New Britain herald., 1925-06-12

He was accom- panied by his wife and two children.
 T am here to fight this thing to a finish; there is more to 1t than you know Savage quoted White as hav- ing said.
 Reicllmann Assailed
 Ulterlor purposes imputed to Alex ander Reichmann, co-guardian with Mrs, Julie Sh hepherd of William N. McClntock for whose murder Will liam D. She ph erd is on trial, were i brought into the open today when Reichmann was so bitterly assailed upon cross examination by W. s. Stewart chief of defense counsel. that four tim es the witness begged | Judge Thom as ,1. Lynch for "protec- tion from these insinuations."
 Stewart indirectly accused Reich mann of having proited from his at- torneyship of the McClintock s1.- 100000 estate, which was willed to Shepherd by young McCHntock shortly before he died of typhoid fever, Decem b CT 4, a death Shepherd is accused of having caused by ad- mlnistering typhoid germs. How much did you have when you came here from Iowa." asked Stewart, and when Robert E. Grove states attorney, objected, Stewart told Judge Lynch that he wanted to show "when this man came here he didn't have a dime and he got rich after he began handling the Nc Clintock estate e."
 Mr, Crowe insisted Reichma ann was one of the leaders of the Chi cago bar, and his affluence was a legitimate result of his ability as an attorney
 Knew of Action The first m ention of the proposed suit by McClintock's cousins to break the will was made when Reichman admitted he knew such suit was contemplated, but denied he had an interest in it. Rechmann begged the courts protection wh en Stewart made a sar- castle reference to the admitted fact that McClintOck, when a child, had not liked him.
 Again wh en Stewart sought to 'prove by the witness" that Reich mann in the noted King will case had an interested person sent to jail In an effort 10 break the will. CroNe Gets Excited | 1et. that Prosecutor Grove angrily de- manded of Judge Lynch that Stew art be rcstrained from the practices of q "shyster lawyer" l Concluding his direct examination, Reichmann testified that as coun- sel for Mrs. Emma Nelson McClin- tock after the death of her husband, whom he had served in the same capacity he had drawn up the will under which the estate was trans ferred to the child,
 He testified that when Mrs, Me Clintock had wanted 10 name Mrs. Shepherd as a co-guardian, he dil not know who was meant He said that he did not then know the Shepherds,
 First Told ot Win
 Reichmann stated that Mrs. shep- herd had no lSnowledge Of Mrs. Nc Clintock's will until he informed her of it short time after Mrs. Nc Cllntock's death.
 Reichmann insisted he thought he should have been compensated for helping take care Of the McClintock boy.
 Mrs. sheph erd got personal ai- lowance of sT5 a month and s400. later increased to S7oO q month for expenses of the McClntock house hold.
 Much of Reichmanns testimony dealt with stories of difficulties with the Shepherds threshed out in the probate court over guardianship of young McClin tock,
 When Reichmann was excused, a basket of probate court and North ern Trust com pany documents was brought in and a recess was taken while the prosecution sought docu- Continued on Page 23l