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WALLA WALLA'S PIONEER NEWSPAPER-ESTABLISHED 1861

WALLAWALLA,WASHINGTON, MONDAY. APRIL 11.1910. SEVEN DAYS PEE WEEK

FAMOUS MURDER CASE IS IN COURTEX-PRESIDENT AND EX-FORESTER MEET IN ITALY

SBe©ND TRADES SPECIAL TRAINDR. HYDE ON TRIAL

FOR MURDER OE COL.THOMAS H. SWOPE

HE IB ALSO ACCUSED OF MURDER OF CHRISMAN

SWOPE, NEPHEW OF COLONEL?KILLING

OF MOSS HUNTER ALSO ALLEGED.

Further It Is Claimed He Planted Typhoid Germs in

Swope Family, Poisoning Eight Members of

That Household in Kansas City.

4.4.4.******+*+++*******************

*

4. CHARGES AGAINST DR. BENNETT CLARK HYDE

+

?fr Murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope, millionaire, uncle by marriage,

?j. i lied Oceober 3, 1909.

* Murder of Chrisman Swope, nephew of Colonel Swope, and legatee

4. under his will. Became ill December 3, 1909; died December 6.

4. Manslaughter, in connection wit h the death of James Moss Hunton,

+ ousin of Colonel Swope. Died October I, 1909.

4. pais »ning with disease germs:

* Margaret Swope. niece of Colonel Swope. became i'l with typhoid

+ fever December 1. 1909. Legatee under Swope wiil.

+ Sarah Swope, niece of Colonel Swope, and a legatee under his will;

+ became ill December 9, 1909.

* Lucy Lee Swope.,

niece of Colonel Swope, and a legatee under bis

+ will; became ill with typhoid fever December 21, 1909.

* Stella Swope, niece of Colonel Swope, and legatee under will.

* Georgia Compton, dressmaker for the Swope family.

+ Mildred Fox, friend of the Swope family.

+ Nora Belle Dixon, governess in Ihe Swope household.

* Leonora Copridge, negro servan tin the Swope household.

r* **+*+*+++*+*****?***********+**+

KANSAS CITY. Mo., April 11.?Dr.

Bennett Clarke Hyde was placed on

trial here today for the murder of

CoL Thomas H. Swope. millionaire,

and benefactor of Kansas City, who

presented to the city before his death

one of the most beautiful parka in the

Middle West. The charge of mur-dering Colonel Swope is but one of

many indictments found against Dr.

Hyde following the deaths of Colonel

Swop.-, his nephew. Ohrisman Swope.

and cousin. James Moss Hunton. a|well as the malady household and

for a time threatened to exterminatethe family. It is alleged that Colonel

Swope came to his death directly as

the result of a strychnine capsule pre-,

scribed by Dr. Hyde. At the sametime it is al.eged by the state that

he placed typhoid fever germs in the

food prepared for the family with the

intention of killingthem. As a motive

for these deeds the state claims that

Dr. Hyde desired to kill off the heirs

t,. the Swope estate, as each death

increased the share which bis wife.

Mis Francis Swope Hyde, niece> r,, ; ,>nei Swope, would inherit. Mrs.

Hyde, who is in no way connected

with the charges against her hus-

band, stands by him and refutes all

i urges as base slanders.

The staff p aces its strongest case

on trial today and on tbe outcome will

undoubtedly hinge the result of the

trias that may follow. With this in

\u25a0th sides were represented by

an imposing array of legal talent.

State's Attorney Conklin will conduct

the prosecution in person, assisted by

John <;. Paxton. executor of the

Swope estate. On the defenses side

are Frank P. Walsh, former Judge

William T. Johnson and several other

attorneys. It was assured by Dr.

Hyde, himself, that there would be

? delay in the trial. The physician

sists that he is innocent. It is also

whispered that a visit of the stork

is soon expected in the Hyde home

id for this reason the doctor is

anxious to be cleared of the charges

against him. if possible, so that he can

he with his wife.

The case is certain to be one of the

most bitterly fought in the history of

an. Colone Swope was one of

the wealthiest and most respected cit-

izens of Kansas City. He' died at his

home October .1, 1909, but two days

after Moss Hunton, a life long com-

panion, had died in the same house.

Hyde attended Hunton in his last jhours and the death of Colonel Swope jfollowed the administration of a cap- jsole by a nurse, who later went to

look for the box from which Doctor]Hyde had taken the capsule and could

not find it Following this eight mem-

bers of the Swope household were

stricken with typhoid fever. Colonel

Swope's body was placed in the fam-

i y vault but, at the request of the

executor of the estate, the vital organs

were removed and sent to Chicago,

where they were examined by noted

scientists. They reported that strych-

nine was in evidence in great quanti-

ties in tbe stomach and liver. The

coroner s jury then held Doctor Hyde jresponsible for Colonel Swope's death Iand later the grand jury returned in- |dictments against him, not only with jthe death of Swope, but of Chrisman jSwope. his nephew, and James Moss ,

Hunton. as well as the poisoning by

disease germs of the members of the jhousehold stricqen with typhoid.

In the course of the grand jury,

hearing every member of the Swope,

family, with the exception of Doctor;

Hyde and his wife, appeared and tes-

tided. Mrs. Logan Swoye, sister-in-

law of Colonel Swope, appeared eight jtimes and related in every detail the

death of her brother-in-law. She told

Of Doctor Hyde's visit to the house,

of Colonel Hunton's death, of Colonel

Swope's death a few days later and of

her son. Chrisman s death. Then she

related the story of the typhoid which

attacked every member of the house-

hold. The defense sought to bring m

Charles Hatred Jordon, a Chilean

?varb doctor," into the case, but this

move was considered so far from bear-

ing on the actual charge that he was

not called before the grand jury. It

is admitted that he waited on the

Swope family, but his prescriptions

were said to have been harmless.

A curious feature of the case is that

the Swope millions are being used

(Continued on Page Four.)

Theodore Roosevelt,Who Met Pinehot in

Italy This Morning

"feeler" ThrownBy Wickersham

CHICAGO, April 11?Attorney Gen-

eral Wickersham, enroute to Wash-

ington today, suggested a second term

for President Taft, just before leaving

late yesterday. Politicians look upon

the suggestion as a "fee er" to ascer-

tain the exact temper of the west in

regard to Taft. 0

The "Made in Walla Walla" com-

I mittee is soliciting today among the

' business men who expect to go on the

jtrade excudsion to Pendleton and way

I points tomorrow ? morning, and it is

j probable all of the tickets will be dis-

| posed of before night. The committee,

rcomposed of T. X. Conway, John R.

j Garvey, A. J. Morrison and R. C. Mc-

; Lend, has completed arrangements for

| the jaunt, an«. a royal time is as-

.sured.

j Word from Pendleton is to the effect

that an excellent program of enter-

jta.nment has been prepared, and the

I visitors will be shown every courtesy.

]It is estimated conservatively that 2MIresidents of this city will make the

jtrip. The special < >. R. & N. tr;iin is due

to leave the Oregon city at ."> o'clock ini

I the afternoon. Stops will be made at

all way points, and a few minutes spent

!in becoming better acquainted withthe neighboring business men.

The weekly luncheon of the Commer-

cial has been announced this week for

j Pendlefn. as many of the business

I men expect to go on the trade excur-

sion to the Oregon towns tomorrowmorning. An excellent program has

| been prepared, however, and one of thePendleton hotels has made arrange-

I ments to accommodate the visitors for

: the luncheon tomorrow noon.

The trade excursion will not be nn-

! nouneed on the outside of the ears by

j huge streamers, as had been planned

?by the "Made In Walla Walla" com-

mittee. There's nothing doing; the

railroad company will not stand for it,

and when an order was placed last

weeek with A. A. Herring for two enor-mous banners, he politely declined to

do the work, wishing to save the club{the unnecessary expense.

By an agreement of the railroad,

streamers have been tabooed, because

!of the danger of setting the coachesion fire by sparks from the locomotives

jand if the Commercial club would car-iry any banners on the trip tomorrow.

I hey must be placed on the interior ofI the cars.

.

4* EARTHQUAKE +

* IN CALIFORNIA +

+ SAX DIEGO. Cal., April 11 + '

4> ?Two earthquake shocks 4» I+ were felt here last night. + I\u2666 Buildings rocked but no dam- 4* :

4» age was done. Peculiar atmos- \u2666 ;

4» pheric conditions followed. + j

SECOND TRADEEXCURSION TOMAKE TRIP TOOREGON TOWNS

Campaign toRaise Million

CHICAGO, April 11. ?Business in- iterests, church people and commercial ?organizations have joined with the jyoung men of the city in a money- Iraising race against time, which, prom- !

ises to be brought to a successful cul- '

mination tomorrow. The whirlwind jcampaign organized by the Young jMen's Christian association entered jon the last stage today, and it is |

now certain that it will rush the jubi-

lee and endowment fund past the $1.-

--000,000 mark and set a new record for

cash getting in a hurry.No city ever tried to raise more

than $1,000,000 for its Y. M. C. A. Since

the movement started with the fiftiethanniversary two years ago $832,000

has been raised, but now the organi-

zation's needs have grown and with

them has developed the determina-tion to go after the total sum needed j?$1,170,000.

Boycott KosherMeat Markets

Two Hundred Residents of

Walla Walla Will Go

To Pendleton.

WEEKLY LUNCHEONAT END OF TRIP

Streamers Will Be Tabooed

On Outside of Coaches ?

Leaves at 8 o'Clock.

NEW YORK, April 11?More than

100,000 Jewish housewives today be-gan a boycott against the Koshermeat shops because of high prices. Itis expected many markets will becompelled to close.

WIRE TAPPERSMAKE CLEAN-UP

PHILADELPHIA. April 11? It isestimated today that wire tappers who

operated somewhere in the west,

cleaned up approximately a million

dollars Saturday by sending wrong in-

formation to the pool rooms in var-ious "arge cities. An r/ivestigationis under way to ascertain where thewires were tapped.

The fourth race at Oakland was se-lected by the sharps on which to make

the cleanup.. The pool rooms receiv-

ed a false description, in which Re-

deem. 12 to one, was named as win-

ner. Fifteen minutes after the betswere paid, information came thatBishop W. had won. A local poolroom lost $100,000.

Gifford Pinehot, forWhom Roosevelt Sent

To Meet Him in Italy

Central Oregon isThe Northwestern?That the Central Oregon road is

connected with the interests beh'nd

the ByNesby company, which recently

purchased the Northwestern corpora-

tion, is the theary of those who have

studied the situation, and the recent

movements planned by the Central

Oregon engineers tend to confirm thisreport.

The route marked by the Central

Oregon line is that which had pre-

vious'y, ?* is said, been selected by the

Northwestern corporation, and goes

with'n two miles and a half of the

headworks of the power ditch of thecorporation.

Under the direction of F. C. Good-

rich, a party of 12 men will leave to-

morrow for the mountains, to run the

line from the summit to Elgin. They

competed the survey from here, or

near here, to the summit, finishing last

week. They say a two and a half per

cent grade has bene secured from the

top to the level lands of the valley.

The road runs up Basket mountain,

tutting off the ridge on the top of the

mountain, passes near dinger's ranch,

and near the Toll Gate.

From its propinquity to the property

of the Northwestern corporation, its

general route, the rumored connection

with each to the Northern Pacific, and

the backing of eastern capital work-

ing along the same lines, it is deduced

by those familiar with the situation,

that the road will be joined to the

Walla War a Valley Traction com-

pany's line near Milton. If it is not

joined there, it will be run in another

direction from the city, connecting

with the present tracks to Dudley.

WILL REHEARTRUST CASES

WASHINGTON. April 11.?Because

of the death of Justice Brewer, leav-

ing only seven justices now sitting

the supreme court today decided t<>

rehear the appeal of the Standard Oil

and Tobacco trust from the decision

of the United States circuit court or-

dering dissolution on the ground of

combination in restraint of trade.

The cases are considered among the

most important the supreme court has

handled in recent years. They wi 1

give the department of justice pre-

cedent in future trust prosecution and

decide the most important question in

the present form of big combinations,

the legality of the holding company.

ROOSEVELT ANDPINCHOT CLASPHANDS IN ITALY

THIS MORNINGLong Expected and What is

Believed PortentiousMeeting, Occurs.

NEITHER WILLTALK TO PRESS

Ex-Forester in ExcellentSpirits After Long

Talk With T. R.

PORTO HAURmO, Italy, April 11.

?"Hello, Gifford! This is fine", wasRoosevelt's exclamation today on

meeting Pinehot. The meeting which

took place at the home of Mrs. Roose-

velt's sister, is looked upon as por-

tentious. It is believed Roosevelt's

future political action will be guided

by the information furnished by Pin-

ehot.Pinehot and Roosevelt clasped hands

like long lost brothers. After a few

minutes conversation the two startedon a stro 1 into the mountains, lasting

two hours. On their return both de-

clined to give out a statement to the

newspapers. Pinehot will remain

here for several days. He appeared

in excellent spirits after his walk with

Roosevelt.Signor Caretti. mayor of Porto Mau-

rizio, today received a cablegram from

President Taft, thanking the people for

the enthusiastic reception accorded

Roosevelt. The cablegram was one

in reply to one from the major an-

nouncing Roosevelt's arrival.

Cireat Dog RaceBreaks Records

NOME, April 11.?The famous Al-

aska sweepstakes derby of the north

from Nome to Candle and return, 408

ml es, ended today with Col. Sir

Charles Ramsay's dog team with John

Johnson driving, winning in 24 hours

and 14 minutes. All records were

broken. Fifty thousand dollars chang-

ed hands on the result.

Lord Fox Ramsey's team, favorite in

the betting, came in secono. and Scot-

ty A'len, winner of last year's race,

ran third. The first two teams weremade up of Siberian dogs. The win-

ner was greeted by the entire popula-

tion of Nome amid the wildest ex-

citement.

4. CAN'T AGREE. +

4. WATSEKA, Ills., April 11.? +

«fr The jury in the Say'or murder \u2666

4» trial reported today its inabil- . +

+ ity to agree on a verdict and \u2666

* was sent back for further de- +

4» liberation. It has been out +

4» since Saturday night. +

INVESTIGATINGSPOKANE WRECK

SPOKANE. April 11?The state

railroad commission today is inves-

tigating the head-on sollision between

the Northern Pacific pa*******trains

on' a trestle "in this city last Saturday

night, in which an Italian was killed

and 30 were injured. The commission

censured the railroad for not adopting

better precaution against accident. Ed

Tynan, one of the injured, is not ex-

pected to recover today.

UNWARRANTEDATTACK MADE

BY PAPER ONCATHOLICISM

Editorial "Common SenseAnd the Pope" Stirs

Bitter Feeling.

CATHOLICS AREMUCH INCENSED

Subscriptions to Alleged

Newspaper are CancelledAs a Result.

Incensed at the insult offered Sat-

urday night by the Bulletin, an even-

ing paper published in Walla Walla,

members of the parish of St. Patrick's

Catholic enurch are up in arms, and

it is intimated official action towardthe condemnation of the publication

or the article published in the edi-

torial columns under the caption,"Common Sense and the Pope," will

be taken within the next few days.

Perhaps never before in the historyof the city has such indignation been

excited as was caused by the produc-tion of the criticism of the pope andthe Roman Catholic church.

That the Catholics of Walla Wallapropose to resent the underhanded

misrepresentation of their religion has

been announced in many quarters, andit is rumored a mass-meeting is to

Ibe called this evening for the purpose

jof adopting resolutions condemnatory

of the sentiments expressed by th.,

Bulletin. Rev. Father Van de Yen

called the attention of his parishioners

to the misleading article, though he

referred to the publication merely as

"an afternoon parjer." His opinions

relative to the editorial were ably ex-

pressed yesterday morning in a com-

munication to the Sunday Union-Statesman, this having the effect of

causing many to secure copies of the

Bulletin and read for the first timethe editorial utterances on the ques-

tion.It was learned last night that ad-

vertising contracts with the afternoon

sheet had been annulled, and that

many subscribers have discontinuedtheir paper. Throughout the com-munity the feeling is intense against

the author of . the article and the man-agement of the Bulletin, the great ma-

jority holding that the - statements

contained in the article are wholly

misleading and erroneous. It not only

is considered an attack upon the pope,

but also a ridicule of the customs and

traditions held most sacred by the

church. An extract from the utter-

ance, given below, is taken by many

as one of the most Insulting compar-

isons that could have been made,

v bile other statements are almost

equally as objectionable:"A toad would die if it couldn't shed

its old skin in the spring. The Vati-can needs to follow the example of

the toad, split its old skin, take it

off, roll it up in a ball and swallow

it. Its dignity would then be on the

inside where it belongs. The cause of

true religion is only hampered by hav-ing the dignity on the outside. How

little like our idea of the Christ is

his vicar now, surrounded by his min-

isters who prescribe for him in ad-

vance every act in accodrance with

precedent and presumed dignity."

Norfolk a ''Spotless Town."NORFOLK, Va, April 11.?Norfolk

will be the real "spotless town" whenthe job of city cleaning, commenced

today with citizens and municipal of-

ficials cooperating, is completed. Threedays wi 1 be given to the undertaking.