The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-28
HYDE HAD
CY YAN|OE
Dropped Capsules or
the Street Which
We're Analysed

Kansas City, April 2S.-Thomas II.
Swopc. Jr. told the criminal court to-
day how he found capsules which Dr.
Hyde had thrown away on a street
and recognized the odor they emitted
as cyanide of potassium
While working in a Nevada mine,
said Mr.. Swopc. he became well &c
quainted with the poison, and was
positive he could not be mistaken
about the peculiar odor of 1t Cyanide.
he said smelt like burned almonds.
DR.. Hyde was about 300 feet from
him when the capsules were thrown
away, said Mr.. Swope The physician
stamped them into the snow. after
dropping them. testified the witness
In so far as Mr. Swope knew. DR..
Hyde did not know his actions were
observed by any one.
Accompanied by John G. Paxton,
said Mr. Swope. he made second
visit to the point where he had seen
DR. Hyde. and they found fragments of
three capsules.
All of the parts of the capsules were
sent to Chicago and chemists said
they found traces of cyanide In them.
After smelling wet cyanide on the
hand of Hugo Brecklin. a druggist. in
the court room, Miss j. f. Van Nuys
said IL was the same drug she smelt
on the hand OF Mr.. Swope after he
handled the capsules he picked up on
the street
Mr.. Swopc was still on the witness
stand when court adjourned for the
noon recess.
At noon Judge Latshaw ordered that
at all times DR.. Hyde should be
brought into and removed from the
court room out OF the presence of the
jury in order that the jurymen might
not know he was in the custody OF the
authorities.
The action OF the court pleased Mrs.
Hyde, She smiled when the order was
given.
Kansas City. April 2s.-From be-
hind the bars OF his cell in the county
Jail, DR. Il. c. Hyde this morning look
ed upon a scene that was new and
strange TO him. All about him were
common prisoners. In the same tier
OF cells with him were drunkards.
thieves and robbers.
DR. Hyde was In Jail once before,
on last March Z, but he was only In the
hospital ward then. His room WAS
large. roomy and airy. There were
four windows In it. He could walk
about and exercise himself. No ono
was In the apartment to bother him.
That time he did not mind his incar-
ceFation. Today Dr. Hyde made no
objection TO his quarters. But when
an attendant came 10 the physician' J
cell with tin plate. covered with
bread and a cup Of coffee, the prison
ct refused the food and turned away
with a wan smile. One OF DR.. Hydo's
friends sent him a breakfast from a
hotel
Jail attaches said the physician slept
we'll last night He turned out his
light with the rest OF the inmates at
tho jall at $3.50 o'clock and retired 10
bis cot
The revocation of DIR. Hyde's bond
hy Judge Latshaw at the close Of
court Wednesday night was a severe
disappointment to Mrs Hyde. She
slept little last night and was at tho
jail early today waiting to see her
hus band She was not permitted 20
enter the jail. but Dr. Hyde was al
lowed TO meet her in the court room
an hour before court opened. .I1
None OF the jurors, II Is believed
knows DR.. Hyde has been placed IN
jail He was sitting beside his wife
when court opened today. appearing
the same as he has each day since the
tIial started.
Attorney Walsh requested that Hugo