The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-05-21
CONDEMNED MAN sits MOTION.
Lesa. UNABLE TO COMFORT
oRiEe.srRIckEN WIFE.
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
PRISONER REMANoEp TO JAIL
LIk9 ANY OTHER CON.
vicTGp SLAYER.
HYDE Case cHRoNoLocIcALLY
TOLD.
1909.

Oct. 1-JAmeo MOSS Hunton, cousin
Of Col. Thomas n. swope. died sud.
denly at the swope home In Indepen.
denee, Mo-, . surburb Of Kansas City,
supposedly by apopIexy.
Oct. 3tThomas n. swope dies sud-
denly, exactly as Hunton had died.
supposedly Of apopIesy.
Oct. 9-WilI Of Thomas n. Swope
filed for probate. The estate was val
usd at 50. 900 900, and Of this 81 ,ooo. 900
was left to members Of the Swope fam
Iy.
Dec. 1-Miss Margaret ewope, niece
Of Thomas II. swope, stricken with ty-
phoId fever.
Dec. 2-Chrisman swope, nephew Of
Thomas n. swope, stricken with ty-
phoid.
Dec. 4-Miss Cora Dickson, govern
sss in the Swope home and a cousin
Of Colonel swope, and nesress servant
named coppeee, stricken with typhoid
fever.
Dec. 5-stewart 8. Fleming Of
Maury county ,Tennesse, who was
visiting at the Swope home, stricken
with typhoid.
Dec. 6-Chrisman swope dies.
Dec. s-Miss Sara swope, fourteen
years old, a niece Of Colonel Swope,
stricken with typhoid.
Dec. 11-Miss Stella swope, niece Of
Colonel swope, stricken with typhoid.
Dec. 1s-Miss Lucy Lee, relative Of
Colonel Swope, stricken with typhoid
In the swope home four days after her
arrival from Europe.
1910.
Jan. BODY Of Chrisman Swope se-
cretly exhumed and an autopsy held.
Jan. 11-eody Of Thomas n. Swope
secretly removed from tomb in Forest
Hlii cemetery and stomachs Of both
swopes taken to Chicago for analysis.
Feb. e-coroner's jury finds Thomas
n. 8wope came to his death as result
Of strychnine capsule administered BY
Or. q. c. Hyde.
Feb. 1o-Dr. 9. c. Hyde arrested on
charge Of murder.
April 11-1rial Of Or. 3. c. Hyde
begins.
May 11-Evidenee submitted to jury.
May 13-Arguments Of counsel
close.
May 16-Found guilty in the first
degree.
Kansas City. Mo, May 1--we, the
Jury, find the defendant guilty of muir
der in the first degree as charged in
the indictment and assess his punish
ment at Imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary during his natural life.
(Signed) FRANK CLAYPOOL, Chair
man."
Such was the verdict in the trial OF
DR.. B. Clark Hyde, accused OF the
murder OF Col. Thomas II. Swope, Kan
sas City, millionaire philanthropist.
1t was rendered at 1922 O'Clock Mon
day morning.
verdict was read.
AS the words of conviction were
spoken Mrs. Hyde broke down COM
pletely and tugged at the arms OF her
husband. His two sisters, Mrs. Hop
kins and Miss Laura Hyde, mingled
their tears with hers. but the physt-
clan stoically and with the same fixed
expression Of the mouth, said not a
word, For a time he was even un-
able to whisper word OF comfort.
"Oh, Clark" cried Mrs. Hyde when
the verdict was read by Judge Lat
shaw.
She threw her arms about his neck
and wept silently. Then she patted
her husband on the cheek.
Doctor Hyde sat motionless.r
He looked firmly at Judge Latshaw
while the verdict was being received.
As the words Imprisonment in the
State Penitentiary during his natural
life," were pronounced, his eyes fell
to the floor.
Don't worry, dearie," he said to his
wife, as she clasped him in her arms.
Ioplina ond NliSS