Show SHEPHERD FIGHTS TO HOlD MILliONS 1 COMES COMES TO BLOWS WITH FORMER CHAFFEUR IN CORRIDOR CORRIDOR- OF COURT HOUSE Many Witnesses Will Take Part In InI I Legal Battle Over McClintock Estate Warm Fight Is Looked For Chicago Chicago William William Darling Shepherd has began his legal battle to retain the million-dollar million estate left to him by his youthful ward William Nelson McClintock of whose mur murder er he was recently acquitted Shepherd and his wife appeared In probate court where his attorneys are attempting to probate McClintock's McClintock's McClintock's McClin- McClin tocks tock's will over the objection of attorneys at representing McClintock and also Miss Isabelle IsabelIe Pope his fiancee Miss Pope under the will wilI receives es esan an annuity The court proceedings were enlivened enlivened en en- livened H by a fist fight between Shepherd Shepherd Shep Shep- herd and Louis Kless Shepherds Shepherd's former chauffeur who met Shepherd in a corridor and demanded settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment of a 55 bill Kless was arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested and the probate judge indicated indicated indi indi- ho he would be held for contempt Mr and Mrs Shepherd were served with a subpoena requiring them to produce the memorandum In McClintock's McClintock's McClintock's McClin- McClin tocks tock's own handwriting which Shepherd Shepherd Shepherd Shep Shep- herd used at a basis in drawing up the will Witnesses included two maids Inthe in inthe inthe the Shepherd home who signed signed the will Each said she did not read cad It and one admitted she could not read English Attorneys for the cousins by their questions indicated they expected expected ex ex- to show that the will may have been tampered with by the introduction introduction introduction in in- of or an extra page after It had been signed I Shepherd may not be called caned on to testify His attorneys entered objections objections objections when attorneys for McClintock's cousins tried to show undue influence influence ence had been used in inducing McClintock McClintock McClintock Mc Mc- Clintock to sign Attorneys for Shepherd cited opinions as late as last Friday to show that undue Influence influence influence in in- fluence has no bearing on the validity I of a will If It the court upholds this argument attorneys s 's for Shepherd maintain the testimony of those who signed the will wili is sufficient to prove pro its validity examination Cross-examination of Shepherds Shepherd's first witness Marie Gartner disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- dis- dis closed the purpose of the contesting cousins to show that one page of the document might have been inserted I subsequent to the signing and wit wit- Orville Or Taylor Talor counsel for forthe forthe the cousins called attention to alleged alleged alleged al al- al- al differences in the handwriting of ot the testators testator's signature on the first firsta a and d last pages I |