Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-26
WHAT BECAME OF
GRANDJURY NOTES?
lnisaupearance Of Those That
Got Into Hands Of Hyde's
Counsel Still a Mystery.
wDeE LATsHAW WROUGHT UP
,..td Have Ordered Arrests Had He
known as Much Last "Wednesday
As He Knows Now.

vsrsas city. April eff Judge
psirb Iatshaw had known last week
!. much about the disappearance Of
M grand jury notes which fell into
,ss hands Of DR.. Hyde's counsel last
wednesday as he does now. three per
.,rs would have been ordered arrest
n bv him. Furthermore. he believes
I, he had been notified Of the loss Of
tbe papers as soon as they were missed
,bsv never would have gotten into the
lands " the defendants attorneys
These two statements he made today.
prt now that events have transpired
d. they have, and he was left so long
/, the dark about the matter. the court
4 going 10 put IL up 10 Prosecutor Viz
IN Conkling 90 take some action.
Il have told all / know about the
case 10 the prosecutor He can do
vbateyer ne likes" said the judge.
In the meantime Prosecutor Conkling
is still investigating. He has asked
me local bar association TO help solve
M mystery and offered 10 resign II II
an be shown that he Is In any way
10 blame for the loss OF the papers
Miss Rode Churchill and Miss Eliza
tsth Gordon were the only two wit
ressos before the court during the
morning session. Both went 70 the
sWope house on Dec 4 and remained
during the typhoid epidemic Their
evidence was similar TO that OF other
nurses who have testified.
NURSE GORDON.
The state resumed its examination
OF Miss Elizabeth Gordon, a nurse
vbo worked in the Swope home. at the
opsnlug of the Hyde trial today.
Miss Gordon was on the stand about
an hour az the close OF court yester-
day. Her statement that she saw DR.
HYDE use dirty water In giving CHRIS
man swope a hypodermic injection
came as surprise 10 both the state
snd the defense as the nurse had
D. ser spoken Of the alleged occurrence
before.
Court WAS convened promptly at 9
o'clock this morning On keeping with
tie longer sessions system announced
h Judge Iatshaw yesterday Here
after at least seven and onc-half hours
OF court viii b. held every day
The smallest crowd since the trial
orcnel was in the court room this
i mung
special Prosecutor Reed first took the
. witness through long series OF unn-
f ierestng questions regarding her
charts and then took up the Illness Of
Margaret Swope. Until a few inmates
before Miss Swope was seized with a
conyulsion on Dec rs, she said, the
gl was bright and cheerful.
The state attempted TO get into evil
dence the orders that were given by
Ds Twyman regarding the administer
i1f of medicine at the house during the
typhoid epidemic Strenuous objection
by the defense caused the court 70 send
tie Jury TO its room while the point
was argued.
The court held that the testimony
might be introduced and Miss Gordon
aId Dr. Twyman ordered that no moro
Of the medicine then in the house be
given 20 the patients. All OF the medi-
cine IN the house was destroyed on Dec.
IS and new remedies purchased, testt-
fed the witness.
Did DR. Hyde leave the house on
De- 1872" asked Mr.. Reed.
Ike did" Miss Gordon replied.
How did the patients progress after
Bis departure?'
They got well"
CROSS EXAMINATION
Mr. Brewster began a cross examina-
ton OF the witness He drew from her
the admission that Margaret SWope
and Miss Nora Bell Dickson were III
n the same room.
Miss Gordon had insisted that each
nurse should have had but one patient
% 0ok after and be on duty "a days n
day Mr. Brewster called attention 20
the fact that n this had been done
there would have been four peonle
sleeping at the same time IN one room
Asked why she did not speak 70 Or
Hyde when she saw him using dlrty
water in making a hypodermlc' MISS
Gordon said.
There Is an ironbound rule that We
shah never criticize the attending
physician I merely looked at DIT.
HYDE"