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Show : DR. HYDE IS EXPLAINING Why He Used Cyanide and Experimented Typhoid Germs Kansas City. a' 10 Emphatically Emphatic-ally denying that he ever poisoned any member of tho Swope family or any other perr.on. Dr. TV C. Hyde today to-day roroploted his direct testimony in his trial for murder. His cross-examination was not completed at noon. Pr. Hyde's dealings with cyanide of Potassium f.rni"d t." aubjert of the larger part of his examination. The physician acknowledged his purchase of tho Dolson. He sabl he used the drug to kill Insects, clean nitrate ot silver stains from his hands un 1 to disinfect towels. On cross-exnmlnntlon. Pr. Hyde said while he had mod cyanide for several years, he could not recall any place where he ever purchased It except ex-cept at Dreckleln's drug store here, where he bought lno grains of, the drug last fall. The physician testified that he learned learn-ed from a pamphlet that cyanide would kill buffs. iovernmont scientists, he said, had also recommended the use of the d r n lor this purpose. Some of the cyanide, the witness averred, disappeared at the some time that Dr. K. T Stewart took germs from the office. Dr. Hyde also averred that he planned, plan-ned, as early as August, Htns, to experiment ex-periment with various kinds of germs. Prosecutor Conkling Introduced on cross examination seernl patent hu powders and asked Dr. Hyde wlij In did not use them. Dr Hyde said he used so much bug powder that proved Ineffective, that he finally gave up experimenting with It and began the use of cyanide. Frequently duriDg the morning Prosecutor Pros-ecutor Conkling and the defendant exchanged ex-changed remarks, the witness expressing express-ing his opinion that the examination was Improper. Dr. B. C. Hyde resumed his testimony testi-mony In his own , hehalf when ihe criminal court session opened this morning. The physician smiled as ho came out of his cell and skipped up the steps that lead into the court room. Mrs. Hyde was waiting for him. "Testifying doesn't make rne nervous," ner-vous," he said. "I'm, glad to have an opportunit to tell niy story." Attorney Walsh said he would finish his direct examination of Dr. Hyde In about an hour. The belief was that the state would complete Its cross-examination cross-examination of the witness by noon. "Did you ever, after October 2. have anvfhlng to do with the capsule yon gave the nurse for d.l. Swopo?" asked ask-ed Mr Walsh. "No. sir." replied Dr. Hyde "Did Miss Kr liar ever say (o you that she would dislike to be held responsible re-sponsible for Col. Swope's illness, if he got well, as he hold the medicine medi-cine responsible for his attack?" "She did not." 1 Dr Hyde testified he gave Margaret Margar-et Swopp a hypodermic injection of camphorated oil and nothing else, j He said on the morning following the giving of the hyjoderrnlc Margaret s I arm was swollen. The witness spoke In a low voice and Judge Latshaw was forced to ask him twice to talk louder. It was generally agreed, in the Swope house, said Dr. Hvde, that he should go to New York and meet Lucy Swope. o . The physician' denied hi' ever put any germs In drinking water he is said to have given ihe girl. But. ir. Hyde said he did not. recall having given her a drink. "Upon your return from New York did you find anything missing from your office ?" queried Walsh. "Yes, there were germs and poisons missing. Among other things gone were nome- typhoid and diphtheria germs' and some cyanide of potassium capsules," answered the witness. "Had you plauned to experiment in bacteriology?" "Yes, een as early as August, 190S, I arranged for space for a laboratory In the building In which my office Is located." Asked alout cyanide Dr. Hyde nd mined he bought it of a local drug gist. "What were you going to do with the cyanide?" continued Mr. Walsh. Mr. Hyde explained: 'I was going to use it to kill vermin. The soiled towels in my office attracted roaches and bugs, and as I took the towels home every Saturday night, I wanted them as free from insects as possible. "I also used the drv cyanide to sprinkle on towels when they were spoiled with blood and in cleaning nitrate of silver Ktalns. "The reason I had the drug In capsules cap-sules was because It Is a olatIle poison poi-son and ibis was a convenient form In which to have It put up to keep It from wasting." "Was any of this cyanide ever given giv-en to any human being?" "No, sir." "Did you ever give Margaret, Colonel Col-onel or Chrlsman Swope any poison except for medicinal purposes?'" "I never gave poison to any one for any other than a medicinal purpose." pur-pose." "Did yon throw away capsules of. any kind in a street In Independence on last December 18?" "I did not." At this point the defense closed its examination of tho witness. |