New Britain herald., 1925-06-18
Prosecution Declines to Vouch For His Ver- acity and He is Called To Stand by Judge Lynch.
Nervously Tells of Being Visited by McClintock's Foster Father and of De. tails of Germ Inocula. ton.
By Tn. Associated Prs.,.

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 By The Associated Press.
 Chicago, June IS. - His sponsor ship relinquished by the prosecution which for many weeks has had him under close guard as its proclaimed chief witness" Charles c. Faiman was called as courts witness today in the Shepherd murder trial. He took the witness stand for direct ex. animation by Judge Thomas J. Lynch at 11:OS a. m.
 He talked in barely audible voice, glanced nervously from the judge to the jury to counsel and shifted about in the witness chair.
 Do you know shepherd?" was the courts third question.
 Yes sir" was the reply.
 Did you have any dealings with him?" asked Judge Lynch.
 Yes"
 Stars His Story
 Tell the jury about it." directed the court, and the man who was in- dicted with Shepherd was off on the story the state has said it depends upon to convict Shepherd. Thrice previ' usly he had told a story that he gave Shepherd typhoid bacili and taught him how to slay young Billy" McClintock with them for a promise of s100,00O from the s1,- 100000 estate the youth had willed 10 Shepherd.
 Faiman. proprietor of the Nation al University of Sciences, a school house in an old brick residence, said Shepherd sent him letter inquiring about a course In bacteriology and that after he had sent representa- tive to see Shepherd, the accused man came to his institution.
 Shepherd said he wanted to take course in criminal bacteriology, Faiman said. Shepherd is a law yer. Shepherd wanted to see some germs, Faiman testified and was shown some on slide. The defend ant said he would return, said Fai- man. and upon the second visit showed interest in typhoid and tu- berculosis germs. Shepherd asked how a person should be given germs and was told they could be intro" duced in food or in cold water. said Faiman. adding that Shepherd want ed to know if the fact that tho germs had been fed to person would be revealed in post mortem examination. Faiman wet his lips occasionally, as he mumbled through the testimony for the most part kept his eyes aimed at his feet.
 Will the witness please talk louder. the defendant cant hear a word he says" interrupted Robert Stoll, Shepherds lawyer partner, who was by Shepherds side, The jurors strained forward in their seats those farthest away cupping their ears in arf effort to hear.
 No questions were asked Faiman as he was given free rein to 80 on through his story.
 It was on the third visit to the Faiman school that Shepherd in- troduced the name Of Billy Me- Chinook.
 The next time l saw Shepherd, he told me he was the guardian Of a boy named Billy McClintock, said Faiman,
 Bought Back Letter
 His next testimony dealt with Shepherds recovery Of the letter he said had been written as the original step in interest in the bac- teriology course.
 He gave me $50 for the letter and said that l would be well taken care of financially" said Faiman.
 "1 told him l could not take chances on something irregular about my place there, as VI had spent lot of money on 1t. If there was anything irregular l should be well paid for it."
 The next testimony dealt with Billy's sickness.
 Testimony regarding Shepherds obtain germs from Fatman's school was gone over in this manner: He asked me if had any bac- terial cultures there and had three tubes of typhoid cultures, one A Para-A and one A Para-B, which had received from the health de- partment laboratory a short time previously and I took out the tubes and uncovered one of them and made a slide of it.
 Technical Explanation
 We stained the slide with methlyne blue so it did not show the fragility. organs Of locomotion Of the bacteria, because that takes a special stain and a little more tech nique. takes a longer time 10 make 1t, showing that this bacteria had to be identified under an oil immersion lens, which magnifies the germ about HOO times from 1000 to
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