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church, and then up M street to Thirteenth and north to O, where he was when the first shot was fired.

It Was a Happy Family.

Miss Carrie Hatch resided at the northeast corner of Eleventh and E; was quite familiar with Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy and visited there quite often during the past nine years; was there about four weeks after Mrs. Sheedy returned from Buffalo; was there a short time before he died; her opinion was that they thought a great deal of each other; they always spoke of each other in the kindliest tones; was there Monday afternoon and Mrs. Sheedy was kneeling by the head of the bed, with her right arm under the pillow, while with the the other she caressed her husband's hand, which lay outside of the covers; she was calling to him, "John! John, dear! Don't you know me?" Then she laid her hand upon thte pillow beside his and there were tears in her eyes. Always noticed the kindest relations between them; didn't remember how she was in the habit of greeting him when he came home. Was in the house Monday afternoon about an hour and a short time in the evening. No one was giving attention to Sheedy but Mrs. Sheedy and she appeared to feel dreadful.

Cross-examined, witness said she was the wife of Dory Hatch, but didn't know that he had received any assistance from the defense; first knew Mrs. Sheedy after she was married. Witness' husband sent a not for her to come down, as he wanted her to go and call on Mrs. Sheedy; that was about nine years ago. Witness called on Mrs. Sheedy about four weeks after her return from Buffalo; Mrs. Sheedy had said she was very much better. Didn't think Mrs. Sheedy ever made a condident of witness and never called at witness' home after her return from Buffalo. Witness had made the remark that she supposed Mr. Sheedy was glad that she had come home. Mrs. Sheedy had remarked that he had a queer way of showing it, as he didn't meet her at the train. She said that every time she went away she had to get acquainted with him over again. She had evidently felt hurt, but said that it was all right again, as he had become natural again. Didn't make any complaints that he was jealous or penurious and didn't say that if she had known he would not have been more pleased to see her she wouldn't have come back.

Mrs. Sheedy Seemed to Be Weeping.

Charles C. Carpenter was called for the defense and examined as to the deportment of Mrs. Sheedy on the night of the assault; she seemed to be waiting on the doctors; was back there about 4 o'clock in the morning, she was sitting on the bed and seemed to be feeling very bad; she had her handkerchief up to her face and appeared to be weeping; saw her several times during the day and she appeared to be feeling very badly; also after Sheedy's death; she didn't seem to be doing anything in particular either time; had no conversation with her after her husband's death; was at the funeral; saw her when she came out and got into the carriage; she was dressed in mourning; didn't see her making any demonstration of feeling; saw her after the funeral and she appeared to be down-hearted, as a woman would under the circumstances.

Cross-examined: When he went over at 4 a. m. on the morning after the assault Dr. Hart sent for him; was on neighborly relations with the Sheedy family.

"Mr. Carpenter," asked Mr. Hall, "did you ever do any errands for Mrs. Sheedy?"

Objection of the defense sustained.

"Did you ever purchase any drafts for Mrs. Sheedy?"

"No, sir."

"Did you ever make a remark in you saloon soon after the assault that you suspicioned that such a thing was likely to occur?"

"No, sir."

"Did you ever see anything occurring around the Sheedy residence that would lead you to suspect such a thing?"

"No, sir."

Sheedy Said It Was "The Big Man."

Ab Carder of Fourteenth and O streets had known John Sheedy for sixteen years and prior to his death had been employed by him to watch a couple of men.

Witness said he asked Sheedy who hit him and he said it was "the big man of the two." Sheedy asked witness not to go to be that night.

"Did you know who the big man was that he meant?"

"Yes, sir."

"Who was it?"

"Gleason."

"Do you know who the little man was?"

"Yes, sir."

"Who was it?"

"Williams."

"Are they white or colored?"

"They are white."

"What is their business?"

"Gamblers?"

"Where do they live?"

"One of them is still here. The other one went to Denver since the new mayor came in."

Witness said that Mrs. Sheedy seemed to be worried that night and said he would be well paid if he found out who did it. Was there next day a little after 7 a. m. and saw Mrs. Sheedy; Sheedy was unconscious; she was down beside the bed and asking him to speak to her again and trying to arouse him. Was there again at 11:30 a. m. on Monday; Mrs. Sheedy was there; they were having prayers; she was near the foot of the bed praying and crying.

Witness said he was employed by Mr. Sheedy over three weeks before his death to watch the two men to whom he had referred; those were the two men to whom Sheedy referred to on the night of the assault; he was to watch them to keep them from sluggin Sheedy; he was afraid they would kill him.

"Did you watch them?"

"Yes, sir."

"Did they kill him?"

"I couldn't say whether they did or not."

"Do you swear that both of these men are not now in town?"

"I was told by George Bradeen that Williams had gone to Denver."

"Do you know where Williams was that night?"

"No, sir."

"Do you know where you told the coroner's jury he was?"

"I told where I had heard he was."

Mr. Hall pulled the testimony before the coroner, wherein the witness had testified that he could prove where Williams was that night, that he was at work for [Jetes?] and could prove it by four or five witnesses.

Witness got to Sheedy's right after they put him to bed; had no conversation with anybody but Mrs. Sheedy and Sheedy; didn't know whether she heard Sheedy's conversation with him or not.

"Did you nay before the coroner's jury, to whom Sheedy referred as the big man, '--didn't you reply, 'I don't know whether I do or not?"

Witness admitted that he had made that reply.

Witness denied that he was in the employ of the defense, that he had been promised any compensation or that he had done any work for them in hunting up testimony.

He said he did not know where Gleason was on the night of the assault. The witness denied that he had told Will Baird that he had informed Mrs. Sheedy that he believed she had done it.

"Did you ever make a statement in the police station soon after the assault that at one time while passing the Sheedy home you looked into the window and saw Walstrom sitting on Mrs. Sheedy's lap?"

"No, sire; I never saw Walstrom to know him."

"Did you ever go with Marshal Melick to make an arrest in connection with the assault?"

"We talked about making an arrest."

"Did you go with him to arrest one Neville?"

The defense objected and the court ruled it out. Mr. Hall contended that he thought the state ought to be permitted to show that, while claiming to believe that one man was guilty, witness was willing to assist in the arrest of another man.

"Mr. Carder are you prepared to make a charge against Gleason in connection with this murder?"

The question was ruled out, as Colonel Philpott thought he "didn't have to make any charge."

"Did you ever see Gleason around the Sheedy residence?"

"No, sir."

"You were watching him, were you not?"

"Yes, sir."

Witness said that he was laying off duty as a policeman at the time Sheedy employed him; said he would give him $50 for the month and find him something else to do. Went back to work in two weeks; changed beats every three days. Mrs. Sheedy could have heard Sheedy say it was the big man.

Know It Was a White Man.

Mrs. Anna Hoaman, a feminine witness who talked so that the audience could hear, knew John Sheedy by sight; was near when the shot was fired on the night of December 9; the man who fired the shot was about twenty feet inside the fence; she could see the man and was only about twenty feet from him when he raised up and ran away.

"He as not a very large man, about five feet six, I should think; he had a moustache, not a very heavy one, and he was a white man; Mr. Sheedy was in the yard, about half way from the gate to the house and Mrs. Sheedy was on the porch."

Witness' husband and a Mr. Caldwell, now in Chicago, were with her, and Mrs. Hood and daughter were with Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy. The witness explained that Mrs. Hood and daughter were just going east past her when the shot was fired; her husband stepped off the north side of the walk to let them pass; witness just stepped back and was just beside them when the shot was fired. The man ran back toward the lattice work; he fell just at the corner of the portch. Mr. Sheedy went upon the porch. Mrs. Sheedy was in the door. Couldn't tell the color of the man's mustache and couldn't say whether or not he had any beard. The flash showed between her and Mr. Sheedy's breast. The man had on an overcoat, but couldn't tell what kind of a coat it was. Didn't remember whether or not there was any moon that night. Couldn't tell whether he had on a cap or hat, the color of his clothing, the color of his hair or eyes or whether he was of light or dark complexion. Couldn't tell what kind of a dress or hat Mrs. Hood or Mrs. Sheedy had on or how Mr. Sheedy was dressed. She didn't see Mrs. Sheedy catch hold of her husband to keep him from chasing the man; would have seen it if she had done so. Sheedy went into the house ere he went back to look for the man. When the shot was fired she saw the man's face.

As Mr. Hoeman Saw It.

A. B. Hoeman, husband of the previous witness, said he also witnessed the shot fired on the 9th of December. He detailed the circumstances substantially as his wife had, and insisted that it was a white man. Witness said the man who fired the shot was a man about the size of Mr. McRaynolds; would probably weigh about 150 or 160 pounds; had a mustache; Mr. Caldwell, superintendent of the electric light business, was with witness and his wife; they were going home from his father's a few doors east of Sheedy's; lived on South Eleventh street over Gettier Bros.' market; the man jumped up, fired and ran; as he reached the porch he fell and rolled over; then was when he saw that it was a white man; couldn't have recognized that he was white at the time he fired, as the man had his back toward him.

Mr. Sheedy had just stepped inside the gate when the shot was fired; was positive when the shot was fired; was positive that he was not half way between the gate and the porch when the shot was fired; Mrs. Sheedy was about half way; was positive she was not on the porch. The man was a dark complected man, and had three or four day's growth of beard and a mustache. Had on a cap with a visor and a brown overcoat; couldn't tell the color of his pantaloons; didn't see the size of his boots and didn't know that he had any on; didn't know whether or not he had sworn before the coroner's jury that the beard on the man's face was "as black as any I ever see." Was sure that he did swear that it was a white man. Didn't know Harry Walstrom and never saw him.

Witness went into house after the shooting, but did not tell Sheedy that it was a white man he had seen.

"Was there a man pointed out to you as Frank Williams?" asked Colonel Philpott.

"There was a man described to me as Frank Williams."

"How did he compare with the men you saw that night?"

"From his size and looks he would have answered the same.

"Will you swear," asked Mr. Lambertson, "that the man you saw that night was Frank Williams?"

"I would not."

"It would resemble Bob McReynolds ore, wouldn't it?"

"I said it would resemble him a great deal."

She Had Seen Them Together.

Mrs. Viola Davis, a milliner at the northwest corner of Twelfth and O, knew Mrs. Sheedy got along only so far as Mr. Sheedy's treatment of his wife was concerned. She had seen them together very often and their deportment toward each other was always agreeable, and they always seemed to be enjoying themselves together. They were generally riding or walking when she was them, and she only judged of their relations from having seen them so much together; thought she remembered that Mrs. Sheedy generally had a pleasant smile on her face, but didn't know that she had ever seen them talking and laughing together; did see them talking together once in their buggy at Cushman park; wouldn't say that they were laughing. Never heard their conversation.

Believed Their Relations Amiable.

Mis Josie Dowden had known Mrs. Sheedy between four and five years; had met Mr. Sheedy; had often seen them riding and had been at the house; was in the habit of getting water there; judged that their conduct toward each other was the most agreeable; never saw an instance to the contrary. Had been at Mrs. Sheedy's house a number of times on business and a number of times dropped in when she had no business; Mr. Sheedy was there twice. Mrs. Sheedy had often told her things she didn't expect to have repeated, so that their relations were somewhat confidential.

A Glimpse at the Family Circle.

Mrs. Maggie Hurtz lived at 1219 P street in January, five doors east of the Sheedy residence; on that evening at 7 o'clock started out for a walk; passed the Sheedy residence with her husband and noticed that the house was very cheerful; saw Mr. Sheedy reading beside the piano and Mrs. Sheedy was between the two front windows, also reading; passed again in about half an hour and observed that the conditions were unchanged; Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy sat as before; the front window curtains were raised; went home and in five or ten minutes heard the shooting; that was between 7 and 8 o'clock.

The witness was not cross-examined.

Theodore Hurtz, husband of the last witness related substantially the same facts and escaped cross-examination.

Attorney Hurr on the Stand.

L. C. Burr was the first witness sworn. He related a conversation had with Hymen Goldwater about two months ago in the presence of John H. Hart, in which Goldwater had said that James Malone had offered him $200 if he would testify that he had sold this cane to Monday McFarland; he afterwards said they raised it to $300; a meeting was afterwards held at which Marshal Melick and Mayor Graham were present, and they raised the amount to $500; Goldwater wanted witness to bring suit against them for the amount. Witness said nothing had been said about the agreement having been made with Goldwater's boy; Goldwater said they had agreed to pay it to him, but had mentioned the boy at that time.

On cross-examination witness said that Goldwater was a foreigner of some kind and might make mistakes in expressing himself; witness remembered fairly well what was said and the impression it made on his mind; was quite certain that Goldwater said that they had promised him instead of the boy; didn't feel that Goldwater's talk to him was in the nature or a privileged talk to his attorney; wasn't sure that Goldwater said the word testify, but had said they had offered him that sum to tell how it was that the colored man bought that cane.

Carder Saw Malone In Court.

W. W. Carder was the next witness called. He said he had been on the police force for nearly two years; was about police headquarters on the night of the assault and saw the cane that was brought in.

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church, and then up M street to Thirteenth and north to O, where he was when the first shot was fired.

It Was a Happy Family.

Miss Carrie Hatch resided at the northeast corner of Eleventh and E; was quite familiar with Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy and visited there quite often during the past nine years; was there about four weeks after Mrs. Sheedy returned from Buffalo; was there a short time before he died; her opinion was that they thought a great deal of each other; they always spoke of each other in the kindliest tones; was there Monday afternoon and Mrs. Sheedy was kneeling by the head of the bed, with her right arm under the pillow, while with the the other she caressed her husband's hand, which lay outside of the covers; she was calling to him, "John! John, dear! Don't you know me?" Then she laid her hand upon thte pillow beside his and there were tears in her eyes. Always noticed the kindest relations between them; didn't remember how she was in the habit of greeting him when he came home. Was in the house Monday afternoon about an hour and a short time in the evening. No one was giving attention to Sheedy but Mrs. Sheedy and she appeared to feel dreadful.

Cross-examined, witness said she was the wife of Dory Hatch, but didn't know that he had received any assistance from the defense; first knew Mrs. Sheedy after she was married. Witness' husband sent a not for her to come down, as he wanted her to go and call on Mrs. Sheedy; that was about nine years ago. Witness called on Mrs. Sheedy about four weeks after her return from Buffalo; Mrs. Sheedy had said she was very much better. Didn't think Mrs. Sheedy ever made a condident of witness and never called at witness' home after her return from Buffalo. Witness had made the remark that she supposed Mr. Sheedy was glad that she had come home. Mrs. Sheedy had remarked that he had a queer way of showing it, as he didn't meet her at the train. She said that every time she went away she had to get acquainted with him over again. She had evidently felt hurt, but said that it was all right again, as he had become natural again. Didn't make any complaints that he was jealous or penurious and didn't say that if she had known he would not have been more pleased to see her she wouldn't have come back.

Mrs. Sheedy Seemed to Be Weeping.

Charles C. Carpenter was called for the defense and examined as to the deportment of Mrs. Sheedy on the night of the assault; she seemed to be waiting on the doctors; was back there about 4 o'clock in the morning, she was sitting on the bed and seemed to be feeling very bad; she had her handkerchief up to her face and appeared to be weeping; saw her several times during the day and she appeared to be feeling very badly; also after Sheedy's death; she didn't seem to be doing anything in particular either time; had no conversation with her after her husband's death; was at the funeral; saw her when she came out and got into the carriage; she was dressed in mourning; didn't see her making any demonstration of feeling; saw her after the funeral and she appeared to be down-hearted, as a woman would under the circumstances.

Cross-examined: When he went over at 4 a. m. on the morning after the assault Dr. Hart sent for him; was on neighborly relations with the Sheedy family.

"Mr. Carpenter," asked Mr. Hall, "did you ever do any errands for Mrs. Sheedy?"

Objection of the defense sustained.

"Did you ever purchase any drafts for Mrs. Sheedy?"

"No, sir."

"Did you ever make a remark in you saloon soon after the assault that you suspicioned that such a thing was likely to occur?"

"No, sir."

"Did you ever see anything occurring around the Sheedy residence that would lead you to suspect such a thing?"

"No, sir."

Sheedy Said It Was "The Big Man."

Ab Carder of Fourteenth and O streets had known John Sheedy for sixteen years and prior to his death had been employed by him to watch a couple of men.

Witness said he asked Sheedy who hit him and he said it was "the big man of the two." Sheedy asked witness not to go to be that night.

"Did you know who the big man was that he meant?"

"Yes, sir."

"Who was it?"

"Gleason."

"Do you know who the little man was?"

"Yes, sir."

"Who was it?"

"Williams."

"Are they white or colored?"

"They are white."

"What is their business?"

"Gamblers?"

"Where do they live?"

"One of them is still here. The other one went to Denver since the new mayor came in."

Witness said that Mrs. Sheedy seemed to be worried that night and said he would be well paid if he found out who did it. Was there next day a little after 7 a. m. and saw Mrs. Sheedy; Sheedy was unconscious; she was down beside the bed and asking him to speak to her again and trying to arouse him. Was there again at 11:30 a. m. on Monday; Mrs. Sheedy was there; they were having prayers; she was near the foot of the bed praying and crying.

Witness said he was employed by Mr. Sheedy over three weeks before his death to watch the two men to whom he had referred; those were the two men to whom Sheedy referred to on the night of the assault; he was to watch them to keep them from sluggin Sheedy; he was afraid they would kill him.

"Did you watch them?"

"Yes, sir."

"Did they kill him?"

"I couldn't say whether they did or not."

"Do you swear that both of these men are not now in town?"

"I was told by George Bradeen that Williams had gone to Denver."

"Do you know where Williams was that night?"

"No, sir."

"Do you know where you told the coroner's jury he was?"

"I told where I had heard he was."

Mr. Hall pulled the testimony before the coroner, wherein the witness had testified that he could prove where Williams was that night, that he was at work for [Jetes?] and could prove it by four or five witnesses.

Witness got to Sheedy's right after they put him to bed; had no conversation with anybody but Mrs. Sheedy and Sheedy; didn't know whether she heard Sheedy's conversation with him or not.

"Did you nay before the coroner's jury, to whom Sheedy referred as the big man, '--didn't you reply, 'I don't know whether I do or not?"

Witness admitted that he had made that reply.

Witness denied that he was in the employ of the defense, that he had been promised any compensation or that he had done any work for them in hunting up testimony.

He said he did not know where Gleason was on the night of the assault. The witness denied that he had told Will Baird that he had informed Mrs. Sheedy that he believed she had done it.

"Did you ever make a statement in the police station soon after the assault that at one time while passing the Sheedy home you looked into the window and saw Walstrom sitting on Mrs. Sheedy's lap?"

"No, sire; I never saw Walstrom to know him."

"Did you ever go with Marshal Melick to make an arrest in connection with the assault?"

"We talked about making an arrest."

"Did you go with him to arrest one Neville?"

The defense objected and the court ruled it out. Mr. Hall contended that he thought the state ought to be permitted to show that, while claiming to believe that one man was guilty, witness was willing to assist in the arrest of another man.

"Mr. Carder are you prepared to make a charge against Gleason in connection with this murder?"

The question was ruled out, as Colonel Philpott thought he "didn't have to make any charge."

"Did you ever see Gleason around the Sheedy residence?"

"No, sir."

"You were watching him, were you not?"

"Yes, sir."

Witness said that he was laying off duty as a policeman at the time Sheedy employed him; said he would give him $50 for the month and find him something else to do. Went back to work in two weeks; changed beats every three days. Mrs. Sheedy could have heard Sheedy say it was the big man.

Know It Was a White Man.

Mrs. Anna Hoaman, a feminine witness who talked so that the audience could hear, knew John Sheedy by sight; was near when the shot was fired on the night of December 9; the man who fired the shot was about twenty feet inside the fence; she could see the man and was only about twenty feet from him when he raised up and ran away.

"He as not a very large man, about five feet six, I should think; he had a moustache, not a very heavy one, and he was a white man; Mr. Sheedy was in the yard, about half way from the gate to the house and Mrs. Sheedy was on the porch."

Witness' husband and a Mr. Caldwell, now in Chicago, were with her, and Mrs. Hood and daughter were with Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy. The witness explained that Mrs. Hood and daughter were just going east past her when the shot was fired; her husband stepped off the north side of the walk to let them pass; witness just stepped back and was just beside them when the shot was fired. The man ran back toward the lattice work; he fell just at the corner of the portch. Mr. Sheedy went upon the porch. Mrs. Sheedy was in the door. Couldn't tell the color of the man's mustache and couldn't say whether or not he had any beard. The flash showed between her and Mr. Sheedy's breast. The man had on an overcoat, but couldn't tell what kind of a coat it was. Didn't remember whether or not there was any moon that night. Couldn't tell whether he had on a cap or hat, the color of his clothing, the color of his hair or eyes or whether he was of light or dark complexion. Couldn't tell what kind of a dress or hat Mrs. Hood or Mrs. Sheedy had on or how Mr. Sheedy was dressed. She didn't see Mrs. Sheedy catch hold of her husband to keep him from chasing the man; would have seen it if she had done so. Sheedy went into the house ere he went back to look for the man. When the shot was fired she saw the man's face.

As Mr. Hoeman Saw It.

A. B. Hoeman, husband of the previous witness, said he also witnessed the shot fired on the 9th of December. He detailed the circumstances substantially as his wife had, and insisted that it was a white man. Witness said the man who fired the shot was a man about the size of Mr. McRaynolds; would probably weigh about 150 or 160 pounds; had a mustache; Mr. Caldwell, superintendent of the electric light business, was with witness and his wife; they were going home from his father's a few doors east of Sheedy's; lived on South Eleventh street over Gettier Bros.' market; the man jumped up, fired and ran; as he reached the porch he fell and rolled over; then was when he saw that it was a white man; couldn't have recognized that he was white at the time he fired, as the man had his back toward him.

Mr. Sheedy had just stepped inside the gate when the shot was fired; was positive when the shot was fired; was positive that he was not half way between the gate and the porch when the shot was fired; Mrs. Sheedy was about half way; was positive she was not on the porch. The man was a dark complected man, and had three or four day's growth of beard and a mustache. Had on a cap with a visor and a brown overcoat; couldn't tell the color of his pantaloons; didn't see the size of his boots and didn't know that he had any on; didn't know whether or not he had sworn before the coroner's jury that the beard on the man's face was "as black as any I ever see." Was sure that he did swear that it was a white man. Didn't know Harry Walstrom and never saw him.

Witness went into house after the shooting, but did not tell Sheedy that it was a white man he had seen.

"Was there a man pointed out to you as Frank Williams?" asked Colonel Philpott.

"There was a man described to me as Frank Williams."

"How did he compare with the men you saw that night?"

"From his size and looks he would have answered the same.

"Will you swear," asked Mr. Lambertson, "that the man you saw that night was Frank Williams?"

"I would not."

"It would resemble Bob McReynolds ore, wouldn't it?"

"I said it would resemble him a great deal."

She Had Seen Them Together.

Mrs. Viola Davis, a milliner at the northwest corner of Twelfth and O, knew Mrs. Sheedy got along only so far as Mr. Sheedy's treatment of his wife was concerned. She had seen them together very often and their deportment toward each other was always agreeable, and they always seemed to be enjoying themselves together. They were generally riding or walking when she was them, and she only judged of their relations from having seen them so much together; thought she remembered that Mrs. Sheedy generally had a pleasant smile on her face, but didn't know that she had ever seen them talking and laughing together; did see them talking together once in their buggy at Cushman park; wouldn't say that they were laughing. Never heard their conversation.

Believed Their Relations Amiable.

Mis Josie Dowden had known Mrs. Sheedy between four and five years; had met Mr. Sheedy; had often seen them riding and had been at the house; was in the habit of getting water there; judged