Show FOUND POISON IN SEVERAL BODIES TESTIFIES DR VAUGHN IN SWOPE CASE CASE CASEI I I I KANSAS gITY May n- n 4 Dr 4 Dr Victor o. o 3 Vau Vaughn hn st of Ann Arbor Mich and f regarded by the tho tate state as ae its ts most Import important nt witness in the Hyde murder trial be began An his hie testimony late lato yesterday YC B Searches for poison polson made by him alone and also with Dr Walter S. S Haines laines of Chic Chicago o said paid Dr Vaughn had iad resulted in the tho discovery of the I followings Twenty six six thirty thirds of ot a grain ain of ot in the entire liver of ot Colonel Colo Colo- nel net Swope aI signs s of at cyanide in the tho stomach A trace of ot in in a kidney a su suggestion but no positive proof roof of ot cyanide in the stomach of ot Chrisman Swope In the contents con con- tents tenh of the tho stomach of ot Mist Mies Margaret Margaet Marga Marga- I f a aret ret et Swope nide cYl in capsules CApsule said Plaid to have hav lavo been beon thrown into a street by l Jr r. r Hyde lyde the ni night bt ho was expelled from the homo home last December 18 In reply to hypothetical questions re reo the convulsions of Colonel Thomas H H. Chrisman and Margaret Swope Dr V Vaughn u hn said In his opinion they hoy h had bad d been caused by the tho adminis of some con convulsive o poison Cyanide nide aide or strychnine would produce such uch symptoms said tho the w witness s Judging from his bin investigation tion of the tho tragedies 8 s. said d tho the toxicologist st st. ho did not Colonel Swope died from apoplexy or poisoning or Chrisman Swept Swope from meningitis Whilo While on the tho stand Dr Vaughn produced produced pro pro- what was WM purported ur to bo be ch- ch nia taken from itom the liver of Colonel SWO Attorney R Reed Red ed held up the th exhibit and announce announced what the tint claimed it was Dr Hyde Jau laughed hed Mrs Swo cried Mrs Hyde listened attentively to the tho attorneys attorney's words Jurymen permitted to look at atthe atthe atthe the alleged aru drug through h a ma mn glass Ja S. S Attorneys for Dr II Hyde Hydo ydo mean made strenuous objection on to this but were wort I ov overruled Thore was a two hundred and fiftieth of a grain of ot tho the dru drug in the tho ease case said dd the expert One One- hala half a grain ho testified would kill a 3 person when adm administered with cyanide said id Dr Vaughn would havo have havea a tendency t to p prolong rolon rolon life Had spots such as are arc s said to lave navo Davo appear appeared on onI the tho limbs of ot Colonel Swope after his bis I convulsions convulsion a mi might bt indicate cyanide poisoning the tho physician t an tc testified |