The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-21

70 40 away with Hunton, an executor
or the Swope estate. and then get the
position himself. Therefore, said Reed,
the physician drew two quarts of
blood from Hunton's body after he had
been stricken by apoplexy, and i'm four
Reed:
Now for the purpose that moved
Hyde to do this thing Hunton was
executor OF the will; as the evidence will
show. Hyde wanted his place.
within a few minutes, less than 10
after Hunton had died, while the mans
blood was still wet on his hands. HYDE
| called Miss Kellar, a nurse, to him
and said he wanted to see her. Shortly
thereafter, within an hour, he did see
| her and requested that she intercede
| with Colonel Swope to the end that he,
| Hyde, be made executor in Hunton's
place. This was declined by Miss Kel.
How Colonel swope Died.
| Details of Colonel Swope's death were
then entered into. 1t was rehearsed
how, at DR.. Hyde's orders, Miss Kellar
| gave Colonel Swope capsule. Con-
vulsions followed. Again at Hyde's or
ders, hypodermic injection was given.
Death followed. Having completed the
history Of the case to this point, Mr..
Reed said:
THE foregoing evidence might be
said to be the first evidential chapter
that makes plain the plan and the
| scheme of DR.. Hyde to accomplish an
acquisition Of large part of the
Swope fortune. Hunton was dead, and
although Hyde had not been specified
as executor in Hunton's place. Swope
was dead, and dead. too, without a
change In the will that left the family,
OF which Hyde's wife was one, the
great bulk of the vast fortune.
| The next testimony that will be in
troduced will be indicative Of the fact
that the next move in the carrying out
Of this plan and purpose was to re-
move as many members Of the Swope
family as might be to the end that
the fall OF each would swell the for
tune that he, through his life. would
be able to control"
Those Typhoid Germs.
A lengthy recital Of how DIR. Hyde
obtained typhoid and diphtheria
germs Of DR.. e. L. Stewart and the
appearance of typhoid fever in the
Swope residence followed. This ty-
phoid could not have come from the
water used, 1t was said, because the
water came from a cistern and was
fully filtered. 1t was on the occasion
of DR.. Hyde taking dinner with the
Swope family on November 25. that he
is thought to have spread the germs,
1t was said.
Chrisman Swopes death was touch
ed lightly upon, and then the state
came to the alleged attempts Of DR..
Hyde to poison Margaret Swope. Three
indictments are pending against him
on this charge and until today little
was known Of the testimony Of wit
nesses that led to the indictment. This
Is the story briefly, as told by Reed.
On December 2, Miss Swope was
stricken with typhoid. DIR. G. T. ivy
man was placed in charge of the pa
tient. One night while the girl was
supposed to be almost recovered, a
nurse learned that Hyde had given
the girl a hypodermic injection.
When asked why he had made the
injec ION, Hyde replied he had given
her only some oil of camphor for in
termittent pulse. Miss Swope denied
the physician felt her pulse, and the
nurse found no odor like oil of cam
phor.
A sore has recently developed upon
the girls arm which the state be-
lieves Is due to the physician inject
ing some Of the germs he obtained
from DR.. Twyman into Miss Swope's
arm.
A few days later DR.. Hyde left a
capsule among the medicines belong
ing to the girl. A nurse administered
the capsule. Miss Swope was seized
with commissions. An examination Of
the contents of her stomach showed
strychnine.
A significant feature Of that section
Of the statement which referred to
Hyde purchasing poison was the ref
erence to the store Of the druggist Of
whom the poison was bought being
burned recently.
There Is a druggist in Kansas City
named Brecklein. whose store was near
the office Of DR.. Hyde and at which
the physician obtained some of his
medicinal supplies After Colonel and
Chrisman Swope had died, and after
the rebellion of the nurses and the out
cry of suspicion, this drug store was
burned. How or why we do not know,
nor, perhaps will it be necessary to
investigate but while it burned the
books Of account of Brecklein were
not burned, and these books disclosed
that on December and IL Hyde pur-
chased cyanide Of potassium in capsuls
at the store
Attorneys for the state refused, after
the address had been made, to discuss
the burning Of the drug store.
Purpose of Evidence.
In closing his address Mr.. Reed ex>
planned that DR.. Hyde was being tried
only for the murder Of Colonel Swope.
He said:
"The evidence Of all these other
crimes that will be introduced will be
so introduced, not for the purpose of
proving the defendant guilty Of other
crimes, but for the purpose of showing
the intents and purposes and motives
that controlled him in his conduct to-
, ward Colonel Swope.
There will doubtless be proof that
typhoid innoculation Of the Swope
, family could have occurred without the
intervention Of Hyde. II that should
be established. then the question must
be determined, or may have to be de-
termined, as to whether or not 1t was
, so introduced, or whether 1t was the
result of the manipulation of the
typhoid germs received by the defend
; ant from Dr. Stewart. We want that
every reasonable doubt shall be solved
; in his favor, that the presumptions OF
innocence that the law proclaims shall
be kept ever present before our eyes
If unseeming merriment emanating
from him shock us. let us not forget
to be as tender toward his rights as
duty commands.
But If, after according TO the de-
: PENDANT all the things accorded to him
by law; IL, after the elimination OF
each doubt by casting 1t into the
, column that counts for him and his
good, if, after all this be done, the
; cold, indubitable fact remains. that IL
forced in upon your convictions by
, your conscience that he Is, as he Is
, charged with being, murderer and ar
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