Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-12
JUROR SITTING IN
CASE Of DOCTOR
HYDE ESCAPES
MAY MEAN MISTRIAL
OF SECOND HEARING
Henry WaIdron Had Chafed
Under Restraint; Failure TO
Find Him Leads 10 Belief He
Has SuiCided,

nv Morning Journni Special leased Wire1
Kansas City, Dec. 11.-A mistrlal
of the second hearing OF Dr. B.
Clarke Hyde, charged with killing
Colonel Thomas II. Swope, appears
probable tonight.
Made desperate by the sight of two
Of his children, from whom ne had
been separated for six weeks. in the
court room, last Saturday, Harry
Waldron, one Of the jurors, escaped
from the jurors hotel quarters early
today While Frank Jasper, deputy
county marshal, who was on guard
slept, Waldron pried open nailed
transom. crawled through the open
ing, tiptoed to q fire escape and leap
cd fifteen feet to freedom.
The entire city police force and n
dozen deputies from the county mar
shals office have searched futilely
for him since his absence was noted
near daylight.
If Waldron is not located by to-
morrow night the eleven remaining
Jurors will be discharged, Judge
Porterfield said today. Or, II the
missing man Is found and he cannot
prove that he has not discussed the
| case during his absence the same
action will be taken. Should he re-
turn in good health and swear that
he has mentioned the trial to no one
and the court is satisfied with his
story, the trial will proceed.
Fear that Waldron has killed him
self grows hourly. He was in q
highly aeitated state when last seen
Sunday night as, indeed he had been
almost every day since he was chos-
en- a juror.
He objected to serving when he
was first selected, saying his dairy
interests would not permit his abb
sence. Later, he was taken Ill and
begged piteously for his wife ant
children His wife wrote him dallS
and he seemed better contented
Then, Saturday, his children came tc
see him. He spied them in the cour'
room from his seat in the jury box
He smiled and nodded When cour'
adjourned he grasped them in hi'
arms and kissed and fondled them
Yesterday was Sunday and dull daA
for the jurors who sat around theh
hotel. Some OF them played games
and others read, but Waldron sa
alone, playing on his old and batter
ed violin "Home Sweet Home, hi
favorte tune. He played IT over ant
over again.
Even If Waldron's escape shoul'
result in mistrial, which Woul'
mean loss of thousands of dollars
to the county, no severe punishment
could be inflicted upon him. lie L
lin contempt of court, but the maxi
mum penalty for this olfense is
fine of $50, or a ten days jail sent
ence.
Attorneys and hundreds of specta
tors remained about the court room
all day anxiously awaiting the return
of Waldron. Scores of theories re
sarding the disappearance were OF
fered but the suggestion of suicid
was most generally accepted. ON
GERS think that worry about his tam
ily may have deranged him,
Prosecutor Conklng issued state
ment intimating Waldron had beei
. induced TO escape, Attorneys for III
HYDE gave out a written statemen
denloring the incident and settinl
forth that they had always urged
speedy trial of their client The
we're especially emphatic In denyin
line prosecutors insinuatioi's'