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THE GRAINS OF MORPHINE.

INFORMATION IN THE SHEEDY CASE FILED.

County Attorney Snell Formally Charges Mrs. Sheedy and Monday McFarland With the Murder of John Sheedy.

Six Counts in All.

County Attorney Snell yesterday filed in the office of the district clerk the much discussed information in the Sheedy murder case. It is a voluminous document and comprises six counts, which, stripped of as much of the technical law language as possible, are as follows:

"Be it remembered that Novia Z. Snell, county attorney, who prosecutes in the name and by the authority of the state, comes here in person into court and gives the court to understand and be informed that one Monday McFarland and Mary Sheedy on and prior to the 11th day of January, 1891, unlawfully, feloniously, purposely, wickedly, and maliciously did conspire, combined confederate, and agree together unlawfully, knowingly, [?], and feloniously and of the deliberate and premeditated malice of each of them, to kill and murder one John Sheedy. That in the prosecution thereof and to accomplish the ends of said conspiracy the said Monday McFarland and Mary Sheedy, on or about the said 11th day of January, 1891, unlawfully, purposely, and feloniously, and of their deliberate and premeditated malice, and of the deliberate and premeditated malice of each of them, did make an assault upon the said John Sheedy, with the intent, him. the said John Sheedy, unlawfully, purposely, and of their deliberate and premediated malice, and of the deliberate and premeditated malice of, each of them to kill and murder, and that the said Monday McFarland and Mary Sheedy, with a certain steel or iron rod wound with leather, and commonly called a cane, which he, the said Monday McFarland, then and there had held in both his hand, the said John Sheedy, in and upon the head of him, the said John Sheedy, then and there unlawfully, purposely and feloniously and of their deliberate and premeditated malice, and of the deliberate and premeditated malice of each of them, did strike and wound, with the intent aforesaid, thereby, then and there, with the iron or steel rod wound with leather and commonly called a cane afeoresaid, to 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 three inches and of the depth of one inch. That afterwards, to wit: On or about the 11th day of January 1891, in the farther prosecution and carrying out of said conspiracy, to kill and murder said John Sheedy, the said Monday McFarland and Mary Sheedy, then and there, unlawfully, purposely and feloniously contriving, and intending to deprive the said John Sheedy of his life and to kill and murder him, the said Mary Sheedy unlawfully, knowingly, purposely and feloniously and of deliberate and premeditated malice, did administer and cause to be administered to the said John Sheedy, in a manner unknown to the county attorney, a large quantity of a certain deadly poison called morphine, to-wit: Four grains of said morphine, with the intent then and thereby of him, the said Mary Sheedy, him, the said John Sheedy, unlawfully, feloniously, purposely, maliciously and of their deliberate and premeditated malice, and of the deliberate and premeditated malice of each of them, to kill and murder, and, by reason of said mortal wound as aforesaid given, and of said deadly poison to administered, and caused to be administered as aforesaid, by said Monday McFarland and Mary Sheedy, in the prosecution and carrying out of said conspiracy the said John Sheedy became mortally wounded and mortally sick and distempered in his body and of said mortal wound and mortal sickness from the said 11th day of January, 1891, until the 12th day of January, 1891, in said city, county and state, did languish, and languishing did live, on which said 12th day of January, 1891, in the city, county and state aforesaid, he, the said John Sheedy, of the mortal wound so received as aforesaid, and of the poison so administered and caused to be administered as aforesaid, and the mortal sickness and distemper thereby occasioned, did die. And so the county attorney aforesaid presents and shows to the court that the said Monday McFarland and Mary Sheedy, him, the said John Sheedy, in the manner aforesaid, unlawfully, purposely, and of their deliberate and premeditated malice, did kill and murder, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the state of Nebraska.

The second count charges Mrs. Sheedy and McFarland with conspiracy to murder Sheedy by means of a cane. That each of them made an assault upon Sheedy with said cane in the hands of McFarland with the intent to murder, and that Sheedy died from the effects of the wounds inflicted.

The third count charges McFarland with assaulting Sheedy with a cane and Mrs. Sheedy with aiding, abetting, and procuring him to make the assault, from the effects of which Sheedy died.

The fourth count alleges that on the eleventh day of January, 1891, Mrs. Mary Sheedy administered four grains of morphine to John Sheedy with the intent to deprive him of his life and that McFarland aided, abetted and incited Mrs. Sheedy to do so.

The fifth count charges McFarland and Mrs. Sheedy with committing an assault upon Sheedy with a cane, and also with administering four grains of morphine to Sheedy with intent to murder.

The sixth count alleges that Sheedy came to his death by a blow from a cane in the hands of McFarland and that both McFarland and Mrs. Sheedy were principals in committing the assault from the effects of which Sheedy did languish and die.

There is but little material difference in the counts, several of them being merely repetitions. It was learned last night that although Mrs. Sheedy is charged with administering four grains of morphine to Sheedy, no word has been received by the coroner from the chemist who is making the analysis of Sheedy's stomach.

The following are the names of the witnesses for the state: Dr. M. H. Everett, C. S. Hart, H. M. Casebeer, N. J. Beachley, A. R. Mitchell, Ruth M. Wood, H. J. Winnett, T. H. Woodward, E. L. Hoiyoke and D. D. O'Gorinan, V. C. Vaughan, S. M. Melick, James Malone, J. E. Kinney, Louis Otto, R. B. Graham, J. D. Hood, Charles Carpenter, Mrs. Charles Caprenter, Mrs. J. D. Hood, Miss Norma Hood, Mrs. Pardue, M. C. Walsh, John Klausner, Anna Bodensteiner, Mrs. C. Coil, Mrs. William Coleman, M. E. Wheeler, T. C. Munger, Robert McReynolds, H. Goldwater, Mendal Goldwater, Dennis Sheedy, L. A. McCandless, H. P. Love, Henry Gerner, Mrs. Patrick Smith, Charles Tyndall, August Sanders, Joseph Scroggen, George Botts P. J. Stenney, A. H. Wood, W. G. Scribner, James Ga'schall, Albert Katzenstein, James Smith, John Sharpenstein, William Chinn, D. G. Courtnay, Sol Oppenheimer and G. Levy.

AMUSEMENTS.

Effie Ellalex in "The Governess" at the Opera House.

Effie Ellsler and company opened a three nights engagement at the Funke last evening, playing the new domestic comedy drama, "The Governess," to a large audience. While the play is net a strong one, it was presented by an excellent company and made a good impression. Miss Ellsler played the role of the governess in a way to win frequent plaudits and a curtain call at the end of the third act. The whole performance was pretty and at times quite touching, even if it was not of the kind to make a strong impression on the audience. The people showed that they were well entertained.

To-night the same company will produce the comedy "Miss Manning," and to-morrow evening by special request there will be a revival of "Hazel Kirke," in which Miss Ellselr made her fame.

ANNIE WARD TIFEANY IN THE STEP DAUGHTER

The return [engagement on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, of the distinguished Americans character actress Miss Annie Ward Tiffany in L. R. Shewell's great play, ["The Stepdaughter."] After a recent performance in Cincinnati the Enquire spoke thus of her and the play:

Havlin has a new play this week, "The Stepdaughter," by L. R. Shewell, author of "Shadows of a Freat City." Opening yesterday it had two standingroom only audiences. The play was written for Annie Ward Tiffany, who appears as the star, and who is well remembered as the Biddy Rouan of the "Shadows." The story is an interesting one of its class, and is very well told. As in the "Shadows" Miss Tiffany has an Irish character, a servant protecting an orphan child, a young lady whom she had nursed and cared for from infancy. It fits her to a nicety. Miss Tiffany is an Irish comedy artist of pronounced merit. She is smooth and natural in everything she does and says, bringing out her Irishisms as much a matter of course as though she were passing through the events being told instead of acting them. The supporting company is a capable one throughout, though the members are not called upon to do much. Miss Rose Tiffany as the young girl, the subject and victim of a stepmother's hate, acts the part very sweetly. Miss Bianche Bender as the cousin also acts well and slugs very pleasingly. Mr. Arthur Levingstone makes a good dissipated young man. Several specialties are worked in during the progress of the play, to very good advantage.

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