The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-17


tion had been very bad. Miss Kellar Nd-
ministsred the capsule and about twsnty
minutes later Swops had a convulsion.
He died in Il. -ApOplexy.' said DE-.
HYDE. He went just like Moss Hunton.
Then the typhoid epidemic broke out
IN tho SwoDs household. One after
another was tricken-MarEAret Swope.
Chriatman sWoDe. Miss Cora y. Dickson.
a governess: I.sonora Copridge. a negro
servant and Lucy Lee. sarah and Stella
Ewope
Then. December 5. Christman SwoDs
mad a convulsion. Miss Kellnr says IL
was iust like Col SwOpe's. DR.. Hyde said
q was meningitis. Dr. rwyman said
nothing. Christman rallied and Hyde
tod The nurse 70 disregard Dr.. Twyman's
orders for treatment He went 10 Kansas
civ and Miss kellar went ahead and
earned out DR. Twyman = orders. The pa =
tient seemed better when Hyde returned.
Ne told Miss Kellar 20 40 20 dinner. and he
would stay with Chrstman. A little
later Christman had another cODvuleiOn
and died 10 il,
Then Hyde gave Margaret Swope a
hypoderInic injection while no one else
vas In the room. Alargaret's arm swelled
20 twice its usual sire. The arm was be-
Kinning 70 get better when Margaret had
q convulaion just like Christmah's and
Gwope's. the nurses say. Dr.. TwymAn
gave her a hypodermic which made her
Vomit She recovered.
On December N Miss KellaT called the
other nurses into a secret conference and
told than what she had noticed When
Dr. HYDE and his wife reached the house
that evening there was a message for
ayde 20 call no Dr. Twyman. He did and
thew eft the holIss. Tom Swope, brother
Of Christman. and other members Of the
family. who had bsen III OF typhoid. arose
ana slipped out % the house after them.
Tom Swope had no trouble following
HYDE Ne testified later that at an arc
lighted corner on Pleasant street he saw
hiS brother-ih-law throw something into
the snow and trample on H. Tom crept
70 the place and found a broken capsule
boz Tom says he recognized the smell
81 cyanide of potassium.
According 20 statements by jurors. Or.
hyde was convicted On his own testimony
Fslating 20 the purchase Of Inc pnisona.
While be had assorted that be had been
buying cyanide for years he could not
give a single instance Of its purchase else
WheIe than az the one drug store or az
any time previous 30 hia purchase from
The Bracklein drug store. This convinced
the Jurors that he had bought Il in further
ance Of his plot 90 kill tho whole Swops
family.
Il vas said that he had sndeavOred 10
<ill OF others Of Col SWopss family with
philanthropist's large estate. and the
nethod that he was suspected Of was the
FathaB. noEal one nf innnulating the mem
bsIp Of the family with typhoid germs
10 has b6eh &h0Wh during the triat that Dr.
HYDE purchased typhoid cultures shortly
before the epideulio IL fever broke out in
he SWope family. and the physicisn Gd-
nite this himself. hut declares that he did
90 merely in the interests of banning a
more effective means Of checking the
disaass. He also admitted buying the
cyanide capsules which the prosecution
claimed were given 20 Col. SwOpe, hut he
has steadfasily denied that the philan-
ehropist died through any agency Of his.
Que OF this sensations ol the trial was
ths discovery that the Grand Jury notes
wors In the possession Il the defence.
States Attorney Conkling maintained
the papers Vere stolen, but the defence
claimed they were lost BY the State and
found by a negress. The matter n still
PENDING investigation BY the bar assOcia-
tlou.
Tbs second sensation came when Il
vas revealed that Dr.. hyde had pUf-
Chased cyanide Of potassium in capsule
form prior 20 the sudden deaths Of Col.
awops and Chriatman SwOpe. The pur-
chaees were made &C the BFecklein drug
STORE, which was mynteriously burned.
The records % tho sales escaped the
naruan howover