Her husband, Logan Swope, had since passed. The Swope Mansion at this time was headed by the resolute family matriarch, Maggie Swope, who was a daughter of the well-known William Chrisman. Still, the high-society Swope family was demoralized…and had outlaid more than $100,000 in the legal battles. Law students to this day often study the “Swope Murder Trials.” The odd twist is that after seven years of grueling litigation, nobody was convicted as the leading perpetrator. Simpson trial of 1994-95…except there ended up being three trials. What followed was a nationally publicized trial akin to the O.J. Unpleasant as the details presented in Deaths on Pleasant Street, the fascinating story is prime fodder for a leading Hollywood mystery movie. The foreboding Swope Mansion on Pleasant Street (where the Campus RV Park is situated today the mansion was razed in the mid-1960s) was the setting. One hundred years ago this month, three deaths and several other Swope family members struck with typhoid (when there were no other cases in town) lead some to suspect foul play, and a plot to plunder the momentous Swope fortune. Hyde,” for a special lecture and book signing commemorating the series of tragic events that began transpiring in the prominent Swope Mansion in October 1909. The Jackson County Historical Society recently welcomed author Giles Fowler to present his new book, “Deaths on Pleasant Street: The Ghastly Enigma of Colonel Swope and Dr.
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