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watt qn ee ime eet yet: tes ars ae eee ee tee | 0-19 (11-22-55) Freedom or New Trial: “COLUMBUS, Ohio, ‘April 17("Yt‘was untrue—it. was false,” Mr. Herbert declared. 3. Judge Edward Blythin, who - She convicted wile slayer,|presided at the original trial, re- SY pleaded with the Ohto|fused to allow the defense to ask Supreme: Court to free the|whether members of the jury thirty-two-year-old osteopath orjhad: heard-a radio broadcast grant him ‘a new trial. ° ; The eppeal was voiced in al,” + poaheamts \packed courtroom less than @ to os country.” WF exper a Jdozen blocks from Oho Peni-| , 4.Testimony _ i: experts: | ltentiary ‘where Sheppard ~ is showed ‘that. ain of blood serving ‘8 life sentence for the th bul dee the ht ssuttes | bludgeon. slaying of his wife ay htrreaktery A ch resulta on July, 1954. | Sit Sheppard had no blood on | He- was convicted just before(nis trousers, ‘shoes, socks Christmas, 1954, following a shorts... 2 22. sB ee nine-week trial. Ever since, en eee attorneys have sought his free- hei Although, brea “and eee | jdom. A.decision on his latestlaners under her fingernails, n appeal might not come for at seratch of any kind was Yound least 8 month, . L. . on Sheppard. . © °°: Mpls Arguing Sheppard's cause to-| ¢. Cleveland’ - detectives . sl-- day was Paul Herbert, formerliegediy failed to explain how two Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.Ipieces of her teeth, were found \ He told the seven-judge courtiynder her body... 2 "7 3 * under Mrs. Sheppard's watch which were “not her own or that | of the defendant?” 3855 * Speaking forthe. state, Mr. Danacesu said:.“Mr. Herbert is not bothered “by the ‘record—he makes his own.” "He said Shep~ pard’s “brothers-: and * friends prevented any interrogation tof Grounds for Challenge | | -However,: assistant: Cuyahoga County ‘prosecutor Saul Dana~- ceau, who presented the state’s case, salu Sheppard Hed all along “to save his own hide.” — Mr. Herbert: challenged the him). by “public | officers, 88° in Shep- conviction on ‘grounds that: _ [other cases”? ~. Ene e _ 1,Court baliffs in Cleveland} tr; Danaceau said tha (legally permitted jurors to com-/pard at first-denied having intl- jmunicate with “outside persons.” mate relations with other women, be Two jurors hear a “vicious"|including Susan Hayes, a techni-} broadéast -which.sald a woman|cian in the family-owned hospi+ ho had been arrested {n. Newltal. “But when we got proof,” he Peed comparing Sheppard's testimony “with that of Alger Hiss,a traitor New Leader | Vinterrowd Tele. Room 28 Holloman 4 Gandy Wash. Post and Times Herald — Wash. News Wash. Star __-_____. N. Y. Herald i} _ Tribune N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News —_ Daily Worker The Worker ate Vewre