The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-22
STATE LOSES
EVIDENCE IN
SWOPE CASE
Investigation Ordered Into Dis
appearance of Documents
in Hands of Defense
Miss Pearl Keller Recites Death
OF Girl and Is Not Shaken
by DIR. Hyde's Attorney

KANSAS CITY, No, April 21.-Rigor-
Gus Investigation Of the fisannaarsr
't the states documentary evidence in
The Hyde murder case. which fell into
the hands OF the defense's counsel. was
ordered by Prosecutor Virgil Conkling
today
New developments in the case. the
most important OF which was the state
ment Of Bubin B. Garrett. the man who
lost the papers, that he did not dron
'hem at the point where they are said
10 have been found, moved the prose
eutor to renewed action.
am far from satisfied tn Sc papers
we're lost said Conkling tonight.
Neither do I want to say they were
stolen But I have several men inves-
bSatlhS the matter and sensational de-
telopments are likely to follow"
GIVES IMPORTANT EVIDENCE
Miss Pearl Keller. a nurse was +ba
"hiN witness at the trial today. She
comp her direct testimony at the
enc OF the morning session. Attorney
rank p " Walsh, counsel for Doctor
i1Ede- cross examined her in the after
noon. Attorney Walsh was unable to
Sii'i Ike her testimony except on a few
MINOR details. She was calm through
out the time she was in the witness
chair.
Tie most important feature of her
testimony was that Miss Margaret
NNopes symptoms. on the morning Doc
Tor Hyde is said to have poisoned her.
were similar TO those of Colonel Swops
Just before he died.
on cross examination Walsh proved
mat shortly before the typhoid cpl
oemle in the Swope residence the
pumping which was supposed TO carry
away tAt waste was torn out because
-t did not work
Doctor HyJe's ATTORNEYS TO-DAY. made
7aoi ler unsuccessful attempt to secure
The letters and documents that passed
'elNe cen john g Paxton and the chem
ISIS who made the Swope analyses.
~ aiNA said these papers would prove
DIS contention that no poison was found
11e eJeeta Of Margaret Swope or in
me capsule which Doctor Hyde threw
way when he left the Svvope residence
December 81
PINK bon INTRODUCED
Reading from the grand jury notes
which recently fell into his hands
Walsh asked Miss Keller If she made
The statement that "Hunton had VIC
-ent twitehiug and Jerking"
The witness testified that she did
tlat she did not say. substantfalIv
mat Hunton was suffering from a con
Vulsion.
Miss Keller said she did not know
~ her own knowledge that Doctor
Hyde visited the room of Margaret
Swope on the morning she il alleged
To have been poisoned
The mysterious pink box" that has
figured SO prominently i'm the mystery
Of the death OF Colonel Swope was re
called by Attorney Reed. when Miss
Keller took the stand this morning
Miss Keller said that Doctor HYDE
had pink box in his hand when he
gave the capsules to SWope.
Miss Keller closed her testimony for
the state by telling briefly about Miss
Lucy Lee Swope being attacked by
typhoid fever four days after her re-
turn from New York in the company
81 Doctor Hyde.
ALL MEDICINE DESTROYED
other nurses. said Miss Keller. asked
her TO take charge Of a portion Of
the contents of the stomach of Miss
Swope. She put the ejecta in a bottle
and gave ii TO Thomas Swope Jr.. she
said. Miss Keller related how at the
1ehest Of Doctor Twyman. all of the
medicine in the house was destroyed
Immediately after Margaret Swope suf-
fercd a CONFUSION.
This was the day the nurses struck
Ia the SWOpe residence. and the state
made every effort TO inject the story of
the uprising Of the nurses against Doc
tor HYDE.
Amid storm Of objection from the
defendants counsel. the witness man
aged TO tell that the nurses held a
private meeting in Colonel Swope's
room. For what purpose this meeting
was held she was not permitted to
say.
TIE state ged to show. how
ever. that Doctor Hyde and his wife
left the house on December -.
WILL USE DOGS AND FROGS
Dogs and frogs are expected to play
an important part in convicting or
clearing Tor. 3. G. Hyde on the charge
OF murder.
The state has announced its Intention
of demonstrating the action Of strych-
zine by poisoning live frog with the
drug before tie eyes OF the jurymen.
PSYCHOLOGISTS employed by Doctor
hyde ere maintaining poison squad
Of six dogs for the purpose Of studying
The effects of strychnine upon them
some OF the CANNES are being given
one-ffteenth OF a grain Of strychnine
four times 4 day. Others receive
smaller amount Of poison.
some Of the dogs viii be permitted
To die from the effects OF the drug
Others viii be killed. The digestive
organs Of the animals viii he used by
the defense in presenting its case to
the jury.