The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-11

legal means known 10 them 10 get
his depositions in the case. One suit
for 100000 Is stlll pending against
Attorney Paxton. The suit alleges
slander.
Mysterious Death Of Swope.
The death Of Colonel Thomas II,
Swope on October last was attended
by circumstances that mystiiied the
mlllionaire's family and close friends.
DR. Hyde had treated Colonel Swope
In his last hours and had. In signing
the death certificate given apopleXy as
the cause of death
When In December. an epidemic OF
typhoid fever ragged I'm the Swope
household. in which eight persons
weT stricken, and one. Christman
Swope. died under conditions that
caused much apprehension among the
attending nurses. John G. Paxton. the
executor, and Mrs. Logan A. Swope.
mother OF Chrlstman. instituted a vi
gorous investigation.
DR.. Edward l.. Stewart came for
ward with the statement that on
November 10 DR. Hyde had obtained
from him an active typhoid culture.
Alltl III olth al Ddu OlNul6Eu 'hlc
lnformbation DR., HYDE was placed un-
der the constant surveillance OF de-
tectives.
Or. Stewart Supplies Evidence.
On December % Dr. Hyde himself
suffered an attack, stated TO be ty-
phoId fever Dr. Stewart later sup.
piled tho prosecuting attorney with
interesting evidence bearing on DR..
Hyde'S illness.
when DR.. Hyde became ILL.," said
DR. Stewart, II was asked 10 make
an examination OF his blood for ty-
phoid He asked that ] make the
vidal test This VIII show typhoid
fever even II the subject whose blood
Is examined suffered from the disease
several years ago. An examination
of the blood of Dr. Hyde showed a
faint trace of typhoid fever.
Il then asked permission TO make
the culture test This Is an absolute
test for typhoid ii 1t is actively pres
ent in the blood when the blood is
taken from the patient
DR.. Stewart said that although DR.
Hyde's blood was placed side by side
In an incubator with blood taken from
a typhoid patient in a Kansas City
hospital. It remained absolutely sterile
OF typhoid and contained no typhoid
germs.
After It was decided that the bodies
OF Colonel Swope and Christman
Swope should bo dlsinterrcd. Mr. Pax
ton and Mrs. Logan Swope recalled
DR.. Hyde's insIstence that he be per
mltted TO act as physician for the
family. although Dr. G. T. TwymaU
had for years served In that capacity
Hyde Prescribed for swope,
DR.. HYDE prescribed for Colone
swope in the latter's Illness The pa
TENT was given digestive capsule or
October 3. Twenty minutes later
when reading a newspaper he went
into convulsious His neck and limb
stifened and he groaned in great pain
He rallied long enough TO say:
81 wish / had not taken that medi
cine
man gasped:
II Wish were dead"
! He died few minutes later
Miss Kellar, nurse. was alone
J with Colonel Swope when the con
1 WILSON'S came. She said the face
was pale throughout and that she was
( amazed upon hearing that the malady
! had been diagloser as apoplexy
Typhoid Fever and ConVuIsions.
Only two days before. James Mos:
| Hunton, Colonel Swopc's cousin, and
named az an executor IN. the Swopt
Will, had died Of apoplexy in the pres
cuce OF several persons. In this case
there wns cyery symptom of apoDlevy
On December 2nd. nurses attending
Chrisman Swope, who was bclnG
lreated for typhoid fever. we're sur