Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-10
HYDES BRAND ALL
RELAT|VESAS LIARS
IN FIGHT FOR LIFE
Charge FaISehood and Trickery
to Family, Nurses and
Former Friends
PHYSICIAN DEFENDS HIS ACTS
Wife Nearly CoIIapSes- SobS on
Stand but Is Unshaken by
Cross Examination
PHYSICIAN DEFENDS HIS ACTS
ASSOCIATED Press1

IL Clark Hyde and his wife took
An the witness stand in the Swope
murder trial today in an effort to save
the accused physicians life. Relatives,
former friends and nurses who had
were accused of falsehood and trick
cry.
Dr. Hyde offered no excuses for his
actions. Neither did he admit that he
might have erred. Firmly he said his
course was right in the cases of James
and Chrisman Swope. He maintained
that the causes of death he gave when
the men died he still believed to be
correct.
Never, the physician said, did he try
to poison anyone, either with typhoid
germs or drugs. Further, he swore
he had no knowledge whatever, until
after Col. Swope's death, whether Mrs.
Hyde was to be left a penny of the
estate.
Mrs. Hyde preceded her husband on
the stand. She fatty contradicted tes-
timony given by her mother, her
brother and several sisters. She said
that Thomas H. Swope, jr, was not
on the street at the time when ne
AYERS he saw Dr. Hyde throw away
capsules said to have contained cyan
ide, and that she saw DR.. Twyman tie
the string that controlled the flow Of
blood from her cousin, Mr.. Hunton's,
body.
Mrs. Hyde made pitiable spectacle
the first few minutes she was on the
stand The mention of the name or
her cousin, Moss Hunton, brought tears
to her eyes, and she was unable to
speak.
the witness. 1t was feared she might
collapse. But after sobbing for few
moments Mrs. Hyde composed herself
and was able to proceed.
WHAT MRS. HYDE SWEARS
The salient features of her testimony
were declarations that:
DIR. Twyman adjusted the string
which stopped the flow of blood from
Mr. Hunton's body
She did not request her husband to
stop the bleeding.
Col Thomas H. Swope never cried
out on his death bed that he wished
he had never taken the medicine Dr.
Hyde gave him.
The millionaire's symptoms were en-
tirelv different from those described
by the nurse, who testified Tor the
state.
Miss Keller, the nurse who swore
DIR. HYDE asked her to use her 1nflu-
ence with Col. Swope to have the pny-
sician made an administrator or tne
millionaires estate, overheard the VIII
ness and DIR. Hyde discussing such
plan.
The remedies of Jordan, the "yarb"
man. were used by Chrisman Swope
until a few days before his death
She ate of the candy which DR.. Hyde
gave the Swope children and 1t did not
make her ILL.,
She ordered the filtered water taken
to the Swope house and the family Is
now using 1t.
Mrs. Hyde was asked about the
trouble between her and Mrs. Swope
over the disposal of property left by
Col. Swope to Moss Hunton. This mat
ter came up in November, 1909. Mrs.
Swope desired Mrs. Hyde to give her
share of the property to Mrs. Liddie
Moore, q sister of Mrs. Hunton, which
Mrs. Hyde refused to do.
Didn't your mother say when you
refused her request: This is Clark
Hyde's work He does not love you;
he only wants your money. I will see
that he never gets any of the Swope
money!"
"She said that"
Although the state questioned Mrs.
Hyde at great length she did not be-
come confused. Her story was not
shaken in material detail.
HYDE SHOWS NERVOUSNESS
DIR. Hyde walked quickly to the wit
ness stand when he was called. He
was obviously nervous. There was de-
lay in starting his examination, and
he fidgeted about in his chair until
Attorney Walsh began to question him.
Using one of Dr. Twyman's instru-
ments, said DR.. Hyde, he bled James
Moss Hunton.
Did DR.. Twyman say anything about
bringing the bleeding to a close?" asked
Mr.. Walsh.
DR.. Hyde tried to answer the ques-
tion by giving the substance of the
conversation between himself and DR..
Twyman, and the lawyers wrangled
over the response. The witness was
plainly disconnected, and seemed con-
fused by the objections of his attorneys.
His face flushed and he mopped the
perspiration from his face with a hand
kerchief Finally the squabble closed
and he answered:
"Dr Twyman said something about
enough blood having been removed.
He never said, however, that we had
as much blood as should have been
removed from any man. We took in all
about two or three pints of blood. DR..
Twyman stopped the flow with a
string"
"Did he die from the effects of the
bleeding or from apopleXy?"
"Apoplexy"
DR. Hyde said he became acquainted
with Col Swope in December 1903, and
saw him at his home on an average of
twice a month from that time until his
death. Col. Swope asked him, said the
witness, If he thought the strychnia
tonic he was taking was good for him,
and he replied it was.
"How did Col. Swope appear after he
quit drinking?" queried Mr.. Walsh.
HE was weaker, paler and more de-
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