Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-12
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fers 10, OF course. tho evidence Of
the bleeding OF Miss Hunton by the
defendant In DR. Twymon's presencoi
also with relation TO Chrisman
Swope's death and supposed poison
ing; also az to Margaret Swope's sick
ness and tho sickness OF the other
members of the Swops family with
typhoid fever. The typhoid germs
which caused their Illness being sup
posed to have been deposited by
Hyde In tho water cooler at the Swope
residence.
alleged Grimes did not bear such "A
relation to the crime for which Hyde
was prosecuted as 10 mako tho eyi-
dence regarding the crimes admls-
sib!s az tending to prove defendants
connection with Col. swope's death.
Resume IN Hyde Case.
Kansas City, Mo. April ll--Dr.
Bennett Clark Hyde was convicted on
May IS last Of the murder of Colonel
Thomas II. Swope, millionaire phllan-
thropist and the physicians uncle by
marriage. On July 5, after denying
DR.. Hyde Il new trial, Judge Ralph
Latshaw sentenced him to life impris-
onment in the penitentlary.
DR.. Hyde made strenuous efforts TO
have the court admit him to bail, Of
ferlng security TO any amount, but
Judge LAtshaw steadfastly refused,
lie declared the Missouri law prohib-
tied the release on bail in murder
cases.
On September 28 last, the Hyde at.
torneys filed an appeal for n new
trial. There were two hundred and
hfty-five separate and distinct points
on which the attorneys said the tria'
court erred in ruling,
Arguments on the appeal were be-
gun in the Supreme Court at Jeffer.
son City February 0, Judge Kennish
! Judge Brown and Judge Ferris listen
ing, Frank p Walsh, chief counse
for Dr. Hyde, based his arguments fol
q now trial partly on an attack Of the
tcxi ivologists who examined the Wis
csras OF Mlss Hunton, Chrismar
5wope and Thomas II. swope, III
| said dhe findings of the experts dlC
not prove a. chain Of murders in tn,
swope familyss lie especially ettacke,
rDr Victor c. Vaughn Of the. .Universi
ty OF Michigan, who had testified t
finding stryohnine in the liver o
| Colonel Swope. Walsh argued tn
experts test Of tho liver was not con
elusive.
DR.. Hydes purchase Of capsules o
cyanide of potassium played an i'm
portant part in the trial. The cyanid,
was purchased to kill reaches, tn
prisoner said.
Among other points brought out |,
the trial were the allegations tina
Dr. Hyde had poisoned the drinking
water Of the Swope family with ty
phold fever germs. In this conneo
ton II was shown that Miss Margare
Swope, a niece Of Colonel Swope
Chrisman Swope, Margaret's brother
Stuart s. Fleming, and a Miss Nixon
cousins and legatees Of ColOne
Swope, were in rapid succession
stricken with typhoid fever
II was shown that DR.. Hyde ha
secured typhoid cultures for use 1
his laboratory. But these, It was con
tended, were solely for purposes o
investigation.
In the trial arguments, the Stat
asserted that DR.. Hyde had sough
to get rid Of the various members O
the family so their individual interet
in the Swope estate would revert t
his wife. Mrs, Hyde, forsaking he
mother and sisters, stood by the &C
cused physician. She visited hlr
every day since his imprisonment.