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VOLUME VL.

LEGAL NEWS
MONDAY

The will of Florance N. Montgomery, late of Greenwood, was flied for probate today. All property is bequeathed to her infant daughter, Hearlette, whom she awards to the custody of C. N. Folsom of Ashland.
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Remose Overtook Her.
Mabel Stafford, a demi-mondaine, who for the past eight months has been an inmate of the house at 800 N street, kept by Mrs. Anna Jones, suicided in the rooms of her lover, Emil Semmelroth, above Fisher & Westover's blacksmith shop, 920 N street, at 9:30 o'clock last night. Her companion, Mrs. Neille Walker, as soon as she realized what the girl had done, rushed out and meeting Officer Sipe, told him of the occurence. He telephoned for Captain Otto and Dr. Graham. When they arrived at the scene, the girl was dead.
Dr. Holyoke, the county coroner, was notified. and this morning he held an inquest at the rooms. The jury pressed into service consisted of John Cochran, Fred Claus, O. P. Dinges, All Beach, A. Hill and Ed. Hoffman.
Mrs. Nellie Walker was the first witness. She testifed that the girl had left the house to come to the rooms about 6 and soon afterwards Mabel said she was going out. Witness wanted to go with her, but she said she could be back in few minutes. Came back in half an hour. Witness was lying on one of the two beds in the room, and asked Mabel what she was doing, the girl stopping in the outer room, which contained only a desk. After repeating the question several times, Mabel walked into the room, and throwing a small bottle at her remarked : " That's what I've doing" The label read, eighth of an ounce of strychnine, but the girl would not belive but what Mabel was joking. She protested that she had taken all of it, and in a few minutes afterwards fell over on the bed dead.
Emil Semelroth, the young fellow with whom the girl was staying, said he was a clerk for the Lincoln Saddlery Co ; had known the deceased for nearly three years, ever since he has been in the city.
The girl had requested to come up to his room, and they had no quarrel whatever, Mabel seeming as cheerful as ever.
When she returned from down town, he asked her what she had been doing ; she showed him the empty bottle and told him to look in the pall. She died in a few minutes.
Captain Otto stated that the girl was dead when he arrived, and he secured the bottle, and moved the bed out into the front room. A drug clerk. from 117 North Eleventh street, said the girl had purchased 50 cents worth of strynchine to poison was rats with. giving her name as Mrs. R. B. Ingersoll. There was enough in the bottle to kill eighty people.
The suicide is about 30 years of age, a well built, attractive looking woman.
The poison has turned her skin almost black, its effects being to stop the circulation immediately. The woman has a husband. Will Stafford by name, who is at present in Fort Scott, Kas. Her father's name is Gillesple, and he is propietor of coal office in Halstead, Kas. She borrowed the 50 cents from Semmelroth to get the poison.
The girl has always been a cheerful dispostion, according to the testimony of associates, but last week she told them that she intended to kill herself at the end of the week. The other day she proposed to Mrs. Jones that she buy some muslin, then Mabel would kill herself and have some excitement. Saturday she took eighteen morphine pills, but as she was used to it they did not feaze her.
It is probable that remorse overtook her sooner than its does many of her class.
Undertaker Roberts took charge of the body, and the funerl will take place from 800 N street at 2 o'clock tomorow afternoon.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict that the girl came to her death by strychine administered by her own hand with sucidal intent.
The Morning Session.
The begining of the third week of the Sheedy- McFarland trail opend this morning. The audience in attendance was comparatively small, and made up very largely of people of the male pursuasion.
Monday McFarland entered the court room with a more bouyant stop and visibly heightened spirits. He was at once engaged in earnest conversation. with Co. Billigsley, with wome the negro had a long and earnest conference.
Mrs. Sheedy was attended, as usual by her uncle, Col. Biggerstaff, and two of her sisters, Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Baker.
Her bearing was rather indifferent, but reserved until Detecive Jim Malone was called to the stand, when she became all attention and looked daggers at the auriferous haired but impertubable minion of the law, who appears to have camped uncomfortably close upon her trail in the case at bar. Her hattred of Melick and Malone is only equalled by the intense dislike shown on every occasion by Counsel Strode, her leading counsel.
F. C. Fisk was called and placed upon the stand to explin to the jury a plan of the premises and a diagram of the Sheedy residence. which was shown the jury.
The diagram is elaborately drawn and shows in detail the interior arrangment of the house, its doors, windows, closets. bed rooms, parlor, sitting room, location of the bed upon which Sheedy died, and trees, wood house, pump, fences and everything in the yard, as also the alley, streets and sidwalks adjacent and abouting on the lot.
Ex-Marshal Melick called and testified. I had some of the effects of Walstrom,
two or three pairs of socks, two night shirts, a necck tie and a memorandum book in my possession. The shirts were embroidered in front and trimmed with insertion. I cannot give their size. The shirts, ties and socks were found in his trunk, the socks had never been worn, and I don't think the shirts had been used. These articles to the best of recollection were used at the coroner's inquest, but not at the preliminary ex-amination. I don't know that the socks were ever shown to Mr. Gatchell, a clerk employed at Herpoisheimer's store. I was not present. When I got these articles I delivered them to Mr. Strode on an order from Walstrom, but also delivered it to Mr. Strode at the same time I turned the other things over. I was present at the search of Walstrom's trunks, and found the things spoken about the things spoken about. I afterwards gave them to Malone. I took possession of the box of hair I found in McFarland's shop. (Produced the box). Found it in a box in front of his shaving chair. It is in the same box now as it was then.
" Now your honor, we offer this box of hair in evidence. "
The objection of counsel for defense was overruled, and the hair submitted in evidence.
" We offer it as corroboration of the confession" said Col. Lambertson.
" The hair and box is on exhibit and will remain in the custody of the court repoter, " replied the court in response to an inquiry as its custody from Col. Philipot.
Cross examination----I was marshal at the time searched Walstrom's trunk ; knew it was his trunk from the fact that Mrs. Heater pointed it out to us. It was the following day after his arrest ; Malone had searched the trunk the day before. The things taken were taken out of Walstrom's trunk the day afterwards. They were taken by Malone to several stores to find where and by whom they had been purchased. Officer Kinney informed me where I could find the box of hair, which I found and have kept in my possession ever since. None of these a ticles were shown to Walstrom so far I know.
The prosecution at this point offerend their differnt photogarphic views of the Sheedy residence and premises.
Objected to and me offer withdrawn for the present.
James Malone called : I was not present the time Walstrom was arrested ; I examined his effects in company with Marshal Melick ; went through Walstrom's trunk which we found in his room ; we took away several pairs of black socks, two nights shirts and three or four neckles ; took the socks to Mr. Katzenstein at Herpoishelmer's ; we got a ring from Waltstrom ; he was not presset at any time when we were searching his room ; Marshal Melick and myself arrested McFarland.
Did you have any talk with him at the time of his arrest or immediately afterward ?
I did. I found McFarland on P street, and taking him into a doorway, asked him if he had bought a cane of Goldwater. He said e had, but had purchased it for a man from the Black Hills.
We asked him to go the station. Another man standing there remarked as we started off, " Ah, there! I thought they would get you !' This remark was addressed to McFarland.
Philpott objected but was overruled.
" We went to station, " resumed Malone, " and had arrived at the door when the marshal came up. We went in and asked Monday about the man he claimed to have bought the cane for. He went on and described him. We then asked him where he had been the evening Sheedy was assaulted. He claimed to been at " Botts' house that evening, but Botts, when questioned, denied Monday's statement Monday then said he thought Botts saw him, I had another talk with Monday the same evening. I asked him about the cane and inquried of him if it was the same on ehe had bought of Goldwater. He said he thought it was I told him he had better find the man from whom he bought it. I finally told Monday I could tell him who he was. I told him he had been at Sheedy's house the evening before between 7 :30 and 8 o'clock. We then took Monday inside and locked him up, I was present in the jail when McFarland and Kinney were talking. Monday then recited in substance his later written confession. M o n d a y. said Mrs. Sheedy had a lover here and told me where this alleged lover roomed ; said he
(Monday) was to receive $ 5,000 for killing Sheedy---- $ 600 or $ 700 down and the balance when the estate was settled up ; told about having been sworn to secrecy by Mrs. Sheedy ; had gone there to dress her hair, and told about their disgraceful amours, going into all the disgusting details. Carder came in at the time Monday told about having been offered the 5, 000. Carder told Monday that he had better keep his mouth shut and passed out of the jail corridor, Monday said that after buying the cane of Goldwater he had taken it to Sheedy's residence and given it to Mrs. Sheedy.
Mr. Strode : " Malone, did you not have a conversation with John Sheedy before his death ?"
" Yes, sir. "
" Did you not testify before the coroner's jury that during that convesation Sheedy told you that he believed that it was Frank Williams who struck him?"
" No, sir. "
Objected to by counsel for the state as not proper examination, witness not having with reference to any conversation had with Sheedy.
Objection sustained and question and answer strickern out.
" Now, Mr. Malone, " said Strode, bending forward leavling his right for digit at face of witness, " did you not have a long conversation with me at the police station that night and did you tell me that you had put McFarland in the sweat box and extorted a confession from him?"
" No, sir. "
Philpot----Did you not meet me in the corridor of the jail and tell me that you had scared the life out of McFarland, and that your opinion he would comit suicide before morning?
" No, sir ; I don't recollect seeing you at all and certainly told you nothing of
Lambertson----Mr. Malone is it not faot that you saw a number of attorney's up there trying to break into jail to ges a client ?
Lenghingly, " No, sir. "
Strode to Lambertson-----" I don't have to solcit olentage. I've tried as many cases as you have in this court. "
Judge Field----" That will do ; the rescord is the best evidence of that. "
Dr. H. M. Casebeer, called : I have resided nearly five years in Lincoln in the practice of medicine and surgery. Gradauted from medical department of the University of Michigan ; I knew John Sheedy only by sight ; was not present at his death, but attended the autopsy ; Dr. Bechly, Dr. Everett, the coroner, coroners jury and a number of physicains I did not know were in attendance ; we made an incision across the head and removed a portion of the soull leaving the brain exposed. Witness then described the wounds inflicted upon Sheedy. Remaining he said.

VOLUME VL.

LEGAL NEWS
MONDAY

The will of Florance N. Montgomery, late of Greenwood, was flied for probate today. All property is bequeathed to her infant daughter, Hearlette, whom she awards to the custody of C. N. Folsom of Ashland.
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Remose Overtook Her.
Mabel Stafford, a demi-mondaine, who for the past eight months has been an inmate of the house at 800 N street, kept by Mrs. Anna Jones, suicided in the rooms of her lover, Emil Semmelroth, above Fisher & Westover's blacksmith shop, 920 N street, at 9:30 o'clock last night. Her companion, Mrs. Neille Walker, as soon as she realized what the girl had done, rushed out and meeting Officer Sipe, told him of the occurence. He telephoned for Captain Otto and Dr. Graham. When they arrived at the scene, the girl was dead.
Dr. Holyoke, the county coroner, was notified. and this morning he held an inquest at the rooms. The jury pressed into service consisted of John Cochran, Fred Claus, O. P. Dinges, All Beach, A. Hill and Ed. Hoffman.
Mrs. Nellie Walker was the first witness. She testifed that the girl had left the house to come to the rooms about 6 and soon afterwards Mabel said she was going out. Witness wanted to go with her, but she said she could be back in few minutes. Came back in half an hour. Witness was lying on one of the two beds in the room, and asked Mabel what she was doing, the girl stopping in the outer room, which contained only a desk. After repeating the question several times, Mabel walked into the room, and throwing a small bottle at her remarked : " That's what I've doing" The label read, eighth of an ounce of strychnine, but the girl would not belive but what Mabel was joking. She protested that she had taken all of it, and in a few minutes afterwards fell over on the bed dead.
Emil Semelroth, the young fellow with whom the girl was staying, said he was a clerk for the Lincoln Saddlery Co ; had known the deceased for nearly three years, ever since he has been in the city.
The girl had requested to come up to his room, and they had no quarrel whatever, Mabel seeming as cheerful as ever.
When she returned from down town, he asked her what she had been doing ; she showed him the empty bottle and told him to look in the pall. She died in a few minutes.
Captain Otto stated that the girl was dead when he arrived, and he secured the bottle, and moved the bed out into the front room. A drug clerk. from 117 North Eleventh street, said the girl had purchased 50 cents worth of strynchine to poison was rats with. giving her name as Mrs. R. B. Ingersoll. There was enough in the bottle to kill eighty people.
The suicide is about 30 years of age, a well built, attractive looking woman.
The poison has turned her skin almost black, its effects being to stop the circulation immediately. The woman has a husband. Will Stafford by name, who is at present in Fort Scott, Kas. Her father's name is Gillesple, and he is propietor of coal office in Halstead, Kas. She borrowed the 50 cents from Semmelroth to get the poison.
The girl has always been a cheerful dispostion, according to the testimony of associates, but last week she told them that she intended to kill herself at the end of the week. The other day she proposed to Mrs. Jones that she buy some muslin, then Mabel would kill herself and have some excitement. Saturday she took eighteen morphine pills, but as she was used to it they did not feaze her.
It is probable that remorse overtook her sooner than its does many of her class.
Undertaker Roberts took charge of the body, and the funerl will take place from 800 N street at 2 o'clock tomorow afternoon.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict that the girl came to her death by strychine administered by her own hand with sucidal intent.
The Morning Session.
The begining of the third week of the Sheedy- McFarland trail opend this morning. The audience in attendance was comparatively small, and made up very largely of people of the male pursuasion.
Monday McFarland entered the court room with a more bouyant stop and visibly heightened spirits. He was at once engaged in earnest conversation. with Co. Billigsley, with wome the negro had a long and earnest conference.
Mrs. Sheedy was attended, as usual by her uncle, Col. Biggerstaff, and two of her sisters, Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Baker.
Her bearing was rather indifferent, but reserved until Detecive Jim Malone was called to the stand, when she became all attention and looked daggers at the auriferous haired but impertubable minion of the law, who appears to have camped uncomfortably close upon her trail in the case at bar. Her hattred of Melick and Malone is only equalled by the intense dislike shown on every occasion by Counsel Strode, her leading counsel.