The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-14
KILLED BY TIE TRAIN.
The Disinhsritad Daughter Of a Blue
Grass Baron.

Grass Baron.
The girl who was found horribly
mangled on the Chesapeake e. Ohio
road, was identified today as Mrs.
j. A. Shepherd. the young wife of
an itinerant photographer. The
identification of the body devcl-
oped an ideal romance of the blue
grass, the features of which are
based on real facts. Not alone was
the affair tinged in romance, for
the scene enacted when the hus-
band discovered that the mashed
and disfigured woman was his wife.
was dramatic in the extreme. Just
before Coroner Malloy began the
inquest over the body of the girl.
James a. SHEPPARD appeared at the
morgue and requested that he be
allowed the privilege of inspecting
the remains. When the sheet COW
ering the girl was lifted, Shepherd
uttered heartrending cry, and
said in a broken voice that it was
his wife. When Shepherd recov-
cred his composure he was placed
on the witness stand.
He stated that on Sunday his
wife left home to call on neigh
Dor. She did not return. and he
retired without her, supposing that
she had remained over night with
friends. On Monday she did not
return, and he was still not
alarmed, as he thought probably
that she was at her brothers.
He learned of the finding of the
body Of the girl today. and at once
went Is the morguc to find that it
was his wife. His relations with
Mrs. Shepherd, he said, were pleas
ant, and there could have been no
cause for suicide.
Mrs. Shepherd is the daughter of
Rankin Clemmons, one Of the
wealthiest men in the blue grass.
possessing >. POO acres of blue grass
land and nearly 100000 out at
interest. When Mrs. Shepherd
was very young she became infat-
uated with Shepherd, who was in
her fathers employ. Contrary to
his wishes she married her lover
in this city two years ago. When
Clemmons heard of the marriage
he disinherited the girl, and swore
he would never speak to her again
Shepherd became Il travelling pho
tographer, and after doing business
in Indiana and Illinois he located
in Cincinnati for time. He then
came here. and has lived almost
as pauper. Word was sent ~
her father this evening of the death
of his daughter. The rich farm
er's heart did not soften toward his
disinherited daughter even after
her death. He CURLY Informed the
messenger that he would havenoth-
ing to do with the body, and re-
fused to give Il dollar towards bury
ing it.
He stated that his son Robert
might do as ne pleased, but he
would not bother himself. Shop
herd is almost pauper, and unless
Robert ClcmmOns opens his purse
il is probable that the girl of the
rich baron of the soil will be in
tered through charity.
The jury, after hearing all the
evidence in the case, brought in
the following verdict;
. 1--WE, the jury, find that the body
heforo rs is that of Mrs. }. \. shop
herd who came to her death by
boinr foully dealt with, and then
placed on the C. e. o. tracks to OBJ
iiterate the deed"
shepherd is almost insane with
grief. He states that his wife was
in poor health, and twas probable
that while in u dementod state she
wandered upon the c. N o. track,
and was murdered by ruflians,
After the inquest it was found that
one of the Jury was a conductor on
the & o. railroad. Coroner Nal,
low was very wrathy when he heard
of Dissatisfaction cor Louisville
Commercial, 9th inst.
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