Show LOOKS BAD PHYSICIAN CHARGED WITH HAVING POISONED COL THOMAS SWOPE millionaire arrest followed quickly af after t er grand jury investigation and report of coroners jury accused enters plea of not guilty and gives ball kansas city As a climax to the lengthy investigation of the mysterious death of colonel thomas 11 swope on october 3 1909 dr D B C hyde husband of the late millionaires niece was arrested on thursday on a charge of murdering the aged philanthropist the warrant upon which the arrest was made was issued at the request of attorney john ag TL paxton exe executor autor of the swope estate first degree murder is charged the warrant says that dr hydo hyde with felonious intent administered ministered ud strychnine to colonel swope on the day of his death dr hyde was taken to independence mo where he was arraigned before justice W F lear he was released on a bond of ilia his preliminary hearing bearing was set for february 17 the arrest followed quickly after judge ralph S latshaw called a grand jury thursday to investigate the death of colonel swope prosecutor conkling me maue a request for a jury after a coroners jury ib ahad d decided that the mill plat had bad come to his death from strychnine poisoning |