El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14

Kansas City. No, Oct. 1.-THE IA
nous poisoning case VIII engage public
attention. when DR.. p c. Hyde is
placed on trial Monday for the second
time. on the cnarge o. numbering his
fatherinlaw. Col Thomas H. SwOpe,
the aged millionaire phila1lt hrOp stand
near relatives in order that-he might
inherit the SWOpe fortune
DIT Hydes first trial. winch TOOK
place I'm the spring of 1910. resulted in
his conviction. and his sentence to life
Imprisonment
The case was appealed to the state
supreme court and the decision re-
Versed April IL, 1911, and q new trial
ordered In handing down its decision,
the supreme court ruled out a number
Of vital points in the states case, in
Guiding The poison plot testified to By
members of the SwOpe family, and as
a result the attorneys Tor the de1ence
feel confident OF a verdict of acquittal
case FILLED With Sensations.
Few criminal cases in the southwest
have furnished such sensat tons as the
Hyde case, and none has developed
such strange and ulcauny evidence
Coupled with these features. were the
prominence and wealth. Of the family
and the strange methods adopted By
the alleged murderer for dlsposing OF
his victims
The story had its inception when Dr.
Bennett Clark HYDE, poor young
er, won the hand Of Frances SWOpe.
niece of Col Thomas H. SWOpe, the
richest man in Missouri, and one of the
WealrhleSt In the southwest leading
her TO the altar on the 22nd Of June,
1905, by the way of an elOpement. some
four years later Col SWOpe, through
q slight accident, felt the need Of med
zeal ATTENDANCE and called 20 his bed
side Dr. Hyde He was duly treated
and was so pleased with the young
doctors presence that he further con-
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order which had troubled him for years
On September -, 1903, DR.. Hyde ar
ranged Tor nurse to attend the Old
man while under his treatment. and the
day following purchased a quantity Of
syannlde OF potassium al q local drug
store.
swOpe's Cousin Dies.
on October j, Moss HuutOn, cousin OF
col SWOpe and business manager as
well as heir of the SwOpe millions.
died suddenly of a complaint diagnosed
treated by Dr. HYDE and Dr. TWyman.
the family physician, and died after a
c0plOuS blood letting. 1t being alleged
al the trial that he was bled to death
by the defendant Two DAYS later. On
OCTOBER g. Dr. HYDE save the nurse
allenulng Col SWope- what ne said
was a digestive capsule. Twenty min
4tes arrer the colonel swallowed the
dose he was seized with commissions
Twelve hours later he was dead
Another Heir Dies.
secured cultures Of typhoid fever germs
from DIT. p L Stewart On ThanksEiv-
ing day he d1ned at the SWOpe residence
In company with Chrisman SWOpe, an
olner heir to the estate, and on De-
cemDer p, Chrisman developed symp-
toms Of typhoid
On December 8. Chrisman swallowed
a capsule, was Immediately seized with
COMMISSIONS and died the following day.
Blood tests of other members Of the
SWope household showed them also to
De suffering from typhoid.
Buys More Cyanide.
About this time DR.. HYDE replenished
his stock of cyanide purchased SO
grains on the 4th OF December and Sc
DAYS later.
on December 10 he gave Hiss Mar
garet SWOpe a hvpOdermfc injection
81 Mich caused her arm 10 swell and SC
weakened her physical condition ana
grave fears were entertained by others
OF the family Tor her safety.
shortly AFTER this incident Dr. Stew
art who had been cOgnizant Of the
my steriOus fate that seemed TO follow
the SWopes with death and pestuence.
experiments HYDE was supposed TO be
making with the typhoid germs and
called az his colleague office, sub
shutting devitaliZed typhoid germs
for the remainder of the original con-
slgnment he found in the cultures. This
was done during Hyde's absence
Others Become IN.
on December 20, DR.. HYDE returned
to Independence Nc. with Lucy Lee
Swope. who had been taken Violently III
immediately after swallowing a
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