Evening star., 1925-06-23
SHEPHERD DENIES
!. MURDER, ON STAND
~
Remains Unmoved Through
GrueIing Examination by
States Attorney.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, June 23.-N imam u
Shepherd took the witness stand al
A1:24 am. today to strike the chief
blow in his defense of the charges
1hat he used typhoid bacilli to slay
Ibis millionaire foster son. William y.
McClintock.
: 4 crowded room of spectators, who
had fought for admission on this day
of days of the five weeks OF the trial.
strained forward tense.y A Shepherd
was called. \ great me IS of man,
wide and stocky Of build. curly hair.
tiron gray. and his face cha'ky white
with its Jail pallor. Shepherd ambled
leisurely to the witness box.
Photographers. officially banned
from all Cook County Criminal Courts,
=scooted about the courtroom shoot
ing" the well composed man in the
witness box from all angles.
: Mrs. Shepherd, who has been in the
courtroom every day of the five weeks
and two days of the trial, sat with
composed countenanCe as her husband
offered his testimony She had indi.
Gated last night that she did not wish
him to testify.
The tiny courtroom, crowded TO its
capacity, hung in breathleSS silence
on every word uttered by the witness.
Denies All Charges.
Did YOU murder Billy McClintock -
asked William :. Stewart Shepherd S
chief counsel. after the usual identi-
hcation questions.
II did not" Shepherd replied in a
hrm. well modulated voice.
The defense attorney took Shepherd
through each charge in the Indictment
Of % counts. covering The death of
Mof' int
unknown manner
In each instance the defendant an
swered Il did not
He denied that he ever had seen c.
c. Faiman. his chief accuser. until
after he was taken into custody, ever
had written a letter to F'aiman's Ma
tional University of Sciences regard
ing a course in bacteriology or had
ever seen John p. Marchand. repre-
sentative of Faimans school.
He denied that he had seen Dr..
Amante Rongetti until after his ar
rest. In three minutes Shepherd s
general denial of each and every ac-
cusation against him had been for.
mally entered. and Stewart sat down
with a remark Take the witness to
the prosecution.
Answers i'm Low Voice.
trOsS-eNa m1natlon OF the Ge1enQdnt |.
expected 10 be one of the most Cruel
ing ever made of a witness. was be-
gun in a low voice by Prosecutor Rob
ert +. Grove. In keeping with it,.
Shepherd dropped his voice. and the
ma jority of the spectators were left to
wonder just what was being said.
You are here charged with the
murder of William Nelson NcClin
took, aren't you - asked Stewart after
FIVE questions of identification.
. x am" replied Shepherd
! md you murder .McClintock?
+ II did not
: In this indictment YOU are charge ed
An yGrious accounts with administer
Ang various forms of poison" contin-
Ned Stewart. Did you ever give
Billy McClintock any poison"
Il did not, was the second detailed
denial.
You are charged with administer
ing to Billy McClintock various death
dealing germs Did you ever give him
any germs?
/ II never did" Shepherd answered.
You are charged in one of these
counts with numbering Billy McClin-
dock in a manner and form unknown
TO the grand jury. Did you in any
manner and form murder Billy Nc
Clintock?"
: Il did not and denials Of charges
of the actual murder were completed
Minister First Witness.
: Rev. c. A. Naumann, pastor Of st.
PauIs Lutheran Church. was the first
witness today.
: He testified tha; the shepherds at
titude toward young Billy McCiintock
was always that of parents toward an
own child. He said that relation was
reflected by Billy.
. The minister testified that he was
a the Shepherd home four times dur
ing the illness of the young million
aire Upon three of those occa sions
he saw Miss lisa belle Pope. the youths
fiancee, and observed nothing unusual
In the relations between her and the
Shepherds The clergyman was not
crosse mined.
: Signe GustafSon. formerly maid
In the Shepherd. NCt'lintoCk home.
testified that a few days before Billy
became i'll enough 10 take to his bed
he left the dinner table with the re
mark that he feared he was coming
down with typhoid fever"
Never Saw Laboratory
{ James Thome. formerly friend Of
Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock. who
died is wears ago. testified that he had
never 'pSSi tti III tie IDillS size SIidltu
with the Shepherds q laboratory the
State alleges Shepherd maintained.
Albert BaenZinger. reporter for the
chicago Evening America n, cha allenged
the testimony OF Miss Leola Allard
Herald and Examiner reporter. that
Shepherd had stated he had drawn
will for the signature of Mrs. MNC'lin-
took. He aid there was some dis
cussion Of n will but that it involved
the document dra wD nv Aleya DJe,, T.
Reichmann. who beca me a CO.guartiian
with Mrs. Shepherd Of McClintock
Raenzincer and Robert r.. Grove
the states attorney. argued heatedly
when the reporter would not answer
yes or no"