Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-28
HYDE TRIAL RESUMED NEEDHAM RESIGNS
Aeqed Murderer Comes to President of George Washing
Court From the Jail. ton University to Retire.
COURT REVOKES HIS BOND LETTER OF EXPLANATION
Testimony Surprise Board Of
of Cyanide of Potassium. Trustees
TRACED TO THE ACCUSED MAN TO AID THE INSTITUTION
Academic Year-Resigna
Druggists aemen
Alleged Murderer Comes to
Court From the Jail.
COURT REVOKES HIS BOND
Testimony introduced to Show Use
of Cyanide of Potassium.
TRACED TO THE ACCUSED MAN
Objections Made to Evidence Ad-
duced Overruled by the Judge.
Druggists Statement.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April oS.-From
behind the bars Of his cell in the county
all DR.. B. c. Hyde this morning looked
Ipon a scene that was new to him. All
about him were common prisoners. In the
same tier of cells with him were drunk
ards, thieves and robbers.
When an attendant came to the physi-
clans cell with a plate of bread and a
cup of coffee. the prisoner refused the
food and turned away with wan smile.
One of Dr.. Hyde's friends sent him
breakfast from a hotel
The revocation of DIR. Hyde's bond by
Judge Latshaw at the close of court
Wednesday night, was severe d.sap-
pointment to Mrs. Hyde. She slept lie
last night and was at the Jail early to-
day waiting to see her husband. She
was not permitted to enter the Jail. but
DR.. Hyde was allowed to meet her in the
courtroom an hour before court opened
Druggist on Witness Stand.
Hugo Brecklein. the druggist. was re-
cyanide of potassium is used internally
in quantities of one grain for cases of
acute rheumatism. for cleaning silver
torney Walsh attempted to show tnat
cyanide was put to many more common
uses. Mr.. Brecklein said he had sold the
poison so few times he could only re.er
the attorney to what the books said.
Prosecutor Conkling asked Mr.. Breck-
lein to put some wet cyanide on his
hands. This, it was explained, was for
the purpose Of extending the evidence
who testified yesterday that She smelled
cyanide on the hands os Thomas III.
Swope, jr.. December Is, after he had
handled some capsules dropped by Or.
was unfair to permit any of the testi-
mony regarding cyanide to go before
the jury, when the indictment against
Dr Hyde for the alleged murder Of
Hyde administered strychnine and
"other poisons'' to him. not specifying
cyanide
Judge overrules Objection.
Judge Latshaw said:
1T has long been the custom of at
torneys for defendant to go to ex-
tremes to save their client. At times
their acts have almost approached the
criminal. But ] have nothing of a
personal nature to say to the lawyers
in this
The court is going to try this case on
the law and on that alone. The grand
jury indictment charged that 'strychnin.
and other poisons were found l will,
therefore overrule the objection to this
testimony being admitted
Miss Van Nuys was summoned and
she smelled the poison on Mr.. Brecklein's
hands. She said 1t was the same odor
that emanated from the hands Of Mr.
Swope.
Hyde Tries to Destroy Capsule.
ness. said:
December 1s. while walking down
Pleasant street In independence L saw
DR.. Hyde approaching me. A block from
me he crossed the street. Just after he
stepped off the sidewalk he dropped
something and stepped on it. A second
time he repeated the action.
When he passed on / went to the
point where the articles had been dropped
and found broken capsule in the snow.
put it in my pocket.
"Going home / showed the capsule to
Miss Van Nuys and my mother. 1 noticed
peculiar smell about my hands. 1t was
like burned almonds. Miss Van Nuys
smelied the capsule when her attention
was called to 1t.
''Three or four weeks later 1 recalled
had smelled the odor before-it was that
of cyanide Of potassium"
Corroborative Evidence.
Mr.. Swope, who worked in a mine in
Tonopah, New, in 1907 and lost his right
arm there, testified he used cyanide in
testing gold and was familiar with its
odor.
Accompanied by John G. Paxton, an ex-
ecutor of the Swope estate. Mr.. Swope
said he returned to the place where the
capsules were dropped and there found
Rvpnev ,Av,tc frn h co lac Ny.@
ments were scraped up and placed in an
envelope, he testified.
Mr.. Paxton took the capsules to Chi
cago and scientists reported there was
cyanide in them.
WET AND DRY CONTEST.