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Show can to tell stories. Soon the party wLi laugliinjr and J?klnjc. But, the aK?l fatber of lr. Hyde ra not present. The long hour of tho trial have exhausted' hlro. Wnen tho Iat speech was finished he went to Ms hotel and retired.1 SPECIAL 3 A. M. Ths final vote of the Jury." It Ib understood, un-derstood, was 11 to 1 for acquittal. When imnortund ,o cat hifi deciding vote with he rest of the Inror. It Is said the man who la holding our for conviction, said he would thinfc the matter over tonUbt and tlve his decision de-cision in the mornluir. C W. Whitehead White-head was made foreman of the Jury. JURY FOR HYDE IN EARLY VOTKflr i KANSAS CITY, Mo.. May 13. Tne : case of Dr. R C. Hyde, accutod .f murdering Colonel Thomas H. Swope, vent to the Jury at 9 oT o'clock to-nlght. to-nlght. '' ; The attorney described Hyl-'R ' Kreeil for sold that niad him bolder every time he accooipllKhed a crime and added to hi wealth. With MIsk ' Hunton Rone, he said, the phynlclan , was nerved to tl away with Colonel Swope; Die comlcB into his handa of a' part of Chrisman Swope'B prop-1 urty led hlni to poison Margaret Swope, hoping that her moiyy, too, ! would roll Into his colters. "Oh, he. would poleon the whole family," ehouted he. Time alter time si Mr. Heed pro-pressed pro-pressed Attorney W&IkIi rose to cor- i reel hint on what he averred were J errors In the state's presentation of I tlm testimony. "The jury will remember the evl-1 dence. Let the attorney proceed," said Judpe I-atshaw. Although ho j was unable to speak directly of Dr. Hyde being charged with prave rob- i blng. n few years apo, Mr. Reed I brought the matter to the minds of I i t V - children. wftV, He ' sception of Mrs. I Tirdc. Thejury filed paft her as it AiK3'H' as tho room wan cleared rufScleatly tbe Swope family went home. Immediately alter die jury had retired the crowd was ord.-rc I from tlie court-room, but thw epecta-tors. epecta-tors. who day by nay have fought for places from wblch they mlpht best bear the testimony, wan unwilling to i leave upon n mere request. They . wanted to remain until a verdict wus made, but the court wmld not permit It. In fifteen minutes after the close of the arsuments the marshals cleared the room. Every marshal In the emplo of the county was drawn Into service. They were warned to clear th.e room as soon as possible and to ueo strenuous efforts ti prevent a demonstration. While Mrs. B. Clark Hyde wept convulsively. Attorney Conkling today asked the Jury that is to pass Judgment Judg-ment upon her husband to Inflict the ! death penalty upon the physician, j The Impassioned appeal of the prosecutor pros-ecutor did not move Dr. Hyde, when J Mr. Conkllng had ended his plea to ! the jury to .end the defendant to j death, the physician turned about In j his chair and smiling at bis wlfo I sabl: j "Why, that man wants to hang i me." ' Still sobbing, Mrs. Hyde put her arms upon her husband's shoulder, but said nothing. the Jury by talking of Dr. . T. Twy-man, Twy-man, the Swope family physician, who recently died. ' Ho was an honest man," said tin. attorney. "He never robbed a grave In bis life." "Of all the defenses that have ever I been set up In a case this is the strangest." ne continued. "At first li was set up that Colonel Swope died of hardening of the arteries. Next It was said he had nraemle poisoning. And then the defendant got on tho stand and swore he died from old-fashioned old-fashioned apoplexy. At first they snld Chrisman died of meningitis. Then they tried to prove lhat be died of typhoid. Seeing that this would not do, they went back to meningitis." Mr. Iteed assailed the physician for his cyanide purchases for the alleged purpose of killing cockroaches. "When did cockroaches begin eating eat-ing cyanide?' he said. Grown wear)- after more thaji.four; week's of Imprisonment, the ballotln? time was greeted with signs of relief by the jurymen. During hf final hours of the closing addresses, which occupied the entire regular court session ses-sion for two days and entered into extra night sessions, the jurymen often of-ten looked at the clock and moved restlessly In their chairs. When James A. Reed closed the I state's flaal argument (tonight and Judge Latsbaw indicated the - jury was frep to begin voting on its.vor-diet, its.vor-diet, the twelve men walked qulcklv from the court-room. 'The court In formed them that it would wait , until about midnight for a verdict.. If none has been found at that time, said the court, they would be sent to the. hotel to return tomorrow and continue their deliberations Dr. Hyde smiled as the arbiters of his fate retired Turning to his wife at his side, ho said: "I'll eat dinner at borne with you Sunday, Frances." Off on another side of the courtroom court-room sat Mrs. Logan O. Swope. Clustered Clus-tered about her were all of her living Attorney James A. need began hi final argument for the state at 7 o'clock tonight. I Outside the court building a giant ri li bcan to battle early this afternoon after-noon for vantage points from wblch to gain entrance to the-night session. So unruly did the crwd become that several deputy marshals were delegated dele-gated to preserve order. The throng whs then lined tip two abrasl. The ll.ie c-Ntendod around two sides of the court house and more than a block beyond. be-yond. Prosecutor Conklin's address was severe. He told the jry plainly he believed Dr. Hyde guilty and for this reason was working so hard to convict con-vict him. He nleaded that the case be disposed of In this trial. If the present arraignment falls to bring a verdict, he Intimated, the defendant would never be brought to trial again. As gentle as Mr. ConHin's speech was severe, was th final argument for the defense, delivered by Attorney John Lucas. Lucas appealed to the jurors .upon the ground that the life of Or. Hyde showed him to be an honest country boy, who had neer done anv harm The attorney also called attention 1o the fact that Dr. Hyde's father Is a minister and the son hao been raised well. KANSAS CITY. May L'.. After the Hyde murder jury had been balloting for one hour and forty minutes tonight to-night without reaching a verdict, the Juryment wore sent to their hotel for tho. night..-They will resume balloting at i o'clock tomorrow morning More than a dozen personal friends of Dr. Hyde and hi wife remained In th room with the couple The scene more resembled a social gathering than the convening of Intimates about, a man upon whom a judgment that might mean "destruction was being weighed. Seated In the center of the little circle cir-cle of people, the physician lighted a cigar, tilted back his chair and be-1 |
