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’FOR
Mysteriously Was
By MARGARET DALE.
Special Correspondent.
Of The Evening Sentinel.
(Copyright. 1925.)
CHICAGO, March 20 —- 'I‘wo
ltrange end diverse personalitie-
wlll be the central figures in Chi-
cago's next sensational murder trial
——“'iilinm Darling Shepherd who.
the state charges. talked his way
into 82.000.00u and Dr. Charles C.
Falman. who bought a university
(or 8230. Their indictment for the
murder of young “‘illiam McCiin-
took. the “millionaire orphan" fol-
lowed quickly upon the heels of
Falman's confession that he fur-
nished Shepherd with typhoid
germs to feed to .‘icCllntock after
‘ the latter had made him his heir.
For seventeen yours. the state
charges, Shepherd has plotted to
get the tux-tune that had been left
? 20 young Mcf‘lintot‘k. Known in his
Company during the SpaniHh-Amer-
loan as "Ananlas Bill," the "most
pleasant liar in the company." ac-
cording to testimonv of his com-
mander. Shepherd had little trouble
' wlklng hlfi way into thf 1:0le graces
‘. of Mrs. Emma Nelson .‘lcCiimock.
' mother or Bill}: ,
Shepherd was born in Southern
Indiana, and spent his curly life in
a. tiny cottage in the Indianapolis
slums. liis step rather maintained
.1. coal priidl‘mg establishment in his
hack yard and here young Shepherd
worked. “hilc his mother told fora
tunes. lie p-i‘tcrcd around lniv Of-i:
tic-(ts somw and iinully drifted into.
the whosvsaic drug liusint-ss. mov-
ing to Silllllfl. Kansas. There he
met and m'iiririi llis rros‘ent Wife,
Julia (mm. the daughter or o. Kan-
sas lunrbrr. \Vith this nddod respon-
sibilih he tiiOVud hack to Indiana-
5’ polis tn iwirn tlmt :lil olil utqtluitib.
, anon. limnza Ntlsnn. had married
9' \Villmm. .‘.lv'i‘ilr1tm-l\. n. millionaire.
i” Shortly “my rm: )lcClintock died
5 in an nutumohile accident and
E. Shcphvrvl took up his abode “llll
3 Blrs. )ltw‘lintnc‘n and her ymln': son
“ n'imnm Nv‘lmn. \\'ltrn )lrs. Mc-
;5 Clint-wok 131011 lIl_\'st-l‘l01l>’ly tho;
i shephwr-i- moi. 2m- liliit loy, heir!
' to tin:- nlllliC‘Y‘iF. » i
Throutzh 1h. hers Shepherd has
.il‘iil WORKED
SEVENIEEN YEARSTO‘GET.
lliE-McCllNl'OCK FORTUNE
A Lad He Helped Stepfather in Peddling 1:33-
8 atablishmeni: -— Lad’s Mother Who Died
Old Aoquaintance -_—
Quick Rise of Dr. Faimanr
Goes tmExplore‘
Tomb of 3000 B. C.
’ The tomb discovered at in
Egypt by the Boston-Harvard
expedition and believed to date
back to the reign of Pharaoh
Sencferu, or about 8000 B. C.
has been closed, untouched
pending the arrival of Prof
George A. Reisner, head of ill!
expedition, who is now in thc
U 5 Not until he arrives N
take charge of the long, diflicul'
work of removing the objects it
contains, will the full import.
“mo of the ili‘r‘cvcl’v be known
lived from his income as adminis-
trator of tho estate of l'oung Billy
Mr-(‘lintock lie has wanted {or
no'hlnt. and was on the verge of
coming into the entire fortune HS
tiiv- lt‘gill lv‘il' tiriary of Billy'n will,
\i'lli n trottliir‘ (loveloped.
Faimnn. the other character in
about two'yeu'l troll - 'o.
the Physician ond m college
ct 8t. Mull into n. no!” Pred-
deni. with wmgegummt‘o
give degrees in m .1113“: .
Eamon him-cit. and member- or
the alleged (acuity or his oohool. are
weighted down under the keQVy ob
ray 0: ointment-bed deuce- Ind
titles ouch u bedt’oome much how
ored proteseor in e. leading univer-
sity. . " .
His institution. operoted in a.
three story stone hcuee out on
South Michigan avenue here. in
described/by state uuthoritieo u o
"diplomo mill." But: Dr. Palm
hunaelt is spoken of no a. goniue in
bacteriology. olthough 'wundered
considerably_ meld in his university
works. '
.But even in his unlicensed instio
tution. contagiouo germs in quen-
titiee suincient to coupe a serious
euthreuk of disease. were readily
available. It was the poeoeeeion of
these germs, it in alleged. thnt in:
trodueed Shepherd and brought to-
gether these two alleged collabor-
ators in crime.
0
Am. Italians Plan to
Make 'Visit to Rome
+—
In collaboration with the Italian
Government. the Italy America so-
ciety of New York. has completed
mangements for students and
teqahers to visit Rome for spiritual
and cultural reasons. The Counteoe
Irene di Robllcnt. the society'-
mannger. will be in charge. The
party will leave New York, June 80.
The pilgrimage is under the patron-
age or the American Ambassador to
Italy. the Italian Ambassador to the
United States and Richdrd Whali—
burn Childs. Robert Underwood
Johnson. Lloyd Griecom and Hem?
White, former Ambassadors to Italy.
The party will be received by the
Pope in a special audience end. he-
sides Rome. will visit the tombo of
St. Francesco d'Assisi and ,ot Dante
in Ravenna. and the Catholic Uni-
versity in Milan. 0n the return
trip, Lourdes and Paris will be visit-
((1.
Harbingers.
"The cap is rising," said old Riley
Rezzidew of Petunia. "The birds are
the air comes the merry sounds of
the little boys squabbling. the band
will play in the Public Square to-
night. staid citizens are sneaking off
to fish a. little, ladies are pulling hair
over the cross word puzzle. old men
are pitching liorseshoos, young t'cl.
lt‘rs are skipping out while the grand
i jury is in session, the. flowers are
springing up .and taking it all in all.
I reckon spring has come."~Kan.sas
City Star.
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tn.- , —' - . a Lax; , u ..
young Wino-t. remind: of
singing fit to split their throats. on '
BRIDGEPOBT. notch "1—mo-
tiedthe your the Civil Wu endod.‘
In. Mortar-Moll. mm
of Bridgeport. wol' edw end
bewildered when eh horned tor the
lira till. m “not ob. had
been divorced.“ your. ego by her
husband. Home Nlcboio who died
in ber home in twaeewoon' shot
had mourned in berdonoly old age
ubermatootmony earlier and
happier yearn.
Nichols. m1- lighting under tire
throughout the Civil War. woo mur-
ried .31: 1805. Recently his wile
applied to the Goiernment (or o
penoionootbe widowoto worvot-‘
eron. Her oppliootion wee denied
and she won intotmed tho: octunily
she was not Nicholo' widow. he hav-
ing divorced lier in 1817.
More nun-ed thou hurt by what
she considreed an easily rectified,
ndetake on the port of the Govern-
ment, Mrs. Nichol: went to the ot-
flce of the clerk of the Superior
court for Weld county yester-
day afternoon. She uked tor a
certificate showing that. «ohe had
never Men divorced that it might
be forwarded to the Pension Bur-
eau no convincing proof thot the
was entitled to on allownnce.
Divorced III 18‘".
Dusty record. or the court were
searched. The! Revealed that. Nich-
2' I '. , ‘ ~ ‘ 1
ob woo divorced tum h. wide in
1811 on the ground the: Ibo bed do-
nated-him. .
"Hedivoreed me?” Ire. Nichole
gasped. "Wbot did be live with
me for then!” And one rehted‘
how they bod lived together on men
and wite~until m diedriu 1000.
be ever once mentioning no bad
ed o decree and I um they
were leg-fly ohgle nndgunmnrried.
'ro tab day. Iro‘Niohols told;
she chm-lobe. 3 pair of her buo-
bond'o hip boon. his wntch and
my 0: his old menu. “Bou-
venirs." the celled then. '
When 'Ill‘l. Nichols recovered
somewhat iron the chock-wt our-
prioe. she recalled then. for some
time uround 1875 or 1016. .21. we.
crippled with rheumatiom' in a'New
York hospital. and that buo-
boodbod written hertbot. did one
not‘return. he would divorce her.
She came back tortu- city so
soon as she was able. ehe sold. end
resumed housekeeping with her
tin-bond. who never not or word
hinted th‘ they were other than
happily married.
Nichole. during his lot. you'd.
wu employed as a. cook on. oyoter
‘boatst He end hi. wife made their
home then on Kulloy'o lane. now
known on Columbus place.
‘rnmu, MARCH 20 '
Frank J acoby ,,
The House of. Kuppenheimer Good Ci . -.
12-14 NdMaln St. So. N ' ’
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A few ot the m reed project: i
in the state lave been resumed. Dec
toil! coucernlug theee end the de-
toure neceoury follow:
' Town of Portland—Glastonbury-
Portlnud rood» in under construction.
but is open for traillc.
Town of East Hampton—Port-
hnd-Eut Hampton reed le- under
construction. {Detour via the Bwump -
road.
Town or Union—From Mord- .
Union town line to slate line. reed is
closed. Fur detour.
In the other eectiono o! the state
the work involves no detoure.
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Co-Operatlve Oxford,
Spring styles for men and young men are
As “nothing takes the place of leather” "
other shoe takes the place of coopemtg.
with the fellow who wears them. Get ac
today.
MILTON ELWOOD
122 Washington St. So. No
Pain is Folly
The points couoed by rheumatism.
lumbogo. backache. etc. Stop than
at once by applflng 8t. Jacobo Oil.
You can depend on it. Millions have
done so (or 65 years. People have
never found anything which so
draws the pain right out.
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large Square Gan
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AN OPEN LETTER
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Whydon’tycupublohe Eur-1W:
along with the regular Financial Statement you
mm imprudve figures
do! growth, etc. But
All I remember from your
put out each yea?
Any company an
of financial
figures don't '
Two SWenir—ofie qfwh'cb 6a: to do witb Hear/M
t1»: otber witb Financial Stfmgrb
. (NW M R591“)
advertisements lately that cell of work
doing to help people lire longer. It isn't entirely
clear in my mind just how you're doing it or wit
you do it, but since you are doing it, (iv: or
fact: Hilfiger-c: on I‘d. Cull it I Heart Sato-
ment or 2 \Vclfare Statement, or anything you
E are indebted to Mr. S. for his
It is an excellent one. Wc_publish an annual
Business Statement of the Metropolitan, not
because we think that the figures will be rcmeumercd, but
because they oEcr conclusive evidence of unusual growth
and strength to its 22,000,000 policyholders.
And it is this extraordinary financial strength that
makes it pouible for the Metropolitan to
nation-wide campaign for better health and longer life.
mmuu................61.938people
lmW-Whthutbeueiropolitm
llu
severnl million W nod II the biggest
life insurance company in the world? ‘
I've been following come of your magazine
i
People now live longer
Records kept by the Metropolitan show an extract.
dinary decresscin'thc death rate among its policy- .
holders. Corn
nearly 62,000 fewer dentin in x 24 among its Industrial ‘-
Policyholders than there woul have been if the 1911'.
death rate had prcnilcd.
with 19: x, for example, there were
.~ 3': _
rs.
on.‘
on 8'
like, but—give us the facts.
Perlape other Metropolitan policyholders like
myself would'be interested In a Statement of
that kind.
, Verytmlyyoon,
CNS—
Whilc the average life span in the United States is
5% your: greater than it was 12 yeere. ago, the life span
of the Industrial Policyholdcre of the Metropolitan in-
creased nearly 8% yam—e betterment of three years
over the general average—in the some interval.
These increases in longer life are due in large part to
the Mctropolitan’s Health and Welfare Work among
its policyholders.
Youmthcgaiur
You and all the other 22,000,000 policyholders:
an: out of cveryn'x people in the United Statesond Canada
—rcop the benefit through better health and decreased
cost of insurance.
The wealth of the Metropolitan belongs to you and
to no one else. The Metropoliun has no stock and no
Health and Welfare Siam! Financial Statement 0 ' You. t!- Wc 0f the POW)"
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stockholders. ’ It is owned
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enterprises.
m .00 You, or e part-owner of
nmvm over ”$500,000,000.
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