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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-02-09
SAYS DR.. HYDE
POISONED SWOPE
uORoNERs JURY BROUGHT n
VERDICT TODAY AcrUs.
ING THE DOCTOR.
Nurse Gives startling Teatlnony
Against the Phyuisian.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. FEB. g..
with the testimony 81 Miss Pearl
Keller. nurse; oi Dr, Ludwig HEX
tcen, or Mrs. Logan Ii. swope ma
Of pr, Frank Hall. in the Inquest
over the body Of the late Colonel
swope, IN Independence yesterday.
came Developments in the mystery
OF the millionairss death more start.
ling than any facts hsrstofors al
duoed.
Miss Keller's detailed story d the
last moments Of colonel swope'a life.
replete with startling features Of
happenings in the sw0pe household.
produced sensation. So carefully
had her story been guarded that.
although much has been written ana
rumored about the ease. not antll
yesterday had any one outside the
immediate circle interested ii tie ID.
quiry heard her narrative.
discriminating Hyde.
Miss Keller testified chat imms-
diately following tho death 81 Col
onel Thomas Moss Hunton, Dr. b.
G. Hyde asked her 10 use her inllu-
ence with Colonel swope 10 have him
appointed administrator Of The
swOpe estate. Mr.. Hantoa had
been the administrator.
On the morning OF Colonel swops's
death she gave him a three-kraln
capsule, supposed 10 contain dya-
pepsia medicine. This she aid a.
the direction OF DR.. Hyde. Twenty
minutes later Colonel swope was IN
eonynlsion, His death soon fol-
lowed.
Five minutes after colonel
swopes death Dr. Hyde appeared
and. with Attorney John D. Paxton,
took Colonel swOpe's will from bis
vest pocket.
DR.. hektoen testified that one
sixth OF a grain Of Rtrychnlne was
found In one-seVenthpart Or Colo
mel swoDe's liver. lie believed there
might be a grain In the entire or
gan. Hair a grain would cause
death. There were traces Of strych-
nine found in the stomach. stryeh-
nine might have been injected into
the body after death. He did not be-
iieye the taking OF medicine con-
tanning stryehnlne Woald leave as
much as a grain OF the poison In the
liver.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-02-09
FIRE DESTROYS BUILDING
THREE PERSONS ARE DEAD
One Man Jumps From third story
window while wife Perishes.

JERSEY SHORE, Pa. Feb. a.
Three persons met death In a IRE
that destroyed the First National
bank building here early today. Al.
Dravenstad. an aged man. was in
stantly Silled when he jumped from
the third story window. His wife,
aged So. was burned to death. At.
tempts of the iremen to rescue her
from the window from which her
husband ieaDed to his death failed
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Accuses Or. Hytie.

The eoroner's jury today return
ed a verdict finding that Colonel
Thomas II. swope. the millionaire.
was killed by stryehnine in = capsule
administered at the direction Of Dr.
D. c. Hyde. a distant relative Of the
deceased.
The cOroneTs jury, IN lta verdict,
says that from the evidence ne be-
Iieve said strychnine poison vas ad-
mlnistered IN a capsule about $50
ia m. on the day he died. at the
direction OF Dr. b. c. Hyde. bat
whether with a felSnous intent. We.
the jury. are unable to decide.
circumstances surrounding the re-
fusal OF Dr. Hyde's attorneys 70 al
low the doctor to take the stand
probably had fits influence with the
jury when Weighing the evidence.
After Pearl Keller. Colonel swope's
nurse. had repeated part Of tbs story
she told yesterday on the witness
stand concerning the coionel's death.
Coroner schwartz was about 70 call
the next witness when an Interrupt
tion occurred. Attorney Walsh
steppe6 forward a7d whispered %
the coroner for several minutes. and
Il was then annon .ced that Hyds,s
attorney advised him to not testify
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-08

fake of the worst sort" he announced.
Have it your own way-have it
your own way" she cackled.
Tell YOU what I'll do-if can't cX-
pose that trick in ten minutes I'll
make you present of Il hundred gay
voS."
She took him up like flash, Il fact
which startled and disconnected him
not little. Her very eaS"rness au-
cured i'll for his proposition.
With Il low. mocking bow the shriv-
cled hag stood aside and motioncd
for him to precede her into the h"vel.
A hundred gavvos is Il forum" not
easily to be won." said the old dame.
How can be sure that you will pay
me if YOU lose"
1t is i'm my pocket. madam. If
don't pay. you may instruct your "X-
cellent grandson to crack m" over the
head. He looks as though he'd do it
for a good deal less money. III say
that for him.
grandmother" cried the old woman
She bestowed Il to"thlrsS grin upon
him. "Nnw. what is it You want Ia
do?"
Il want To 90 through that Kitchen
lust To- satisfy myself of one on two
things" King was looking hard at
tbo crack i'm the kitchen door. Sud
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-08
NERvY EXPRESS MESSENGER.
Bested Train Robbers In Two Game
Fights and Saved Companys Cash.

During the twenty-Odd years of
duty as Il detective, private and pro-
fessional, particularly and principally
for the Wabash railroad, I've fire.
qucntly been asked if the danger in
vOlved i'm my work worries a detec-
it should not worry good detective;
he isn't a detective if he hasn't en-
cOuntered any danger-at least, new
to the work and. any way, the de-
worry mean. His art will make his
task "dangerless' to him. Personally,
as one may imagine. it is not the
dangerous" cases ! hate most. but
the ''slum' jobs. those compelling
you to drink cheap whisky. To sleep
i'm cheap lodging houses and to eat
bad food. Once in Il long time the
detective gets what is termed good
time"
For instance. when he has to as
certain whether or not certain
wealthy man is going to sell railroad
stock. straight or otherwise. 1t, in
IA way. means for the detective
dress suit. box at the opera and
billiards. i'm the course of which the
detective must make the rich gentle
mans acquaintance. once get him
To think you're 20. X" and a good
fellow it is easy tn lead up to the
main question at issue. Naturally.
during the latter years of M service
with the Wabash. | got more of these
snaps than ! did in my earlier ca
reer: i'm fact. it was only few
months ago that | had one of these
good times" My duty was to go t"
the country. live like Il swell, bet
on the races pocket gains and charge
the losses.
Early i'm the summer of the present
wear | was sailing across Lake Michi-
gan from Benton HarbOr 10 Chicago
with Il particular person | was after
Once | caught him looking hard at
me. We were alone. He WAS MEM
Der of several athletic clubs, and. in
asmuch as I'm not quite as young as
| once was. he could. If necessary
haze handled me aS though | wer" a
boy. | thought as his eyes We're fixed
IN me. What fine plac" to drop
me if he knew | was detective ana
ON his shadow" However. ] was
fully armed. and. in this instance
nothing more serious than his arrest
occurred.
zone day was instructed t"
shadow" a certain criminal. my SUI
pcrior stating. SHADOW So-and-S";
bad man. known tn have held up a
train in Missouri; will do bodily
HARM" | got on his shadow: my
presence was enough To excite his
suspicious. He came out of a road
house service. |. in turn. reciprocat-
ing with some of my experiences as
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terprise for the moment. He dropped
the stool and started toward her, his
arms extended To eaten her swayine
form. The look of the dying was in
her eyes. She seemed to be crumpline
before him.
He reached her in time, his strong
arms grasping the frail bent figure as
it sank to the floor. AS he lifted hel
bodily from her feet, intent upon car
lying her to the open air, her bony
fingers sank into his arm with the grip
of death. and-could ne believe his
ears,-a low. mocking laugh came
from her lips.
Down where the pebbly house yard
merged into the mosSy banks Mr.
Hobbs sat tight. still staring with
gloomy eyes at the dark little hut VI
the glen. A quarter of an hour had
passed since King disappeared through
the doorway Mr. Hobbs was getting
nervous.
The shiftlcss. lanky goose herd came
forth in time and laZily drove his scat
tered flock off into the lower glen.
Presently Hobbs caught sight of q
thin stream of smoke. rather black
than blue, arising from the little Chin
ney at the rear of the cabin. His eyes
flew very wide open: his heart expert
enced a sudden throbleSS moment; his
mind leaped backward to the uneX-
planned smoke mystery of the day be-
fore. 1t was on the end of his tongue
to cry out To his unseen patron, to urge
him To leave the witch to her deviltrI
and come along home, when the ole
woman herself appeared in the door
way-alOnc.
She sat down upon the doorstep
putting away ut long pipe, her hood
ed face almost invisible from the dis
| tance which n" resolutely held. She
was no more than Il black. inanimatt
| heap of rags piled against tn" d"ol
| jamb.
Hobbs let out Il shout. The old w"'
man arose and hobbled toward him
leaning upon Il great cane.
"Whc- where's Mr.. King" called on
Hobbs.
Her arm was raised, Il huny fmg"1
pointing tn the treetnps abov" he1
hovel.
Hes gone. Didn't you Sc" him
| He went off among tn" tr"ctops. You
| won't see him again" Sh" waited ;
moment and then went on in most in
| yratiating tones: Would you care t
come into my house" | can show y"'
| tie road he took. YOU
But Mr.. Hobbs. his hair on end. mac
dropped the rein Of Kings horse anC
WAS putting boot to his own beast
whrling frantically into the path tina
led away from TN" hated. damned spot
Down the road he crashed, pursued b!
witches whose pcr&iStenc" put I" shame
the efforts of those famed ladies I"
Tam q Shantcr in the long ago. If M
| had locked over his shoulder he migh
| have discovered that h" WAS followed
by It ridulcSS horse. nothing more.
But ridcrlcSS hurS" i Il gr"wS"m'
| thing sometimes.
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CHAPTER IN.
Strange Disappearance.

But Hobbs halted his mad flight.
He decided tn return Ia the hut. His
friend might he in desperate need OF
aid.
Then. with his heart in his mouth, he
slowly began to rctlacc his steps. walk
imS where he had gallnp"d moment
before \ turn i'm the road caused him
to draw rein sharply. y hundred yards
ahead five or six men were struggling
with rdrrlcSs bay horse.
"By Jnvr," CALCULATED Hobbs. ITS
hi.; horse"
As he drew nearer it struck him
forcibly that the men W"r" not what
he had thought them to be. They were
an evil lnnking lot. more like the Stlik-
crS he had seen in the town earlier in
the day. Even as he WAS turning the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-08
Mechanical ingenuity.

Manv instances Of mechanical ingc-
nuity really remarkable t. us in THESE
DAYS. when we are supposed To have
advanced in learning. are related by
various ancient authors. The silver
sphere. "a most noble and ingenious
performances" which was presented to
Sultan Solyman the Magnificent by his
imperial majesty Ferdinand. is men,
toned by PauluS JOviuS as showing
and Keeping time with the motions of
the celestial bodies i'm various con =
uratiuns. 1t was carried to CunStanti-
NOBLE by twelve men and there put to-
gcther by the artist that made it.
MymccidrS. an ancient carver was
50 proficient in microscopic mechanism
that ne made an ivory snip. with all
it's decks. maStS. yards. rigging and
sails. i'm 81 small Il compass that it
might have been hidden under the
wig of II fly. II" ais" mad" Il chariot
with four wheels and as many har-
messed horses. which took up scarcely
more room than tn" ship.
George Whitehead. an EngliShman,
made a snip. with I'LL things pertaining
to il, to move as if it sailed. upon 2
table. "All hands were alnft, wnman
made good music on Il lutte. and Il lit
tie puppy cried in the midShip. all IF
which variety" says the old writer,
was pleasant and diverting."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-08
A Story of
GrauStork
By
GEORGE BARR
M'CUTCHEON

We'll. my boy. if she elects to keep
YOU in the dark concerning her name
il is not for me To betray her. Ladies
in her position, l dare say, enjoy these
little mysteries"
1t was dusk when they entered tn"
northern gates. Above the castle King
said goodby to Tullis and the countess,
gravely saluted the sleepy prince and
followed Mr.. Hobbs off to the heart
of the city. He was not with resent
ment Either she had forgotten to say
goodby to him or had willfully decided
to ignore him altogether At any rate,
she entered the gates to the castle
grounds without so much as an indif-
ferent glance in his direction.
Truxton knew in advance that he
was to have a sleepless, unhappy night
In his room at the hotel he found
the second anonymous letter, unques-
tionably from the same source, but
this time printed in crude, stilted let
ters. 1t had been stuck under the door
Leave the city at once. You are in
great danger. Save yourself"
This time he did not laugh. That it
was from Olga PlatanOva he had no
doubt, But why she should interest
herself so persistently in his welfare
Was quite beyond him. And what,
after all, could she mean by great
danger-save yourself"
He INDUCED in a long spell Of
thoughtfulness. No, by George, I'll
not turn tail at the first sign of dam
ger. I'll stay here and assist Dangloss
in unraveling this matter. And I'll
go up to that witch's hole before I'm
a day older to have it out with ner.
I'll find out where the smoke came
from. and I'll know where that eye
went to-" He sighed without knowing
it. by Jove. I'd like to do something
to show her I'm not the blooming
duffer she thinks l am"
He could not find Baron Dangloss
that night nor early the next day.
Hobbs, after being stigmatized as the
only British coward in the world,
changed his mind and made ready to
accompany King to the hovel in Gan
look gap.
BY noon the streets in the vicinity OF
the plaza were filled with strange,
rough looking men, undeniably labor
erS.
Who are they?" demanded King.
There's a strike on. among the men
building the railroad" said Hobbs.
They'd better look out for these fell
lows" said King, very soberly. Il don't
like the appearance Of 'em. They look
like cutthroats.'
Take my word for it, sir. they are.
They're the riffraff of all Europe"
Il nope Baron DanglOss knows how
to handle them?" in some anxiety.
In due time they rode into the SOM
Der sOlitudeS of GanlOok gap and up
to the witchs den. Here Mr.. Hobbs
baked. He refused to adventure far
ther than the mouth of the stony ra-
vine. TruXton approached the hovel
alone. without the slightest trepda-
ton. The goose herd grandson was
driving flock of geese across the
green bowl below the cabin. The
American called out To him, and Il mo-
ment later the youth. considerably eX-
cited. drove his geese up To the door.
While they were vainly haranguing
each other the old woman appeared.
Utterng shrill eXclamations, she hur-
ried down to confront King with blaz-
ing eyes. Her horrid grin of dersion
brought flush to mis- cheek.
I'll lay you hundred gravvoS that
the kettle and smoke experiment is
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The staring. burning eye was again
looking straight at him from the Jag
gcd crack in the door
I'll get you this time he shouted.
crossing the room in two eager leaps.
The door in his violent clutch swung
open with bang.
The owner of that m0cking. phan-
tom eye was gone!
Like Il frantic dog. TruXton dashed
about the little kitchen. looking in
every corner every crack, for signs OF
the thing he chased. The old woman
was standing in the middle of the out
or room, grinning at him with genuine
malevOlence.
"Ha. ha," she crOaked. You fool!
You fool, Search. Smell him out. All
the good it will do you, Ha, ha!"
by CAD. will get at the bottom OF
this," shouted TruXtOn. stubborn rage
possessing him. "There's some one
here. and | know it. I'm not such a
fool as to believe Say. What's that?
The ceiling. BY the eternal, that scrap
ing noise explains it. There's where
the secret trapdoor is-in the ceiling!
Within arms reach. at that. Watch
me old woman"
The hag was standing i'm the kitchen
door now. still grinning evilly. She
watched the eager young man pound
upon the low ceiling with three leg
ged stool that he had seized from the
floor.
He was pounding vigorously on the
roughly boarded ceiling when the
sharp voice of the old woman, raised
in command. caused him to lower the
stool and turn upon her with cleaning,
triumphant eyes. The look he saw in
her face was sufficient To check his en-
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GUARDING WINDSOR.
Famous Castle Protected at Every
Point BY Soldiers and Police.

For an unauthorized person to gain
an entrance into one of the king S
palaces in England is nearly an i'm
possibility. 1t has been done, but the
number of times could be almost count
ed on the fingers of hand.
Within the walls of Windsor castle
are treasure Of priceless value, and
even if the court is not in residence no
one can enter without his presence be-
ing known to the police.
When the king is in residence at
Windsor the guards are doubled. In
stead of one man marching up and
down with a bayOnet fixed between
sentry box and sentry box there are
| two.
Then there are metropolitan police
men on duty at each gateway, as well
as royal gatekeepers in scarlet and
gold livery. In addition to that, there
are plain clothes detectives and night
watchmen.
A lunatic seldom gets farther than
Henry Wills gateway at Windsor. The
little police office is just inside the
gate, and here is officially recorded ev-
cry day anything of note that takes
place within the precincts of the cas-
| tie.
4 few yards inside the gateway are
in command of the castle guard. Tel
rphones are installed all over the cas-
tie, and the different entrances are
connected with the main switchboard
near the equerries' entrance.
If paper knife were taken out of
the castle today it would be missed to-
morrow. Every treasure and piece of
furniture in Windsor castle is entered
in huge books. and photographs are
kept Of all tine most valuable articles.
The sentries We're always provided
with ball cartridge until a guardsman
fired three bullets into a stone elephant
on the east terrace of Windsor castle,
which he mistook for ghost in the
mists of the early morning. Now they
have To depend on their bayonets.
1t is very seldom that theftS take
Olace at royal residences. The police
have power to search all bags or par
GELS being conveyed from the royal
palaces. Many years ago sentry at
Windsor castle managed to nook down
"A valuable watch and chain from one
of the royal apartments with his bay
on"t on the end of his rifle. but he
WAS quickly found out and punished.
A night watchman goes on duty in
side the castle at Windsor every night
and comes off in the morning. In case
of fire he would at once give the alarm,
and in Il very few moments the royal
frrmcn and castle guard would be on
the spot and all entrances would be
closed and guarded The same system
prevails at the chief of tn" other royal
residences.
The penalty for a soldier failing tn
perform his duty when on guard out
side royal residences is so severe that
there are very few cases indeed on rec
ord Of men having to be taken off their
posts. London Mail.
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A CITY OF MAGIC.
Damascus Seen From Jebel kasyun Is
a Dream of the Orient.

OTUdfl OF tHc STlcnt.
THE view of Damascus from the
mountain where Mohammed made his
great renunciation is one Of the
marvellous views of the world
writes Robert Hichens in the Cen
tury. Again and again 1 deserted
the mosques. the baZaars, the marble
baths, the courts Of the fountains, the
shadowy khans and the gardens by
which Abraham is said to have had
the unity of God revealed to him.
IAN Oriental city Of magic called
up by slave Of the lamp to realize
ones dream of the Orient: city
ethereally lovely. exquistely eastern.
ephemeral, to be blown away by a
breath like a tuft Of thistledown; not
white. but delicately pale, with
pallor holding the faintest hint of
seashell flush: city slender, calm.
almost mystic in it's fragile grace, set
in the heart of a great wonder or
green. a maze Of bright and ardent
woods, beyond which lie the desert
spaces-this is Damascus from the
mountain of Jebel Kasyun. 1t holds
one almost breatless seen thus from
afar.
Damascus is a garden city touch
ed by the great desert. Under its
roses one feels the sands Beside its
trembling waters one dreams Of the
trembling mirage. The cry Of its
mueZZins seems to echo from its
masque towers to that most wonderful
thing in nature, which is God with
out man. The breath Of the wastes
passes among the poplars as that
Hedouin boy passed among the mer-
chants when he came and when he
went.
I'm Damascus one hears the two
voices. And when one looks from the
sacred mountain upon that city OF
dream. Graded among the woods, one
sees far off the towny beginnings of
that other magic, which looks out
from the BedOuiu'S eyes. And
though perhaps, with the pilgrims
from Samarkand. one loves to rest
beside the fountains under the
hedges of roses. one is aware Of the
other love. intercourse with whlch
has made Damascus an earthly para
disc for them and for you.
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BECOMING RECKLESS.
Present Generation Now Is Said to
Have Sworesworn Thrift.


We have ceased to be thrifty. The
nearest approach most of us make GO
that virtue is to get our banks to let
us overdraw our accounts.
The fathers have eaten grapes and
the children are eating grapefruit. We
used to buy apples by TN" barrel; now
we buy them as we would buy our
Jewels. each in its separate wrapper
We used tO eat pot roaStS: now we
must have our pOrterhOuSc steaks. Our
wives used to nelp the general house
work girl with the cooking: now we
need two maids. Il laundress, and q
man to wash the windows. When we
were boys we did chores and wore oul
fathers old clothes: nowadays tho
stockings that match his neckties, and
a tuxedo jacket We used To think II
an extrava gance tn keep a hundred and
fifty dollar horse and hundred dollar
buggy. now We buy an automobile" and
mortgage our house To pay for it,
Easy come. easy GO" was the old
motto: Easy come. gnn" before il
comes" is the modern.
One chief cause of high prices Is
tIust-nur creditors trust. Ev"rybody
wants tn sell us something and charge
il To our account So we accommodate
them and acquire Il habit "f reckless
expenditure.
What difference does it max" wh"th-
rr eggs are 81 cents or so cents Il doZ-
en-, if we do not have To pay cash f"r
them? We are spendthriftS in the
midst of Il crrdit-SyStem orgy. When
we sober up. prices will come down.
The World Today.
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RUXTON
{ KING
Copyright. 1909. by George
Barr McCutcheon
N Copyright. 1909, by Dodd.
Mead q Company
Il .
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

Chapter I-TruXton King arrives in
Edelweiss, capital of Graustark, and
meets the beautiful niece of Spantz,
gunmaker. liking does a favor for
Prince Robin, the young ruler Of the
country, whose guardian IS John Tullis,
an American. III-Baron DanglosS,
minister Of police, interviews King and
warns him against Olga, the gunmak-
ers niece. Viking invades the royal
park. meets the prince and is presented
To the lads fascinating Aunt Lorraine.
V-The committee of ten, conspirators
against the prince, meets in an under
ground chamber where the girl Olga
is disclosed as one who is to kill Prince
Robin with a bomb. VI-John Tullis
calls on the beautiful Countess In
gomede, who warns him that her hated
and notorious old husband, Count Mar
lanx, is cOnspiring against the prince
Viking visits the house of the witch
of Ganlook gap and meets the royal
household there.