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A OE RIDE EOD NER ace, mer Senta bere eta fate wetter tenis Mita etin ete aD os oe eee 0-19 (Rev. 9-7-6) Confession Are Cited: - DELAND Fla., July 19 @)— Donald J. Wedler has confessed 8 erime gi of _ Mrs,’ Samuel Sheppard in leveland three years ago, but officers here and‘in Cleveland say they aren't ‘convinced... Wedler, a good-looking blond youth awaiting trial. for escape from a State prison camp, told Sheriff Rodney Thursby -he hit & woman on the head with an fron pipe: a couple of: times while he was ransacking her bedroom in an expensive home. : at’ Cleveland-in July, 1954. ~ Mrs.’ Sheppard was bludg- -eoned to,death July 4, 1954,. and her-husband is serving ‘a .¥fe term for the. slaying.--He ‘maintained an intruder killed 8 Wife and grappled with 1 : ed a three-page: stateme: . about his- life, including . th i Cleveland incident, ar 5 i } to the elaying ,, Weédler said he struck two or i eile i , Wanted fo Discuss Case ~ ‘ ——D = “I don’t know the swvmnte- ity of -his story,” the sheriff said yesterday. “All we know! is this. man wanted to; talk’ about it.” ve bt Capt. David E. Kerr of the Homicide Bureau at Cleveland ; Said: he placed no credence in Wedler’s_ confession:. Thomas ‘Murphy, detective “inspector there, also discounted it, but sald he would ask fora copy ‘of the statement. sue Among the discrepancies be- tween Wedler’s. account and details of the crime is that he is & feet 11 and blond, while Dr. -Sheppard said the man he- grappled with was large and had dark hair.-.. . Cleveland police said Mrs. Sheppard was hit 35 times. ithree times. Mrs. Sheppard's ‘bedroom was not ransacked, police said. Wedler said he was going through a dresser when the woman stirred and he hit er. ns | He said he ran into“s man | on; the stairs, hit him once ; with the pipe and left. Dr. |out Price said he was knocked on 4 tdmem 2? Belmont et Mohr — te Trotter =e Nease —— Tele. Room. : waitress. He was convicted on la charge of ‘robbery and was ;Sentenced to 10 years in prison. | { R&ords show that’ he. #v aped'from a road camps this. ar. He is awaiting trigl on; e.second escape.at > . i out twice in fighting the: in- (\ truder. _ . oof ~ : Born in D. C. in' 1933" - Wedler said he was born in Washington, D. C., October. 23, 1993, Hed about his age and got inzthe Army at the age. of 13. = He said he anerved two “years, Wash. Post and got out an en was sent to the i Maryland Reformatory ‘for une Times Herald suthorized use-of a vehicle. Wash, News — "Later, h esaid, he was in the Wash. Star __f* "4 Air Force @ cand -Toamed. around N. Y. Herald pa;; September | 6,” . e - v. Journad]l-__ minutes” piter he’ STROVE 8. American suibkUp hote ‘a restduran 7 aa ee oe ar ee N, Y. Mirror . N. Y. Daily News N. Y. Times —__ Daily Worker —_ The Worker —— —— . New Leader i Ip (2 SE No a ee eee = 7 o @. NOT RECORDED Date _alttl LP 5S — L Lf 44 ju 22 1957