Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-02
PHYSICIAN. SAYS He
KNOWS FULL STORY
Of SHEPARD CASE
Hearing on Applications for
Bail Set for December 7,
Garrett Does Not Now Ex-
peCt Further Arrests
BY ED II. BRADLEY
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal.)

MACON, Ga, Nov. 30.-"Of course.
believe that Fred Shepard was poi
soned. Not for one minute would
doubt the word of those two At
lanta experts. But my wife over
there in that Jail is absolutely uncon-
nected with the plot, for 1 know the
full story"
The foregoing statement by DR.. F..
Eugene Elmer, husband of Mrs. Pau
line Elmer. held in the Bib Jail on
charge of murder in connection
with the death of Mr.. Fred Shepard,
Fort Valley peach king" has pro-
vided the latest sensation in a SEN
sational case. The Jacksonville
physician, who came here Monday in
order tc assist in the fight for the
freedom of his wife, also stated in
the brief interview as he lay in his
bed last night at local hotel that
when the truth is known everybody
will be utterly astounded. Develop
ments will come within a week that
will shock all because of their dia-
bolical nature"
The third husband of the principal
woman figure in the Shepard case
IS a picturesque character of splen-
did physique and handsome features,
not at all spoiled by his iron gray
hair His manner decidedly Latin,
he gesticulates emphatically as he
talks of the Shepard case and OF
his exciting life in Mexico, where he
became a partisan of the Diaz regime
through attending Madame Diaz
when she became i'll on the street
one day in Mexico City, where he
was practicing medicine, later be-
coming her personal physician. After
that he fought and lived with the
revolutionists, he says. Once he came
near getting an appointment as gov
ernor of a Mexican state. To-day, L
merely live to get back to MEXICO,
he declared fervently. He predicted
that the Oregon regime will not last,
inasmuch as Obregon is anti-Cath-
Ollie. His mother. the doctor said,
was from Holland, his father from
Madrid, and he himself was born IN
Lima, Peru.
DR.. Elmer Sees Wife
Charles NJ Durrance, Jacksonville at
torney for Mrs. Elmer. and spent
one hour Monday afternoon, to
o'clock. at the Jail with Mrs. Elmer.
Following his arrival. General Wal
ter A. Harris was employed as as
sociate attorney for Mrs. Elmer.
Although important developments
are expected in the case today, So
licitor Charles H. Garrett refuses to
discuss the developments, and at
torneys for the four persons under
arrest have little to say. Application
for bail has been made for all, with
the exception of Mrs. Eldridge Cults,
wife of a prominent Fitzgerald law
yer. who was taken into custody at
Fitzerald Monday by Sheriff Dorml--
ney. of Ben Hill county, and brought
to a cell in the Bibb Jail last light
at. 10 o'clock Application for bail
for her likely will be made before
Just why Mrs. Cults is held au-
thorities refuse to say, but she is
known to be an intimate friend OF
Mrs. Elmer, and it is understood that
she was present at the family gath
ering in Abbeville May II. when John
S. Hopson was shot. 1t is also stated
that she had some connection with
the so-called anonymous will by
which Mrs. Elmer was left only $10,-
coo Of the Shepard estate and $12,-
600 annuity. 1t was J. A. Turner,
oyerseer of the Cults estate near
son, May II. and it is expected that
he and Mrs. Turner, together with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Peterson, tenants
will on the Cults plantation. and
c1fss Alice Player. who resides with
the Cults, prove star witnesses for
the prosecution.
Solicitor General Garrett stated
today that information which he
has in hand does not involve GRIM
inally any other person, and at
present he does not expect any ad-
ditional arrest in the case
Women Held Incommunicado
Attorney Eldridge Cults went to
the Jail this morning to see his wife,
but was refused permission by the
jailor, who said that he was acting
on instructions. Finally, Mr.. Cults
succeeded in getting an order from
the solicitor general, countersigned
by the sheriff. which gained him ad-
mission to the Jail; Mr.. Cults. it
is understood, will employ local
counsel some time today, and appli-
cation for bail on behalf of his wife
then will be made. 1t & expected
that December Z will be set for the
hearing in common with the action
taken in the case Of the other three
prisoners.
Both Mrs. Elmer and Mrs. Cults
are held incommunicado, except to
persons given special permission to
see them.
The first showdown on the evil
dence in the case is expected De-
cember 7, when the hearings on APP
plications for bail on behalf Of the
four prisoners will take place. At
torney Cults claims that his wife is
being held on insufficient grounds
as do attorneys for Mrs. Elmer, Mrs
Harry and Ernest HODSOn,
General Walter A Harris, retained
as associate counsel for Mrs. Elmer
and Charles NJ. Durrance, the Ell
mers' Jacksonville lawyer. held {
long conference this morning, when
it is understood, the case was dis
cussed from all angles. Attorney
Durrance has stated that he will no
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