A MURDER CHARGE.
SENSATION IN COURT. , . ■ United Pn» Association—By Eleckio . -T, Telegrmpa—Copyright. • NEW YORK, April ». 4 During the trial of Dr. Hyde for ibe murder, of . his father-in-law. Colonel Swope,. Gentry, an apothecary, proved '■',■', that the colonel had contracted the; -i: habit of taking drug» containing stryoh- v nine. Cross-examined regarding one such mixture, Gentry caused a sensation-by ■/■■■■': uncorking the bottle and swallowing a ... portion of the contents-. Counsel (for ; *- ---the defence against the ei-* ; , hibition, and Gentry replied " tluit he" " swallowed the mixture because be euf- " ' fered from palpitation of the heart.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13719, 28 April 1910, Page 7
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