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Dr. Samuel Holmes Sheppard — Part 1

60 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Dr. Samuel Holmes Sheppard · 60 pages OCR'd
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BE eres Me athe ae” wee Pte oy be ee te eterno | 0-19 (Rev. 7-18-58) Sheppard Asks Ohio Court | For Freedo ; ‘COLUMBUS, Ohio, 14 * (UPI). —Dr. § pagd today asked the Ohio Su- ‘Ol habeas cor~ , ‘preme Court to rk i order his release ; from the Ohio § P en itentiary where he is term for the murder of” his wife, Marilyn, in 1954. - He asked the * court for hjs immediate re- lease on a writ pus in a peti- Dr. Sheppard tion filed by his attorneys, Wil- Mam J. Corrigan, Fred W. Gar- , mone and Arthur W. Petersilge, V a all of Cleveland. The attorneys said in the petition that Cuya- hoga County authorities at}, Cleveland where Sheppard was convicted had concealed evi- dence that would have been}. beneficial to Sheppard. The osteopath was found guilty of second degree murder on Dec. 21, 1954, for the blud- geon-slaying of his wife on In-|. dependence Day of that year. The Ohio Supreme Court was expected to set a hearing on the new’ petition next month. The lcourt previously upheld the con- ‘vietion and the United States Supreme refused toaeulay the waenagenmmnel lapeemene moe aE TE! IAUG19 1958 Denver d J — _. . . J ( 2 -fur 6-4 Trotter -~== W.C. Sullivans Tele. Room = Holloman. _** : Gondy = Wash. Post and = Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald _ b Tribune N. Y. Journal- American N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News —_ N. Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader ‘Date
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