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Show IS. HIE MOVED TO TEARS EOR THE FIRST TIE IN TRIAL OF DR. HYDE . - . . Recital of Death Scenes of "Uncle Moss" Brought Tears"Striking Description of Events in the Swope Home Given by a Nurse Kansas City, April 22. Describing 1 with striking detail and supplement-1 supplement-1 ing her story with a vivid illustration of the actions of hvr patient. Miss Anna Houlihan, a nurse,- today began at tho Hyde murder triul the story of the death of Chrjsman Swope. i Dr. Hjde is Indicted on tho charge of murdering him. It was Miss Houlihan Hou-lihan who led the strike of the nursts against Dr. Hyde at the Swope hous-j December IS last She Is a little black haired woman of positive manner man-ner of speech. "People are being murdered In this house," she Is said to have declared to Dr. Twyman, In speaking of her suspicions of Dr. Hyde, and after she had stated her position firmly, she put ou her coat and hat and said sho or Dr. Hyde must leave the house. Dr. Hyde left the house and Mrs. Hyde went with him. Tho description of the convulsion suffered by Chrlsman Swope following follow-ing the administering of a capsulo by Dr. Hyde was similar to that which Miss Keller gave yesterday of the attack of Col. Swope under similar sim-ilar circumstances. Kansas City, April 22 Cross-examination of Miss Pearl Keller, Cololcl Swope's nurse, was resumed in the criminal court by Attorney Frank P. Walsh today. Mr. Walsh Indicated before the oienlng of tho court that 1 his interrogation would be Bomowhat extended. During the entire afternoou session yesterday, Mr. Walsh questioned Miss Keller. The examination of the witness wit-ness Js necessarily long, as she has testified at four different hearings. She has been before the grand Jury,, the notorial court which Investigated ln,liehalf of Dr. Hyde's libel suit, th coroner's Jury and the criminal court. j Mlr.s Keller Is recognized as the state's premier witness lu the hearing. hear-ing. Mrs. Hyde will be used by the defense de-fense in an attempt to refute Miss Keller's testimony. Thus the whl.-. whl.-. of the flght centers down to a battle ! between the two women. I Mrs. Hyde Is well versed In every I angle of her husband's cane and Is lending much aid to his law yers, cspe- daily in the examination of Miss Keller. She has had her chair moved forward in tho court room, so that she Is at the elbow of her husband's counsel. Utile headway was made by Mr. Walsh yesterday when he attempted ! to entangle Miss Keller. The witness admitted on the stand that she had made a careful study of what her testimony would be in the case as soon as the Investigation began. She retired to her room and wrote a history his-tory of the case for her own reference refer-ence before she gave a word of testimony testi-mony at anv place, she said. Asked if Col. Jwope took Ibe strychlneu tonic three times a day, Miss Keller said she never testified that he did Mr. Walsh then read from the deposition of the nurse: "I administered the tonic, three three times a day." "I may have said that." said Miss Keller, "but my chart will "show the tonic was not administered three times a day. I gave Col. Swope hlx medicine as often as ho would take Walsh completed his examination examina-tion of Miss Keller in less than an hour. Attorney Reed then took the witness. wit-ness. "Was Mrs. Hyde present when Dr. Hyde asked you to use your Influence in having him appointed administrator of the estate?" was asked. "She came Into our presence tw ice," answered the witness. "When she appeared. Dr. Hyde ceased speaking." speak-ing." Abbot -M. Ott, an attorney, succeeded succeed-ed Mlis Keller n the stand. He corroborated cor-roborated Miss Keller's story of tho bleeding of James Moss Hunton by Dr. Hyde. "Dr. Twwnan asked Dr. Hyde three tlms to stop the flow, and then Mrs. Hyde Implored him to close the Incision," In-cision," said the witness Cross questioning of Mr. Ott by Attorney At-torney Walsh developed the fact that Mrs. Hyde held Hunton's head In her arms throughout the operation. The recital of the death scene moved Mra. Hyde to tears. This is the first time that fhe has given way to her emotions emo-tions since the trial opened. Between Mrs. Hyde and Hunton there was a peculiar and strong bond of friendship friend-ship During the entire ttme of the open breach between Mrs. Swope and Mrs. Hyde over the latter s marriage to the ohyslcian, Hunton never gave evidence of favoring cither party, more than the other. He lived at tho Swope home aud often visited with lh Hydes It was largely due to lis Influence that friendly relations wero restored. "Uncle Moss," as he wsj called, v.a? considered In tho light of a parent par-ent to all of Mrs. Igan O. Swope's children after the death of their father ten years ago. Miss Anna Houlihan, who nursed th typhoid patients in the Swope homt, was the next witness called. Oyer the protest of Dr. Hyde's counsel, the witness began an account of the death of Chrksmao Swope. The court advised the Jury that in case testimony about this case did not tend to prove motive on tho part of Dr. Hyde, In the alleged murder of Col. 8wopo, the evidence would be ordered excluded. Dr. Hyde ordered thr thre nurses In the residence to lend their ear to all of the patients In the house, she said. This course was objected to by the nurses, tt-stlfled the witness, wit-ness, because they did not believo they would bo able to care as well nr tho patienta in this manner as thoy would if each attended to one person. per-son. They aUo felt she said, that by following the suggestion of Dr. Hyde, it would bo difficult to keop 4 the records straight. "Dr. Twyman was In charge of tho patients." said Miss Houlihan, "but we felt that Dr. Hyde, ns a son- inlaw in-law of Mrs Swope. represented her." The nurse's charts In the Chrlsman Swope case were Introduced as evidence. evi-dence. They showed several nurse had made entries In them. Miss Houlihan said that on the night of December o, when Chrlsman Swope was seized with the convulsions convul-sions which immediately preceded Ills death, she was attending to thre patients. "Mrs. Hvde called me to Chrlsman'a room and told me the doctor said f h patient's temperature was rising. "I went nut of the room, and, upon up-on returning a few minutes later. Dr. Hyde told me he had given Chrlsman a capsule. I "Dr. Hyde left tho room. T started, to give the patient a balh He talkej with me and seemed in good condition. condi-tion. Suddenly he was seized with a convulsion. His head drew back, his arms doubled up. the legs became rigid, his whole body shook violently violent-ly and he made a most peculiar moaning moan-ing souud." Here Miss Houlihan gave an illu3. trntlon of how the patient acted. Imitating Im-itating the moans of the suffering man. she made a weird noise that caused many epectators who had not just understood what das doing, t3 rise in their seats and to peer at th? witness, (Continued on Tnce Seven.) MRS. HYDE MOVED TO TEARS (Continued From Pago One ) "I rushed to the door and called Dr. Hyde," she continued "He came and asked 'What has happened to Chrlsman-" T told him I did not know. Shortly afterwards I remarked to him it looked as though Chrlsman had meningitis. Dr. Hyde said that was what was the matter." "What did Dr. Hyde do " asked Aitorney Reed. "He gave two hypodermic Injections Injec-tions and nitroglycerine," the witness answered. Miss Houlihan said she gave the patient a hynodormie 'injection of strychnine at Dr. Hyde's order. Dr. Hyde again left tho room at this point, she said. At this stage, the court adjourned for the noon recess. |