The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-09

nia," MIR. Walsh said, Then he de-
clared they applied the physiological
test by giving paEEsof the substance
to a frog, which ,dipa. In either of
these tests he admitted that the re-
suits might have heen obtained with
1880 thousandth OF 4, grain of strych-
mia. -
Now for the unjust part: DR..
Vaughn said he finally applied the
weight test. He mhsperated the sub
the substance and weighed the parti-
cles OF strychnia In :Dne-tenth Of the
liquid. This one-taath was taken
from one-fourth Of tlse liver and when
Or. Vaughn said on Gath that he had
found $3.50 Of strychhia in the liver
OF Thomas H. SwopS he arrived at
those figures by multiplying a minute
discovery Of strychnia first by four
and then by ten. This multiplied re-
sult-the most tangible point for the
prosecution-was a&smultiplied injus-
tice to B. Clark Hyde.
Money Was the Motive.
Mr.. Walsh told of:sDr. Hyde's pur-
chases of cyanide Of potassium at the
drug store where he nurchased regu-
larly and ito being openly charged to
his account He brought attention to
the destruction. Of medicines. at the
Swope home before the arrest of DR..
Hyde. He complained. that the states
brief. Of l79 pages; waa only available
for. study last ntsat that II was =
hindrance. . ~
Mr.. Walsh finished talking alto: As
o'clock and was followed by Senator
Reed, speaking for the state. ~
Mr.. Reed was interrupted by Justice
Brown. IL. his Introductory sentence
with an announcement that recess
would not be taken until 1915 o'clock.
fnasmuch as court convened fifteen
minutes late. -:
A complete review Of the Swope
family was Mr.. Reeds beginning. He
told Of Moss Hunton's and Thomas H.
Swope's business ability and how they
suddenly were compelled to give up
the ministration of their personal af-
fairs short time before death. He
told Of the healthful site Of the Swope
home in Independence. He briefly re-
lated the terms of the Swope will.
drawn in 1885, and of the value Of the
estate. $3,50O,O0
From the first till the last, when
all these people fell before this de-
fendant. the motive was the same in
each instance. Mr.. Reed said.
"The share of his wife. a Swope
daughter. grew with each death. The
fifth of September. Thomas H. Swope.
50 years Of age, fell and injured him
self slightly. He was attended by the
family physician until September IL.
when DR.. B. Clark Hyde had an hours
private conference with him.
After speaking of the absolute
traces of cyanide in the bodies of
Thomas H. Swope. William Chrisman
Swope' and Margaret Swope, Senator
Reed held up'a big jar Of cyanide Of
large snow. white crystals resembling
chunks of alum. He exhibited to the
close inspection of the judges q five
grain capsule Of cyanide.
A sMOst Lenient Trial"
II want to tell you" Senator Reed
exclaimed. that If burglar arrested
with a jimmy says he used it for a
toothpick it's no more of a monstrous
silly story than Hyde's claim that he
bought cyanide to kill cockroaches,
sprinkling it in floor cracks when it
is about as edible as granite pebbles.
He bought five-grain capsules to kill
cockroaches when he might have
bought it in bulk quantities. It is a
cheap drug sold very much to jewell
ers."
He told Of DR.. Hyde grinding with
his heel capsules in the snow outside
the Swope home and Of Thomas H.
Swope. Jr.'s seeing him. recovering
the capsule and learning from a
nurse that 1t contained cyanide.
"The evidence shows this man. step
by step. accomplishing his purposes" /"
he said. "It cannot be rent In bits.
None Of these general facts can be
disassociated from one another. There
is no basis for complaint by defend
ant that he did not have fair trial.
He has most capable counsel. He is
known to have had the most lenient
criminal trial ever held in Jackson
county. There Is no excuse for re-
trial"
Senator Reed stopped at 1915
O'Clock when court adjourned until
O'Clock. Not a person had left the
crowded supreme court room until the
justices ordered recess. r. r. Brew
ster resumed at 2 o'clock in behalf
of DR.. HYDE.