Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-11
DR.. HYDE'S WIFE
WILLED HIM ALL
ILL WOMAN SAID TO HAVE FOL-
LOWED SUGGESTION
Niece of Col. Swope Tells of Collapse
Which Followed Treatment
Given Her by the
Physician
[Assoclated Press1

KANSAS CITY, March 10.-It de-
veloped today that during the trial OF
DIR. b. c. Hyde here next month on
charge of poisoning Col. Thomas II.
Swope, the prosecution will attempt to
show that following a suggestion made
to her, Mrs. Hyde made a Will be-
queathing all her property to her hus-
band. Under the will of Col. Swope
Mrs Hyde was a beneficiary to the
amount of more than 100000.
The will alleged to have been made
by Mrs. Hyde, the Swope attorneys
say, was drawn up soon after Dr.
Hyde's dismissal from the Swope home.
In the trial of Dr. Hyde an attempt
will be made 10 show that Mrs. Hyde
was taken seriously i'll; that it was
suggested to her an operation might
be necessary, and that she made her
will, leaving all her property to her
husband in the event that the opera
ton was not success. Later 1t was
found, the Swope attorneys say, that
the operation was not necessary.
1t is said that John G. Paxton re-
lated the story of Mrs. Hyde's will to
the grand jury that indicted DR.. Hyde.
DR.. e. l.. Stewart, a bacteriologist,
will be one of the principal witnesses
for the prosecution on this point, 1t
was said today.
DR.. Hydes attorneys discredited the
charge that Mrs. Hyde had been in
duced to make will in her husbands
favor John NJ Cleary attorney for
DR.. Hyde, said:
at is only another distorted story
that is being used against an inno-
cent man. We know the full story
from Mrs. Hyde, who says it is alb
surd The suggestion that the will be
made came from an outside person and
DR.. Hyde was asked to make his Will
at the same time"
Miss Pearl Keller, the nurse who at
tended Col Thomas II. Swope in his
last illness, testified today before the
notarial court that is hearing deposl-
tions in the civil suit that DR.. b. c.
Hyde brought against John G. Pax
ton.
Lucy Lee Swope and Margaret H.
Swope, nieces of Col. Swope, gave their
depositions today. Lucy Swope's
testimony discredited the reports that
DR.. Hyde had offered her several
drinks of water which We're slightly
discolored, while the two were coming
to Kansas City from New York, on her
return from Paris. He offered her only
one drink, she said, and this after she
had remarked that she was thirsty.
Margaret H. Swope testified to the
medical treatment DR. Hyde gave her.
On December u, said Miss Swope, DR..
Hyde. gave her a hypodermic injection.
OneShour or two later, she became Ill.
This, Miss Swope deposed. was the last
time DIR. Hyde treated her. December
Is. she testified. she again become Ill.
The matter elected from her stomach
during this attack was found to con-
tain strychnine.
Calling attention to her statement
that DR. Hyde ceased treating her af-
ter December 70, Attorney Walsh
asked Miss Swope who attended her
after that date Miss Swope answered
that DIR. Twyman, the Swope family
physician. began treating her after De-
cember -.
Ibid not DR.. Twyman give you hy-
podermic injections. too?' Mr.. Walsh
questioned.
yes" she answered, "but I cannot
remember on what dates, or how many
times"
Mr.. Walsh endeavored to draw from
the witness whether DIR. Twyman had
given her a hypodermic injection De-
cember IS. Again the witness was un-
able to remember.
"The only medicine I remember TAX
ing on that day was capsule given me
by Miss Houlihan, a nurse" she said.
Commenting upon the refusal of Mrs.
b. C. Hyde to admit her mother, Mrs.
Logan O. Swope, to her home yester-
day, counsel for DR.. Hyde said today
that there was no possible chance of
a reconciliation between Mrs Swope
and Mrs. Hyde until all proceedings
against DR.. Hyde had been dropped.