Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-22
State Will Demonstrate the
Action of Cyanide of Potas-
SUM by Poisoning a Live
Frog Before the Eyes of Jury
POISON SQUAD OF DOGS
TO AID THE DEFENSE
CANNES are Being Given
StryChnine Four Times a Day
to Demonstrate Its Action
Some Dogs Allowed to Die
(By Associated Press.)

KANSAS CITY. April 21.-Dogs and
frogs are expected to play an important
part in convicting or freeing DIR. B. c.
Hyde on the charge of murder
The state has announced it's intention of
demonstrating the action of strychnine
by poisoning live frog with the drug be-
fore the eyes of the jury.
Psychologists employed by Dr. Hyde
are maintaining a poison squad of six
dogs for the purpose of studying. the eff
fects of strychnine upon them. Some of
the CANNES are being given one-ffteenth
of a grain of strychnine four times a
DAY. Others receive a smaller amount Of
the poison.
Some of the dogs will be permitted to
die from the effects of the drug. Others
will be killed. The digestive organs of the
animals will be used by the defense in
presenting it's case TO the jury.
Hans Jensen, a prominent veterinarian
has been retained by DR.. Hyde to assist
i'm the experimets on the dogs. He will
also testify at the trial.
MISS KELLER RECALLED.
Miss Pearl Keller the nurse, was re-
called to the stand today. After a little
testimony about the pink box, the state
desired to excuse the witness for the
present, but DR.. Hyde for the first time
took a hand in the proceedings, and In
sisted that Miss Keller give all her tes-
timony against him at this time.
Mr.. Reed, Tor the state, then continued
to question Miss Keller. The state con-
tends that Dr. Hyde injected pus germs
INTO the arm of Miss Sarah Swope. Miss
Keller testified that DR.. Hyde said this
injection was camphorated oil for inter-
mittent pulse. The young woman a day
or two after this injection. said the wit
ress. had commissions in which she made
a most peculiar moaning sound" like
that of Colonel Swope during his con-
vulsion The testimony as to this siml-
larity was stricken out.
Dr Twyman ordered all the medicine
in the house destroyed after Miss Swope' 3
CONFUSION. 1t was on this day-December
1S-tbat the nurses in the Swope house
hold struck Miss Keller was not per-
mitted to tell the cause of the upris-
ing.
On December 10. also. DIR. Hyde and his
wife left the Swope house.
WAS there any sickness in the swope
house after DIR. Hyde left?"
There was not
'How did the patients who were III
when Hyde left progress after his depar>
ture?"
very we'll"
Miss Keller closed her testimony for
the state by telling briefly about Miss
Lucy Lee Swope being attacked by ty-
phoid fever \, four days after her return
from New York in the company of DR..
Hyde.
EXCITING COURT ROOM SCENE.
AS the result of heated arguments be-
tween attorneys for he defense and the
state at Wednesday afternoons session
the bond Of Dr. Hyde came near to be-
ing revoked Attorneys for Hyde also
threatened to impeach certain of the
states witnesses.
For a time the court room was in a
perfect turmoil and opposing attorneys
were speaking ansriy at the same time
liz an effort to address Judge Lotshaw.
The trouble arose over the fact that some
one i'm Prosecutor Conkling's Office had
lost certain grand jury notes on the testi-
mony of Dr. Walter 8. Iiaines and AZ
other state witnesses These notes were
found by a woman who gave them TO
Frank F. Walsh chief attorney for DR..
Hyde. MIR. Walsh contends that thess