| 69HIRD TO KILL.
Monday McFarland Confesses
to Striking John Sheedy.
He Says Mary Sheedy Hired
Him to do the Awful
Deed.
DEATH NOT CAUSED BY CONCUSSION.
The Body Exhumed and an Exam-
ination of the Brain Proves
This.
More Yet to Come.
Now that an arrest is made and the skein of evidence touching the murder of John Sheedy begins to be unwound developments starting in their nature, and bearing upon their face tho showing of plasuibility are being made and find universal discussion. While many are surprised at the trun matters have taken. others are not. but rather expected them as soon as an investigation was begun.
Yesterday morning THE CALL announced the arrest of Monday McFarland. the colored barber, the night previous together with the circumstances that led up to such an arrest and suspicion of deep guilt.
But McFarland when arrested denied stoutly any guilt, and it was not until he was put through the " sweating process" and plied with questions so direct that he could not evade them that he unbosomed himself and gave what is claimed to be the straight story of
THE MURDEROUS PLOT.
Before Mayor Graham, Marshal Melick, Officers Kinney and stenographer McFarland early yesterday morning gave what he avers is the history of his connection in the murder of his best friend, John Sheedy.
Having acted in the capacity of hair dresser for Mrs. Sheedy for many years he was often at the hime of Mr. Sheedy at Twelfth and P streets, and during thses many visits became on very friendly terms with Mrs. Sheedy, enjoying her full respect and confidence.
In fact he states, so agreeable was he to her that she claimed to bear him more than a friendly feeling and confided her domestic affairs to him---and even going farther and entering into an unholy intimacy.
McFarland says that in November when he called at Sheedy's home to dress the woman's hair, Mrs. Sheedy made the terrible proposition to him, offering him a large sum of money and other favors to put her husband out of the way.
To this he clamis he refused to agree, but was finally imelled by fear to enter into the horrible compact, for she said she would kill him. Mrs. Sheedy wanted the work done quickly and he agreed to accomplish it before Christmas. As the days went by and McFarland brooded over the commission of the deed he bgan to weaken, but after consultation with Mrs. Sheedy. whom he visited frequently unknown to the husband and victim, his courage was braced up and they finally arrived at the conclusion that delays were dangerous and decided to carry out their palns.
THE FIRST ATTEMPT.
was made to end John Sheedy's days on December 19. This was a fruitless as well as a harmless one, because of the fact that McFarland was surprised.
He had filled himself with whisky and crouched beside the fence at Sheedy's home, expecting that Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy would approach the gate from the east, thinking they had gone to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, a few doors east, to spend the evening. Instead they had visited the Musee and as McFarland had not been advised of it he was expecting his victim to approach from the west, so when he reached the gate McFarland fired his revolver to statle Sheedy so that he could not so easily distinguish the false friend and servant.
He then escaped through the back yard. Notwithstanding this discouraging begining of the coolly-planned tragedy, Mrs. Sheedy was undaunted. She went for the colored hair dresser again and together they discussed the matter of putting the husband out of the way, resulting in a decision to carry out their plans before New Year's day. But they had learned something by the former attempt. It would not do to use a revolver. The deed must be done by a blow. The consummation of their plans was not realized by New Years, yet they still harbored the damnable deed in their minds and at last Mrs. Sheedy gave McFarland money with which to buy a heavy cane. which was decided upon as the best means of giving the fatal blow. Accordingly he went | 69HIRD TO KILL.
Monday McFarland Confesses
to Striking John Sheedy.
He Says Mary Sheedy Hired
Him to do the Awful
Deed.
DEATH NOT CAUSED BY CONCUSSION.
The Body Exhumed and an Exam-
ination of the Brain Proves
This.
More Yet to Come.
Now that an arrest is made and the skein of evidence touching the murder of John Sheedy begins to be unwound developments starting in their nature, and bearing upon their face tho showing of plasuibility are being made and find universal discussion. While many are surprised at the trun matters have taken. others are not. but rather expected them as soon as an investigation was begun.
Yesterday morning THE CALL announced the arrest of Monday McFarland. the colored barber, the night previous together with the circumstances that led up to such an arrest and suspicion of deep guilt.
But McFarland when arrested denied stoutly any guilt, and it was not until he was put through the " sweating process" and plied with questions so direct that he could not evade them that he unbosomed himself and gave what is claimed to be the straight story of
THE MURDEROUS PLOT.
Before Mayor Graham, Marshal Melick, Officers Kinney and stenographer McFarland early yesterday morning gave what he avers is the history of his connection in the murder of his best friend, John Sheedy.
Having acted in the capacity of hair dresser for Mrs. Sheedy for many years he was often at the hime of Mr. Sheedy at Twelfth and P streets, and during thses many visits became on very friendly terms with Mrs. Sheedy, enjoying her full respect and confidence.
In fact he states, so agreeable was he to her that she claimed to bear him more than a friendly feeling and confided her domestic affairs to him---and even going farther and entering into an unholy intimacy.
McFarland says that in November when he called at Sheedy's home to dress the woman's hair, Mrs. Sheedy made the terrible proposition to him, offering him a large sum of money and other favors to put her husband out of the way.
To this he clamis he refused to agree, but was finally imelled by fear to enter into the horrible compact, for she said she would kill him. Mrs. Sheedy wanted the work done quickly and he agreed to accomplish it before Christmas. As the days went by and McFarland brooded over the commission of the deed he bgan to weaken, but after consultation with Mrs. Sheedy. whom he visited frequently unknown to the husband and victim, his courage was braced up and they finally arrived at the conclusion that delays were dangerous and decided to carry out their palns.
THE FIRST ATTEMPT.
was made to end John Sheedy's days on December 19. This was a fruitless as well as a harmless one, because of the fact that McFarland was surprised.
He had filled himself with whisky and crouched beside the fence at Sheedy's home, expecting that Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy would approach the gate from the east, thinking they had gone to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, a few doors east, to spend the evening. Instead they had visited the Musee and as McFarland had not been advised of it he was expecting his victim to approach from the west, so when he reached the gate McFarland fired his revolver to statle Sheedy so that he could not so easily distinguish the false friend and servant.
He then escaped through the back yard. Notwithstanding this discouraging begining of the coolly-planned tragedy, Mrs. Sheedy was undaunted. She went for the colored hair dresser again and together they discussed the matter of putting the husband out of the way, resulting in a decision to carry out their plans before New Year's day. But they had learned something by the former attempt. It would not do to use a revolver. The deed must be done by a blow. The consummation of their plans was not realized by New Years, yet they still harbored the damnable deed in their minds and at last Mrs. Sheedy gave McFarland money with which to buy a heavy cane. which was decided upon as the best means of giving the fatal blow. Accordingly he went |
