Show t IW 0 P E POISONED BY V DE I ud t Jury Says Mil Mil- Was Poisoned I by the Physician P FAr 3 aCTOR REFUSED TO TESTIFY AT INQUEST J ts his his liis With Evidence of the Nurse Evidently Convinced Convinced Con Con- vinced Jurymen t ta SAS Feb CITY 9 Colonel I ope pe came to his death by reason reason of administered in a capsule rt f B B. B C. C Hyde but whether by byI I Intent or not we the jury unable to say This verdict was wasS S it ii at 1 o'clock this afternoon by j I Jury at Independence l er r being out one hour bour ig lit nO the superlative of intensity went l Is Ie Swope inquest today into the dark- dark J iSs J of conjecture and in mystery was was 1 jam pin pin- carried carriel the death of Colonel h omas ma Swope For Dr B. B Clark Hyde to Colonel Swope SI on oi on the tho day dayt t lied of a a. digestive capI cap cap- caple K I. le which preceded death only a a. short bile refused to testify to the coroI coroI coro- coro I jury and refused ev e even en en n to tobe be beI I om I I ITh scene lasted only a a. few few m minutes hat time more excitement oc occurred bi a an for two days day tj It was a spa e of time in which I beat with excitement and in inI int t I Aich the ith-the the eves eyes of jurymen spectators t. t and even the steno stenographers r rot ot everything else except to direct heir attention to the figures which QI ere involved in in the case of Colonel Frank P. P Walsh Hydes Hyde's at- at Dr B. B F. F Stewart county coroS coro coro- S i r 1 Conkling prosecuting atS at- at S of Jackson county and Dr t it yde tt to Testify iHl lie looked ed a a Pie fp paper per perS S Jt l li bi he ha tarried carried the list ot of ot wits wit His illS lips were just be beginning nning to II iii ame a me the name of Dr Hyde when AtI At- At tJ J I iii rny y Walsh aro arose e and bent hent over the thele fole le Ie The courtroom became belam suddenly I e t i jet iet Mr Walsh Wal-h began slowly The i attorneys for Dr Hyde I have hate If him not to testify Mr Walsh id ld- S We We dont don't care for him to testify rand re and therefore at our su suggestion he Ju t decline to be sworn Another man was standing standing- close by time and in his hand there copy of a newspaper the pages fj were being rapidly turned to a aI I place The man roan was Virgil Virg-il prosecuting attorney He lie too S poke Oke his words slowly with precision almost coldness j 4 LI I have haTe here a copy of a newspaper 1 he began It conme con- con alas aias a signed statement by Dr B. 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C lyde ryde and in the light of his refusal to I desire to to to- There bere was wa an interruption from Mr r. ral h and this time the slowness of the of the attorney was gone one It Ii this is done for the purpose of b he almost shouted I 1 1 Dr Stewart was on OD his feet and ana IJ be- be reen feen the tho two men and for a moment herid he ho hoid lad id rid Mr Ir ConklIng conversed in a whis whis- eg r fr S Stewart Insists t I L must insist u upon uon on it Dr Stewart art i to Mr rr Conkling- Conkling and just what th the n was about the audience did Soon there came the on in CertainlY Ill I'll see gee you vou vou privately r rl said and together they t the room 1 When hen tho the coroner COToner and the g attorney returned Dr Stewart said I 1 still hold that the coroner has hase Be e right to examine witnesses and that r llyde was subpoenaed in the reg reg- ilar way and is therefore entitled to HI i I stated before that on the adice ad ad- ice of counsel Dr Hyde refuses to to testify fr promptly replied Walsh and and since that that that- Th r re had come como another interruption Attorney Conkling i The prosecutor asks that the same lame ule apply as with all witnesses he be aid vehemently HWe refuse to allow the tho witness to insisted Walsh The coro er insists Dr Stewart art esa-ered esa 1 hastily af Counsel refuses to allow the wit wit- it- it ess es to testify Makes Makes Point Dr Stewart sat pat down n Then Thea Vir Virgil il still stUl with the newspaper copy f Dr Hydes Hyde's statement in his band hand thc in in which Dr Hyde said tha hat he was read ready and willing to tes tes- at any inquiry that he be was eager forlan foran or an investigation aur awl and anxious anxious that of Colonel Swope's death up looked at Dr Hyde at atlUe lUe and at th the spectators rs His voice oice became hard Then he said that is sufficient for the purpose of the be prosecutor This his ended endt d the incident and Dr W. W Gavle avle a Kansas City physician was Called to give ve expert testimony on the tho fLeets of strychnine upon the human and tho symptoms accompany accompany- ing poison b bv that method During a short recess Mr 1 Walsh at at- tome c for Dr Hyde said ha be had bad no statement to make regarding his reason rea Tea son Ion on for refusing to allow Dr Hyde to testify II 1 niad madr a ii I statement in in the courtroom court court- room om hp he said and that is is sufficient or r the present ent T I may mav mahave have a state- state ni m nt to make laler 1311 but not now WalSh Makes Statement ater FranK P P. Walsh made the following fol fol- fol lowing statement t The evidence e in the investigation by the hp state b beor for the coroners coroner's jury as to the he death of Colonel was not such as to impress counsel counse for Dr H Hyde de with the belief that anything of ot a substantial nature has been shown t tending to discredit dJs dis credit his statement heretofore made that he ic is neither responsible by accident nor nOl design n for tor the death of Colonel Swope or that the death resulted from other than han natural causes Th The statements of ot the experts employed ed by Mrs JIra Swope were so at variance with one another that no reasonable conclusion could be bo drawn thE Dr Tr hyde Ihde Counsel 1 for therefore re refused refused refused re- re fused to permit him to be DO sworn as a witness accepting accepting- full responsibility UH with the assurance to the public that hat a complete Investigation atlon Investigation would Te- Te result suit sult in the exoneration of Dr Hyde from lom all aU blame In iii the matter At the request st of the coroners coroner's jury Miss Kellar r- r ellar the tile nurse again took the stand and detailed that part of her story stor of yesterday In which she had bad described the ho condition of Colonel Swope from the time ime he had taken the capsule given her herb herby b by v Dr Hyde until he died die Miss Kellar Jellar described the first convulsion convulsion convulsion sion experienced b by Colonel Swope Nurse Describes Patients Patient's Condition Then she continued after he lied had turned his head from the window his eyes yes were he fixed he went Into this quivering about His ering motion I told yesterday hands clenched and there was a terrible ter- ter motion over oyer the whole bod body and he be was a a. sourd not with his mouth open but hut evidently with his teeth clenched somewhat a kind of a e. e grind with the mouth tightly closed He Hem m made the pound sound at the same time he made thade this motion I J suppose that convulsion convulsion con con- lasted ten minutes HI His arms were raised and his hands clenched tt tight h t. t Did anything exude from the HIP mouth Yes sir flir his teeth as af I sa say v. v were tightly clenched and nd I could ife see that there was a a tenacious ropy substances substance whitish that I had a great deal of ot trouble trou- trou Me tle in gettin out I continued washing washing wash wash- ing that out O for tor some time during the tho convulsion |