Evening star., 1925-06-25
NIGHT SESSION MAY
ENDSHEPHERDCASE
Judge in Germ Murder Trial
Offers to Hold Court Sit
ting After Dark.
By the Associated Prese.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 25.-The Shepherd
murder trial probably will be con.
cluded with a session tonight, Judge
T. ]. Lynch and the lawyers for both
sides tentatively agreeing to such a
step at a recess conference in cham
bers.
The night session was not definitely
decided upon, however.
'I am willing to keep court in ses-
sion until the case is concluded" said
Judge Lynch.
II am willing to start my closing
argument at 10 o'clock" said Robert
E. Grove. States attorney. Il shall
not speak at length. 1 shall contine
my talk to the evidence"
w. S. Stewart, chief Of defense
counsel. said he would need a little
time this afternoon. w. w. O'Brien,
his associate, did not indicate how
long his speech would take.
The first jury plea in behalf of
Shepherd was continued today by w.
S. Stewart, chief of defense counsel.
He spoke for more than two hours
yesterday, and said this morning he
would require all of the forenoon, and
probably would continue talking this
afternoon.
Shepherd Looks Worried.
Shepherd entered the courtroom this
morning with his face showing dis
tincI marks of worry. NewSpa per
men who have seen him almost daily
for three months said that he seemed
more careworn than at any time since
he was accused of using typhoid germs
to murder his millionaire foster son,
William n. McClintock
Mrs. Shepherd seemed particularly
affable, however, smiling and chatting
with a group of friends who constant
ly attend her in court.
Attorney Stewart continued his at
tack upon Alexander F. Reichmann,
Chicago attorney, and with Mrs. Shep-
herd former co-guardian Of Billy Nc
Clintock.
Don't you think it reasonable to
say that he didn't like Bill?" demanded
Stewart, after he had detailed many of
the disagreements between Reichmann
and the Shepherds and had accused
Reichmann of unethical tactics in
drawing the will of the youths
mother.
1t was the first time Stewart had
referred to the defendant as Bill"
of the making of the McClintock
will and scored that as point in
Shepherds favor.
IF he had been nursing the boy
along to slay him, wouldn't he have
gotten some one else to draw the
will?" asked Stewart. That is one
Of the points he is going to have
to explain in the Probate Court in
the will fight. But if he had been
trying to prepare an alibi, wouldn't
he have had somebody else draw the
will so as to cast suspicious from
him."
Stewart took up the testimony of
the many witnesses and analyzed it
from his viewpoint.
Asked Gift of Billy.
The letter Shepherd wrote to Miss
Gehling, young nurse with whom
he once was friendly, was just let
ter to girl" Stewart said, even
though Shepherd wrote that he was
bankrupt, had no plans and probably
would close his Office and drift away
from it all.
Shepherds statement to the young
woman that he had asked Billy to
give him a valuable piece of property
was not in keeping with his alleged
plan to kill the youth and get it all,
Stewart said.
Never mind about Willie-he will
come out Of this with his pockets
filed an undenied statement at
tributed to Shepherd II years ago,
while he was examining Mrs Nc
Clintock's Texas property, was called
a reference to the moneymaking pos
sibilities of a project rather than a
step in murder plot.
Opposed "BilIy's" Marriage.
Stewart admitted that Shepherd had
said to a newspaper reporter that he
hurried home to throw out of the house
anybody who tried to marry Billy. He
pointed to that as an illustration of
fatherly interest rather than a desper-
ate effort to prevent a marriage which
would nullify the will in which Billy
had left Shepherd the S1,000,0 900 es-
tate.
He had gotten through with the tes-
timony of all witnesses except that of
John P. Marchand and c. c. Faiman,
the States chief witnesses.
From all that has been testified by
all these witnesses 1 have gone over
have you anything but lot of foolish
statements from which have been
drawn lot of foolish and nonsensical
conclusions?" demanded Stewart.
why, you would not send a dog to
the dog pound for a day on such
evidence.
''All they have done here is bring in
proof possibly of a motive, possibly of
an opportunity to kill, but are you 60
Ing to hang man for that?"
In reaching Faiman's testimony.
Stewart reiterated his demand to
hang Shepherd if you believe he dealt
with Faiman."
Stewart still was talking when court
recessed for lunch.