[2] Shepard was educated at Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut, and started at Yale University in 1895.
A trial followed, and on October 26 the judge sentenced Shepard to three months imprisonment, a $120 fine and he was ordered to pay $4,000 in damages to the girl's parents.
[8] Shepard appealed the decision, and the case was eventually settled in January 1907, with a reduced sentence of six weeks imprisonment.
[10] Unaware of what had happened, Shepard continued until reaching the service area at East Norwich.
Here he was informed by his mechanic that his car may have collided with someone, and a telephone call to the race organisers confirmed what had happened.
[12] During World War I, Shepard worked in a hospital for American volunteers for the French army in Chantilly, France.