Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-05-14

arm upon her husbands shoulder but
said nothine
Attorney James A. Reed began his
anul argument for the state at
@ clock tonight
Nr. Reed for the prosecution. urgu-
ed at the outset uf his talk that Or.
Hyde began 10 collect testimony last
December to use IN his trial although
at that time NO charge had been filled
against him
lie did not go to Mrs. SWope when
be- found he Was suspected and plead
with her to have autopsies made on
the bodies of Colonel and Chrisman
SWope to prove the, did not die Of
poisoning" he said. "No, hc left her
house and came Co Kansas city and
employed experts to begin the study
of poisons
The reason pr hyde said. ~ don't
remember" SO many times on the Wit
ness stand, aNcrrcd Mr. Reed, was
because he sould not WeaNe false
hoods fast enough TO cover up his
evil acts
Dr Hyde was characterized as 4
pin, sicinn who had grown $50 accus-
toned to suffering ana hardened To
crime that he was able t. commit the
atrocities he IS said TO bake commit
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ing.
"They are trying to hide this mans
guilt behind the skirts of his wife '
said MIR Reed. "Do not listen to-
them say, as the Years 80 10y she
viii realize how much better il would
have been II on thu night of last De-
cemher s she had remained with her
mother as she was asked Go do
The attorney described pr Hyde's
greed for gold as one that made him
boldcr every time he accomplished a
crime ana added To his wealth With
Nose Tlunton gone, ne said the phy-
slcian was neryed To do away with
colonel Swope. the coming into his
hands of q part of chrisman Swope's s
property led him to poison Margaret
.Swope IN the hope that her money,
too would roll into his Golfers.
"Oh, he would poison the whole
family" shouted Mr.. Reed.
Time after time us Mr Reed pro-
gressed. Attorney Walsh arose To cor
rect him on what he averred were
errors in the states representatives
presentation of testimony
'The iury win remember the evil
dence Let the attorney proceed y
said Judge l.atshaw
Although he was unable to speak
ullttllN Nl III IlNNf AftlilA AHhi Sftl
with grave robbing, a few years ago.
AIR. Reed brought the matter To- the
minds of the jury by talking of Dr.
~ T Twyman. the Swope family phy-
sican who recently died
Gle was an honest man, said the
attorncV "He never robbed grave
In his life
"Of all the dcfenses thut have ever
been set mp i'm case this Is the
strangest" he continued AZ FIRST It
was set up that Colonel Swope died
OF hardening Of the arteries Next
they said he had uraemic poisoning.
And then the defendant got on the
stand and swore he died from old
fashioned apopleXy,
fAt first they said Chrsmun Swope
died or meningitis. Then they tried
10 prove he died OF typhoid fever,
Seeing that this would not do theN
went bacl to meningitis.
Adopting rldicule, MIR Reed assail-
ed the physician for his cyanide pur.
Ichascs for the alleged purpose Of XIII
ina cockroaches.
When did cockronches begin eating
cyanide he said
The spectators broke into laugh
ter.
And when he was summoned be-
fore Dr. TWNmnn tu eNplain his &C.
tions like a criminal throws aWaN his
revoNer, he discarded the capsules.
And Tom Swopc picked them up