Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-19
DR.. HYDE GUILTY
! IS JURYS VERDICT
Sentenced to Penltentlary for Murder
I Of Col. Swope.
LIVE TERM FOR THE PHYSICIAN
Fcr Nearly Three Days Jurors Con-
sldered the Mass Of clrcunl.
statIal Evidence Before Max
lnq Decision.

4 HYDE was I0und gully VI muIVeA An
the first degree and unless higher
court intervenes will spend the 70
maInder Of his life in expiation Of
the murder Of Thomas H. Gwope.
Dr.. Hyde heard the verdict at 1O:16
O'Clock. Stoical, immobile, he sat
there, his little eyes peerlng over his
glasses. He watched the IL men take
their accustomed places in the jury boz
and knew before the actual words were
pronounced that he was doomed
man.
The Verdict.
ave, the jury, ind the defendant
guilty Of murder In the first degree a.
charged in the indictment and assess
bis punishment at imprisonment In the
state penitentlary during his natural
life," was the reading Of the verdict.
II bore the signature Of Frank Clay
pool, the foreman.
Mrs. Hyde let one scarcely audible
moan break through her lips and then
threw her arms about the neck Of the
convicted man, sobbing and crying as
II repression were utterly unknown to
her.
She was led from the court room to
tho little ONCE to the right Of the
Judges platform and from there for
full hour her means and her sobS in
tofmittently escaped, filing the thrOng
Of spectators that waited with morbid
curiosity and holding them steadfast
ii their chairs in the hope that the
complete collapse Of Mrs. Hyde would
lend additional dramatic intensity to
the situation.
When the Jury Came In.
It was 1910 O'Clock Monday morn
ing when 1t became noised about the
court room that the jury, which had
been out since Friday night at 10 |
o'clock, had agreed upon verdict. II
was generally believed that an agree.
ment must mean conviction, because
kfOm the first ballot the majority has
been In favor OF finding DR.. Hyde
aulIty. That Mrs. HYDE shared in this
belief was evident from the nervous
switching OF her hands during the few |
minutes that interviewed between the |
assembling OF attorneys and the filInR |
IL 81 the Jury Her face was. consider |
ABLY flushed. AZ II with excitement. and /
hor hands clasped and unclasped. Back |
81 her an Mrs. E. NJ HOPKINS and Miss
i,arra HYDE the sIstara n nr HYDE
Attorneys Not rhere.
None Of the attorney for the de-.
Tense were in the court room. Except |
for his relatives, Or. Hyde was alone. |
The states representatives were there,
but there was no one on hand to record
hhiection to the verdict until the first
settlement was over, when Mr.. Lucas
hurried down the aisle to the side of
bio client.
Natice Of an application for a new
trial was made and Judge Latshaw an
nounced that he would hold sentence
IL abeyance until Friday morning to
give the defense chance to be heard
On the argument for rehearing.
The FIRST intimatIon that an agree.
ment had been reached was when a
round As Of someone rapplng broke on
he stiffness Of the crowded court
room. Charles Kemper a deputy mar.
phal who has been in charge Of the
ldFy during the entire period covered
BY the Hyde trial, responded to the
knock and Frank claypool told him to
eau IN the jury.
The Jury Come In.
Judge Latshaw, who had been in
bir chambers since 8 O'Clock. was
quickly on hand. The states attorneys
.ssohed the court room promptly and
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