Shepherd waxay ku noqotey Maraykanka 1929 waxayna ka qeyb gashay Koorsada Saraakiisha Ciidamada Badda. Ka dib markii uu qalin jabiyay Kabtan Shepherd ayaa dibada loo diray mar kale, markan wuxuu ahaa shaqsi ka go'an Garde d'Haiti, isagoo u adeegay afar sano isagoo ahaa taliyaha degmada iyo waaxda Mareykanka ee Haiti
Waxaad Ka dib markii Ciidamada Badda ay ka baxeen Haiti 1934, Shepherd waxaa loo qoondeeyay Xerada Ciidamada Badda, Washington, DC, isagoo ahaa sarkaal fulineed iyo diiwaan-hayaha Machadka Ciidamada Badda.