The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-05-21
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Grove, prosecutor in the trial of Will
liam D. Shepherd, on charge of slay-
ing his foster son, William N. Nc
Clintock, with typhoid germs, is de-
termined to locate Robert White, one
of the states chief witnesses, whose
disappearance has brought the first
sensation OF the trial.
information has been obtained that
White, with his wife and two children,
abandoned his home and vanished with
a rented automobile last Friday. A
letter, written by Mrs, Whire TO Mrs.
Marie Budlove. friend said 1--WE have
to leave; our lives were in danger"
Mrs. Budlove has turned the letter
over to the prosecutor.
Tells $4,000 Offer.
The Chicago Herald and Examiner
says it learned from William Adams,
a blind news vendor, of an alleged
$4,000 offer made to White ten days
ago to leave for Florida. The offer
included a furnished bungalow which
would be given him on his arrival
there, Adams said White told him.
Adams quoted White as saying he
would accept "if they mean business"
White was shown as the body guard
of C. C. Faiman, science school head,
who confessed he supplied typhoid few.
er germs to Shepherd and taught him
how to administer them.
White Identified Shepherd.
White and Shepherd at one time
nearly came to blows when they con.
fronted each other and White identi-
fled Shepherd as the man he had seen
at Faimans school. .
Thirty six veniremen have been
examined to obtain three tentative
jurors, Is being excused by agree
ment, II for cause, two by states per-
emptory challenges and one by a per-
emptory challenge by the defense.
The funeral Of j. w. Bidwell, form
err circuit court clerk, postponed the
opening of todays session of the trial
to 2 p. m.
States Attorney Robert E. Grove
today ordered special session OF the
grand jury for $3.50 p. m. presumably
to investigate the disappearance Of
Robert White, state witness in the
trial Of William D. Shepherd, charg-
ed with the murder of William N. Nc,
Clintock. 4eD
Every available investigator was
sent out to search for WHITE ~
Whites mysterious disappearance
was in line with other intimidationa
and efforts to bride state witnesses,
said the states attorney. He pointed
out that an effort had been made TO
kidnap DR.. George Fosberg by Turing
him from his office by a fake tele-
phone call. and that more recently
Miss Gladys Roberts, former secre-
terry for detective agency, was beat
en- after she had testified she had
heard her employer tell Shepherd to
tell one etory and stick to it.
Earl P. Clark, former statesmen for
Faiman's school, reported recently he
had been offered a bride of $4,000
IL he would make affidavit that the
entire prosecution. against Shepherd
was framed.
Shepherds attorneys, William Scot
Stewart and w. w. O'Brien denied
knowledge Of Whites whereabouts or
what made him disappear.
He asserted White was wanted as
material witness for the defense.
"If any one suggests that his abb
sence is in any way brought about by
some one connected with the defense,
we would say that any such conduct
by any one. connected with the defense
would be ill-advised, because this wit
ness would materially assist and bear
out the theory of the defense" said a
statement issued by Stewart and
O'Brien.
White to-day was reported to have
been found by the defense.