A MILLIONAIRE'S DEATH
NEW YORK, MaTch 7
Dr Hyde has been indicted on a charge of murdering Colonel Swope. Eight members of the family found bail to the extent of £IO.OOO.
It was stated by cable on February 1 that Colonel Thomas Swope, a millionaire philanthropist in Kansas City, died suddenly. Subsequently, owing to. a certain rumour, Dr Bennett 'Clarke Hyde sued the executor at Independence, Missouri, for slanderously accusing him of poisoning Colonel Swope, and also ■ Colonel Swope's nephew, who likewise died suddenly. The case took a sensational turn, when, it was announced that a chemical analysis showed that- Colonel Swope had died from strychnine. In filing his case Dr Hyde furtherstated that the defendant accused him of inoculating members of the Swope family with germs of typhoid, which several had contracted. Dr Hyde, who married Colonel Swope's niece, attended the colonel and other members of his family.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2921, 9 March 1910, Page 24
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