Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-04-28
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+ IN HYDE TRIAL
Judge Latshaw viii Give Prosecution
Full Latitude.
DEFENSE SPRINGS A SURPRISE
Have Gained Possession Of Grand Judy
Testimony Which Shows Halnes
- eald No Cyanide Was
Found.

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ton Of the day in the Swope case d.
weloped when the court was nOtiae
Ghat the defense had obtained possei
MON Of the stenographic notes takei
before the special grand jury which In
Gicted Dr.. Hyde. Judge Latshaw OF
Gered the arrest of Dr.. Hyde. A com
promise was effected when the defens'
agreed to turn over the notes to thu
state.
40 prove that the strychnln found IL
the liver Of Col. swope accumulated
there from tonic medicine he was II
the habit Of taking the lawyers for DR.
Hyde are feeding strychnin to dogs 81
. medical college. under the eye Of an
expert
Admits All Testimony.
Defense is overrued Oh question oil
admitting testimony concerning the
death OF Moss Hunton and Chrisman
gwope and the typhoid epidemic in the
Swope home. The decision will admit
al the testimony given at the coro-
aer's inquest concerning the epidemic
and the deaths Of Hunton, Chrlsman
gwope and Col. 6wope.
II Halnes swears what the states at
torneys have said that he would swear,
the lawyers Of the defense will strain
every nerve to ring rope around his
neck, for perjury, In q capital case, is
punishment by death. And by COM
1ng into possession Of HaineS' testi'
mony before the grand jury, Mr..
Walsh and his confrers claim to be
IN possession Of facts that will brand
Haines as d perjurer II he so much
as attempts to back up the opening
address of the prosecution.
No Trace Of Cyanide Found.
The state, In opening, solemnly as.
serted that Haines' testimony would
prove that cyanide Of potassium was
found In the intestines Of both Thorn
Is H. Swope and Chrisman Swope, a
deadly circumstance, for It has been
proved that the poison was in DR.,
Hyde's possession. The defense, cit
ing from grand jury documents lost
and found, declare that Haines did not
and the slightest evidence of cyanide
Of potassium in either stomach, and
10 swore at the time. This testimony
OF Haines also included the statement
alhat he had examined the stomach and
liver Of Chrisman Swope, and found in
both very small dose of strychnin,
not enough to produce death. DR.,
Haines also said:
From knowledge gained from DR..
Vaughn believe Col. Swope was
poisoned, but | cannot make any such
statement about Chrisman Swope. /
am not even sure that he died Of
typhoid"
Another Contradiction.
Another contradiction, cleaned from
the lost and found papers, deals with
che capsules that Paxton gave HEX
aoen to examine. Paxton has sworn
mat no poison was found in the cap
sules, but Halnes, before the grand
s1ry' swOre ihat ne uiu nnu po'sOn III
snsm
Upon these tnlnss' uncovered
..IVush .lne csre'eSshess Vi an as,
eant prosecuting attorney may
Ianse tne ouVSo"e " ing en.lie tii@i,
lne NE ol hyue ana 'ne regulations VI
many men
RUBY D. Jarrett Oonkilngs ASSIST
ant wn'le walking from once 10 once
AturaaS cropped Dundle OF papers
containing tne lesunOny OF tne 20 VIII
nessea uSeu Dy tnS STATE oelore me
kianu Jury. Mrs, Flnhey' tne negro
woman tnat FOUND mem, advertised IN
ne papers ana ootn MT Malsn ann
~. MAsun saw tne advertisement az
shout the same time and responded in
> very ecstacy Of ardor.
Mrs Finney turned the papers over
70 Mr. Walsh, who, opened them a.
random, hit upon the testimony OF
liaines. realized the importance Of the
Ind and called q consultation Of coun-
'el. After reading over the entire
patch, the lawyers agreed that the
lery life Of their client hung upon the
Of the papers. and straight.
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