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Show DOCTOR HYDE IS MKKI FIGHT Defense Claims Deaths in the Swope Home Due to Unsani- , tary Conditions. By Asooclatcd Press. KANSAS CITT. April 23. Dr. Hyde's attornoya were well pleased with- the developments de-velopments In tho cross examination of Miss Anna Houlihan, a nurse, which took placo this morning. Miss Houlihan admitted she did not see Dr. Hyde administer a capsulo to Chris-man Chris-man Swope on December 5. the day the patient had his tlrst convulsion. Practically all of the entries In the chart on which sho kept records of Chris-man Chris-man Swopc's condition were made at her convenience from memory, sho said. Today, To-day, however, she was unable to recall many facts about tho patient's Illness without referring to her chart. She also said she left her records at the Swopo house when she left In Docember and did not see them again until she was called before the grand jury during March. Owing to attorneys In the Swope case having made arrangements to take another an-other deposition In Dr. Hyde's libel suit this afternoon there was only a morning session of court todav. Jurors were given the liberty of the courtroom after court Another baseball gamo was staged for their benefit on a diamond Just outsldo the building. The Jurors, tho majority of whom have now been in tho custody of tho marshal for two weeks, arc well, notwithstanding their temporary Imprisonment. MIfh Anna Houlihan, the nurse who occupied oc-cupied the witness' chair the greater part of the session yesterday, took the stand again today. Her direct examination was resumed by Special Prosecutor James A. Reed. Mr. Reed asked the nurse but a few questions regarding the illness of Margaret Mar-garet Swope. Attorney Walsh then took : the witness. Mr. Walsh's first question was regarding regard-ing tho box of candy which Miss Houlihan testified yesterday that Dr. Hyde gave to Stella Swopo just soven days before the young woman was stricken with typhoid. "Did you see Dr. Hyde give Stella this candy?" asked Mr. Walsh. "Yes, sir," sho replied, "Did you see Iter eat any of the candy?" "I did not." Miss Houlihan paid she could not recall re-call tho size of the box, nor could she say whether Dr. Hyde and his wife ate candy at the house on the day the box .is said to have been presented to Stella Swope. Using a plot of the second floor of the Swope house, drawn by Dr. Hyde, Mr. ! Walsh developed that three persons wero 111 on that floor and that the plumbing In tho house had been torn out. Examination of tho witness showed that Dr. Hyde ordered the nurses to wait on all of the patients instead of acting individually. In ordr-r that each nurse might have to work but sixteen hours a day. Had each been assigned ' 'jH to a patient, sho would have had to be on duty twenty-four hours a day. Mr. Walsh dwelt for some time on tho entries In the nurse's chart. The wit-ness wit-ness seemed to be confused about aev- IH oral of them. "I had no idea those records were to he brought Into a r.oiirt or I would have IB taken more care in preparing them," VM said Miss Houlihan. ! Spectators laughed. Judge Latshaw IH rapped for order. Preceding Chrlsman Swopc's first con-vulslon con-vulslon the patient was aJono. Irs. Hyde went to his room and found him suf- fM feting and complaining. Miss Houlihan IH was not In the room. "Miss Churchill, aifother nurse, left Mr, Swopo and went, at your suggestion, for a rest, didn't she?" queried Mr. Walsh. H "That Is true." replied the nurse. "Did you see Dr. Ilydo give Chrisman a capsule on Sunday?" was asked. This was the day . Chrisman Swopo suf-fercd suf-fercd his first convulsion. "L didn't," she replied. |