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54/09/17 See Sheppard Losing Fight

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Dr. Sam Weeps at Hearing

BULLETIN istant Pro ecutor John J. Mahon blocked intro­ Ruling on Dr. m heppard' application for bail Highlights of bail te timon on Page 10. d tion of Dr. Sam' claim or innocence , hen Bay was d la ed lat toda when Judg Edward Blythin Village Chief John Eaton was on the tand. po tpon d th hearing until 10 a. m. onda . hief Defen Counsel \ illiam J. Corrigan had De pite the general belief at the Criminal Cow· ed Eaton if he 'went do\m to the beach" on the Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard apparent! has lost hi bid Bldg. that Judge Bl thin will refu e to et bail, Tom murder morning "because Sam told police he had for freedom on bail pending his trial for -. ife murder. \ eber a bonding company repr entati e waited ggled" with the killer there. T'ne pro ecution team con idered the defense te ti­ hopefuJJ ou ide the courtroom. ahon objected that this \ a hearsay, ince Eaton had not actually poken to Dr. heppard at the time. mony o weak a the hearing neared a conclu ion late But that pro pect med ery llm. Courtroom ob­ today that they decided to call no re uttal \'-itne e . ton admitted that, \! hen he "took charge" of rver pointed out that the defen e had failed to pro­ the murder investigation July 4, he "hardly noticed" It wa freely predicted at the Criminal Court Bldg. duce any major n w at the unique hearing. that Common J udge Edward Blythin would Dt. Sam. The o teopath' vex ion, he said, \ a later order that Dr. Sam remain in County Jail until a jury Alternately obbing and cowling, Dr. Sheppard related to him by Bay Village Mayor J . Spencer Houk. decides his innocence or guilt. Ii tened intently as the legal battle for hi liberty was Houk although under subpena as a witne for hearing, was unable to appear because he is Blythin wa to et the trial dale-expected to be fought. He and h · attorne ignored the prosecution taday' late in October-immediately after ruling on the bail challenge that Dr. Sam himself take the witne stand in d in Lakesid Ho pital for treatment of a petition. to face era -examination. Tum to Page 12, Column 1 J~, -q ,.._., f $ .. /j I I PACE 12 w. Dr. Sam Seen Losing New Bail Battle ( Coatiautd From P~• Oae) testify.'' challenged Assistant ]age, last Monday. He said Prosecutor Saul S. Danaceau. be took a wrench away from atomacb and nervous dleorder. tlon came during the testimony Mahon and Corrigan clashed the man, which he turned Dr. Sheppard broke Into tears of Mrs. Nancy Ahern, a friend when Sheri!! Joseph Sweeney over to Bay Village police for and sobbed for several minutes and neighbor, about the events was called as a defense wit• examination. at one point in the unique pro­ ness, with records of Dr. Sam's Corrjgan contends that the ceedings in the Criminal Courts preceding the July 4 slaying. Mrs. Ahern, who was a guest stay in the County Jail. escaped burglar could be the Bldg. killer of Marilyn Sheppard. at the Sheppard home on the The prosecutor brought out Among those In the crowded that defense attorneys had The defense wanted to ac­ courtroom who saw his break• eve of the tragedy, recalled made 33 vi its to Dr. Sam since cuse h Im of "prejudice" down was Mrs. Thomas Reese, that Dr. Sam had left the liv• against Dr. Sam, and discuss­ stepmother of the murdered his imprisonment July 30. He Ing room to go to the garage. suggested that the osteopath ing the case at a recent cock• Marilyn. tail party. He went to get some glue to had more jail interviews with She sat with a friend-on the his attorneys than with the Prosecutor Frank T. Cullltan opposite side of the room from fix a toy airplane which bla police. denounced the defense tactic Dr. Sam's brothers, Dr. Rich• son, Sam (Chip) Jr., 7, had Other witnesses questioned or accusing numerous other ard and Dr. Stephen, and their broken, ~e recalled. persons of possible complicity wlves. were Larry Houk, 16, son of In Police Lineup Mayor Houk; Mrs. Helen F . in the murder. Each accusa• Dr. Sam's emotional erupt- Schuele, next door neighbor of tion, be said, has been meticu­ At this point, Dr. Sam strug­ the Sheppards; Jean Disbrow, lously explored and the sus­ gled to catch hla breath and former baby-5ltter for Marilyn; pect completely cleared. gritted bis teeth. Then tears Bay Patrolman Fred Drenk• Cullltan said Dr. Sheppard's nowed down hiJI cheeks. He han, and Dr. and Mrs. Stephen constitutional rights have been dabbed at them with a hand· Sheppard. "scrupulously observed." kerchief. Bert Winston, foreman of the "As a matter of fact," he , which indicted Dr. added, "as a prime , he Ignoring his cllent 5 outbll!st. Sam, was under subpena, but Corrigan contlnue_d question•~ did not appear. He was re• was more tenderly treated Ing !-'frs. Ahern without inter• ported in ew York. than any suspect In my recol ruption. lectlon. Indeed, some of th<' Dr. Sheppard covered his Wants Winston Recalled authorities bent over backwarr eyes with his hands when other to favor him." Cannone asked the judge to • Dr. Stephen Sheppard I ue< witnesses described the discov­ order Winston brought back ery of Marilyn's body in their a statement denouncing Cuill and be compelled to testify, tan's criticism. bedroom on the murder mom• but Blythin replied that the ing. "The family and friends o· jury foreman will be home Dr. Sam wlll never rest unti The testimony of Robert Monday. Blythin recalled that the real murderer I appr Stawicki, 48, of 4511 E. 49th St., the defense had excused Win• hended," the brother said. ''Wr disclosed Cuyahoga Heights, ston a!ter his testimony last are not convinced that all o that Dr. Sam had been forced Saturday. the have been actualJ:, to stand in a police lineup for Miles Davis, 17, told of grap• and completely checked out possible Identification as a piing with a six-foot burglar . . . We refuse to be intlmi "suspicious person" seen in the he discovered In his home at dated by any officials w Ith viclnlty of his home at 2:15 375 Kenilworth Rd., Bay Vil• clo ed minds.'' a. m. ,on July 4. Stawicki said he had been driving home from a fishing trip to Port Clinton about that time and observed a "bushy­ haired hitchhiker." . Last Aug. 11, he said, police showed him a lineup of flve persons - 'Including Dr. Sbep­ panl - and asked him if he could "pick out the man." He said the man he saw was not In the lineup. But Stawicki said he had seen a newspaper photograph which resembled the hitch· hiker. He said the photograph was of Gervase C. Flick Jr., 20, of 3137 Rocky River Dr. Young Flick, a pre-med student at Col• gate University, ls a "friend and admirer" of Dr. Sam. Saw Hitchhiker Flick, whose father Is an osteopath on the Bay View HQs­ p1tal staff, told police he had seen a hitchhiker on the morn• lng of .Tu}y 4 who resembled Dr. Sheppard's description of a "tall, bushy-haired" intruder who killed Marilyn. Mn. Flick told The Press her son was driving home from Kirksville, Mo., on July 4. Corrigan and Fred Garmone, associate defense c o u n s e 1, called a dozen witnesses in their effort to dispel the "pre­ • sumption of guilt" against the youthful osteopath charg"ed with the premeditated killing of his pregnant wile. But Mahon mslsted that none ol the witnesses knew what went on In the murder home between 12:30 and 6 a. m. on July 4. He repeatedly challenged the defense to "call the one witness who was deflnlteJy In that house at the moment o1 murder-Dr.. Sam Sheppard.'' Statements Blocked Prosecution objections have thus far blocked Introduction into the record of lengthy pre­ vious statements by Dr. Sam in which he denied killing his wife. "He Is here-let him