The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-18

In roaSOnuDly. Souu plo'''''' ~
love 10 women and, under tno guIse
OF a sweetheart, obtained from thcm
large gums Of money. amounting to
thousands of dollars Two distinct
instances OF this kind fell under her
observation II transpired also that
he had been a grave robber.
"Hyde's only exclamation when no
was told by Dr. G. T Twyman Of In
dependcnce. OF the suspicious against
him. was.
We'll, wouldn't that beat YOU ~
according to Mr.. Reed.
Tho deaths In the household were
taken up chronoloFcally. Mr.. Reed
attempting to show that DR.. Hyde
had pIanned his conquest OF the
wealth of the Swope heirs with cum
ming. The first step. according TO
Mr.. Reed. was 10 do away with Hun
ton, an executor of the Swopc estate.
and then get the position himself.
Therefore, said Reed. the physician
drew two quarts of blood from Hun
tons body after he had been strick-
en- by apoplexy, and. In four min
utes Hunton was dead. Said MIR.
Reed:
NOW for the purposes that moved
Hyde to do this thing: Hunton was
executor of the will. "A the evidence
will show, Hyde wanted this place.
Within a few minutes. less than
ten. after Hunton had died, while the
mans blood was still wet on bis
hands Hyde called Miss Kellar. a
nurse, TO him and said he wanted to
see her Shortly thereafter. within
mn hour, he did see her and requested
that she lntercede With Colonel Swopc
to the end that he. Hyde. be made
executor In Hunton's place. This was
declined by Miss Kellar.''
Details OF Colonel Swope'S death
were then entered into. Et was re-
hearsed how, at DR.. Hydc'S orders,
Miss Kellar gavc Colonel Swope n
capsule Commissions ensued. Again.
at Hydes orders. a hypodermic in-
lection was given. Death followed
Having completed the history OF the
case to this point Mr.. Reed said
The foregoing evidence might be
said TO be the first cyidential chapter
that makes plain the plan and the
scheme Of DR.. HYDE to accomplish al
acquisition OF a large part of the
SWope fortune, Hunton was dead, and
although HYDE had not been specified
as executor in Hunton's place. Swope
was dead. and dead. too, without Il
change in the will that left the fam
lily. of which Hyde's wife was one,
the great bulk of the vast fortune
The next testimony that will be
introduced will be indicative OF the
fact that the next move In the car.
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was TO remove as many members OF
the Swope family as might be, TO the
end that the fall of each would swell
the fortune that he, through his wife
would be able TO control"
lengthy recital or how Dr.. Hyde
obtained typhoid and diphtherla
germs of DR. f. l.. Stewart. and the
appearance of typhoid fever In the
Swope residence. followed This ty-
phoid could not nave come from the
water used, 1t was said. because the
water came from cistern and was
well filtered Ii was on the occasion
of DR. Hyde taking dinner with the
Swopc family, on November %. that
he Is thought TO have spread the
germs. 1t is said
Chrlsman Swope's death was touch
ed lightly upon and then the state
came 10 the alleged attempts OF DR.
Hyde TO poison Margaret Swope
Three Indictments are pending against
him on this charge and Imtii TODAY
little was known of the testimony oi
witnesses that led TO the Indictment
This Is the brief story, as told by
Reed;
on December 2 Miss Swope was
stricken with typhoid DR.. 6 T
patient. One night. while the firl was
supposed to be almost recovered, &
nurse learned that Hyde had glyer
tho girl a hypodernic injection
b when asked why he had made the
injection. Hyde replied that he had
given her only some oil Of camphoi
for intermittent pulse Miss SwopC
denied the physician felt her pulse
, and the nurse found no odor like of
OF camphor.
"A sore has recently developed up
on tho girls arm and the state be
lieyes It is due TO the physician i'll
jecting some OF tho germs he oh
tanned from DR.. Stewart into this
member"
a fcw days after the injection in
cident DR. Hyde left capsule among
+ the medicines belonging TO tho girl
| \ nurse administered the capsule
Miss Swope was seized with convul
sions. An examination OF the con
. tonts of her stomach showed strych
nine
A significant feature Of that section
OF the statement which referred Ia
Hyde purchasing poison. was the ref
erence to the store of the druggist
from whom the poison was bought
being burned recently.
Said Mr.. Reed;
There is a druggist in Kansas
City named Brecklein, whose store
was near the office of Dr.. HYDE. and
at which the physician obtained some
Of mis- medicinal supplies. After Col.
onel and Chrisman Swopc had died,
and after the rebellion OF the nurses
and the outcry OF suspicion. this drug
store was burned, How or why We
do not know, nor perhaps, Will it he
necessary 10 investigate. but. while II
burned the books Of account of
Brccklein were not burned and tboea