Evening star., 1954-12-13
DR.. Sheppard Denies
Writing Wife in 1850
Regarding Divorce
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pard family. For a time he lived
in the home of the accused man.
DR.. Sheppard recalled a conver-
sation In which divorce was dis
cussed. but he insisted the SUBJ
ject was brought up by DR..
Hoversten. He said DR.. Hover
stem at that time was in process
OF getting a divorce himself.
Il told Hoversten that Marilyn
was the finest girl i could ever
find anywhere. I felt our situa-
tion was ideal for me-"
He quoted DR.. Hoyersten as
saying that If DR.. Sheppard got
a divorce. the two osteopaths
could live and study together.
WAS there any further dis
cussion concerning a divorce be-
tween you and Marilyn,' Mr..
Mahon persisted.
Il told HOverSten the only
problem Marilyn and ! ever had
was the minor one of Marilyn's
having lost some of her sexual
aggressiveness following the
birth of Chip"
Chip is DR.. Sheppard's son,
now seven years old.
Never Sought Advice.
"She recognized this and 1t
was being improved in various
ways" DR.. Sheppard said.
Didn't Hoverstein advise you
to forget all about divorce" Mr..
Mahon asked.
II never sought Hoverstein's
advise"
We'll. did he give it to you?"
II would say 1t was more ac-
curate that he was hoping I
would get a divorce" DR.. Shep-
pard said. 81.
Didn't he mention to you
that you might be jumping from
the frying pan into the fire?'"
II explained that ]. had pref
ty wonderful situation with
Marilyn," DR.. Sheppard said. He
said he couldn't recall that a
"frying pan" expression was
used, but he said If it was, he
believed DR.. Hoversten meant
'he was agreeing with me-"
DR.. Sheppard said he and DR..
Hoversten were not as friendly
thereafter as they had been.
Quizzed About Leaving U. S.
Mr.. Mahon asked whether DR..
Sheppard had ever considered
leaving the United States with
DR.. Hoversten.
The defendant replied that DR..
Hoversten, on several occasions,
said 1t would be pleasant if they
could go abroad to study to-
gether and live together.
Il may have agreed that that
would be enjoyable" DR.. Shep-
pard said. But he added it was
merely a conversation.
DR.. Sheppard was confronted
with a letter he received from
DR.. Hoversten after the latter
had left Cleveland. 1t was post
marked last May 18, less than
two months before Marilyn's
murder. @
Nov, Doctor Mr.. Mafion
said to the witness, ''in one para.
graph it says I received a letter
from Margaret Kaizor last week.
What are your plans for the
future. Shall we go to S. A. or
to s. Africa?' Did you and he
ever have any discussion about
going to South America or South
Africa?"
Denies Serious Discussion.
Certainly not" DR.. Sheppard
replied. "Oh, he might have
come in or I might have come
in after a hard day and said
Let's go to South America or
South Africa. It's merely a
figure of speech. Or Mexico. Or.
any place. Like somebody saying
Let's 60 to Timbuktu.
DR.. Sheppard added that DR..
Hoverstein suffered fits of de-
preston In which he often
talked about leaving the country.
WAS that the same Margaret
Kaizor with whom you went out
in California when Marilyn came
East on a vacation?" Mr.. Mahon
continued.
"Yes, sir. as far as / know 1t
is," Dr.. Sheppard replied.
did you go out with her on