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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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q . = ‘ ae related by ~ Dr.~ samuel AMpheppars, the victims Hilsband, west test Domes te waeeenlies wee Mys ystery. W ate ade: %. Near Sh oppatl asking Sceii ‘CLEVELAND, “July 10 A \ This i time neither sr _steelworker today. belatedly of the-oste h’s told police he -saw: a ‘strange|© e-osteopath’s. : family ‘nor man near the Bay Village, om in which Mrs. Marilyn/Shep- jpard was slain a Wee’ He gave a -description—tall, ‘bushy-haired, wearing .a white 'shirt;-which was similar to the his ‘att mney. were present at the Cuyahoga County sheriff's; office. Earlier quizzings were! at ,his<hospital beside and .at! his home. | : ee | Told by Detective Carl ‘Ross, bach that he was a suspect in! ays he grappled with. the! the - murder, the, husband’ was hurt...‘ --%¢/y} replied:. ee are tawicki, 48, who lives] . “you :don' oath dink I killed} town in | Cuyahogalher? My God, do you think; lage ‘police. station “odny “to I'd do that when | we.were ex-' fell:his'story. | 7322S 7. pecting.our. baby.”” ze:tiewAy# ~:He=said “he was “Feturaing “Mts. Marilyn Sheppard was ee {from a fishing trip at Sandusky, four months pregnant. Itswas a-week ago‘ tonight: about 2:30.a.m..Sunday. Po- hat’ Mrs ude: lee believe the murder’ oc- that ‘Sheppard was bludg:’ j eoned ‘to death. The: tnystery. jem Jan m@ and 6 appeared ‘no -nearer a ‘solution, : than last-Sunday.- +2 FSF: -{Dr.-. Samuel Rx. Gerber, county -coroner, reported - that blood: found on a.pair of pants belonging to the-doctor and on. other articles could ‘not be typed, the International News Service. reported. He“also said blood and hair found ‘on- the: victim’s’: hands~had. ‘no: si cance. “oe The: glare of his headlights clearly showed:a husky man of about 19¢.pounds, 6 feet ‘tall, standizg by the side of the road in front.of the Sheppard house, and “he kinda stared at me as T passed.” The steelworker said he. ‘had hot. though” much of .the inci- dent.until he read ‘in-a news paper ‘yesterday that Dr. Shep- pard described _ the : killer As} having ‘bushy hair. -" 2° ‘Dr.:. Sheppard,” dictating “his story before a stenographer for} ‘the «fir: time, toda: ay answered questions for the third straigh day :about the slaying of. his 31- ~ lyear-old ; Wife. fo {The . coroner “Sa only, possible clues he has camined are. two tiny fibers found punder, thefingernails of 7M Hep pard.’The-fibers até -as yet“un- identified-but Dr. Gerber said ‘they willbe preserved as $ Bos. sible, evidence ” i i Nop Ran pet DLs vi L 1 ; 196 aa Sizoo = Winterrowd — Tele. Room ae Holloman = Gand Wash. Post and Times Herald 3M Wash. News .- Wash. Star — N. Y. Herald Tribune — N. Y. Mirror —— JUL 17 1954. Date:
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