El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14
DIR. HYDE FACES
TRIAL ONCE MORE


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draught of water handed to her by the
The day following Margaret SwOpe,
after a talk with the accused physician,
swallowed a capsule and was immedl-
ately taken with commissions from
which she was relieved with strong
emetic administered By a nurse, in the
doctors absence. The eJecta was Sc
creuy saved in sealed Jar by the
nurse and was later found to contain
strycluiue
DR.. Twyman attended Margaret dur
ing her cOnVal escence and TO MIN the
nurses of the SWOpe household con-
fided their fears, stating that they
would leave the employ Of the family
unless Dr. Hyde were ordered away
Following this incident. DIT. TWyman
summoned Hyde to his office Tor tai x
and during the doctors walk to the
meeting place he was Swallowed by
Thomas Swope his brOtherinlaw, VINO
drew something from his pocket and
ground IT beneath his heel as he walk
ed Thomas gathered up the crushed
object and found 1t to be a strychnine
Wife Put to Test.
Following his conversation with Dr..
Twyman, Hyde left the Swope house
hold and 1T was here that his young
her husband and her wealthy relatives
She chose TO follow the fortunes Of her
husband, remaining his unurlng aide
through all his misfOrtunes and caus-
ing a breach between herself and her
mother which has never been healed
Miss Lucy Lee SwOpe, she who was
taken violently i'll en- route for the
west was the next victim. On Deem
Z Der 81 she developed typhoid, calling
to her attendance DTS. Frank j. Hall,
. L. Stewart and Walter n cross,
who improved the occasion by making
a thorough examination Of the prem
I
no natural causes from which the dis
ease could have sprung, with the pos
sible exception Of the contamination OF
food by flies Ten days later Dr. HYDE
himself was taken down with typhoid
( In a very mild form from which he
I recovered in about eight days.
Bodies Exhumed.
BY this time the authorities had De
come aroused and during the latter
part of December and the first part OF
I January the bodies of Chrtsmau SWOpe
I and the colonel were exhumed by the
/ coroner and an autopsy held by Dr.
Ludwig HOetktOn, of Chicago, and DR.
Frank ]. Hall The Yiscera Of the two
bodies was taken to Chicago where an
analysis was made by DR.. Walter s
Hams and DIT. Victor Vaughn, who re-
ported the finding of strychuine in the
I stomach and liver of Col SWOpe and
/ cyanide in the stomach and liver OF
I Chrisman SwOpe.
The other events, eliminating in the
trial Of Dr. Hyde followed IN quick
/ succession. on January % the press OF
I the west first gave to the world the
; suspicious that were fast drawing a net
I about the doctor.
; On January 81, DR.. Hyde brought suit
/ for libel and Islander against a news
I paper OF Kansas CITY and several prom
Z inent physicians of that town.
On February 9 the cOrOner's jury de
/ clared that Col SW0pe had come to bis
J death by poison administered by DR.
] Hyde, and on March 5 the grand jury
/ returned II indictments against the
I doctor charging him with murder fl
/ the first degree i'm killing Col SwOpt
I and Chrisman, manslaughter for tn,
/ death of Moss Hunter and assault witt
Z intent to kill on Margaret SwOpe, Lucy
/ Lee SWOPe, Sarah SWope, Stella Swop'
Z and five other members Of the SwOp,
{ household.
The trial Of the doctor began OF
April IL and lasted more than a month
/ on May IS the jury brought I'm a yer
} diet of guilty of murder in the frs
{ degree. recommending a life sentenc,
I in tine penitentiary.
] The sentence was duly pronounced
I and the attorneys for the defence per
fected the appeal to the supreme c0ur
( which has resulted in a new trial for thu
Z accused physician