The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-24
DEVOTION Of WIFE
MAY SAVE HUSBAND.
Mrs. Hyde Still Faith
full to Accused
Physician.
HER SUFFERING
BEGINS TO TELL
Damaging Array Of F a S
Brought Out by State in Eff
fort to Prove Defendant One
of Greatest Criminals of
Age-Case Far From
Conclusion.

Bennett Clarke HyCe, charged Win
being one of the greatest criminals of
this or any other age, walked out of
the criminal court of Jackson county,
Missouri, promptly on the stroke of
noon to-day, face to face with one of
the most perplexing and trying prob
lens in many respects that a human
being was ever called upon to solve
The problem confronting this young
apparently unrufiied, grim determined
man of science and medicine. Is this:
How best can l convince those
twelve men in the jury box that j ain
innocent of these awful charges that
are hanging over my head like the
sword of Damoclcs7 How may l best
convince them of my innocence in the
face of the most damaging array OF
circumstantial evidence that has been
woven around me, that has enmeshed
me and that has left me struggling for
my very life by the testimony of the
last few days?"
A hand lightly touched his arm The
doctor looked. He looked down into
the smiling, upturned face of little
woman by his side. And in that face
and in that wistfui. grave little smile
of hope and encouragement and of
good cheer the accused man read the
answer 70 his problem.
Name on Lawyers Lips.
DR.. Hyde's name is spoken by these
lawyers in their DISCRIMINATION OF
the witnesses only when absolutely
necessary, but the name of Mrs. Hyde
Is almost continually on the lips OF the
lawyers for the defense.
Was Mrs. Frances Hyde in the room
.ass ,tys,N rod
most frequently and at every mention
of tho, little woman's name the voice
of the lawyer is always lowered per-
ceptibly; there comes a tender tone,
and the glances of the jurors involun-
tarily turn toward the woman who sits
at her husbands side. Tragedy is
written on every line Of her face.
There she sits all through the dreary
hours OF the day, close by the side OF
her husband. Her face is deadly pale.
pallor that women know and will
tell you comes with approaching moth
erhood To-day there were cruel
lines in the face, there were dark rings
under the eyes; there were deep ridges
extending from the corners of the mouth
down towards the chin. The suffering
Is telling on the little woman. She
smiles, not continually, but frequently:
at times her black gloved hand is
placed confidently and contidingly on
her husbands arm or about his neck.
She Is always the trustful. loving wife.
and her devotion to the man on trial
Is most marked
Her own mother, her sisters and her
only living brother will take the stand
probably before the present week has
ended, and Will by their testimony do
their best toward starting Bennett
Clarke Hyde on the walk that shall
end on the scafolds top.
Will Take Stand.
Then Mrs Frances Swope Hyde will
take the stand and will by her testi-
mony do her best to have restored to
her and TO the child that will soon be
hers the husband and father.
One week has been taken In the pre-
sentation of the testimony for the
States case against Hyde, Half a
dozen witnesses have been on the stand.
The State will put forty or fifty men
and women on the stand before they
announce to Judge Latshaw: "We rest
Your Honor
Two witnesses only, both of them
women. have given important testi-
mony. These witnesses have been
Pearl V. Kellar and Anna Houlehan,
both trained nurses. These are the
most important facts that. have been
brought out:
That Colonel Thomas H. Swope died
following a convulsion, and that con-
vulsion followed within fifteen to
twenty minutes after a capsule given
the nurse by DR., Hyde was taken by
the old millionaire.
That Moss Hunton had something
closely resembling a convulsion before
he died.
That Christman Swope, apparently
on the road to recovery, was seized
with a convulsion soon after DR., Hyde
announced that he had given the pa
tient a capsule.
That some hours later another cap
sule was given Christman swope at
Dr. Hyde's orders; that within fifteen
or twenty minutes later Christman
Swope was seized with a convulsion In
all respects similar to that suffered
by Colonel Swope and that Christman
Swope died within a period OF rev
hours.
That Margaret swope. Ill with ty-
phoid fever, took a capsule at DR..
Hydes orders and that she, too, had a
conyulsion that, while not as severe
as those suffered by the colonel and
christman, was in all respects very
/ like them.
Gave Box of Candy.
That Stella Swope. then in perfect
health. yas given box Of candy by
Dr. Hyde; that exactly seven days
later she was stricken with typhoid
fever, the contention of the State be-
ing that the candy was inoculated
with typhoid fever germs.
That DR.. Hyde WAS active in his
minlstrations upon the patients.t al
though he was not the doctor i'll
charge.
That as soon as DIR. Hyde left the
swope home there We're no more Of
CONTINUED on Second Page.),