Show EITHER MURDER OR HYDE IS INNOCENT Court Instructs Jury That They Cannot Find Verdict of Manslaughter OPENING OP NING ADDRESS MADE DEFENDANT GRINNED WHEN WN LAWYER WAS MOST SEVERE Kansas City May 11 nAll All of the re rebuttal rebuttal rebuttal testimony was completed the courts instructions were delivered to the Jury jur and one of the states closing arguments was wa delivered In the Hyde murder trial today toda By B Judge dudge Instructions tons to the jury jur the accused physician either must be found guilty guity of first degree murder punishable by death or life If imprisonment or must be acquitted None of the testimony admitted in the trial was withdrawn by the court from the jury jur All the Issues collateral with wih the alleged killing of Colonel Swope were admitted with wih this explanation The evidence introduced as to other transactions if any are submitted to your our consideration for tor the sole purpose of throwing light If f they have that effect upon the intent and motive of the defendant deen ant if t any In the transaction transaction tion for which he is now on trial and ton for no other purpose purposeS Special S Instructions Instruction Special Instructions were vere given the jury regarding the testimony of Mrs rs Hyde H de and of the medical experts for both sides In these connections the court said The wife of the defendant Is a competent witness in this case and you ou must consider her testimony in arriving arrivIng ing at your verdict verdIct but In determining what weight and credibility you ou will wIl give to her testimony In making up your our verdict you may take into con consideration consIderatIon consideration her interest In the result of the case and that she is the wife of the accused party on trial testifying ing In his behalf The opinions of experts who have testified in this cause is testimony which the Jury should consider and ex examine examine examine amine In connection with wih all other tes testimony testimony In course subject to the rules of credit or disbelief as t e testimony of other witnesses Attention was also directed by b the court to the fact that all evidence against Dr Hyde H de was circumstantial By the law in this state the In Instructions Instructions instructions to the jury were read be before before before fore the attorneys s began their arguments arg arguin ments in cuts Opening Assistant Prosecutor Henry Henr L L lost dOSt I opened the argument for the state talking for two hours hour i Three more speeches will be made I Iby by each side Ten hours are given to each set of attorneys in which to make their addresses The main part of Mr JosTs address was confined to the illness and death of Colonel Swope Dr Hydes alleged crimes were cum corn committed said Mr Jost for the purpose of obtaining money mone The attorney pointed out how the death of Colonel Swope would benefit Mrs rs Hyde H de to the extent of about and the death of ChrIsman and Margaret Marggret arg ret Swope about He also told of Colonel plan to give to the poor of Kansas city lly If I Dr Hyde H de used the proper course in bleeding James Moss Hunton said 11 lr Jost Jest he be Colonel Swope improperly provided the latter later had apoplexy Dr Hyde H de became attentive to the Swope family during the typhoid epi epidemic epidemic epidemic demic demic merely merel to have a chance to commit crimes he is charged with ar argued arged argued gued ged the attorney The testimony of Dr and Mrs r Hyde lyde averred Mr Jost had been carefully rehearsed by the defendant and his wife and was simply an effort to save savea a man who stood in the shadow of the gallows glows Throughout the castigation of her er I Mrs Mr Swope sat surround surrounded ed by all her children but Mrs Hyde H de and wept wept When hen Mr Jost lost turned and pointed at ur Or lr Hyde several times in inthe Inthe inthe the course of the address the physician ph sl clan cian grinned at the speaker Mrs Ir Hydes face showed I no emotion |