Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1931, Page 36

rc-4 % GRANTED U. S. HELP IN SLAYING APPEAL Maj. Shepard, Army Doctor, .+ Convicted of Poisoning Wife, Wins Plea. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo, October 8.-—Ms). Charles A. Shepard, Army surgeon, con- victed of the poison murder of his wife, memy leaded he was a pauper, and leral crrcuu judges granted his re- quest that the Government pay ex- penses of his appeal from the decision. Claims Funds Exhausted. The 60-year-old officer was convicted December 22, 1930, of fatally poisoning | Mrs. Zenana Shepard in June, 1929, at Fort Riley, Kans. It was alleged by the Government that he killed his wife in order to be free to marry Miss Grace Brandon, 24-year-old San Antonio stenographer. Tn iodsys ples Shepard declared griends and relatives had exhausted their funds on his behalf and that even Fis Army salary is pledged in advance for more than a year. his con- viction he recelved many offers of financial assistance and a fund was started. Stays at Denver Hospital. His appeal alleged the trial judge in Kansas City, Kans., erred in refusing to direct a verdict of not guilty, that improper testimony was admitted and that errors were made in the jury se- lection. Maj. Shepard, who is at liberty on bail, is on duty at Pitsimmons General Hospital here. NAVY ORDERS Lieut, Comdr. Edward F. MeOartin, detached duty U. S. 5. Lexington, to treatment Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Jack O. Wieat, detached U. 8. S. Louisville about De- cember 1, to Asiatic station. Medical Corps. Lieut. Clifton A. Young. detached Naval Hospital, Washington, D. O, under instruction; to duty Naval Hos- pital, Washington, D. C. Construction Corps. Lieut. Comdr. Henry R. Oster, de- | | tached Bureau Areonautics, Navy De- partment, about October 1; to temporary duty Naval Afr Station, Pensacola, Fla. ‘Warrant Officers. Chief Gunner Charles H. Foster, to duty at Recelving Station, Navy Yard, ‘Washington, D. C. Chief Pay Clerk Philip C. Dahlquist, detached Naval Air Station, Pensacols, ¥la., sbout December 1; to U. 8. 8. ‘Tennessee. Chief Pay Clerk Fred Robinson, de- tached Commissary Store, S8an Diego, Calif., about December 28; to U. 8. 8. Nevada. Deaths. Rear Admiral Eugene Henry Cozzens Leutze, U. 8. N, retired, died tember 18, 1981, at United States Naval Hos- pital, Brooklyn, N. Y. Lieut. Charles Robert Sies, U. 8. N, retired, died September 21, 1931, at San Diego, Calif. | | | RECEIVES 360-DAY TERM Colorade Man Pleads Guilty to Passing Bad Checks, Pleading guilty to three charges of | issuance of bad checks, Finn Demmer, alias Willlam Morgan, of Colorado, was sent to jall for 360 days by Judge Ralph Given in Police Court yesterday. Mrs. Selina M. Demmer, whose ar- rest on similar charges Judge Given sald was caused by her husband's trickery, was given & suspended sen- tence of 180 days and placed on pro- bation for s year. GETS 360 DAYS IN JAIL Cumberland, Md., Man Charged ‘With Purse Stealing. 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