The Omaha morning bee., 1925-04-06
Coroner to
Continue
Death
Chemists Report of Poison
Traces in Two Bodies
Will Be Laid Before
Jury Wednesday.
Defense Lawyer Is Calm


Chicago. April a chemist re.
port showing traces of poison had
been found in the bodies of Mrs. En-
ma Nelson McClintock and DR.. Oscar
Olson Is expected to be laid before the
coroner's jury that was impanelled 10
investigate the death of William y.
McClintock when it reconvenes here
Wednesday.
Announcement that traces Of poison
had been found WAS made by William
ID. McNally, chemist employed by Cor.
oner Oscar Wolff. in a preliminary
report.
The bodies Of Mrs. McClintoek and
Df. Olson We're exhumed at the re.
quest OF Judge Harry Olson. who
launched the Investigation into the
death OF young Billy" McClintock
that resulted in the Indictment for
murder that was returned against
William d. Shepherd. Shepherd was
.McClintock's foster father.
Detailed Report Pending.
Judge Olson, apparently. was In
yestigating with a view to determin-
ing whether Shepherd was responsible
for the deaths of his brother. DR..
Olson. friend of the McClintock fam
lily, and Mrs. MeClintock. the mother
Of Billy as we'll as that of Billy"
McClintock, whose million dollar es-
tate goes to shepherd under his will
The Importance Of the chemists
discovery will not be fully known until
his detailed report is submitted to the
coroner.
The body Of DR.. Olson said to have
been found To contain mercury While
the body of Mrs. McClintock contain
ed mercury or some other mineral
poison.
Both DIR. Olson and Mrs. MeClin-
toek We're believed to have sueeumbed
TO heart disease. They had been III a
long time before their death. Pre-
scriptions written by physicians that
attended them were being traced to-
night to determine il the poisons
found in the bodies had been pre-
scribed as medicine.
Lawyer Not Excited.
William Scott Stewart, attorney for
Shepherd, was not excited over the
announcement that traces of poison
had been found in the bodies of Mrs.
MeGlintock and DIR. Olson.
1T Is probable that mercury vas
given as medicine but even il The pol
son was administered In Quantities
sufficiently large to cause death there
is nothing to show that my client nd.
ministered It., he said.
Stewart said he was preparing
writ OF habeas corpus 10 submit TO
the Illinois supreme court next Tues.
day with petition for bail. He
contends that shepherd is entitled 10
liberty on bond until the indictment
hanging over him has been disposed
OF by the courts. Shepherd Is ready
to make $500 600 bond should such
large amount be required.
Loses Fight For Bend.
Shepherd lost a long drawn out
fight for band in the criminal courts
of Chicago last week when Judge
Jacob Hopkins ruled that the indiet-
ment charging murder in the first
degree for the death Of William Me.
Clintock had been properly drawn and
that evidence supporting 1t was suffi-
eient.
No effort Is being made to secure
bond for DR.. {. {. F'aiman. who WAS
jointly indicted with Shepherd. I'ai-
man confessed that he had given
Shepherd typhoid germs. The state
charges Shepherd killed McClintock
by feeding him the disease germs.
Doctor TO BE Witness.
The coroner's jury when IL con
venes Wednesday is expected TO hear
witnesses describe the death of Mrs.
McChntock and Or. Olson a few years
later. DIR. Charles Kruesmarck. ply
sician who attended Mrs McClintoclS
IL living in Chicago. lie Will prob
ably be witness. He had pronounc-
ed Mrs. McClintock n victim of rheu-
matism Of the heart.
According To Dir. kruesmarek. Mi.
and Mrs. shepherd We're in Texas
When Mrs McClintock was taken I'LL.
When she feared her illness would re
suit in death she summoned Mrs.
Shepherd. school girl chum. and
asked her 10 care for "Billy." h
son. then years old. DIR. Olson. an
old friend Of Mrs. McClintock was
charged with guarding the hoy $
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