Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-12
SWOPE'S DEATH
TO BE PROBED
BY GRAND JURY
INVESTIGATION TO BEGIN IN
KANSAS CITY TODAY
DIR. HYDE MAINTAINS coNF!-
DENcE IN RESULT
Doctor Accused of Poisoning Philan=
thropist Appears Unperturbed.
Lawyers Kept Busy Get
ting Dispositions
IAssnciated Pressl

II ANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. Ire
gardless of the fact that tomor-
IN row is the last day of the week
and Iincoln's birthday the grand jury
summoned to investigate the SWope
mystery will begin the examination Oh
witnesses.
While it is not the intention of the
prosecutor to rush the inquiry 1t viii
be conducted with dispatch.
1t is expected the jury will be in
session about ten days. If an indict-
ment is returned against anyone in
connection with the deaths the case
against DR.. 3. c. Hyde, now pending
in the court of Justice w. L. Loar in
Independence Will be dismissed.
This case is set for hearing on Feb
ruary II. but it will be continued from
time to time until the grand jury com-
pletes its investigation, provided the
inquiry is not disposed of before the
case is called for the first time.
The grand jury summoned today by
order of Judge Latshaw consists of
prominent men.
DR.. Hyde was about the city as usual
today, seemingly unperturbed by his
arrest of yesterday on the charge of
numbering his wife's uncle.
He says he is glad grand jury has
been called, for he believes the more
the case is left to the investigation of
disinterested parties and the more pub
licity it is given the sooner he will be
cleared of suspicion.
Not Ready to Talk
1--WE are not ready to talk YETI said
Frank P. Walsh, the physicians at
torney. "Dr. Hyde will not tell his
story until he tells it to the jury that
tries him for his life, if ever he is tried.
Then he will explain everything and
knock the props out from under all the
charges
An appraisement of the Swope estate
today showed its total value to be
about $3,500000.
In the hands of the Swope attorneys
is the sworn statement of Swope's
nurse, Miss Houlehan.
This statement is even as dramatic
as the story related by Miss Pearl
Kellar on the witness stand. 1t tells
Of her being summoned TO the SWope
home to care for Chrisman Swope,
who was stricken with typhoid fever.
The nurse describes minutely the
symptoms, those of the straight ty-
phoid patient, the high fever the irreg-
ular pulse.
And then it tells of the commissions
in which Chrisman Swope died. 1t
was about $3.50 o'clock Sunday after
noon, the nurse states in her affidavit.
ludl size NdS lOlu NliI oNOpG 4ldtl
been given a capsule. Thirty minutes
later followed the convulsions, almost
identically the same as those in which
Colonel Swope died.
The nurse tells of the injection of
one-fortieth grain Of strychnine and
later of the use of a nitro-glycerin
injection. This was Sunday afternoon.
The next day Chrisman died. All this
the jury will hear when it meets to
probe into the Swope mystery.
Battle for Dispositions
The battle of lawyers to secure the
depositions of important witnesses in
the damage suits brought by Dr. Hyde
against John G. Paxton for alleged
slander was resumed today.
In this civil suit DR.. Hyde demands
1000 actual damages and $50, 900
punitive damages because Mr.. Paxton
wrote a letter to Stewart S. Fleming,
an executor of the Swope estate at
Columbia, Tenn, containing state
ments which DR.. Hyde charges SLAM
dered him.
Mr.. Paxton was summoned to appear
at the office of Frank p Walsh, DIR.
Hyde's leading attorney, to give his
deposition in the case today. 1t was
believed that Mr.. Paxtons testimony
would occupy several hours. Members
of the Swope family also had been
subpoenaed by Mr.. Walsh.
At the present time the Hyde forces
seem to have obtained an advantage