Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-02
FINDS SHEPHERD
mot GUILTY"
Jury Returns Verdict After
Five Hours-Will
Fight Is Next.

Chicago.-"Not guilty." the verdict
read and William Darling Shepherd
bowed his head, crossed his hands and
prayed.
1t was the end of a murder trial
such as had never before taken place
in Cook county or in Illinois. The
verdict. in effect, said Shepherd did
not inoculate William McClintock with
typhoid germs so as to cause the
death by which Shepherd inherited
$1,OOOOO0
The Jury was out for five hours. On
the first ballot the jury was seven for
acquittal and five for guilty. Six bal
lots were taken in all; one juror held
out until the last ballot for a verdict
Of IA years imprisonment.
The verdict ends all possibility of
further criminal proceedings against
Shepherd. 1t enables him to go with
clean hands into a contest which has
been started on the McClintock will by
nine cousins of the dead youth. 1t
gives Shepherd the presumptive own
ership of the McClintock estate subject
only to possible breaking Of the will.
Shepherd, of course, won his imme-
date release from the county jail,
where he had been confined since
March Is.
The verdict was the end of six
months period of being under cloud
for Shepherd. McClintock died Deem
Der after ten-day illness OF typhoid
fever. From then on there were de-
velopments unfavorable to Shepherd.
Chief Justice Harry Olson of the
Municipal court undertook to make
an investigation. Mr.. and Mrs. Shep-
herd had departed for New Mexico
after the funeral and after the will had
been filed for probate, Judge Grove
asked and obtained an order to ex-
hume the body of McClintock.
The coroner's physicians found Billy
had undoubtedly died of typhoid fever.
Judge Olson said there were reasons to
believe Shepherd had administered ty-
phoid germs to the youth.
During the investigation that fol-
lowed the bodies of DR.. Oscar Olson,
brother Of Judge Olson, and Mrs. Nc
Clintock were dug up and examined
by the coroner's pathologists. 1t was
found Mrs. McClintock's death was
due to mercury.
Nothing significant was found in the
remains of Doctor Olson ana the
coroner's jury returned an open YER
dict as to his death. There had been
suspicion only because Shepherd
visited Doctor Olson during his i'll
ness.
The coroner's jury blamed the other
two deaths on Shepherd. and included
Mrs. Shepherd in their charge, too.
States Attorney Grove enabled her to
be speedily indicated, for the grand
jury voted mo bills" within two days.
The principal basis of the murder
charge against Shepherd was in the
confession of Charles G. Faiman, pres
ident of the National University of
Sciences, a school of shady reputation,
Faiman said Shepherd applied to him
for typhoid germs and that he gave
him three tubes of them.
Later, Faiman said, he learned Shep-
herd was planning McClintock's death
because the boy was about to marry
Miss Isabelle Pope and If he did so
Shepherds hopes Of getting the Me-
Clintock money would go glimmering.
He had induced the boy TO name him
as sole legatee. Faiman said Shepherd
finally admitted to him. 1t was de-
cided to kill him before he could marry.
Faiman stated, and then he said it
was done.