The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-08
DR.. HYDE. IN
A BAD LIGHT
Nurse Gives Damaging
Testimony in the
Swope Case

Kansas City, Feb. S.-Important
witnesses were heard today at the In.
quest at Independence. Mo, by the
coroner's jury that is finally to decide
what caused the death Of Col. Thos.
Fl. Swope
DR.. Ludwig Hektoen's testimony
was considered important He is the
toXloologist who had arrived from Chi
caeo during the morning. The special.
ist. 1t was expected. would give the
first complete and official report of the
three chemists who examined the VIA
cera OF Col Swope, Upon this report
alone might ultimately be determined
the question as to whether the phil
anthrophlst had died from natural
causes or as the result of poison ad-
ministered with criminal intent.
Among the other witnesses to be ex-
amlned today were Mrs Logan II.
Swope and her daughters The latter
were expected to tell OF their illness
while suffering from typhoid fever
during the siege following Col Swope's
death and during which nine members
OF the family were stricken.
Mrs. Swope, the sister-in.law Of
Col Swope and mother of Chrisman
Swope and Mrs. B. C. Hyde. has kept
In seclusion since the SwoDe mystery
became sensation. She was an OBJ
ject of great Interest as she testified
regarding Col Swope's illness and
death in her house Mrs Hyde was
again absent and Ii was announced
that she was still sick abed.
DR. Hyde and other principals we're
usual chairs and another expectant
audience completely filed the court
room
When the inquest was resumed to-.
day. Miss Pearl Keller. a nurse. who
attended Col. Swope In his last i'll
ness, again took the stnnd.
Late yesterday this witness had
given the significant evidence that
her patient had. up TO within few
DAYS of his death. taken q self-pre-
scribcd tonic that contained strych-
nine. Today she told Of more import
ant details of Col. Swopes symptoms
and actions on the day OF his death.
]. F. Troeden. the deputy coroner,
who is intcrroyating the witnesses,
is going into the minutest detail
MISS Kellar told Of an interview
she had with Dr. B. C, HYDE on the
night Moss Hunton. Col Swope's ad-
mlnistrator. died.
"I WAS passing in aud out OF Col
| Swope's room just about twenty min
utes after Col Bunton died" Miss
Kella~ said, when DR. HYDE met mo
In the hall and said he wanted a pri
vate interview with me. I said that I
would see him later. and so DR.. HYDE
went to tho car line and came back
In about an hour and a half When
he got back to the house he went into
the pnrlor and dismissed a nurse who
= had come 10 nurse Col, Hunton. The
nurse left and then just DR.. Hyde and
Mrs. Hyde, the undertaken and myself
were awake In the house and soon the
sitting room was empty. went In
there and Or. Hyde came In and spokc C
TO me"
Miss Kellar stopped for moment
and her hands pulled at a handkcr-
chief.
And then" Attorney Trogden sug.
gested
Well. then Hyde spoke about how
good n man Col. Hunton had been and
said how awful 1t was that he died.
Then he said that he had something
To ask me, L am not business man.
he remarked, but then can care for
things pretty we'll Col Hunton is
gone now and in few days he'll make
F, new Will and put d new man In the