The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-10


About five minutes before he died.
DR.. Hyde was there. Miss Kellar had
gone to the dining room"
The witness said she could not give
the color of the box of digestive cap
sules DR.. Hyde gave Miss Kellar. 1t
was round, she said.
you could not say that one of the
boxes you saw in Col. Swope's room
was the one that your husband gave
Miss Kellar?"
the day he died and for several days
afterwards"
When was Col. swope's room clean
ed out?''
Thursday or Saturday. He died on
Sunday"
when you purchased Col. Hunton's
casket did you not also arrange for a
casket for Col. Swope?"
Objection came quickly to this and
was sustained on the ground that the
witness had not been Intercepted
about the matter on her direct exami-
ration.
What relation is DR.. Allen, who
testified here. to your husband?"
Il don't know"
This line of questioning was ruled
cut.
Again the witness was asked about
the breakfast table conversation when
DR.. Hyde inquired of Miss Kellar If
Colonel Swope had taken his medicine.
Had you heard him Inquire the
morning before?" was asked.
II had not said she.
Bleeding of Hunton.
when the bleeding of Colonel Hun
ton was going on, you say you did not
say:
DR.. Twyman wants you to Quit?' ="
Il said nothing like that"
You say DR.. Twyman did not say:
Miss Kellar, you feel the pulse and see
what you think?'''
Miss Kellar did feel the pulse"
The witness said DR.. Twyman did
say: Don't you think we have taken
enough" He did not say, she remark
ed, that DR.. Twyman- said: That Is
enough blood to take from any man.
Prior to Colonel Swope's illness, Mrs.
Hyde said she and her husband for
year had gone to the Swope home per-
haps as often as every two weeks.
seldom Drank the Water.
And you say you never drank the
water there?"
Very seldom, if ever. I may have
taken g sip of water once a day, but
never drank as much as a glass"
And you were there about 81 times
that year?" Mrs. Hyde was asked, af-
ter she had testified that she had been
az the Swope's every week.
Yes she said.
She was at the Swope home Septem-
Der II, a week after Colonel Swope
fell. the witness said. After September
IL she was there much of the time.
The sanitary arrangements of the
home were again probed. The water
cooler, said Mrs. Hyde, was of wood
and had been in use about a year. A
taste OF ammonia from the ice was no
ticeable, she said. There were two els
terms on the place, she said, but water
from only one was used. for drinking
before she married. Last fall, she said,
she was told the drinking water came
from the other Ecistern and that it had
been used for a year. she ordered
water to be semitic, the house. she said.
did you drink the milk there?"
Not Milk Drinlzer.
mo, 1 don't drink milk"
'You used the cream and the but
ter?"
yes"
Mr. Walsh then asked:
DO you know who MIXED the cows?'
''Peyton and Robert, the negro men,"
Were they there in December"
Yes, when got there"
Mrs. Hyde described the condition of
The plumbing and the changes that
we're made. There was a leak in the
sewer in the cellar, she said
did you hear the will of your Uncle
Thomas read?"
ct had just started into the room.
Mother, Mr.. Paxton, Chrisman and
Thomas were there. DR.. Hyde called
ne back when 1 was leaving, after
having just looked in"
How long was that after his death?"
II don't know"
Did you know the contents of the
Uill?'
Objection to this was sustained and
Mr.. Walsh read into the record an Of
Ter to prove that Mrs. Hyde knew
of the contents of the will.
November 90 and 80 and December 1.
she was sick in bed, the witness said,
md therefore could not 60 to the
Swope home when her sisters first tele- |
Ohoned.
Did not DIR. Hyde go to the Swope
home to take charge of the cases there
1T your request?"
The court would not let the witness
answer.
Mr.. Reed asked suddenly:
you have expended large sum OF
money in this case. haven't you?"
1--WE object" said defense's counsel
n chorus.
ST want to show her interest. the
same as that of any other Witness"
said Mr.. Reed.
you remember was precluded from
showing how much this array Of spe-
,ial counsel was paid when Mrs. Swope |
vas on the stand said Mr. walsh
Yes" the court remarked.
I'm that case" said Mr.. Reed, 'I will |
withdraw the question
DIR. Hyde Is Called.
Mrs. Hyde had just resumed her |
seat, and her hand was Nightly clasped |
n DR.. Hyde's, when Mr.. Walsh slowly |
said: "Dr. Hyde" DR.. Hyde quickly |
straightened up. and, smiling at his |
wife, walked quickly to the witness |
stand In reply to questions. he said |
hat his name was Bennett Clark |
Hyde, that he was SO years old, was |
BORN on a farm. where he lived for six |
rears, then went to Boonville, then 20 |
lexington, Mo, where he attended the |
school and graduated from |
Jewell college at Liberty, Mo. |
Later he graduated from the University |
Medical college in Kansas City. He |
Hill have been married five years IN |
Tune 81 to Frances Swope.
What notification did you have that |
Moss Hunton had been taken ill sud |
lenly?' was asked him by Mr. Walsh. |