Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-25
So Testified Druggist Gentry,
Who Filled Prescription for
lanes Moss Hunton.
INDUCED SWoPE TO TAKE IT
sold Hunton Many Kinds of Medicine.
None Containing Cyanide Of
Potassium.


tonic which Col Swope was accus-
toned to take. testified O. n. Gentry.
an independent druggist. in the Hyde
murder trial today This druggist filled
the prescription for James Moss Hun
ton for many years. Hunton induced
Col Swope 10 take the medicine.
This tonic" said Mr.. Gentry. lis "a
general one for building up the system
and adding red corpuscles 70 the blood.
IL contains "A small amount OF strych-
nine, but Il Is harmless"
As he talked he held in his hand a
six ounce bottle OF the medicine. Proof
that he had faith Ia his own goods was
not lacking, for occasionally he un-
corkcd the bottle and took a drink OF
the contents
Besides compounding the tonic. M.
Gentry said he sold Mr. Hunton many
other kinds OF medicine which went in
TO the Swope house. None Of them
contained cyanide OF potassium, or 9th
er poison in dangerous quantities. ne
said. Dr. Hyde wrote some Of these
prescriptions. on December g. howev-
er, said the druggist, he sold TO some
member Of the swope family two tubes
Of hypodermic strychnine.
The testimony OF Mr.. Gentry was
generally conceded 10 be a hard blow
to the defense. BY proving the colonel's
habit OF taking the tonic, the defense
expected 10 explain the alleged pres
ence OF strychnine in the body.
DR. Hyde faced the first Of his al
legged victims shortly before noon today
when Miss Margaret Swope took the
stand
The physician is indicted on three
counts charging him with poisoning
her.
NJ witness that has been before the
grand jury has interested Or. Hyde
and his wife so much as this girl. Both
followed the witness closely and
watched her carefully.
The testimony Of Miss Swope this
morning was uninteresting in the main.
She had just begun 20 discuss her
illness when court adjourned for the
noon recess.
NURSE CROSS EXAAtINED.
When Atty Frank p Walsh re-
opened his cross-eXamination Of Miss
Anna Houlihan. a nurse, In the Swope
murder trial today he was we'll provid-
ID with ammunition furnished by Mrs
+. G. Hyde. wife OF the defendant
The defense delivered telling blows to
the story Of Miss Houlihan Saturday.
that further progress might be made
today
There Is not a circumstance connect
ed with the illness in the Swope house
hold that Mrs. Hyde Is not conversant
with. She has proven invaluable 70 her
husband In planning his battle for life
Mrs. Hyde ia constantly at her hus-
bands elbow listening and suggesting
Court hours were heightened today
by Judge Latshaw. because OF his de
sire to free the jury as soon as possible
The morning session Is now from 20
~ o'clock and the afternoon session is
from 1880 % s o'clock. Night sessions
viii be held II the court thinks them
necessary.
The subject OF the hypodermic injec-
tion which was given Margaret Swope
by DIR. Hyde was among the first
touched on In the cross examination OF
Miss Houlihan today
rs Il not true" asked Mr. Walsh.
that a hypodermic injection OF 10
causes a hard lump TO raise on the
arm?"
Sometimes" Miss Houllhsn an
swered.
"Margaret's arm was sensitive 10
these injections and YOU had been or
dered 10 cease giving them to her, be-
Heve?"
'The arm was sensitive
You gave her injections made under
the direction OF Or. Twyman2"
Il can't remember"
Her heart action was weak and in
termittent?"
1T was weak"
The nurse told Of visit she made 10
Or Hyde's room In the Swope home
one night when the patients tempera-
ture began 20 fan rapidly
"Margaret's temperature fell from
fraction more than 1902 to about IS. and
! went to call Or Hyde" said the wit
ness II told him about this He did
not arise. but told me he had done an
he could do
That Or Hyde reprimanded her be-
cause she did not give the girl her
medicine at the proper time. was ad-
mitted by Miss Houlihan
HE spoke sharply and seemed great
ly put out about it, said the nurse.
did Chrisman SWope suffer from
asked Mr. Walsh.
Yes replied Miss Houlihan The
imagined he was going 10 be operated
on by Or Hyde and that Margaret was
dead"
INRoADs on HER TESTIMONY.
The lnroads he was making upon tho
testimony OF the nurse seemingly per
tening for an hour 20 the examination
Of the witness she called one Of her
special attorneys To- her and held a
lengthy consultation.
What ala Or Hyde say when he
handed YOU the capsule to give Chris
man Swope?" asked Mr. Walsh
The patient Is getting along an
right and IL Is time TO give him his
medicine" answered the witness.
Miss Houlihan gave the capsule and
"a CONFUSION followed
The attempt OF Mr. Walsh To show
Miss Houlihan disllked DIT Hyde and
had Quarreled with him IN the Swope
residence brought "A vigorous denial
by the nurse
why did you leave the Swope house
ON Dec 1872" asked Mr. Read when Mr.
Walsh had finished with the witness.
Three OF Or. Hydes attorneys OBJ
iected at the same time 20 the witness
answering, and the court upheld the
objection.
O. II Gentry. the Independence drVg-
gist who compounded the strychr,ne
tonic for Col Swope and James M0ss
Hunton, next took the witness stand
II was apparent that Mr. Gentry did
not fear his own prescription lie
took bottle OF the tonic 10 the stand
with him. and betimes took a drink of