiou' said the
nurse, but the pulse was bounding AT 40
I when the CONFUSION was over"
Did DR.. Hyde suggest that medicine be
glven?"
Yes, he ordered a hypoderrnic injection
Of one-sixtieth Of grain Of strychnine
gave him the injection With strychnine out
IF nv oVn case
Was the patient consciou=-" asked Mr.
Reed.
He vas said Miss Keller
"Hc~ did he indicate it,
BY an expression. oh. my God 7fsh
J vas dead wish hadn't taken that
/ medicine he ruoaned
After the CONFUSION had passed I looked
for the pink box from which pr HYDE had
taken tho capsule. II was gone
Tn few minutes pr HYDE again en-
I tered Colonel S1cre's room and ordered 2
second hvpodermic injection at the end ~
fifteen minutes. when ] gave tho second
injection tho patient hal lapsed into 2 state
Of coma He continued i'm this state
I throughout the afternoon
/ Asked whether = third hvpoderrr,ir IN joe
ton had been given. Miss Keller said she
could not remember distinctly
About o'clock in the afternoon she
continued. " went out for walk leaving
/ Dr. HYDE with Colonel Svcpe
/ Upon ny return I said 10 NJ HYDE u
Should hate 10 answer for this
why do YOU say that h- asked.
/ - told him because Colonel Suope's az
tack had followed the giving OF STie cap
sule
"pr. HYDE made no reply. During the
evening ] took another walk and on nv
return at us O'Clock J found Or and Mrs.
| iIyde leaning over Colonel Svope They
told me he had died fev minutes pre-
/ viously.'
| Following tho death. said tho witness.
| DR.. Hyde and John 9. Paxton took Colonel
! Swopes will from vest i'm his room
| AS followed the men out Of the room, e.
| resumed the witness, Or. Hyde turned 10
me and said When YOU present your bill
for services here. make ~ for s75 instead of
s25 a week
| This statement was stricken out nv the
! court
! ON October n Miss Keller left the Sv-onA
/ house 6nd Sss recalled on December II bv |
/ Mrs. HYDE. Nora Belle Dickson. Miss Mar
| garet Swope and Miss sara Swope were
/ suffering with typhoid fever The nurse
took charge NJ Sara Swope.
As the witness started 10 tell Of tho /
/ typhoid epidemic in the Swope home. tho /
defence objected to the state delving into 4
/ this feature Of the case, averring IL was
/ immaterial. The court upheld Mr.. Lucas /
saying Il desired 10 be convinced Of the
materialty of this testimony Adjourn
ment was then taken with Miss Keller stu /
on the stand.
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