The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-04-22

When asked why he had made the
injection, Hyde replied he had given
her only some oil OF camphor for in
termittent pulse. Miss SwoFe denied
the physician felt her pulse, and the
nurse found no odor Ike oil Of cam
phor
A sore has recently developed upon
the girls arm which the state be
lieyes, is due to the physician inject
ing some Of the germs he obtained
from DR.. Twyman into Miss swopes
arm
A few days later, Or Hyde left a
capsule among the medicines belong
ing to the girl A nurse administer.
cd the capsule Miss swope was
seized with commissions. An examin.
alton Of the contents Of her stomach
showed strychnine.
A significant feature of that sec.
tion of che statement which referred
to Hyde purchasing poison was the
reference to the store of the druggist
of whom the poison was bought being
burned deeently
There is a druggist in Kansas City
named Brecklein whose store was
near the Office of DR.. Hyde and at
which the physician obtained some of
his medicinal supplies. After Col.
and Chrisman Swope had died, and
after the rebellion of the nurses and
the outcry of suspicion, this drugstore
was burned. How or why we do not
know, nor, perhaps will it beneces-
.sary to investigate, but while II burn
led the books of account of Brecklein
were not burned, and these books dis.
closed that on December 4 and 10,
Hyde purchased cyanide Of potassium
in capsules at the store"
Attorneys for the state refused, az
ter the address had been made, to dis.
cuss the burning of the drugstore.
In closing his address Mr. Reed ex-
planned that Or, Hyde was being tried
only for the murder of Col. swope.
He said:
'The evidence OF all these other
crimes that will be introduced will be
so introduced, not for the purpose Of
proving the defendant guilty of other
crimes, but for the purposes of show
ing the intents and purposes and mo-
tive that controlled him in his conduct
toward Col swope
There will doubtless be proof that
typhoid innoculation of the Swope fam
lily could have occurred without the
of Hyde. If that should
be established, then the question must
be determined, or may have to be de
termined, as to whether or not It was
SO introduced. or whether It was the
result of the manipulation of the
typhoid germs received by the de
fendant from DR.. Stewart We want
that every reasonable doubt shall be |
solved in his favor, that the presump
Lions of innocense that the law pro-
claims shall be kept ever present be-
fore our eyes. II unseeming merrl- |
ment emanting from his shock us. let /
Us not forget to be as tender toward
ais rights as duty commands.
But If, after according to the de.
lendant all the things accorded to him
1y law; If, after the elimination Of
zach doubt by casting It into the col
INN that counts for him and his good
I after all this be done the cold. in
luhitable fact remains, that Is forced
n upon your convictions by your CON
sciences, that he is, as is charged with
icing a murderer and an assassin, EN-
,loying the instrumentalitles of poi
on then it will be your duty to the
tate Of which you are a part, to the
avs which It Is your duty to obey to
and to the Providence that
uides the destinies of all men to
brink not from that answer that shall
proclaim his guilt
Thomas Swope, Jr.. who recently
efused to aid his mother, Mrs. Logan
}. swope in sharing the expense Of
he prosecution, accompanied his
lother into court today. for the first
me Rev. George Hyde. Of Lexlng-
on, Mo, Dr. Hyde's father. was also
here.
Frank RI Walsh, attorney for the
efense, objected to Reed, who is spe-
Ial council for the swopes. making
le opening statement. "An attempt
III be made" declared Walsh, TO
ltroduce evidence. gathered by high
j paid counsel. detectives. liars and 7
arhaps thieves who have entered the l
ouse and labratory of this man when {
Q was absent from the city At the o
Iggestion Of the court Reed was APP 0
'inted special prosecutor and he pro-
9eded with the statement. c