Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-02
Or. HYDE AGAIN ON TRIAL

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 2.-Dr. Ben
nett Clark Hyde was placed on tria
here today for the third time on tn,
charge Of numbering Col. Thomas H
Swope, Kansas City millionaire, will
typhoid germs and arsenic. He is als(
accused Of causing the deaths of two
other members of the Swope family
and trying to do away with six others
DR.. Hyde's second trial came to ar
abrupt end last month when the jury
was discharged because Harry Wal
dron, one OF the Jurors, had run ava!
while mentally deranged. In orderinl
new trial to begin today Judge Por
terrified declared that Waldron was in
sane, and this was borne out by his
appearance and his declaration thai
he had wandered about the country
for four days in search of fresh ali
and freedom from combining walls and
staring eyes"
At the first trial DR.. Hyde was con
victed and sentenced to ninety-nine
years in prison. He has persistently
declared his innocence and has fought
continually for another chance to re-
gain his freedom. Throughout his for.
mer trials and Imprisonment his de-
voted wife, niece of the millionaire he
was convicted of poisoning. has re
manned true to him, and she now feels
confident that he will be acquitted.
Il have never lost hope" declared
Mrs. Hyde, because know Clark is
innocent and now that he is to have
another trial we will be able to prove
1t. know he will be cleared of all
these false charges and we will remain
In Kansas City and he will practice
medicine as he did before our troubles
came upon u.s."
From the beginning the Hyde case
has contained all the elements of mys-
terry that go to make up tale Of i'm.
aginative fiction. DR.. Hyde was ply
stefan with large practice and ex-
cellent standing in the community as
man and doctor. He came here
twelve years ago and was highly re-
spected by the community. He treated
Colonel Swope in his last illness and
gave certificate of death, alleging
apoplexy. Colonel Swope was S2 years
Of age and the day he died he was
given capsule by DR.. Hyde which
caused commissions. He died shortly
afterward and at the trial the nurse,
Miss Kerr, testified that she was
amazed to find apoplexy given as the
cause Of death.
Two days before Colonel Swope's
death James Moss Hunton, his cousin
and named as executor in his will, also
died of apoplexy. These two deaths
might have caused no investigation
had they not been followed by so many
other strange Illnesses in the Swope
family.
Colonel Swope died in October, and
on December following Gresham
Swope, who was being treated for
typhoid, was seized with commissions
and died four days later.
Two days after Gresham Swope was
taken Ill Miss Cora Dickson, gov
erness in the Swope home, was strick-
en- with typhoid. The following day
Steward s. Fleming, nephew of Col
onel Swope, who was a visitor at the
family home, took to his bed with
typhoid.
On the 9th of December Mrs. Sara
Swope, a niece of Colonel Swope, was
seized with typhoid. The next day an
other niece, Miss Stella Swope, was
afflicted with the same disease. On
December IS the same ailment attack
ed Miss Lucy Lee, daughter of Mrs.
Logan Swope and sister-in-law of DR..
Hyde.
All of these cases were attended by
DR.. Hyde. The nurses became alarmed
and demanded other physicians and
they notified Mrs. Logan Swope that
they would leave if their request was
not granted. DR.. Twyman was then
called in. Shortly thereafter DR.. Hyde