The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-11
DR.. HYDE, ARRESTED IN sW0PE
CASE, is OUT ON BAIL



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When In December an epidemic ~
typhoid fever ragged in the Swopa
household, during which eight persons
were stricken, and one. Chrsnan
Swope. died, under conditions that
caused mnch apprehension among ths
attending nurses. John G.. Paxton. the
executor and Mrs. Logan Sworc
mother of Chrismap, Instituted a Wig I
orous investigation. Or. Edward L. /
Stewart came forward with the state I
Inent thai on Nov 10, Or. Hyde had .
secured from him an active typhoid .
culture. After DR. Stewart had di ,
Iyulged this information, Or Hyde was
placed under the constant surveillance
OF detectives.
DR.. Stewart. In telling his story TO
the attorneys OF tho Swope estate and /
20 Prosecutor Virgil Conkling. TX
( planned that typhoid culture consist I
ed OF a ;est tube hllea with media .
on which the typhoid bacteria lived ]
A healthy growth OF bacteria covered |
with media. The test tube given Dr. /
Hyde, he said, contained algal media
and millions OF the minute typhoid |
| bacteria
Dec. 20. DR. Hyde himself suffered !
an attack stated TO be typhoid fever
which added TO the complications OF
the case. Or. Stewart later supplied !
the prosecuting attorney with inter.
esting evidence bealing on Dr. Hydes |
! Illness
Hyde Didn't Have Typhoid.
When Or. Hyde became ILL.," said |
Dr. Stewart, IL wac asked TO make |
an examination OF his blood for ~ /
Irhoid lie asked that | make the |
Vidal test This will show typhoid |
I fever even II the subject whose blood |
is examined suffered from the disease
several wears before An examination |
OF the blood OF Dr. Hyde showed
faint trace OF typhoid
Il then asked permission TO make |
the culture test. This is an absolute !
test for typhoid II il is actively pres.
ont In the blood when the blood Is
taken from the patient" DR.. Stewart
said that although Dr. Hydes blood |
was placed side By side In an incu-
rator with blood taken from typhoid
patient in a Kansas City hospital, II
remained absolutely sterile OF typhoid
and contained no typhoid germs.
After il was decided that the bodies
I OF Col Swope and Chrisman Swope
should be disinterred Mr., Paxton and /
Mrs. Logan Swope recalled DR. Hydes
! insstence that be be permitted TO act
as physician for the family, although
Or. G.. T. Twymau had for years served
/ in that capacity
Or. Hyde prescribed for Col Swope
during the latter illness The patient
was givea a digestive capsule on oct
5. Twenty minutes later, while read
ing newspaper, he went into conyul-
sions His neck and limbs stiffened
and he groaned in great pain. He raj
lied long enough 10 say:
Il wish l had not taken that medi-
cine"
Then, with greater effort, the dying
man gasped:
Il wish / were dead"
He died a few minutes later.
Miss Keller a nurse, was alone with
Col. Swope when the commissions be-
san. She said the patients face was
pale throughout and that she vas
amazed upon hearing that the malRdy
had been diagnosed as apoplexy.
Only two days before James Moss
Hunton, Col Swope's cousin, named
as an executor OF the Swope will, had i
died Of apoplexy IN the presence OF
several persons.
Charged With Grave-Robbery.
DR. Hyde is the son of Rev. DR.. G..
W. Hyde, a retired Baptist minister of
Lexington. Mo. Dr.. Hyde was boru
near Bunceton, Mo, 40 years ago. He
was graduated from Wentworth MIL
tary academy, Lexington, Mo, I'm 1889 /
and then entered University Medical
college, Kansas CITY. After securing
his degree, he began the practice Of
medicine here.
| Dr. Hyde's name has previously ne
uIed before the public. In August.
1897, Or. Hyde. then police surgeon
of Kansas City, was ousted from office
! because OF alleged lnhuman treatment /
! OF Annie Clements. a Negress, who /
/ had attempted 10 commit suicide and /
no had come under his care at the
police station.
Dr. Hyde's name was even more con- |
spicuousiy in the newspapers in the !
winter OF 1889, Wheh he was charged |
with grave-robbiLE. At this time DR.. /
Hyde was demonstrators of anatomy !
/ at University Medical college. The ac- /
cusation was maze by Sam McClain /
and Charles Perry, Negroes. who had |
! been arrested on suspicion. Perry |
confessed that he and his companion |
3 had robbed the grave Of Michael Kelly. /
/ H. St Mary's cemetery, at lndepen-
dence. and sold the body to Dr. Hyde |
! II developed that many graves around |
Kansas City had been robbed Perry |
admitted these robbCries and again inn ,
plicated Dr Hyde, who was arrested. I
! The case never came to trial, and An |
! ally was dismissed. March 4, 1899. Or. |
/ Hyde protested and said he wanted a |
complete vindiCation
! In 1905 attention was again directed |
toward Dr Hyde when IL became |
known that he had clandestinely mar
ried Miss Frances Swope. niece OF
! Col Thomas II Swope, June q, Of /
! that year, at Fayetteville, Ark, against \
: the wishes OF hes mother Mrs. Logan I
O. Swope. As a result OF the marriaga /
/ DR.. Hyde aud his wifes family were /
alienated until short time ago. when (
q reconciliation was brought about
Following the announcement OF Dr. /
Hydes marriage to Miss Swope, Mrs. I
Sarah RI. Frank. Of Kansas City I
brought suit against DR.. Hyde asking 4
/ damages for breach Of promise 20 (
marry. This case was settled out ~