The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-04-28
GERMS IN THE CANDY
NURSE TEsTiFiEs THAT Dr. HYDE
lNocULATED STELLA swopE
WITH TYPHOID.
DEFENSE SPRINGS A SURPRISE
Have Gained Possession q Grand Jgay
Testimony Which sho0s Ha-ss
Said Nc Cyanide Wss
Fcunc.

NHAHH &HHHHA ~ AHN"A MAAW
Testimony Which Shows Ha-~s
Said Ne cyanios Was
Found.
Kansas CITY. April z0-Tha. Dr.
Walter g Haines q Chicago ee rot
end Firychnin ga the e5ecta fr1E tie
stomach o. Miss Margaret sBope until
tod BY John G Paxton whose hired
maH~ be was. that g. va expected ~
him. vas q Of the charges made By
Frank Walsh. chief o. counsel for Dr.
Hyde 20 the opening statement 70 The
Jury which will Try the physician On a
charge o. numbering Thomas n
swope
The address was bristiing with sen
Eztional accusations directed against
everyone associated with the prosec1
ton and vas a frank attempt az vIndl-
eating Dr. Hyde In the minds o. the
horde Of courtroom spectators as vel
as In starting his case Oh suEpiciously
with the jury.
Only Medical Attendant = Negro.
M Walsh declared that Lucy Lee
sWope had been taken 30 ia Paris and
had been doctored there: that the
swope family. IN spite Of It's wealth.
employed no medical attention for its
sick members except that given By
Chasing Hatred Chase Jordan. "a
negro from Fort Scott posing as a
South American"
Kansas City. April zl-The jury in
the trial Of Dr.. Bennett Clark Hyde
Is 70 hear the whole story. The deaths
% Moss Hunton and Ch-isman Swope
and the events connected with the ~
ph0id epidemic In the Swops family.
Nothing is % be held back Judge
Latshaw ave a decision 20 this effect.
the jury was called into the courtroom
and Miss Pearl Kellar, Col Swopz's
nurse. resumed her testimony where
il had been Interrupted AZ s:15 o'clock
the day before
The courts decision was 4 grave dis
appointment 70 the counsel for Dr.
Hyde. They had tried unsuccessfuIly.
in hours Of argument 20 convince the
court tia; while the defendant was be
Ing trieG t5r the murder Of Col. Swope
no testimony should be admitted
touching upon the death OF either Col
Moss Hunton or Chrisman SwOpe. or
upon the typhoid Incidents.
4 Precedent In HolinesuK Case.
Judge Latshaw based his decision
chiefly upon the MolineauK case in
New York and the Bailey and Sassman
cases in this tate. He admitted from
he bench that the books held lao case
parallel 20 the HYDE case. but declare
be believed the Molineau1 case IN
which one crime was used 20 show an.
other. vas a proper precedent
4 Startling Disclosure.
A startling disclosure &c the Hyde
ease came Immediately after the open.
ting OF the Afternoon session o. TIE
court The court announced that all
the notes Of the grand Jury that In.
dlcted Hyde had been lost JudEe La,
shaw asked Prank p Walsh. chse.
counsel for Dr.. HYDE. y he kaew any
thing about the los; notes:
y refuse 20 answer Walsh re.or.ed
Bring IN the jury" the court thea
I ordered snEriIy.
walsh then underworld 10 plaeSts
the judges anger.
The notes are ia my possession. De
declared. hut they are the properly
OF my client and refuse 20 give thee.
VI"
The prosecutors ohce eKp'liHta
that Ruby ID Garrett an assistant
prosecutor. lost the notes IN going q
his home They We-e found by a negro
woman who advertised in The STA
that she had somo papers ia the III q
case.
The woman and Walsh were Ec-
wards "a telephone communication
walsh got The papers
Have Access 60 Grand jury Notes,
The dctcnse stubborn refused ID
surrender the papers unul Judge Iat
shaw promised them coz 70 tay
testimony a. al times hereafter, and
then Mr. walsh walked calmly aaay
20 whore they lay ia ne safe dcpasil
box.
Miss Kc,lar resumed her place o.
the witness stand after ere ilr1 hal
been broush; into the court rs5m
Miss Kcuar vas asked aha, hap
pcned after nr HYDE arrived a. ne
side Of Moss Hunton on the night 81
October ]. and me nurse sold The iuu
% the suggesuor % Or Hyde tha'
bleeding be rVsortel TO-
she then told how Dr. TVyman %.
jeeie3 10 the quantity 90 blosd Dr.
Hyde was ,aGiug from TIE SICK Uau
bUt that be refused q close the NCUnt
unti Ne had taken two quarts e. bioot
Mr.. Hunton died almos Immediately
after the wound Mas CLOSED
she also told % The rcgecsy MADE
nv pr Hyde while she uas preParius
tho body Tor The undertaken ,hat she