Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30
SHEPHERD DENIES
ANYTHING UNUSUAL
IN BOYS ILLNESS
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ding could give her. Miss Pope,
however, determined to take mat.
ters into her own hands and pro-
cured a license, with which she wait
led, at Billy's bedside, in what proved
to be vain hope that he would re-
cover consciousness long enough to
marry her.
Denies Any AnimOsity
There was, and is, no animosity
between Mrs. Shepherd and himself
and Miss Pope, Shepherd declared.
They knew of the great love Billy
held for her and did nothing to stop
the attentions Billy was paying Miss
Pope. She never was ordered from
the Shepherd home, but was once
requested by attending physicians
to cut her visits short in order that
the boy could have quieter surround
ings and because the cook had pro
tested against cooking extra meals
for her.
Shepherd was vehement in his de,
NAL that he had ever studied chem.
istry or bacteriology or that he ever
had been a registered pharmacist
He said he had made frequent Wis
its to a Chicago laboratory because
Mrs. McClintock's physician, DR..
Oscar Olson, brother of Chief JUS
tice Harry Olson, had offices here.
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suggestion that the present invcsti-
cation was begun.
Il never handled germs in any
form nor saw germ test Shepherd
asserted. Il was in the drug bust
ness with a brotherin-law in Salina,
Kas. My brother-in-law was a reg
istered pharmacist, and when he
died [ hired another"
Shepherd said he and his wife
had private income sufficient to
support them without receiving any
thing from the McClintock estate.
He said, however, that they would
have to give up their Kenilworth
home if this were to be the case,
as their income did not approach
$1,000 n month";
Shepherd, on his arrival here to ap-
pear before the states attorney in an
investigation of McClintock's death,
announced he would make an in
vestigation of his own before he was
through.
II shall obtain full generation,
he said. Then we are going to blow
up some people here.
ct would seem necessary as a
means of re-establishing my reputa-
ton, he added in explaining his pur-
pose Of turning the tables on his ac'
cusers.
Mr.. Shepherd declined to say at
this time what persons he suspected
as behind rumors rejecting upon
him which led finally to the present
investigation.
at is my present intention to file
libel suits" he said in response to
an inquiry, "but the program is in
the hands of Mr.. Stoll and Edward
Hendrick his legal advisers)"
Mr.. Stoll said he had nothing to
say about libel suits at this time,
1--WE are still on the defensivep' he
said.
Says Judges Attitude Pulling
81 am at a loss to account for the
attitude of Judge Olson toward me
Chief Justice Harry Olson of the
municipal court who has aided in
the investigation" said Mr.. Shep-
herd II did not know l had any
enemies-except one man"
Mr.. Shepherd said he had sup
posed Justice Olson friendly. He
said the jurist's brother. DR.. Oscar
Olson. deceased. had been his friend,
and told me of his love for Billy s
mother, though he never told her"
The servant problem in a suburb
was responsible for the discourag e-
ment of visitors at the McClintock
residence during "Billy's" illness, &C
cording to Mr.. Shepherd. 1t was
stated at the states attorneys Of
flee following examination of Miss
Isabelle Pope that the latter, Nc
Chntocks fiancee, had said members
of her family had been requested to
visit the home less frequently.
Mr.. Shepherd said the request dis
coura ging visits at the McClintock
home had been made because 1.-The
cook threate, ed to leave. The sec
ond maid said If the cook left she
would go"
The cook. he said, was Eva Mel
son, who today was mentioned IN an
other connection at the state attor-
ney's office, as one of the witnesses
of McCIntock's viii. Miss Mary
Gertner, house maid, said under. ex-
animation that when she was in
service at the McClin, Jock home she
and Eva Nelson had been requested
by BILLY" TO witness the will.
Says Doctor Barred Visitors
1T is hard enough to get new
servants in kenilworth at best" said
Mr.. Shepherd, land would have been
impossible with illness in the fam
lily. Mrs. Shepherd could not have
managed the house alone, and Billy
would have had to so to hospital.
1 laid the situation before the doctor
and he made the request discourag-
ing visitors"
Il don't believe there is anything
in that" said Mr.. Shepherd, apropos
of a mentioned legend that the Nc
ClintoCk fortune was cursed.
The fortune came TO this country
as the result OF the marriage Of an
English rohleman's daughter to a
country squire" he added. From
that time 1t has been handed on