Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-06-26
SHEPHERDS FATE
Continued from Page One)

Of adjournment gave the jury an
| other night under lock and key to
ponder the fate of Shepherd with his
attorneys pleas for IAN acquittal In
record time" ringing in it's ears.
William S. Stewart, chief of the
defense counsel, finished his argu-
| ment after six hours of speaking and
left an hour of the afternoon ses-
sion for his partner, w. w. O'Brien.
Robert E. Grove, states attorney,
said tonight that his speech would
not require "as long as Stewards.
: He indicated he might not need more
time than the two and one-half
hours of the morning session. Judge
| Lynch's charge probably will re.
quire an additional hour.
Under that schedule the case
would go to the jury by 3 P. M. to-
morrow.
At adjournment attorneys for both
sides were in agreement that the
arguments had left the jury but two
verdicts to decide between, acquittal
| or death upon the gallows. Four
teen years to life Imprisonment or
a straight lifetime sentence to a PEN
itentiary could not be considered.
Gentlemen. all you can give to
Shepherd is his liberty" Stewart
said in closing his plea. You can
not give him back his good name.
He has been ruined in this COM
munity and I ask you on what kind
of evidence.
I'VE ask you not for sympathy,
but for a fair trial. We ask you to
do what is right and acquit him."
He had prefaced it at great length
with q denunciation of the states
chief witnesses, Charles c. Faiman
and DIR. Amante Rongetti; Judge
Harry Olsen, who instigated the in
vestigation of Shepherd and his in
dictment for the murder of his mil
lionaire foster son, Billy McClintock;
Alexander +. Reichmann, prominent
attorney and co-guardian of the
youth, and the Northern Trust Com
pany, which handled the McClintock
estate.
Faiman's story that he gave Shep-
herd typhoid germs and taught him
how to use them to slay Billy Nc
Clintock was called too absurd for
belief. coming from man too aban-
doned for belief.
DIR. Rongetti's story that Shepherd
J had approached him for the study of
, bacteriology also was from dis
credited source, "a Quack doctor con-
victed for running a diploma. mill"
Stewart read Faiman's testimony
line by line and, shouting personal
excoriations, of the man, pointed out
''the absurdity of 1t, the ridiculous
ness of it,"
IF you believe that story. hang
Shepherd." he interjected. Hang
ing would not be good enough for
him."
He made much of Faiman's testi-
mony that he understood the prose-
cutor had promised him immunity,
although he was indicted with
Shepherd and that Faiman had not
testified that he gave Shepherd ty-
phoid germs.
II gave him three test tubes of
germs, one of para-typhoid A, and
one of para-typhoid B." he quoted
Faiman.
He credited Faiman with inten-
tionally leaving out typhoid germs
so as to prevent himself ever being
sent to trial for helping cause the
disease which killed young Nc
Clintock.
O'Brien gave virtually his entire
hour to ridicule in ending the pleas
for Shepherd.
Faiman, his change from a blue
suit to a brown one during the re-
cess while he was on the witness
stand, his fairy school," Judge
Olson, the prosecutor, and the case
against Shepherd were the butte OF
the defense attorneys sarcasmS.