Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-09
The Terrible End of a TasCinat
ing woman and an s'Exem-
plary' Young Man.

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ing Woman and an s'Exem.
plary'' Young Man.
George Shepard and woman sup
posed to be his wife were on the morn
ing of July 3Oth found dead in bed, In
a furnished room in Twenty-second
street, New York, both shot through
the head. The man was about thirty
years of age and the woman forty-five.
Shepard was shipping clerk with the
firm of Herring & Co., safe manufac-
turers. His father is a clergyman, Rev.
P. L. Shepard, and is the head of large
school in Saybrook, Conn. The follow
ing letter was addressed him by the son,
and, as will be noticed by the date, was
written ten days before the tragedy oc-
Cured:
NEW YORK, July 20, 1888.
Reu. p L. SHEPARD, .Saybrook, Conn.,
My DEAR MOTHER AND FATHER: Kitty
and l were secretly married. There will be
nothing revealed of the ceremony. We have
been very happy together In life, but we will
be happier in death, which seems SO pleas
ant. Our last wish and request is that we
may rest together. With all our love and
devotion, we are your aEectionate son and
daughter,
KITTY AND HORACE SHEPARD.
There was no disorder in the room
occupied by Shepard and the woman.
The only valuables found were sill
yer watch and two dollars and ten
cents in money. Curiously enough,
there was nothing to reveal the wom-
ans maiden name. The room con-
tanned a number of religious keepsakes
given to the young man from his moth
or. There were Bible, prayer book,
hymnal and religious books, with
Shepard's name on the title page. One
was given to him June %, 1863, when
he was thirteen years old. There was
found slip of note paper containing
references to Bible texts. One was
III. John, verse 5:
And now beseech thee, lady, not as though
wrote d new commandment unto thee, but
that which we had from the beginning, that
we love one another.
Another was III. John, verse 13:
had many things to write, but will not
with ink and pen write unto thee.
The other text quoted was Proverbs
xiv, IL:
There is way which seemeth right unto q
man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death.
There was foolscap manuscript copy
of one of Sam Devere's comic songs, II
had but so CENTS" the burden of which
was that the singer took "his girl" to a
restaurant, where she consumed vast
quantities Of edible to his intense con-
sternation. In the mirror were stuck
two silhouette pictures of the couple
and comic photograph of "the bridal
chamber" showing two kittens in bed.
But there was nothing TO show who
"Kitty" was, or why she had been
killed.
ALTERING & Co.. Office young Shep-
ard was supposed to have been bach |
elor, and was considered most exem- |
plary young man. He had been three
years with that firm as shipping 6 clerk,
attending to his duties regularly until
recently. Several weeks ago he began |
to absent himself several hours day |
in business hours. He explained this
by saying that he was getting work |
done at dentists, and was limited to
these hours. Five days before the TAX
ing Of his own and his alleged wife's
lives he went away, and sent dispatch
to the office saying that he should be
gone few days on business, but would
be back on the following Monday. His
books and accounts were examined and
found to be all straight, and his office
drawers were searched in vain to find
any trace of explanation of his crimes.
Among the things in Shepard's room.
in Twenty-second street, was bundle
addressed to Mrs. A. c. Kelly, lit West
street, Marshall Flats. Here,
it was found, Mrs. Shepard had apart
ments, and was known as Mrs. Kelly.
She came and went frequently, and
talked often to young folks who called
her mother. These were two girls un-
der seventeen, small boy, and two
young men, Alphonse and Belmont
her sons by former mar
rage.
The Mrs. Shepard Of the tragedy lived