The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

al elopeMent some Tour yeurs later
Soiohei Swopo. through Il susnt ucci-
dent, teit the need Oh Iiledirai i,ttend-
anoe. and called to has peusiue ur.
hyae 4te was uuiy treateo. anu Was
SO pleased with the young doctors
presence that he further connaed to
| MS care u slight Intestinul disorder
| which had troubled him Tor years.
! On September IL, 1909, Dr. Hyde
arranged IOr nurse to attend me
ola man wniie unuer ms treatment, ana
me oaS following purchased Il uunnllIy
VI cyahiue or potassium Ut a local drug
| store.
On october l, Moss, Hunton, cousin
/ Oh Colonel Swope, and business man
| user' as weil as ncir OF the ..wupe mil
| mons uied suddenly oI complaint
ul1Snosed by iyue i,s upopleAy me
] patieht was treated By Drs liyue anu
| t"Sihah the family physician, and
uied after copious blood letting. Il
| peihS alleged at the trial that no was
pieu To death by the defendant Tnu
! days later. on October .. Or. uyu.
gave the nurse attending Colonel Swope
what ne said was u digestive cnne,,,a
twenty minutes after the coloue. synl-
| io"eo tue dose he was seized with con-
suiSionb. Twelve hours later he was
dead.
On November IL Dr. Hyde secured
cultures of typhoid fever germs from,
Dr. Z. L. Stewart. On THANKSGIVING
Day he dined at the Swope rcs,dcncc
In company with Chrisman SwoDe an.
other heir 10 the estate, and on De-
eenper Chrisman developed symp.
toHis ot typhoid. On December Chris
nan swallowed Il capsule. was inme-
olately seized with commissions ann
Inc, 81
OF other members OF the swopc bousce
( hoid showed them also to be sunerinc
from typhoid.
About this timc DR.. Hyde r.n,.,,.,
ms stock OF cyanide. purchasIpy
'h'rty grains on December 4 ana sixtv
h'e Gays later On December ~ he
/ gave Miss Margaret Swope = hvno-
ueFmic injection, which caused her arm
70 swell and SO weakened her pbvsI.
eai condition that grave fears were an :
.cI'aihed 5y others of the tamIiy for
4 her safety. tor
Becomes Inqu.sitiyc
SHORTY after this Incident Dr.. Stew.
arr VINO had been coSnfzart oT ~.
thS sterious fate that seemed to foI,ow.
ste o"opcs with death and pestilence.
. inqulsitive about the alleged
eNpeiinents Hyde was supposed ia 10
ma KING with the typhoid germ. ma
eaiieo ut his colleagues office suh-
s.ilutihs deVitalizcd typhoid germs for
! the remainder of the original coneiyn
itieit ne found in the cultures. This
was oonc during Hydcs ABSENCE
On December II DR.. Hyde returned
70 independence, Mo, with I,,cv %
nwope. VINO had been taken violently
al immediately after swallowing =
the doctor ~
The day following Margaret swopc
TAX with the accused phy-
stefan. swallowed capsule and was
Immediately taken with convuls,or 80
from which she was relieved with a
sttohg emctic administered bv n
nurse In the Doctors absence The
eJecta was secretly saved in a sealed
Jar by the nurse and later was found
| TO contain strychnine
Ut. Iwyman attended Margaret dpr
ing her convalescence, and to him inc
nuises Oh the swope household cuntided
leit teaFs' stating that they would
IeaNe the employ OF the family unless
4 DR.. Hyde We're ordered away.
i foiiowins this incident. DR.. Twyman
summoned Hyde to his Office for a
taik' and during the doctors walk n
the meeting place he was shadowed nv,
Ihoinas Swope. his brother-in- law, who
Ioticed that the accused physician
rev something from his pocket and
stouho IL beneath his heel as ho
/ walked. Thomas gathered up tho
crushed object and found IL TO he a
Strychnine tablet
Following ais conversation with Dr
I Iwyman. Hyde left the Swope house
mold. and 1t was here that his voune-
. "ile was called upon to decide be-
tween her husband and her wealthy
relatives. She chose to follow the for
tunes of her husband, remaining his
untiring aid through all his misfor-
tunes. and causing a breach between
helset ana her mother which has
never been healed.
MISS Lucy Lee swope. she who was
taken violently i'll en- route for thc
West. was the next victim. ON Dec.m :
Der Fl she developed typhoid, calling
10 her attendance Drs Frank J. Hal
L. l. Stewart and Walter NJ cross
VINO improved the occasion by making
a thorough examination of the prem
Uses, with the result that they found
no natural causes from which the dis
ease could have sprung, with the pos
sipie exception OF the contamination
OF food by flies Ten days later DR.
Hyde himself was taken down with
typhoid in very. mild form. from,
Which he recovered in about eight
days.
Authorities Aroused.
BY this time the authorities had be :
come aroused. anf during the latter
part OF December and the first part
or january the bodies OF Chrismon
Swope and the colonel were eyhumed
by the coroner. ana an autopsy held
by Dr. Ludwig Hockton. of Chicago.
ana DR., Frank J. Hall The viscera OF
the two bodies was taken to Chicago.
where an analysis was made by DIR,
Muiter 5. Hams and DR.. Victor
Vaughn, who reported the fndina NJ
strychnine in the stomach and liver
or Colonel Swope, and cyanide in
the stomach and liver of Chrism,an
/ Swope.
The other events, eliminating in the
trial of DR.. Hyde, followed in quick
succession. On January 20 the press
OF the West first gave to the world
! the SuSniCiOnS tIpt waro