The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
OWN TESTIMONY
 CONVICTED HYDE
Jourors Paid Small Heed to Expert Tes- timory. but Could Not Forget ihe Cyaniie Evd nee No Bail
 Will Appeal.

HYun J"N.
 atlng since 10 o'clock last Friday night the jury in the case of B. Clark Hyde, this morning found the physician gull. ty of murder in the first degree
 The Verdict.
 we, the jury, find the defendant guilty and assess his punishment at life imprisonment in the state peni. tentlary" FRANK CLAYPoOL,
 Foreman Doctor Hyde leaned forward and the clerk read the verdict.
 As the word guilty" fell, Mrs. Hy,,e seized her husbands hand. There was not an expression on her bus. hands face. His face was drawn. Mrs. Hyde fell on her husbands shoulder and began crying.
 Judge Latshaw told the crowd In the courtroom that there positively must be no demonstration.
 The women gathered close about Mrs. Hyde trying to calm her.
 Doctor Hyde whispered to Mrs. Hyde and appeared very nervous. Mrs. Hyde told him to be brave, but she appeared very anxious and uneasy. Miss Palmer, Laura Hyde, Doctor Hyde's sister, and Miss Hopkins drew their chairs closely around Mra. Hyde, preparing for any emergency.
 GUS 'esdBUoo lou PIP ep6H 'sIK threw her arms about her husbands rofI hr.. .sfh hfo chr ders and sobbed and moaned.
 It was not hysteria. Mrs. Hyde made no commotion.
 She made no scene. Her grief was evident to all the curious spectators, but anyone twenty feet away could not have heard word she said. Only the heart broken crying of distracted wo- man, worn by days and nights of nerve-racking strain at time when she needed quiet and care, was heard.
 Even a Prosecutor Grieved
 A lot of wet-eyed men watched. One of the attorneys for the state who had helped in the result turned away and went to a window and loked out Mrs. Hydes friends were trying to comfort her by such consolation as they could give with hope for a new trial. re. yersal of the case In the supreme court-and, if the worst should come. the always-present hope of life pris. oners--the governor,
 Three nights and two days the jur- ors sifted the testimony, the medical ,orpao tba obaniooI ana1veao tho fin. al oratory. Since 10 o'clock Friday night they had carried the burden of mans life and liberty some for oc- quittal, one or two for hanging. others for life imprisonment.
 Cyanide Convicted Him.
 Cyanide was the rock on which the conviction jurors stood. They could not forget that Clark Hyde could not remember one drug store except Brecklein's, where he bought that poi son in the ten years he swore he had used it. And in the end the last juror who held out for acquittal allowed the cyanide doubt to convince him of the physician's guilt.
 To the last moment of the noted trial. to the final instant when the last word fell from the lips of the last juror. This is my verdict" Doc tor Hyde was stoical.
 It may be the prisoners face was a trifie palsr than ordinarily. He held his mouth open and stared at the men who had sealed his fate. he leaned forward a few inches almost forgetfu of the wife whose arms were on his shoulders, he seemed to see no one or nothing in the room except those men. But his eyes were dry and wher he spoke moment later in comfort ing his sobbing wife his voice wal steady, as steady as 1t has beei through the five weeks of the trial. The first vote taken half hour af ter the jury went to it's room last Fri day night was eight for acquittal ans four for conviction.
 Cyrus w. Whitehead, William Cur ran. William w. Castle and Byron Lillard voted for conviction on tha ballot The others all voted for ac quittal.
 Whitehead assumed the leadership or the states side, He fought througl the long hours for conviction and fin ally brought the other eight to hi way of thinking. Frank F. Hedge was the first to change his vote. H. went from acquittal to conviction Sat urday afternoon. The others wen over gradually until at 10:30 o'clocl saturday night, w. C. Crone, who's son IS In the penitentiary, and Samue IL Johnson. the Sibley farmer, weT the only two voting for acquittal.
 Then crone Went Over.
 it remained that way all day yestei uay until last night Crone said h nad reached place where he wa inclined 10 concur in a verdict c guilty at that time. He began tnll 'ng to Johnson, telling him that h was not ready yet to vote for col ucnon, but that he was wavering | ms Judgment.
 It was the first thing that tende .o weaken Johnson. He would liste :" the persuasion of Crone, but nc o mat of any of the others. Whe tue Jurors left the hotel to go to tn courtroom this morning Johnson wa s'hi holding out. Crone was ready 'ose Tor conviction When they raache