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THE SHEEDY VERDICT

IT IS A REVERSIBLE DOCUMENT.

Monday McFarland Held as a Principal With Two Accessories.

A Second Clause Finds Mrs. Sheedy the Principal and McFarland and Walstrom Accessories.

A Chance for a Choice.

The coroner's jury in the Sheedy case reconvened Friday morning and decided to bring in a verdict. After mature deliberation the jury rendered the following as its finding:

"State of Nebraska, Lancaster County. }

At an inquisition holden at Lincoln in Lancaster county on the 23rd day of January, A. D. 1891, before me, Edgar L. Holyoke coroner of said county, upon the body of John Sheedy, lying dead, by the jurors whose names are hereto subscribed, the said jurors upon their oath do say:

That Monday McFarland, on the eleventh day of January in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, in the county of Lancaster and state of Nebraska, in and upon One John Sheedy, the and there being, unlawfully, purposely feloniously and of his deliberate and premeditated malice, did make an assault with the intent, him, the said john Sheedy, unlawfully, purposely and of deliberate and premeditated malice, to kill and murder; and that the said Monday McFarland, with a certain iron or steel cane covered with leather, which he, the said Monday McFarland, then and there held in his hands, the said John Sheedy in and upon the bead of him, the said John Sheedy, the on there unlawfully, purposely, feloniously and of his deliverate and premeditated malice, did strike and wound with the intent aforesaid, thereby, then and there, with the cane aforesaid, by the stroke aforesaid, in the manner aforesaid, in and upon the head of him the said John Sheedy, giving to him, the said John Sheedy, one mortal wound of the length of two inches and the depth of one-half an inch, of which mortal wound the said John Sheedy, from the said eleventh day of January in the year aforesaid, in said county, did languish, and languishing did live, on which twelfth day of January in the year aforesaid he, the said John Sheedy, of the aforesaid mortal wound, died. And that one Mary Sheedy and one Andrew H. Walstrom, then and there unlawfully, feloniously and purposely and of their deliberate and premeditated malice, were present, aiding, abetting, comforting, procuring, assisting and maintaining the said Monday McFarland in the felony and murder aforesaid in the manner and form to do and commit. And so the coroner's jury, upon their oaths aforesaid, do soy that said Monday McFarland and Mary Sheedy and Andrew H. Walstrom, him, the said John Sheedy, in the manner aforesaid, unlawfully, purposefully and of deliberate and premeditated malice did kill and murder. And the said jurors upon their oaths do further say that Mary Sheedy, on the 11th day of January, in the year aforesaid, in said county, unlawfully and feloniously by contriving and intending him, the said John Sheedy, to deprive of his life and kill and murder, purposely and deliberate and premeditated malice, a large quantity of certain deadly poison did mix and mingle in a certain preparation, which he, the said John Sheedy, then and there intended and was about to drink, the said Mary Sheedy, then and there well knowing that the said preparation with which she, the said Mary Sheedy, did so mix and mingle as aforesaid, was then and there prepared for the use of the said John Sheedy, and then and there well knowing that such poison was a deadly poison. And that said John Sheedy, in the day and year aforesaid, did take and drink and swallow down into his body said poison, so mixed with said preparation, the said John Sheedy at the time of drinking said preparation and poison, not knowing that there was any poisonous subsance mixed or mingled with siad preparation by said Mary Sheedy with the intent of her's the said Mary Sheedy then and there, him, the said John Sheedy, willfully, feloniously, purposely and of deliverate and premeditated malice, to kill and murder, and by reason of said poison so mixed with said preparation said Mary Sheedy as aforesaid and swallowed by the said John Sheedy, he, the said John Sheedy, became mortally sick and distempered in his body and of said mortal sickness, from the 11th of January in said year until the 12th day of January in the year aforesaid, in said county, said John Sheedy, of the poison aformesaid, so taken, drank and swallowe dodwn as aforesaid, and of the mortal sickness and distemper thereby occasioned did die.

And they said Monday McFarland and Andrew Henry Walstrom, then and there willfully, feloniously, purposely and of their deliberate and premeditated malice, were present, aiding, abetting, comforting, procuring, assisting and maintaining the said Mary Sheedy in the felony and murder aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do say that the said Mary Sheedy, Monday McFarland and Andrew Henry Walstrom, him, the said John Sheedy, int he manner aforesaid, and premeditated malice, did kill and murder.

In testimony whereof the said jurors have hereunto set their hands the day and year aforesaid, Foreman: Roberth McReynolds. George Bosselman. Thomas C. Munger. James Aitken. George W. Mead. Frank R. Waters."

Walstrom Was Mistaken.

It will remembered that when Walstrom, Mrs. Sheedy's "sweetheart," was before the coroner's jury he testified that on his way from Kansas City to Omaha he met a member of the firm of Mayer Bros., Lincoln clothiers and that the latter, in the course of a conversation on gambling in the west, chanced to mention the name of John Sheedy, which led to an investigation upon the part of Walstrom to ascertain whether or not Mrs. Sheedy was the woman he had met in Buffalo. A member of the firm of Mayer Bros. is authority for the statement that that portion of Walstrom's story is untrue.

Mrs. Sheedy in a Cell.

The impression has become more or less general that Mrs. Sheedy's imprisonment was merely nominal, or, in other words, that she was provided with comfortable apartments in the residence portion of the county hail. Inquiry develops the information, however, that she is incarcerated in a cell and has no more comforts supplied her than are afforded the other prisoners.

It is said that in her youthful days Mrs. Sheedy, then Mollie Gabriel, attended a school at or near Abingdon, Ill., which was taught by Jesse B. Strode, one of the attorneys now entrusted with her defense upon the awful charge which confronts her.

Eminent Physicians everywhere recommended Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as the most reliable remedy that can be had for colds, coughs, and all pulmonary disorders. Ask your druggist for Ayer'd Almanac; it is the best publication of its kinda, and full of information.

MERCHANTS DEMAND IT

Senator Manderson's Bridge Project Meets With Great Favor.

Washington, Jan. 22.-[Special]- Senator Manderson has won quite a notable victory for the people of Nebraska and Iowa in securing the approval of the engineers of the war department to the proposed new low bridge across to Missouri between East Omaha and Council Bluffs. Heretofore the department has steadily declined to recommend the passage of any bills which provide for low bridges across the western rivers and it was only through the persistence of the senator that the chief engineers were induced to change the programme in this case.

It is doubtful if there has been a bridge introduced in congress within the past twenty years which has attracted so wide an interest as the one introduced by Senator Manderson about a week ago. All the railroad companies traversing Nebraska and Iowa, excepting the Union Pacific and its connections, seem to have gone wild on the subject of a new bridge, and business men from all over the state of Nebraska have telegraphed to General Manderson urging him to do all in his power to secure prompt action in the senate. The approval of the secretary of war to the project will probably have the effect of inducing the senate commerce committee to promptly make a favorable report on the bill, and if anything goes through at this session there is a good chance that this measure will be in the race.

AN OFFENSIVE BREATH is most distressing, not only to the person afflicted if he have any pride, but to those with whom he comes in contact. It is a delicate matter to speak of, but it has parted not only friends, but lovers. Bad breath and catarrh are inseparable. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst cases, as thousands can testify.

RAILROAD CONDUCTOR SHOT

Two Burglars Prove Desperate Men in a Tight Place.

Boone, IA. Jan. 22. -James R. O'Neil, a freight conductor on the Chicago & Northwestern road, was shot and instantly killed at Long Point about two o'clock this morning by a tramp whom he attempted to put off the train.

Later developments show that the murder of Conductor O'Neil was committed by burglars, who had a few hours before robbed the station at Legrande. An officer was on the train with O'Neil and the officer went to an empty freight car to see if they were aboard. O'Neil climbed up, and as he looked in a shotgun was discharged in his face, literally blowing off the top of his head. Two men in the car jumped out and fled. The officer fired at them, but without effect. Two tramps have been arrested at Marshalltown on suspicion.

FARMERS IN SESSION

An Alliance Federation Scheme Proposed Knights of Labor Admitted.

Washington, Jan. 22. -Representatives of the Knights of Labor, the colored farmers' alliance, farmers' union and citizens' alliance began a meeting here to-day in accordance with the instructions of a call for a conference. The representatives of three other organizations are expected to-morrow. A plan of agreement looking to confederation was drawn up. It provides for a joint committee, five from each organization, to represent the confederation. The St. Louis platform shall be the basis. Each shall stand pledged to assist when possible in all local efforts to better the condition of the people. The joint committee shall have power to admit other organizations with a similar object. Each organization shall be bound to support the place agreed upon by the joint committee. Adjourned to-morrow.

AN EDUCATED LIBERTINE

Irate Fathers Seek to Bring to Justice a Solon, Ia., Professor.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 23. -A special from Cedar Rapids, Ia., says: Quite a sensation has developed at Solon, a town on the Burlington road south of here. For some time the larger girl scholars attending the public school had been complaining that Professor Sulivan had been making improper advances toward them, and an investigation was about to be made when Sullivan left town. It then developed that he had been intimate with Bertha Fished, one of his pupils, for several months. Her father at once started in pursuit, but could learn nothing of his whereabouts. This morning Sullivan returned. Nothing has been done as yet, but arrests will probably be made soon. The people are much excited. Sullivan has a wife and two children.

Fighting at Close Quarters.

Walsenburg, Col., Jan. 23. -Bob Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, and J. D. Harden, a saloonkeeper, engaged in a Harden, a saloonkeeper, engaged in a shooting scrape here Wednesday night. They were so close together that each man was trying to knock the other's gun out of the way. Harden was shot in the shoulder and in the hand and Ford was hit in the foot, besides being badly burned about the face with powder. The men quarreled over a game of craps. Neither is dangerously hurt and both are under arrest.

To purify Your blood Take Hood's Sarsaparilla.

MONTANA LEGISLATORS AGREE.

Helena, Mont., Jan. 23. -The legislative deadlock is practically at an end. The republican and democrat caucus committees reached an agreement tonight and only a few minor details remain to be settled. The democrats will have twenty-seven members, the speaker and all other officers and a majority of all committees. The republicans will have twenty-eight members of the house. This majority of one will give them no advantage, as the senate and governor are both democratic.

BALDWIN SIGNED.

Columbus, O., Jan. 23. -Mark Baldwin, the well known pitcher, was signed by the Columbus club to-day.