Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-08
TRIED TO USE NURSE
Hyde Urged Her to Influence
Swope, Says Miss KeIIar.
WANTED DEAD MANS JOE
Physician Sought to Be Admins
traitor of Rich Mans Will.
ASKED HER TO SUGGEST HIM
She Refused to Comply and Did
Nothing, Although She Was Again
Approached, She Testifies.
ASKED HER TO SUGGEST HIM

KANSAS CITY, February S.-Within
five minutes after Miss Pearl kellar, the
nurse who attended Col. Thomas II.
Swope, the millionaire philanthropist, in
his last Illness, went on the stand this
morning there began a recital OF Incl
dents that caused the crowded courtroom
to become silent.
Miss Kellar, after the few preliminary
the veil Of mystery that hung over the
Swope home. First Of all. Miss kellar
told Of an interview she had with DR..
B. C. Hyde on the night that Col. Hun
ton, Col. swope's administrator. died.
Hyde Asks for Interview.
Il was passing in and out of Col. Hun
tons room Just about twenty minutes
after Col. Hunton died." Miss kellar said,
when DR.. Hyde met me in the hall. and
said he wanted a private interview with
me. l said would see him later.
so DR.. Hyde went to the car line
and came back in about an hour and
halt When he got back to the house
he went into the parlor and dismissed
nur e who came to nurse Col. Hunton.
The nurse left.
Just then Dr. Hyde. Mrs. Hyde, the
undertaken and myself were awake In
the house. Soon the sitting room was
empty. I went in there. DR.. Hyde came
in and sat, too"
Miss Keller stopped for a moment. anu
her hands pulled at the handkerchief
they held The nurses chart lay in her
lap unnoticed.
And then - - Attorney Trogdon
suggested.
Hyde Asked Her to Suggest Him.
..Well. then, DR.. Hyde spoke about how
good a man Col Hunton had been. and
said how awful it was that he died. Then
he said he had something to ask me.
"I am not a business man. he told
me, but then can care for things pretty
we'll. Col Hunton is gone. now. and
Col .Swope, in a few days, will make
new will and put new man In the place
Of Col. Hunton as administrator.
Nov. you have influence with the
old man, and ] want you 10 Suggest NE
as administrator.
"'You see he said, Col. Swope intends
to put another man in the place of Col.
Hunton, and he isn't good man for the
place. l want you to suggest me-.
II told DR.. Hyde l could not do that
that would be overstepping my bounds.
Then DR.. Hyde tried to persuade me 1t
would be all right for me to talk to Col
Swope about the matter and that could
do it nicely. But / wouldn't consent to
this.
1.-THE next day DR.. and Mrs. Hyde went
into the city. When he came back he
asked me if I had spoken to Mr.. Swope
about the matter.
Il told him I had not. There was not
anything more said about it
Hyde a Close Listener.
Sitting close behind his attorneys to-
day, DR.. Hyde listened to the testimony.
At first his eyes were half closed and
his head bowed. Later he raised his
head and watched the nurse closely.
The courtroom wa quieter than at any
previous time during the inquest.
When the inquest was resumed TODAY
Miss Keller. a nurse, resumed the stand.
Late yesterday sire testified that her pa
tient had. up to within a few days of
his death. taken a self-prescribe1 tonic
that contained strychnine. Today she
told the more important details Of Col
Swopes symptoms and acts the day of
his death.