Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-05
HYDE SENT TO JAIL
DAMAGING EVIDENCE AGAINST
ACCUSED PHYSICIAN CAUSED
JUDGES ORDER.
DR.. HALL TOLD OF TYPHOID
Undertakers Tell OF Condition Of
Caskets and Describe the Autopsy
when They Selected
SWope's Casket.

Swope's Casket.
Kansas city, Mo, April 2S.-Doctor
Zwart, the coroner. had just finished
his Testimony. Much of what he
had said had beer gotten into the rec
ords against the bitterest protest OF
the attorneys for the defense. When
he concluded and the jury was led out
for the night, the judge instructed the
marshal to close all the doors.
Most of the attaches Of the court
had arisen to go and Dir. Hyde had
turned to his wife with a smile OF re.
lief, when Judge Latshaw began
speaking.
His first words caused an intense ex.
element. The attorneys for the de-
Tense looked astonished. DR.. Hyde
turned, his smile suddenly vanishing.
In a low, even voice the Judge said:
Ordered DR.. Hyde to Jail.
I'm view of the testimony presented
here, the court is compelled to say that
1t amounts to a presumption, that un.
der he law it deprives the defendant
of the right TO so on bond and he Is
hereby and for that reason ordered re.
manded to the county Jail"
Mrs. Hyde seemed to be the first to
catch the full import of the judges
words. She sank back in her seat,
sobbing and her head fell forward as
she leaned over and caught her hus.
bands arm with her hand. DR.. Hyde's
% tho. a,,. I,t,,l ,.,;t.. 80 tl-
gospel, half started to his feet and
then fell back, weeping.
When Dr, Hyde lief; the criminal
court room he was in the custody Of
James =. Gilwee. chief deputy.
Kansas City, April 29.-Thomas II.
Swope, son OF Mrs. Logan o. Swope,
testified to having e G DR.. Hyde take
something from his pockets on the
night Of December IS, and trample 1t
in the O He went to the spot
AMI found a broken capsule. Mr..
Swope said that handling the gelatine
left on his %iingures the distinct order
Of cyanid" of potassium.
Mr.. SwOpc is 81 years old, a rather
agreeable appearing young man, but
without the faculty of impressing one
as intellectual.
His manner was blunt and his story
was blunt. 1t came from him only
after repeated questions, but it lost
none Of its force in the telling.
The Judge Sarcastic.
'ilt h,twnap Lrr1nk u XInlch ut
tOrncy for DR.. Hyde. and Judge Lat.
shaw, who is presiding at the trial, oc.
CURED in the court room. John J.
Paxton was upon the witness stand
Mr.. Walsh arose and asked the court
to order that Mr.. Paxton produce the
correspondence that passed between
MIN and the expert chemists of Chi.
cagO.
Il know Of no other way to get
possession of those letters" said Ny
Walsh.
Unless you might find them" said
Judge Latshaw sarcastically.
Gam | to be continually reminded
OF this? % retortcd Mr.. Walsh.
This will be the last reference to
that incident until the proper time,
when | shall reach IT," answered
Judge Latshaw.
In spite Of the instructions OF the
court and the vigilance OF the deputy
county marshals, some one made an
attempt this morning to communicate
with the Hyde jurors, As the jury
filed ont of the court room at the loon
adjournment, a man standing near the
Jail entrance attempted to talk TO one
of the men. Harry Hoffman. deputy
marshal, saw him ran towards him,
telling him not to dare repeat the of
tense. The man disappeared in the
crowd.
Paxton q Witness.
John G. Paxton, executor OF the
Swope estate, was grilled on the wit,
ness stand by attorneys for DR.. b. G.
Hyde and he was directly blamed for
the investigation leading to the prose
cution OF the physician.
He admitted that he had been paid
$4,000 for his services.
Judge Latshaw overruled the motion
OF the defense to force Mr.. Paxton to
produce his correspondence with chem
ical experts, in these words:
III the state Is compelled to give the
defense all of its testimony, we might
as well close the front door OF the jail
and open the back door"