Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-27
NJ CL|NTCCK FRIEND
WILL INSIST UPON {.
GRAND JURY QUIZ

CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-(By the Asso-
ciated Prcss.)-Four pathologists,
who examined the eXhumed body Of
William Nelson McClintock, the,
",milionaire orphan" prepared opin-
ions Thursday as to whether typhoid
fever caused the death three, weeks
ago of the heir to the Inflated Nc
Clintock fortune.
Their findings will be reported Fri
day to Coroner Oscar Wolff prelimi.
nary to a complete analysis before a
coroner's jury on January 20.
Regardless of the result Of the post
norton examination, a grand jury
investigation will be demanded by
Harry Olson, chief justice Of the
municipal court a friend of the Nc
ClintOck family, who instigated the
inquiry.
According to the death certificate,
McClintock died of hemorrhagic ty-
phOid at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
William d. Shepherd, his foster par
entS since he was four years old. His
will, signed at the time he became of
age last April, left his entire estate
to Mr.. Shepherd, husband of his CO.
guardian with A. f. Reichmann, an
attorney and provided for an $4,000
annuity for Miss Isabelle Pope, who
futilely waited at his deathbed with
a marriage license to wed him when
he recovered consciousness.
The pathologists who began their
examination within an hour after
the body was exhumed Wednesday
will make analyses to seek possible
poison traces, by order of Coroner
Wolff The experts represent re-
spectively the coroner states attor-
ney and the Shepherds, with a dep
uty coroner in charge.
Shepherds Face GrilliDg
Mr. and Mrs Shepherd, who have
been visiting in Albuquerque, n. NJ,
since the death of McClintock, will be
questioned on their return here,
states attorneys said. Through
their attorney Robert II. Stoll,
Shepherds law partner, they told
prosecutors not only they, but any
witness under their control would be
submitted to examination at the
states attorneys request.
The story of the romance that be-
gan in school days and ended at Nc
Clintock's deathbed was told to
prosecutors by Miss Pope.
She said her fiance had told her
he had drawn up a will making pro-
vision for her in case anything hap
pened to him but that it would be
void after their intended marriage
and he would draw up a new instru
ment and possibly create a trust fund
for the Shepherds.
She said her visits 10 McClintock
during his illness were discourag ed
by the Shepherds because they we're
'disrupting" the order Of the house
hold; that she later learned Mr.. Shep
herd had told physicians attending
Billy to instruct me and my parents
not to visit him so often on the
ground that it might interfere with
Billy's recovery
Shepherds Discouraged Union
Although they had planned TO be
married sometime next year when
the sick youth insisted on an imme
date ceremony she consented, she
said. Shepherd, she told prosecutors.
told her she could not obtain IL
cense unless both contracting var
ties made the application in person.
I also noticed that after / had
gone to the marriage license bureau
and got a license in spite of what
Mr.. Shepherd told me, Mrs. Shepherd
seemed TO have turned rather cold
toward me, Miss Pope said. by
that 7 mean she did not seem as
cordial and friendly as before. Later
l heard that she had expressed her
displeaure over my action"
She said she entertained no sus-
piciOns
Judge Olson said the elimination
was merely a formality to make
more solid certain evidence" which
he said he had developed in his inves-
legations before the matter was
brought to the states attorneys at
tention.