A SENSATION.
IN THE HYDE-SWOTE CASE
A WITNESS STARTLES THE COURT.
(by electric tei.ecr.vph—copyright.) esib pkkßß association. (Received April 27, 9 a.m.) New York, April 20. At the trial of Dr. Hyde, Mr Gen- ' try, an apothecary, proved that Colonel Swope was in the habit of taking drugs containing strychnine. Cross-examined regarding one swell mixture, Mr Gentry caused a sensation by uncorking and swallowing a portion of the mixture. Counsel for the defence protested against this exhibition. Mr Gentry replied that he swallowed it because lie suffered from palpitation of the heart. [Colonel Thomas Swope, a millionaire philanthropist of Kansas City aied suddenly. Subsequently, owing to certain rumours, Dr. Bennett Uarke Hyde sued the executor of Colonel bwope's estate for slanderously accusing him of poisoning Colonel hwope and also Swope's nephew, who likewise died suddenly. A chemical analysis showed that the Colonel died from the effects of strychnine poisoning. In filing his case, Dr. Hyde further stated that the defendant had accused him of inoculating members of the Swope family with germs or typhoid, which several of them contacted. Hyde, who married the Colonel s neice, attended the Colonel and other members of the family ]
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 1169, 27 April 1910, Page 2
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