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Show DR. (ILL ON WITNESi STAND Says Mrs. Shepard Agreed to Divorce to Give Him Protection SALT LAKE CITV July 14 Dr. Thnmns G. Odell on the witness stand in Judpe W H Brunei's division of the Third district court, admitted yesterday yes-terday that the COmenl if a illvmce from Arthur A Shepherd by Mrs Hat-tie Hat-tie Jennlncn Shepherd deprived Mrs. Shepherd of the custody of her two children, and that the stand taken by Mrs. Shepherd WSS done In Order to prevent odell f 1 om being court - mar-tialed mar-tialed while 111 the navy and from being made Hie defendant in an alienation alien-ation suit Dr. Odell admitted that he knew these to he the terms upon which Mrs. Shepherd obtained dismissal of the tu over dines Instituted Ivj her husband uhOrtly after his return from France and discovery of the relationship of his wife and Dr Odell. Now Mrs. Shepherd la suing Or. odell. (ionise T Odell and Mis Maud Hardy odell wife of Dr. Odell, to recover re-cover 9 r, 0,000 damages and 915,000 allowed al-lowed to have been extorted from her to prevent the bringing of a suit for alienation by Mrs Odell. crn im, en pn The ullenathin suit brought by Mrs. I Shepherd's husband and dismissed at I the time of dismissal of Ihe court mar-l-tlal proceedings, has also b-?en rein- BtltUted, this time In the Third dlstri' 1 1 court here Just prior to the filing of j the suit brought by Mrs. Shepherd, I which Is now on trial Mr Shepherd asks for damages in the amount of 0 000 A telegram Identified by Mr. Odell I j as having been re eived bv him from I Mrs. Shephepi and read Into the record rec-ord yesterday, read: "If you can't play I the erame fair I will take up suits Ij dropped." Or Odell sahl that the; telegram had reference to the actions already mentioned I In the telegram as well as In several, letters Introduced In evidence Dr, Odell la addressed by the initials S M , 'and the missives are all signed D. O.' In one of l hem the writer refers to' i herself as his dream girl," the first: 1 sentence of a letter reading Your letter of the 29th has brought me bark to life and I feel like your old 1 dream girl." RI COXC1L1 Tio CLOl l. In another place the writer says' I that fear of his becoming reconciled 1 with "Maud ' Is a cloud upon his happiness hap-piness Vgaln she pleads with him not! ; to an ept foreign service, saying thai she cannot endure separation from him. Dr odell was at the lime In I the navy and ll was while his ship1 was stationed at Boston and Mr Shepherd Shep-herd was on mllltarv dntv in Franco, that the association was developed between be-tween himself and Mrs Shepheid . then living In Roston, which led to I the divorce of the Shepherds and th ! j present litigation. Once durlnic the time Dr. Odell was! I testifying, Mrs Shepherd appeared to' be emotionally disturbed. He had I Just said thai he was sure that she 1 must love him very much to give up her husband and children t" save him. 1 .Mrs. Shepherd irrade use of a hand-I hand-I kerchl 'f to hide hei eve, and lo r 'shoulders were agitated as with suppressed sup-pressed sobs. SE7J I'l l Ml NT OFFERED, I During the afternoon Ueorge T. Odell was called as a witness for the piuintiff He admitted that Mrs. Shep-l herd called upon him at his office In I I Salt Lake with reference to possible' 1 bringing of suit by Mrs Maud Hardv odell against Mrs. Shepherd to re-! 'cover damages for the alienation of! j Dr odell g affections He said that she said at the time that she wouldl I be willing to pay 910,000 Mn settle-' ment Mr. Odell eald that he refused re-fused to be a party 10 the negotla- tion.-t. that he informed Mrs Shepherd Shep-herd and that Mrs. Odell hail an at- torney and that she bad best com-' I munlcate with him |