Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-15
Wanders Four Days in Kansas with
Little Food.
DENIES DISCUSSING
TRIAL
Says He Wanted Fresh Air and Free.
dom from Staring Eyes.
ENTIRE PANEL Is DISCHARGED
Third Trial of DIR, Hyde IL Set for
Tuesday, January =, IO12-wRI-
drOn Read of HIS Escape
In the Papers.


Porterfield this afternoon discharged the
jury. He held that waldron was insane
at the time he escaped and is still insane.
January ., 1912, was set as the date for
beginning a new trial
Pale and emaciated, weak from hunger
and exposure, Harry Waldron, the Juror
whose escape last sunday night blocked
the progress OF the second trial of DR.. y.
| Clarke Hyde, charged with the murder
of Colonel. Thomas II. Swope, returned
to his home today. He was brought into
court by Mrs. Waldron and after a con-
| ference with him Judge Porterfield an
nounced that he would dismiss the entire
| jury on the ground of Waldron's mental
| Incompetence.
His eyes shifting and every movement
betraying shattered nerves, waldron de-
scribed to Judge Porterfied four days of
wandering through the country in search
of fresh air and freedom from confinng
walls and staring eyes"
He denied having discussed the HYDE
| trial with any person. His narrative 10
the judge, told in the presence Of his
weeping wife. all but brought tears TO
the eyes Of his inquisitor.
WRIdron Tells of Wandering.
81 had been driven almost distracted.
judge, before got my feet on the ground
and got to the country" he said, but I
don't think I'm crazy. ] couldn't stand
being cooped up. felt imprisoned. There
seemed to be nothing but walls and eyes
! around me. 1 longed for the fresh air
When 1 would go into court | could
hardly hold myself, the stares of the peo-
pie worried me so. So that night / de-
cided to get away from It, The first
thing, when my foot hit the ground after
sliding down the fire escape, the thought
came to me that / had done wrong.
was going to return. Then / thought of
a fine and possible other punishment and
fled
4 got street car to Argentine, and
there caught freight train that WAS
going away from the city. l got off at
Emporia, Kan. There / shaved off my
mustache, and that afternoon, It was
Monday, / read Of my escape in the
papers That worried me 50 that
couldn't cat.
ut told of the possibility of my com
mittlng suicide. ! thought of my poor
wife and children thinking of such a
thing and decided to return home no mat
ter what the consequences. got to Kan
sas CITY, Kan, Tuesday night after
wandering miles through the fields and
going on a freight car part OF the way.
Then / lost my nerve again. / went to
William Moore's house in Kansas city.
Kan, and slept two hours Tuesday night
the only real sleep had had since l left
the jury hotel.
spends Day in kRnsnN City.
"Wednesday ! came to Kansas City
Mo. / was afraid OF being arrested, but
nobody seemed to know me and ! was
glad ! had shaved off my mustache.
was thinking of christmas and how I
might have to spend It away from the
wife and children whether / was ar
rested or not. IT made me think the
world was a crazy place. l wondered Il
was crazy myself
Il got a market basket and wandered
about among the crowds around the city
market. 1t was a relief TO be among peo-
pie after the stuffy oourt and jury ROOM
Every thought came back to the jury
and courts. slept in a livery stable last
night and this morning went to my home
had read in the papers that the off
GERS had quit watching It.
saw pilt VI my III Tue DdII
yard and gave him a note to take TO his
mother but he was afraid OF me and
ran. 1 felt weak enough to lie down in
the cold But / went into the house, and
when I saw my wife / felt better than 1
ever had since they put me on jury. !
had S12 OF jury salary which / had held
out from my wife, intending TO buy a
Christmas present for the children. /
still have it, spent only few cents on
my wanderings. couldn't eat"
Questioned closely regarding any COM
munication he might have had concern
ing the trial Waldron said after he read
in the papers Of his own escape he asked
farmer what he thought OF that Hyde
juror running away"
'He said, That fellow was pretty slick
I'll bet he got away with his pockets
ful,'" Waldron said.
The city market, I'm the neighborhood
of which Waldron said he wandered with
his market basket IS within two blocks
OF the court house and one block from
the CenTopolis hotel, from which the
juror escaped.
Judge POrterfieId Active.
To Judge Porterfield belongs much
credit for the return OF waldron. The
Judge has worked practically night and
day since the juror disappeared in an
effort to locate him. After Waldron had
returned this morning Judge Porterfield
revealed some instances of the last two
days that had been known only TO him
self and Mrs. Waldron.
II had always felt" said Judge Porter
field. that Mrs. Waldron was anxious
TO aid us In any way possible learned
yesterday that Waldron had been in Kan
sas City, Kan. 1 felt positive that he
would soon make an effort to return to
his wife. 1t occurred to me that possibly
ne would attempt 10 communicate With