Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022
                           All Rights Reserved
                        USGenNet Data Repository

        Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page:
                <http://www.us-data.org/fineprint.html>

Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott
for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/
===========================================================================
Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott
All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded.
===========================================================================
The Greenfield Recorder
Wednesday, 27 July 1910


         WAS WELL KNOWN AT LAKE
         
         MRS. SHEPHERD, Killed at Springfield,
           Wife of Scalper's Ex-chief.
           
         MRS. ELEANOR SHEPHERD, 41, wife of WILLIAM H.
       SHEPHERD, division passenger agent of the Boston
       and Maine railroad, was shot at her home in
       Springfield, Saturday morning, by GEORGE CRELEY,
       father of MR. SHEPHERD'S first wife. MRS. SHEP-
       HERD died within 15 minutes, the bullet having
       entered the side of the face and severed the
       jugular vein. MRS. SHEPHERD was well known at
       the Lake through frequent visits there, MR. SHEP-
       HERD being a former high chief of the scalpers.
       Only a week ago Sunday MRS. SHEPHERD delivered
       the address at the presentation of a flag to the
       order by the wives of the members.
         The crime was that of an insane man, MR. CRELEY,
       who made his home with the SHEPHERDS, having been
       known to be suffering from mental aberration for
       some time. He had shown no tendency toward vio-
       lence, his mania being confied to a belief that
       he was sick. An attempt had been made to have
       him go voluntarily to the Northampton asylum,
       but he declined to go.
         The funeral was held at the SHEPHERD residence
       in Springfield yesterday, Rev. Ernest S. Staples
       conducting the service. Charles M. Blackford, of
       Lake Pleasant, was one of the bearers. The burial
       was in Oak Grove cemetery.
       
================================================================================