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Show As to Cyanide and Its Action on Colonel Swope Kansas City. May 4. Practically all of the opening session of the Hyde trial today was consumed In tho cross-examination cross-examination of Dr. Victor C. Vaughn by Attorney Frank, P. Walsh. The de-rense de-rense relinquished the witness a lew minutes before noon. The state announced an-nounced that it would briefly question the physician in the afternoon, and called Mrs, Logan O. Swope, its last witness. Mr. Walsh's interrogation 9 were confined solely to the investigations mado upon the organs of Col. Swore, Kansas City, May i, With prospects pros-pects bright for the state to finish it1?, testimony in the Hyde case today, the trial started with Dr. Victor Vaughn, on tho witness etand this morning. His direct examination was practically practical-ly completed when couTt adjourned last night. Mrs. Logan O. Swopo will 5)9 the next and last witness for the prosecution. prosecu-tion. ' ' How .many wltnc&seg t&o defense will offer and who they wfU be ' la romethmg known only -to the n.ttar - - -neyff for Dr. Hyde. . Thoy are not tell- -Jng anybody about their plans. John H. Atwood, . the prosecution's special attorney, who until his Illness began Monday, examined all of tho medical wltneeses, was la court again today. Ho did no Retire work, however. how-ever. Mr. Reed continuing his examination exam-ination of Dr. Vaughn, Hoping to see ' Mrs. ' Swope on. tho stand, the spectator arrlTod early to day. A usuaK many " were turned nway 'because there was no room for. them- "Wa there anything in the stomach of Col. Swope from which cyanide could have formed?" nskej Mr." Reed. "Nothing," answered Dr. Vaughn. Mr. Walsh took tho witness twenty, minutes after court opened. Dr. Vaughn had testified on direct examination that thc falling temperature tempera-ture of Col. Swope was-a sign of hi having received a respiratory poison. Mr. Walsh asked the witness if tho application of an Ice pack and th giving of a bath would not cause the temrwarature to fall. Dr. Vaughn said such was the case, but ho did not know these things had been done. |