New-York tribune., 1910-04-22
PROBE LOSS OF PAPERS
lntimation of Theft CreepS Into
Hyde Trial.
NURSE FINISHES HER STORY
Saws Deaths of Colonel Swope
and Margaret Swope Were
Similar.

Kansas City, Mo, April Z.-kiSorcus IN
vestigation of the disappearance OF some
of the states documentary evidence, inciud-
ing the notes of Chicago toxicologlst' in
the trial of DR.. B. c. Hyde for the murder
Of Colonel Thomas II. Swope, was ordered
to-day by Prosecutor Virgil Conklins
Developments. the most important of
which was the statement by Ruby h. Gar
rett, the man who lost the papers, that he
did not drop them at the point where they
are said to have been found by a negress
who turned them over to the defence,
moved the prosecutors to renewed action
II am far from satisfied that these pa
pers were lost" said Mr.. Conkling tonight
Neither do I want to say that they were
stolen But l have several men investigat-
ing the matter and some Developments are
likely to result
Miss Pearl Keller. the nurse who at
tended Colonel Swope when he died, was
the only witness at the trial to-day. She
completed her direct testimony at the MORN
ing session. Frank y. Walsh. counsel for
DR.. Hyde. cross-examined her i'm the after
noon. Mr. Walsh showed that shortly be-
fore the typhoid epidemic began in the
Swope home the sewerage was torn out
presumably because it did not work.
Dogs and frogs are expected 10 play an
important part in convicting clearing
Or. Hyde. The state has announced it's in
tention Of demonstrating the action of
strychnne by poisoning a live frog with
the drug before the eyes of the jury.
Toxicologists employed by DR.. Hyde are
maintaining poison squad" of six dogs
for the purpose of studying the effects of
strychnine upon them. Some of the ami
mails are receiving one-fifteenth Of a grain
Of strychnine four times a day Some of
the dogs will be permitted to die from the
effects OF the drug. Others will be killed
The digestive organs of these animals will
case to the Jury.
The insistence of DR.. Hvds that Miss
Keller complete at one time all of her testi-
mony for the state caused Judge Latshaw
10 permit the witness to go into the details
Of the typhoid epidemic in the Swope home
Most startling Of all the features of Miss
Keller's story was her assertion that the
convulsion suffered by Margaret Swope on
December Is was very similar to the at
tack that preceded Colonel Swope's death
The state charges that on this day Dr.
Hyde poisoned Margaret Swope
Just before the noon adjournment Mrs
Hyde became deeply interested in the testi-
mony of the witness and leaned forward
several times to coach her husbands at
torneys
On December il. said Miss Keller. she
went to the Swope home and took charge
of Miss Sarah Swope. The Sunday follow
ing. she testified. she heard that DR. HYDE
had give Miss Margaret Swope n hypo-
dermic injection. DR.. Hyde asserted, she
said, that he had given harmless injection
of camphorated OIL for Intermittent pulse
"On the day following the giving of the
injection" testified the witness. IL saw
Margaret's arm. II was on a pillow and
badly swollen. The girl appeared to be T.,
great pain
The contention of the state is that DR.
Hyde. instead of giving Margaret Swope an
injection of oil. injected "pus" germs into
her arm.
On December IS, shortly after DR. HYDE
had left the house, said he nurse. Mar
garet Swope passed into a convulsIon Miss
Keller was attracted bv the Patients moan
ing. Dr. o. T. Twyman was in clIarge or
the girl
What was the appearance OF Miss
Swope?" asked Mr.. Reed.
Her teeth were clenched. her eyes
dilated. She was making most peculiar
moaning sound" said Miss Keller.
How did this sound compare N.,h that
made by Colonel Swope when ne was in
convulson2"
1T was very similar"
Other nurses. said Miss Keller. asked her
to take charge of portion of the contents
of the stomach of Miss Swope. She put
the ejeCta i'm a bottle and gave IL to
Thomas Swope, jr., she said.