Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-29 | Page 8 | Edward Shepard Dies Suddenly

EDWARD SHEPARD DIES SUDDENLY H I LAKE GEORGE, N. Y., July 2S H I Edward Morse Shepard, the well H known New York lawyer and Demo- H cratlc political leader, who had been H I ill since the contracting of a cold on H June 2G, died Here today of pneu- B monla, H Edward Morse Shepard wasdne of 1 New York's best known Democrats H A lawyer by piofession, he identilied 1 himsalf with the reform element in H politics and had been mentioned for H many public offices in the city and H Mr. Shepard was born in New 1 York City July 23, 1S50. He loomed H large in political life when, as a H Piatt general, he directed the prose- 1 outlon of the noted boss, John Y. H McKane, and 20 other offenders for r ballot box stuffing at Coney Island in 1893. McKane was an absolute - boss within his district, but Shepard j broke his power and sent him to Hl . prison. H Though he had often warred against f Tammany hall, ho was made the Dem- 1 ocratic candidate for mayor In 1901 HU ) but was defeated.