The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-19
Special Prosecutor Engaged by
Mrs. Logan o. Swope Ar
raigns Her Son-in-Law for a
Series of Alleged Crimes.
COURT ROOM CROWDED
AND INTEREST INTENSE
Accused Physician Sits I'm
moved During the Trying Or
deal, Betraying No Emotion
While Listening to Charges,
STATE WITNESS is DEAD

II ANSAS CITY, April I6.-scareeIy
had the state completed its open
ing statement In the murder trial
of DIR. ID. &. Hyde to-day, when Dr. q. T.
Twyman, one of the prosecutions most
Important Witnesses, lied at local
hospital. He was stricken last Sstur-
day. Acute diverticuiitis caused death.
DIR. Twyman was for years the SwOpe
family physician. When the nurses
struck al the residence and accused DE-.
Hyde. they carried their complaint to
DIR. TWynlan. He called DE-. Hyde TO
his office and told him he was sus-
Teeted. In other matters than those
pertaining to his duties physician,
DIR. TwSmaR was la the confidence of
the SwODe family.
Upon him the state depended largely
Ia prove DIR. Hyde bied james Moss
Hunton to death. He was also expected
TO testify regarding the alleged at
tempt of DR. Hyde to poison Miss Mar
garet SwOPe. Miss SwOpe was DIR. ivy
mans patient when il is said DIR. ii sde
tried 10 Kill her.
When DR.. Hyde's attorneys took a
deposition from DR.. Twyman he re-
fused to criticize DIR. Hyde Without
going into detail, DR.. Twyman said he
approved, in general DR.. Hyde's work
in connection with the illness of va
riOus members of the Swope family.
So valuable did the state consider the
testimony of DIR. Twynlan that at one
time Prosecutor Conkifng thought OF
d.smissing the jury which had been
chosen, but not sworn, and awaiting
the recovery OF the physician before be-
ginning the trial.
Dir. Hyde sat calmly between his wife
ond his father in the criminal court
room today and heard himself described
a man whose greed for gold had
made him a pOisoner and murderer,
1t was Attorney James d. Reed who,
in the course of his opening statement
for the prosecution, thus painted the
physician. Throughout the long ordeal
of the excoriating address Hyde lis
tened attentively. At no time did he
reveal sign of perturbation. When
Mr.. Reed closed, Mrs. Hyde turned,
patted her husband on the shoulder
snd said;
You did fine"
Prosecuting Witness in Court.
4 few feet behind The Hydes sat Mrs.
Logan o. Swope, mother of Mrs. Hyde,
and employer of Attorney Reed. She.
too. paid strict attention to the address,
but displayed no emotion.
Many members of the Swope family
were present when court opened. The
state objected to the presence of Mrs.
Hyde, and Judge Latshaw ruled that
all witnesses in the case except Mrs.
Hyde and Mrs. Swope, should be ex-
cluded from the room,
Clashes between attorneys kept the spec
tators alert. The defense made early and
active objection to the state telling the
jury of any incidents in the SWope home
not directly connected with the death of
Colonel SWOpe. The court decided to ad-
nit all circumstances the state AYERS will
tend to show a plot existed to exterminate
the entire Swope family. But although
this ruling was made early in the morning
session. counsel for the defense never
ceased 10. make strenuous arguments
against such procedure. At one. time
Frank p. Walsh, chief counsel for DR..
Hyde, became SO exercised over the point
that he made . vicious attack on the
states witnesses, characterizing some of
them as liars" and thieves
Whole Story Told.
As a result of the courts decision re-
garding introduction Of this testimony. the
whole panorama of incidents in the Swope
home, from the first illness Of Colonel
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