Arizona republican., 1910-04-19
Dr. TwymaR Dies At Begin-
 ming of Hyde Trial
tXCORIAT|NG STATE MEHT
Of the Case for People, De nouncing Hyde As Pois- oner and a Murderer Led On By the Lure of Gold

Kansas City. April lS.-Scarcely had the state completed its opening state ment in the murder trial of Dr. E. C. Hyde today. when Dr. q. W. Twyman, one of the prosecution's important witnesses died at local hospital. He was stricken last Saturday with ap- pendicitis and an operation was per formed
 pr. Twyman was for years the Swope family physician. When the nurses struck. frightened by the num- Der of deaths al the SWope residence. and accused pr Hyde. they carried their complaint to Dr. Twyman He called pr. Hyde 10 his office and told him that he was suspected.
 Upon him the state depended largely to prove Dr. Hyde bled James Moss Hunton to death. He was also expect ed to testify regarding the alleged at tempt of Dr. Hyde to poison Miss Margaret Swope.
 When Hyde's attorneys took the deposition of Dr Twyman. he refused to criticize Hyde. Without going into detail. pr Twyman said he approved in general of Hyde's work in connec- ton with the illness Of various mem bers of the Swope family.
 Dr. Hyde sat calmly between his wife and his father in court today and heard himself described as man whose greed of gold had made him p,isoner and d murderer It was At torncv James D. Reed who in the course of his opening statement for the state. thus painted Jhe physi- elan. Throughout the long ordeal of the excoriating address. Hyde listened with attention At no time did he re- veal sign of perturbation. When MT. Reed closed. Mrs. Hyde turned. patted her husband OF the shoulder and said: '.You did fine"
 A few feet behind Hyde sat Mrs. Logan O. Swope. the mother of Mrs. Hyde and the employer of Attorney Reed she. tco. paid strict attention to the address. but displayed no emo tion Many of the members or the Swope family were present when court opened
 The state objected to the presence of Mrs Hyde and Judge Latshaw rul- ed that all the witnesses in the case except Mrs Hyde and Mrs. Swope should be excluded. Clashes between the attorneys kept the spectators on the alert The defense objected to the state telling the jury of incidents in the Swope home not directly connect eel with the death of Swope- The court decided to admit all circumstances that the state ayers. tend to show that a plot existed to eXterminate the ~en- tire SW0pe family. Although this rui- ing was made early counsel for the defense never ceased strenuous argu- ments against the procedure. once Frank r. Walsh. chief counsel for Hyde was so exercised over this point that he made a vicious attack on the states witnesses. characteri4ing some of them as liars" and thieves"
 He said. An attempt will be made to introduce evidence gathered by highly paid counsel, detectives. liars and perhaps. thieves who entered the house and laboratory Of this man while he was absent from the city Such testimony as they ~ill give is wholly false and will be disproved. But if review of it is permitted to creep into the minds of the jury, it will create false impression which will remain"
 The objection was overfuled.
 As a result of the courts decision the whole panorama of incidents in the Swope home from the first Illness of Thomas Fl. Swope was displayed. Every death. every illness of a mem ber of the Swope family and others which the state alleges Hyde caused. was reviewed At one time it seemed that the innermost secrets of the warfare in the Swope family would be exposed. When Reed launched into q history of the courtship of Dr, and Mrs. Hyde ended in their elopement and for years. caus- ed a famiy arrangement the spectaeors leaned forwardi eagerly. Walsh quickly objected to the story and the court sustained him.
 Reed carged that Hyde poisoned Colonel Swope and Chrisman Swope bv cyanide of potassium as well as strychnne The only. rev feature brought out in Reeds address was that pr Hyde had purchased large quan- titles of cyanide of potassium capsules at q local drug store. whlth recently burned. IL was said. according to Reed that the poison" hooks of the druggist containing records of Hyde's purchases were saved. Simultaneously with buying the cyanide capsules. said Reed. the physician obtained auan- tity of Hollenden digestive tablets. similar in appearance to the poison.