Evening star., 1954-11-15
Policeman Tesiifies
How He Checked Out
Dr.. Sheppard 5 Story
sy The Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, Nov. 15.-Ex-
perimenting policemen found
that a very general description"
of a man standing near slain
Marilyn Sheppard's bed could
be obtained from the stairway
of her home. her husbands mur-
der trial was told today.
Bay Village Patrolman Fred
Drenkhan testified that one week
after the Staying he and another
policeman checked out DR.. Sam
uel H. Sheppard's story that he
saw only a white form" near
his wife's body the night she
was murdered in her bed.
Mr.. Drenkhan said he turned
on a lamp near the bed and
watched from where DR.. Shep-
pard said he stood. Then he
had Police Sergt. Jay Hubach
stand in the place of the white
form" while Mr.. Drenkhan ran
upstairs. He was able. he said,
to distinguish the sergeant's
general size.
Sergeant Wore White Shirt.
Sergt. Hubach wore a white
shirt in the July II re-enact-
ment, Mr.. Drenkhan said.
The patrolman was led
through the questioning by
Thomas Parrino Of the prosecu-
ton staff.
Defense Lawyer William J..
Corrigan Immediately came back
and said. "You were in an en-
>tirely different situation from
DR.. Sheppard. and you knew that
Sergt. Huhach was in the room
and what his appearance was"
The witness admitted that this
was correct.
Earlier, Mr.. Drenkhan said he
once heard a rumor that DR..
Sheppard. an osteopath and his
personal friend. was sterile.
But he said he could not re-
call any policeman ever saying
that DR.. Sheppard's 7-year-old
son Chip was illegitimate.
Mr.. Drenkhan finally was ex-
cused at the noon recess.
Mr.. Drenkhan was the first
policeman to examine the Shep-
pard home the morning Mrs.
Sheppard was slain.
Quizzed About Meeting.
In the midst of cross -examina-
tion by Mr.. Corrigan, the lawyer
suddenly asked Mr.. Drenkhan
about meeting of law enforce
ment officers held by Coroner
Samuel r. Gerber shortly after
the murder.
Mr.. Corrigan wanted to know
If Mr.. Drenkharl heard Mr..
Gerber say DR.. Sheppard was
sterile.
II heard that, but it was not
DR.. Gerber" he replied.
who said it?" Mr.. Corrigan
persisted.
''It was a rumor," Mr.. Drenk-
han said. "We received some
letters"
Mr.. Drenkhan also said he was
unable to recall a statement that
DR.. Sheppard killed his wife be-
cause she was pregnant. She
had been pregnant about four
months when she was killed.
Can't Recall Statement.
Mr.. Corrigan also asked:
Didn't you hear it said at a
meeting at the County Morgue
that the. first child Of Mailyn
Sheppard was an illegitimate
child?"
Il don't recall that statement"
the witness replied.
Mr.. Corrigan was cross-ex-
amining Mr.. Drenkhan for the
second day. seeking to shake his
story that SO far as he could tell,
no bushy-haired intruder broke
into the Sheppard home to kill
Mrs. Sheppard. Her husband
insists that is what happened
that night.
The State charges Dr. Shep-
pard murdered his wife during
a quarrel over Susan Hayes, a
hospital technician, and other
women. Miss Hayes is waiting to
testify for the State.
Mr.. Drenkhan admitted under
questioning by Mr.. Corrigan that
to his knowledge no one had
cleaned the floor of the slain
woman's bedroom or the upstairs
area of the house with vacuum
cleaner the morning of July 4.
Mr.. Corrigan also inquired
into Mr.. Drenkhan's previous
testimony that there was no sign
of a struggle in the bedroom.
The patrolman said the bed
clothes on Mrs. Sheppard's bed
had been pulled down toward
the lower part of the bed, ex-
cept for a sheet which DR.. Shep-
pard had reported he pulled up
to cover the lower half of his
wife's partly nude body.
Mr.. Corrigan brought out that
DR.. Sheppard had appeared in
a dazed condition at the time
and. through inference, he