Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-11
HYDE
Of DESIGNS
ON WIFE
MADE WILL LEAVING
ALL TO HER HUSBAND
Her Sudden Illness Following
Dismissal Of Accused PhySi-
clan From Swope House
hold Used by Prosecutors,

my MornIna journal soecinI I@assa wireI
Kansas city. March l0.--it devel-
oped today that during the trial of DR.
B c. HYDE here next month on "a
charge Of poisoning Colonel SWope,
the prosecution VIII attempt 10 show
that following q suggestion maze 20
her. Mrs, hyde made a will bequeath-
ing all her property To her husband.
Under the Will of Colonel SWope Mrs.
Hyde was Il beneficiary TO the amount
Of more than three hundred thousand
dollars.
The viii alleged to have been made
by Mrs Hyde. the Swope attorneys
say, was drawn up soon after DR.
Hyde's dismissal from the Swone home
where he had been treating the
Swopes In the trial Of DR.. Hyde an
attempt win be made TO show that Mrs
Hyde was taken seriously III: that it
was suggested to her that an opera
tion might be necessary. and that Il
was also suggested that she make her
Win leaving all her property TO her
husband in the event the operation
was not success Later it was found,
the Swope attorneys say, that the oper-
alton was not necessary.
1t is said that John 6. Paxton re-
lated the story Of Mrs IIyde's will to
the grand jury that indicted Or. Hyde
Or +. J.. Stewart q hactcriologist
win be one of the principal witnesses
for the prosecution on this point, II
was said today.
The entire story every circum-
stance will be told at the trial. j II
Atwood, one of the attorneys for the
Swopc estate said "Dr, Stewards tes-
timony will not come out in the first
trial IL the ease Of Thomas H. Swope
T. T.,
be developed before we are through.
When the proper time comes every
thing will he told
Lucy Lee Swonc ana Margaret II.
Swope, nieces of Colonel Swope gave
their dispositions today Lucy Swope's
testimony disrrcdited-'he reports that
Or. Hyde had ofi~rf her several
drinks OF water which were slightly
discolored while the two were com
ing TO Kansas City from New York on
Miss Swopc's return from Paris Ilr
offered her only one drink. She said
ana this after she had remarked that
she was thirsty.
Margaret I'll. Swope testified TO thet
medical treatment Dr Hyde gave her [
1t was on December H. said Miss
Swope. and Or. Hyde gave her q hNpo- !
lermic Injection. An hour or two later
she became ill., This. Miss Swope dee (
posed, WAS the last time Dr. Hyde /
treated her December Is, she testi- |
fled. she again became i'll The mat +
ter elected from her stomach during
his attack wns that which was found 4
% contain strychnine,
Calling attention to her statement
hat Dr. Hyde ceased treating her after
December -. Attorney Walsh asked
Miss Swopo who attended her after
hat date. Miss Swope answered that
)r, Twyman, the Swope family phys-
ian. began treating her after Decem
lcr 12
Did not Dr- Twyman give YOU hypo-
lermic injections. too?' Mr., Walsh
Questioned.
Yes replied Miss Swope. "but
annot remember on what day or how
many times"
Mr. Walsh next endeavored to draw
rom the witness whether DR.. Twyman
lad given her n hypodermic injection
N December is. Again the witness
vas unable to remember
The only medicine | remember
aking on that day. she said, was a
apsule given me 10y Miss Houlehan n
urse,"