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A BLOW IN THE DARK
John Sheedy Dies at the Hands of an
Assassin
Probably no man in Lincoln was
better or more widely know than
John Sheedy. For twenty years he
had been the leading gambler of this
eity and as the coolest and most
noticed member of his (word ?)pro-
fassion between Chleago and the
mountains. His character had little
of the soft side to it. though his
deportment outside his business was
that of gentelmen. He was (word?)
ally the (word?) of men to
whom he belonged.
Last Sunday night he stepped upon
his porch and recived a blow on
the forhead from a weapon in. the
hands of some person unknown. He
recovered himself and filed at his
assailant, who fled and escaped in
the darkness. Sheedy as not
thoughts to be seriously hurt, but the
skull had been crushed and he sank
rapidly, dying about twenty seven
hours later.
Speculation is rifle as to the mur-
derer. Some incline to the opinion
that the deed was done by one jay
patterson a gambler, who had
trouble with the dead man several
years ago, and who had spent five
years in prison for an assault on
him. Others hold different theories,
but there is no actual clue, unless
the bludgeon with which he was
struck may prove to be one. It is in
hands of the police.