The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-21
DESCRIBES
7 Y YPHO|D
EPIDEMIC
TRAINED NURSE KELLER
ADDS STARTLING FEA-
TURE TO TESTIMONY
STORMY COURT SCENE
OVER LOSS or SECRETS
Defendants Attorney Gets Pos
session Of States Grand
Jury Evidence
lBy Associated Press.l

Kansas City Mo, April 2l.-The
inslstance OF DR.. Hyde that Miss pearl
Keller complete at one time all OF
her testimony for the state caused
Judge Latshaw today to permit the
witness to go into details of the ty-
phoid epidemic in the Swope home.
The most startling Of all features OF
Miss keller's story was her assertion
that convulsions suffered by Margaret
Swope on December Is were very
similar to the attack that preceded
Colonel Swope's death. The state
charges that on this day Hyde pols-
oned Margaret Swope.
Walsh announced he would begin
to cross-examine Miss Keller at the
afternoon session.
A Stormy Couat Scene.
A stormy court room scene, in
which many lawyers addressed the
court at the same time, banded
charges OF unfair play among them
selves, the bond of Dr. b. c. Hyde
was almost revoked, and attorneys
for the defense threatened, upon GER
tain conditions, TO attempt impeach-
ment of state witnesses, marked the
Hyde murder trial yesterday after
noon
And the trouble all arc seoyer an
attache of Prosecutor Conklngs OF
flee losing the grand jury notes on
the testimony OF DR.. Walter S. Haynes
and forty-two other state witnesses.A
woman found the notes and gave
them to Frank r. Walsh, Of counsel
for DR.. Hqde.
These notes, according to Mr..
Walsh contain statements of Dr..
Haynes that no cyanide OF potassium
was found in the viscera of Col.
Swope ard that not enough poison
was found in Chrisman Swope's Wis
cera to cause death.
Prosecutor Conkling admits this is
the testimony DR.. Haynes gave before
the grand jury, but AYERS that later
the chemist found traces or cyanide
of potassium in both visceras. He
will testify to this, says Mr.. Conk-
ling.
In the meantime the papers have
been returned to the state, and the
defense is in possession Of carbon
copies of the evidence. Judge Lat
shaw Is of the opinion that he has
no power to deprive the defense Of
the copies.
Court is Angry.
Just after court opened yesterday
afternoon, Mr.. Walsh was called 10
the bench and asked by Judge Lat
shaw if he had any papers belonging
to the state. He refused to reply.
Then bring in tho jury" shouted
the court. "Mr. Marshall. take charge
Of the prisoner shall look into this
natter
The court emphasized his words by
striking the bench with his fist
Mr.. Walsh, realizing that II mar
shal took charge Of DR.. Hyde, his
bond would be revoked, pleaded with
the court to hear him before taking
hasty action. The orders regarding
th earnest and the bringing in OF the
jury, were rescinded.
Mr.. Walsh explained that the col
ored woman who found the papers
Mrs. Eva Finney, advertised the fact
in a newspaper. He went 10 hel
home, and, learning what they were
pondered long time before he tool
them. He considered, said Mr.
Walsh, that It might mean the losi
of his clients life for him to refuse tt
take them. So he took the papers u
his office.
Same as Thett.r
by keeping them II was as though
you had taken them from safe" salt
the court. 1T was the same as theft
You wouldn't commit theft, woul'
you. Mr.. Walsh?"
IF stood before a safe In whicl
knew were papers that would prov
the innocence OF my client-paper
that would save him from a shame
ful death, and his wife from anguish
think. sir, | would go into tha
safe,' said the attorney. Life sir,
clients liberty, and honor are NOR
sacred to me than an ethical quibbl'
a detail of conventional morality
Mr.. Walsh then explained brlefl
what the papers contained. lie spok
of DR.. Haynes testimony regardin
Col. Swope's death. but made N
mention OF chrisman Swope's case
| the court.
Court Room in uproar.
BY this time the court room was /
an uproar Attorneys were talkin
eAcitelly. III OF them were attcmp
ing to get to the bench and addrei
tie court. They made warm charge
.rpainst one another. The state oue