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VOL. XXXVII.
NUMBER 131.
PRICE: - 40 CENTS MM?
BIG LAND DEAL
CONSUMMATED
ON THE BORDER
Transfer of Lower Cali
fornia Tract Involves
Nearly a Million
WILL RAISE COTTON
Syndicate Including Gov
ernor Gillett Closes
Huge Contract
"\TEWS of the sale of 32,000 acres
\ of. land In Mexico, between Yuma
•*-' and Calexlco, by the California
Land and Cattle company to a syndi
cate or Los Angeles and San Francisco
capitalists, including Governor Gillett,
was made public yesterday. The trans
fer of the land, which was made for a
consideration of $900,000, contemplates
one of the largest agricultural projects
ever attempted in the west, with subse
quent larger expenditures, in the use
of the canal now watering the Imperial
valley.
Gen. Harrison Gray Otis and Harry
Chandler of Los Angeles are among
the vendors. Fifteen of the purchasers,
with Mr. Chandler and Governor Gil
lett, are at present on a combined tour
of inspection and pleasure trip to tho
scene of the big enterprise. The names
of the purchasers are withheld, al
though they are known to include, in
addition to Governor Gillett, Gen. M.
H. Sherman, O. T. Johnson, George
W. Scott-and George Crocker of the
Crocker National bank of San Fran
cisco.
Transfer Already Made
The transfer was made through a
Mexican holding company, a subsid
iary corporation of the California Land
and Cattle company. The purchasers
are said to include several of the
wealthiest men in Los Angeles and
San Francisco, and it is hinted that
the first $1,000,000 expended will be
only a beginning in a vast enterprise
of intensive agricultural development,
chiefly in the raising, of cotton, for
which, it has been determined, this
territory is especially adapted. A plan
has been under consideration for tho
immediate establishing of a townslte,
but it is not thought probable that
any steps in this direction" will be
taken at present, although it will be
necessary to establish a base of sup
plies, which doubtless will develop into
a town in the near future.
With the completion of the Inter-
California railroad, running south
from Calexlco Into Mexico and swing
ing northeast to Yuma, this territory
has undergone a marked and rapid
development and a large number of
eastern capitalists have sought acre
age along the railroad within the last
year. Skirting the northern edge of
the holdings of the new company are
the pueblos Mexican, Cocopah, Tecote
and Paredones, all of which are in
promising agricultural territory, re
quiring only water for Irrigation,
which will be secured through the Im
perial valley canal.
Plans Not Completed
. Definite plans for the agricultural
development of the land acquired have
not been completed, but it practically
has been decided that as rapidly as
possible it will be planted in cotton.
Recent experiments havo determined
that Imperial valley and the country
below it offers better opportunities for
the raising of cotton than any other
country in the world, and it is on this
industry that the purchasing syndicate
will concentrate its activities.
If It is decided to establish a town
site, negotiations will be opened im
mediately with the Mexican govern
ment.
PARROT SCREECHES, SAVES
HOME AND LIVES OF TOTS
Two Children Playing with Matches
Set Fire to House—Bird
Gives Alarm
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Feb. The
piercing cries of a parrot for assist
ance saved the lives of the two small
children of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Silva
here today, and prevented the destruc
tion of the Silva home by fire. Mrs.
Silva had gone to visit a neighbor and
had left her tots playing on the parlor
floor. In her absence they secured
matches, and igniting them, set fire' to
the carpet.
The parrot evidently, saw the danger
and screeched the alarm. Mrs. silva
and the neighbor returned to the house
extinguished the fire and rescued the
children from injury.
MARDI GRAS ENDS WITH
COMUS AND REX SHOW
Masked King Proves to Be Railway
Man Three "Jack Johnsons"
Are Arrested
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. B.—With the
Mardl Gras balls and pageants of
Comus and Rex, the carnival season
was brought to a close in New Orleans
tonight.
The' identity of Rex, the merry mon
arch, who, in mask, reigned ever the
city for two days, was revealed to
night. He was Hunter c. Leake, gen
eral agent of the Illinois Central rail
road. • ,
Three "Jack Johnsons" among the
maskers were arrested for disorderly
conduct and an Impersonator of former
President Roosevelt was given a free
ride in the patrol wagon when he en
gaged in a fight with "former Presi
dent Zelaya." Belaya escaped.
BANKER HAYS FREED
' SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. B.—William
C. Hays, vice-president and general
manager of the defunct Union State
bank, who was arrested Sunday upon
his voluntary return from Tennessee,
on charges of overdrawing his account
at the bank and obtaining money un
der false pretenses, was released from
the city prison ' tonight on ' bonds of
14500. . -^__-iifs-i^3fi^_^_i&-'---''
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FdRECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair
Wednesday; light frost In the morn
ing; light north wind. Maximum tern,
perature yesterday 67 degrees, mini,
mum 44 degrees.
LOS ANGELES
Big land deal consummated on border;
transfer of lands In Lower California
Involves nearly 11.000,000. FACE) 1
Retired cattleman dies from Injuries;
Charles A. Windsor succumbs to
bruises received when hit by auto.
PAGE) 9
.Lot on Grand avenue brines 151,900 ln
cash. PAGE 16
Two membera of "purity squad" po
lice enter woman's room without
warrant, drag her away to Jail and
'arrest man who came to her defense.
PAQE 9
President of Council Works accuses street
railways, declaring they hold up city and
people. PAGE 5
Police commission to stop sale of liquor
on dummy permits. PAGE 5
Divorce suit Is heard by court, neither of
principals in suit being present. PAGE 5
Labor law Is Joke to "Soldld Three" of
board of supervisors; contractor who mad« -
men violate eight-hour law is paid in
full. PAGE 8
Supporters plan P. 11. Stanton's campaign
for nomination for governor of California.
PAGB 8
Chamber of commerce awards prizes won
In recent camera contest. PAGB 8
Improvement association demands to know
how money to be voted for harbor im
provements shall be spent. PAOB 0
Tots weep as mother ls placed in cell at
city Jail to await trial for disturbing
peace. " PAGB 9
Los Angeles to annex East Hollywood Feb
ruary IS. PAGE 9
Former bank official accused of misappro
priating money ls arrested. PAGB 6
New railroad to conneot valley and coast
lines. PAGE 6
J. O. Davis is In city and predicts Demo
cratic and Good Government success. PAGE 6
American "Woman's league expanding, Los
Angeles having largest chapter iv United ,
States. . PAGE 6
Tale of Broker Brown's escape from polios
related by chauffeur. PAGE 6
Society' night at, automobile show ls well
attended. > PAGE 11
Leggens, confessed housebreaker, Is ar
raigned on charge of robbing homes. PAGE 8
Eastern Bankers ln Los Angeles on a
pleasure trip. PAGE IS
Editorial. Letter box, Haskln's letter.
PAGE 4
Society and clubs. PAGE 7
Marriage licenses, birth, deaths. PAGE 14
Classified advertising PAGES 14-15
News of tho courts. PAGE 5
Municipal affairs. " PAGE 5
Markets and financial. PAGE 12
Mines and oil fields. PAGE 13
Theaters and dramatic criticism. PAGE 7
Building permits. PAGE 16
Citrus fruit report PAGE 12
Automobiles. « PAGE 11
Sports. PAGE 10
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Pasadena girl deserts parents for new
creed; said to be closo to collapse. PAGE 14
Long Beach water plant case opened; value
of holdings may be re-estimated. IJA.GE 14
Venice baby bank placed ln Jeopardy; In
stant removal ordered by trustees. PAGE 14
Private menageries must be abolished;
cows, geese and burros arouse Ocean
Park. PAGE 14
Dog burled by friends he mads at San
B'ernardlno. - PAGE 1
Redlands ready for dedication service of
administration building of new university
today. PAGE 11
COAST
Charge against alleged kidnapers In
custody at Tucson dismissed. PAGE 5
Hermann tries to dodge Jury by having his
case at Portland non-suited. PAGE 16
EASTERN
Liquidation In stocks about stopped,
margins on sales of shares being ex
hausted. PAGE 12
Now York legislators urge that state
direct all relief for poor. PAGE 2
Commissioner of Immigration attacked
bitterly by Representative Macon of
Arkansas. PAGE 2
Senate wants forestry work of govern
ment investigated by congress. PAGE 2
Archbishop Ireland denounces work of
Methodists in Rome; says, pontiff
could not receive Fairbanks. PAGE 2
Inquest on body of Col. Swope at Kan
sas City Involves Dr. Hyde, son-in
law of dead millionaire. PAGE 1
Federal officers complete plans for ad
justment ot nation's forests. PAGE 2
United States will tick to find south
pole; ship Roosevelt to be used in the
expedition. PAGE 1
Fifteen thousand school children In Chi
cago in need of food and clothing.
PAGE 1
FOREIGN
Bulletin says King Gustav of Sweden Is
resting easily after surgical ope
ration. PAGE 8
Mexican railroad walkout probably will
not take place, differences apparently
being certain of adjustment* PAGE 3
Blue Funnel liner Cyclops wrecked.oil
Red sea at Jeddah. PAGE 3
Politicians are slain In riots at election in
Mexican town. PAGE 2
MINING AND OIL
San Diego district will bo prospected by
drill fed' >,A and gas. PAGE 13
Golconda mine ln Gold Road country makes
ore shipping record. PAGE 13
Camp Signal gets support of Angelcnos.
who will organize for exploiting purposes.
PAGE 13
Unity OH company votes to Join .Independ
ent Producers' agency. , - PAGE 13
Associated pumps oil through Port Costa
pipe line. ' PAGE 13
SPORTING .
Jim Flynn declpely defeats Sam Langford
In ten-round contest at Naud Junction.
RUt-Wl •'•' I . PAGE 10
Tex Ttlckard and Jack Gleason to meet soon
and make decision regarding' location of
big tight. . PAGE 10
Principals of Nelson-Wolgast fight Insure
life of Kddlo Smith, «li" will referee their
fljht February ... . , PAGE 10
Jimmy Coffroth arrives In San Francisco
ahead of tlm-* and wins ..10,000 wager on
trip from London. PAGE 10
Jockey club Issues racing dates for metro
politan season In New York state. PAGE 10
Jack Atkln wins handicap at Jacksonville;
Meadow defeats good field at Juarez.
-■ PAGE 10
OweS Moran defeats Matty Baldwin IB ,
twelve rounds at Huston, taking eleven
rounds of tig hi- l'AGi: U
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1910.
HIGH COST OF
LIVING CAUSES
MUCH POVERTY
Fifteen Thousand Children
of Chicago in Need of
Proper Nourishment
CONGRESS INFORMED
Nation's Lawmakers to In
vestigate Cause of Ex
orbitant Prices
. [Associated Press] -»
CHICAGO, Feb. B.—Five thousand
children who attend the public
schools In Chicago aro habit
ually hungry and ten thousand others
in that city are not sufficiently nour
ished, according to a letter from the
superintendent of schools of Chicago
from which Representative Henry of
Texas read excerpts in the house today.
Again replying to Mr. Boutell's
speech, Mr. Henry said he did not think
the price of cotton was too high, nor
were any other farm products too high
on the farm.
"Does the gentleman from Texas
want to reduce the tariff on cattle?"
inquired Mr. Boutell.
"I will repeal the duty on beef if
the gentleman from Illinois will help
put every member of the beef trust
1 nthe penitentiary," retorted Mr.
Henry.
Mr. Boutell reviewed conditions in
Texas to show the prosperity of that
state, which he claimed was the result
of national Republican policies giving
stability to business affairs of the state.
Country "Wise"
"Gentleman," said Mr. Boutell, ad
dressing the Democratic side of the
chamber, "you don't want any Investi
gation of prices and the country is
'getting on to you.' "
He added that the Democratic party
did not want prices of farm products
affected by any legislation.
Albert M. Read, secretary of the
American Warehousemen's association,
including thirty-two cold storage and
refrigerating plants -4n various parts
of the country, issued a statement to
day endeavoring to show that food
stuffs were not being hoarded In the
cold storage plants and that no at
tempts were being made by the ware
housemen to conceal the quantity they
had on hand.
Mr. Read declared that butter and
eggs stored ln twenty of the cold
storage plants of the association be
longed to 2446 different persons or
firms, which, he says. Indicated that
there would be great difficulty in cor
nering those products.
, The house committee Inquiry Into the
high cost of food today developed tho
fast that the retail merchant of Wash
ington cannot buy direct from the far
mer without bringing down on his head
a boycott by the commission mer
chants, and he is therefore forced to
trade through that medium and to
charge to the ultimate customer what
ever the increased cost may be. *
Food Inspector Dodge continued his
testimony today with a comparison of
prices of necessaries of life with prices*
of twelve years ago, which showed In
creases up to 150 per cent.
A partial list of articles so compared
follows:
Articles— 1807. 1010.
Breakfast bacon, per pound $ .10 $ .23
Navy beans, per quart 05 •.25
Best Biffin butter, per pound... .25 .38
New York cream cheese, pound. .15 ._!
Fresh eggs, per dozen 19 .30
Purest lard, pound 06% .16
Pork, per pound 07'_ .14-%
Pork hams, per pound .09% .16
Rib roast, per poifhd 10 ,15
Round steak, per pound 09 .13
Tenderloin steak, per pound 15 .20
Irish potatoes, per bushel 45 .65
Standard flour, per sack 95 $1.65
•Three quarts.
Harmonizing the several resolutions
Introduced in the senate directing
an investigation into the cost of liv
ing, the Republican leaders in confer
ence today prefected a resolution on
that subject which was later presented
to the senate by Mr. McCumber of
Nqrth Dakota.
The resolution bears the name of
Senator Elkins as author and embodies
the principal features of the McCum
ber resolution as well as some of those
contained in the one introduced by
Mr. Lodge. The inquiry is to be con
ducted by a committee of seven mem
bers and it is planned to assemble all
of the information possible bearing up
on the increased cost of living since
1900 with inspeclal reference to the fol
lowing subjects:
Wages, salaries and earnings and
whether the increase in them had kept
pace with the increase in the cost of
living. • .
Increase in the price of food, cloth
ing, building material and rent.
Price to the producer, the wholesal
er or jobber, the retailer and the con
sumer of the above articles In the
year 1900 and at present.
Cost of production, distribution and
sale when in the hands of the whole
saler or jobber and the retailer, be
tween 1900 and 1910. •
Whether such articles have increased
in price by reason of the increased pro
duction of gold throughout the year
and the expansion of the currency in
.he United States, or by tariff, or other
legislation of congress, or by any mo
nopoly, combination or conspiracy to
control and regulate or restrain inter
state or foreign commerce.
The prices of food products on the
farm as compared to their wholesalle
prices at the wholesale trade centers.
Food prices in the larger cities as
compared with the cost or production
on the farm. _ _ _
The committee i.» directed to recom
mend whatever legislation Its findings
may warrant.
BOYCOTT DOES NOT PREVENT
PRICES OF MEAT ADVANCING
PITTSBURG, Feb. With the
opening of the second week of the
thirty days' meat boycott in this city
meat's continue to rise in price.
Sheep advanced from 25 cents to 50
cents a hundredweight, while hogs
jumped $1 a hundred pounds. Home
dressed pork led In cost by one cent a
pound wholesale and from 2 to 3 cents
retail. Beef advanced from 10 to 15
cents a hundred pounds.
United States Attorney John Jordan
yesterday caused 25,000 eggs in a cold
storage plant to bo attached and today
he will ask the federal court to con
demn them as unfit.
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Los Angeles. ' ' .
COURT RULES ON
TIGHT-FIT GOWNS
JUSTICE LING ENTERS REALMS
f SARTORIAL
Weighty Decision Rendered In Case of
Woman Whose Tailored Suit
Ripped When She
Sneezed
Generally, when anybody takes a
header in the scramble up the hill of
Success there's nobody around to tell
him it was tough luck. 'the court says
poor Abraham Granas stubbed his toe
in fine style when he capered through
the job of fitting a gown of prescribed
lines to the form of Mrs. M. R. Wal
lace. '
But Justice Ling, when he handed
down his decision in the now noted
Wallace-Granas suit yesterday, par
tially took the curse off for Tailor
Granas by saying that the hapless
framer of feminine suppleness or any
other man who gets mixed up in the
lady tailor game would have be be a
world-beater to keep his feet.
The justice gave Ganas a profession
al chill when he told what he thought
of the tailor's attempt to make Mrs.
Wallace a dress that would suit her.
He allowed that the dress was to have
had pleats, but that when the creation
was turned loose from Mr. Granas"
mode cage it was minus pleats and
other plumage upon which Mrs. Wal
last was set. And the justice reviewed
in his decision that rude fact—that ter
rible shock to the artistic tempera
ment—of how the rear planking of the
waist spread while Mrs. Wallace mere
ly sneezed. Sacre! ' ' » ■
Poor Granas must give up the money
he got from Mrs. Wallace's husband
for making the dress. The court has
decided upon that point, although the
Justice agrees that any tailor is up
against a pretty tough proposition
when he hangs out his shingle and
guarantees to make dresses that fit
and, what ls more, that are satlsfac-
tory.
To elaborate upon the reasoning of
Justice Ling, Mr. Granas, to be suc
cessful ladles' tailor, mut be able to
make a dlrectolre fit perfectly on a
set of antlers or a rubber plant. He
must make the old look young, and
train every conceivable human shape
to assume the grace of Aphrodite. He
must rip out this and rip out that,
take a seam in here and let it out again,
take the whole business apart twenty
or thirty times and smile—smile as If
he were tickled to death.
This is the way Justlc Ling puts it
in his own words:
To be a ladles' tailor and be suc
cessful, a merchant must needs be
a genius. He must have a sym
pathetic, as well as an artistic,
turn of mind. He must be of a kind
and gentle nature, yet firm withal,
when necessary. He should always
be diligent In mastering the small
est details of his calling. He
should have an eye for the beauti
ful. He should be enthusiastic,
even rapturous, but not hysterical.
He should place his patrons In such
a favorable position that every
line, every contour may be accen
tuated or subdued in such a man
ner as to develop to the limit the
grace and beauty of the figure be
fore him. Then with steady hand
and unerring eye, and when rap
ture has taken possession of his
soul, he must measure with un
grudging care and then cut with
mathematical precision. And
throughout this "trying" period
he must be enthralled with one,
all-absorbing thought, that of ob;
tainlng the master's degree In his
profession. He must brook-no in
terference from his patron. He
must be the monarch of all he sur
veys. There must be none to dis
pute. • The very idea of a laywo
man dictating to a man that has
given years and years of his life
"to the mastery of his profession! It
is an insult to the tailor and chal
lenge to his superabundant Intelli
gence.
TRUNKS OF PRINCE
SEIZED FOR DEBT
VIENNA, Feb. The creditors of
Prince Miguel of Braganza, who mar
ried Miss Anita Stewart of New York
in Scotland last September, unable to
obtain a settlement of their claims,
have seized the furniture and other
effects in the 'prince's residence here
and removed them to an auction room.
A large and boisterous throng gath
ered today to watch the men transfer
ring the bric-a-brac and other belong
ings of the prince into a huge van.
The police had to be summoned to
maintain order.
Prince Miguel and his wife are in
Paris. The prince left the manage
ment of his affairs to a lawyer, who,
immediately after the wedding, .paid
off most of the creditors, but several
money lenders are reported to have
made such usurious demands that the
attorney refused to listen to them.
The proceedings today were the out
come of disputed claims that amount
to less than $50,000. and negotiations
are on to settle. It is not thought the
prince's belongings will actually come
to auction.
Only recently the report was current
that a syndicate of creditors Intended
to bring suit for $1,00,000 against
Prince Miguel, the claim being set up
that he 'had refused to pay to the syn
dicate, for borrowed money, one-fifth
of the dowry of his marriage with
Miss Stewart, which amounted to
$5,000,000. ■ , ..
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U.S. WILL SEEK
THE SOUTH POLE
WANT HONOR OF EXPLORING
BOTH REGIONS
Captain Bartlett, in Command of the
Roosevelt in Arctic Exploration,
to Have Charge of Ant.
arctic Expedition
[Associated Tress]
WASHINGTON, Feb. America
has decided to seek for -south polo
laurels similar to those won for her by
Commander Peary at the north pole.
The National Geographic society to
day resolved to send an expedition in
search of the south pole, provided the
necessary funds can be raised.
It is not believed there will be any
failure on this score.
Commander Peary was notified im
mediately of the action. Capt. Bartlett,
in command of the Roosevelt in Peary's
trip to the north pole, probably will
have charge of the antarctic expedi
tion.
After a meeting late this afternoon,
the board of managers of the geo
graphic society adopted the following
resolution:
"The National Geographic society be
lieves it is of great importance to
science that tidal, magnetic and meteo
rological observations shall be obtained
at or near Coatsland in the same
period that the British expedition
under Capt. Robert F. Scott, R. N., is
making similar observations on the
other side of the antarctic area, 1800
miles distant, and at the same time
that this recently discovered land shall
be explored. -■■• •,';'
"That the society is ready to accept
Mr. Peary's proposition that it shall
undertake jointly with the Peary
Arctic club an expedition to the ant
arctic regions, as outlined above, pro
vided that the board of managers, after
consultation with members of the so
ciety, finds that the project will receive
sufficient financial assistance to war
rant the undertaking."
It is thought probable the expedition
may be ready to set sail as early as
July.
I The rapidity with which financial as-
(Continued on _»■>(• ♦tree. J
O'casNTs
TESTIMONY AT
SWOPE INQUEST
INVOLVES HYDE
Startling Facts Adduced in
Connection with Death
of Millionaire
EVIDENCE DRAMATIC
- ■ •'-■ '-,-,. y
Nurse Tells of Last Housr
of Philanthropist and
Relative's Action.
[Associated Press]
KANSAS CITY. Feb. With the
testimony of Miss Pearl Keller, a
nurse; of Dr. Ludwig Hektoen,
of Mrs. Logan H. Swope and of Dr.
Frank Hall in the inquest over lbs body.'
of the late Col. Swope in Independence
today came developments in the mys
tery of the millionaire's death moro
startling than any facts heretofore ad
duced. »»
Miss Keller's detailed story of tho
last moments of Col. Swope's life, re
plete with startling features of hap- ■••
penings in the Swope household, pro
duced a sensation.
So carefully had her story been
guarded that although much has been
written and rumored about the case,
not until today had any one outside the
Immediate circle Interested in the In
quiry heard her narrative. „-"..••'
Miss Keller testified that:
Immediately following the death of
Col. Thomas Moss Hunton Dr. B. C. m
Hyde asked her to use her influence
with Col. Swope to have him appointed
administrator of the Swope estate, vice
Mr. Hunton.
On the morning of Col. Swope's death
she gave him a three-grain capsule,
supposed to contain dyspepsia medicine,
at the direction of Dr. Hyde. Twenty
minutes later Col. Swope was in a con
vulsion. His death soon followed. -
Five minutes after Col. Swope's death '
Dr. Hyde appeared, and with Attorney
John G. Paxton took Col. Swope's will j
from his vest pocket.
Doctor's Testimony /
Dr. Hektoen testified that:
One-sixth of a grain of strychnine
was found in one-seventh part of Col.
Swope's liver. He believed there might .
be a grain in the entire organ. Half a
grain would cause death. Traces of
strychnine wore found in the stomach.
Strychnine might have been injected
into the body after death.
He did not believe the taking of
medicine containing strychnine would
leave as much as a grain of the poison
in the liver.
Mrs. Swope testified that.:
Dr. Hyde knew of Col. Swope's inten
tion to give $1,500,000 to charity and of
his plan to change his will to this effect. -
She also said that Col. Swope had
told Dr. Hyde he had planned to give
Thomas Swope the largest part of his
I estate. She denied she entertained any
ill feeling against Dr. Hyde.
Dr. Frank Hall said ho was abso
lutely certain Col. Swope did not die of
cerebral hemorrhage or apoplexy.
O. H. Gentry, a druggist of Inde
pendence, said he prepared the medi
cine for Col. Swope, and that it con
tained elixir of iron, quinine and
strichnlne. The strychnine in a tea
spoon amounted to only one one-hun
dred and eightieth of a grain, he said.
Dr. Hyde was again present at the
inquest today and heard every word
of testimony. Especially did he follow
the testimony of Miss Keller closely.
But he gave no sign that her narra
tive perturbed him in the least.
Testimony Startles
In the tense moments when Miss
Keller described the dying actions of
Colonel Swope, jurors and spectators
leaned forward and listened eagerly
to every word. She told in detail how
she gave the man a capsule and how
he passed into convulsions. He cried:
"Oh, my God. I wish I had not
taken that medicine; I, wish I were
dead."
Miss Keller also said that Dr. Hyde
suggested to her that she ought to.
charge $35, instead of $25 a. week for
her services.
After she had given most of her tes
timony, and the room was quiet, Cor
oner B. H. Zwart asked her:
"Do you know of anything that
might have caused Colonel Swope's
death, other than that capsule?"
"I do not," she replied firmly.
The report made by Rr. Hektoen .
on the liver was supported by affi
davits from Drs. Walter S. Haines
and Victor C. Vaughn. The report on
the condition of the stomach was
given verbally by Dr. Hektoen.
Dr. Hektoen said tho examination of '
the organs of .the body had not been
completed.
A question that may have great
bearing upon the case was asked by
a juryman In the afternoon. It was:
"Could the body absorb strychnine -
that had been injected after death?"
"Yes," Dr. Hektoen replied. "If
strychnine had been injected after
death and the body had lain j for a
long time, tho poison could have found
Its way to other parts of the body
through diffusion. Strychnine would
have to be. in solution for that, and
it would spread through the tissues." .
Would Not Diffuse
Dr. Hektoen said, however, that
strychnine would not diffuse through a
body frozen, as was Colonel Swope's.
Mrs. Swope told of the many eccen
tricities of Colonel Swope. She said
she had thought for twenty-five years
that his death was imminent.
"I'm the same as a dead man," she
testified that he once said to a rela- .
tive. "I'm just walking around to save
funeral expenses." .•
Dr. Hyde, his lips tightly set,
watched the' nurse closely as she told
her story while Mrs. Logan O. Swope,
his mother-in-law, heavily veiled, lis
tened attentively from another part ]
of the room.
Among the other witnesses to be ex
amined were Mrs. Logan Swope and
her daughters. The latter were called
to tell of their illness while ' suffer- '
ing from typhoid fever during -.: the
.siege following Colonel Swope's death
and during which - nine members : of.
the family were stricken. . . ■ .? '.
Mrs. Swope, the sister-in-law .of
Colonel Swope, and mother of Chris- -.
man Swope., and Mrs. B. C. Hyde has.
kept in Seclusion since the Swope mys
tery became a sensation. Mrs. : Hyde
was again absent and it was v an-.
nounced that she was still 111 abed. #'_,■
Dr. . Hyde and the ather < principal*. -
(Continued on Pago Threes '