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The Sheedy Case.

The defense supposed that they had scored a great point yesterday afternoon when Pawnbroker Goldwater was on the stand, and at first gave the impression that Malone and Melick had offered him $200 to identify the cane as the one McFarland had bought there. It finally aimmered down that Malone had told him he would divide the reward with Goldwater for giving him such a good clue.

Mrs. Charles Coil testified that on a number of occasions she had noticed McFarland standing near the Sheedy residence after night. He always attempted to evade her.

Henry Gerner was called. Strode objected on the grounds that his name was not endorsed as a witness on the back of the information and claimed that his name had been surreptitiously placed on the list. The objection was overruled and the witness proceeded to testify, because his name had been endorsed three days before the trial began. He testified:

"I was just across the street from the Sheedy residence the night Mr. Sheedy was assaulted. Saw Mr. Sheedy fire at somebody a number of times. I thought that the curtain of the window looking out on the porch was open at the time the shots were fired because it was so light."

Charles Tindall was the next witness. He reached the Sheedy residence inside of ten minutes. The curtain on the east side of the house was up.

"The cane was found near the window just south of the door. When I went into the house I did not notice that Mrs. Sheedy manifested any emotion. She did not cry or make any other manifestation. When the cane was showed to her she looked indifferent; she was cool and collected, so far as I could see."

Mike Mooney was called. He was turnkey at the county jail. Had a conversation with Monday McFarland shortly after he had been brought to the jail.

"Whenever McFarland commenced to talk to me I told him it was best not to say anything. The first day that McFarland was brought in he said he was not so much to blame as some folks thought; that if he was let alone he would tell it all. A number of days afterwards he asked: 'How's Mollie? When I told him that she was all right, he said: 'Don't tell anybody that I asked for her.' Two or three times afterwards Monday asked the same question."

P.J. Stepney, a colored man, testified: "I am a relative of Monday McFarland; was at Mrs. Botts' residence the night of the assault; saw Monday McFarland there that evening; he and I changed coats that night. After giving me my coat Monday asked me to call his wife out, and I did so. Monday and his wife then went out; I left afterwards. When near Thirteenth and O I saw a number of hacks approaching the Sheedy residence. I went there and met Botts. He told me about the shooting."

Marshal Melick was recalled. A ring was shown him. The witness testified that the ring was found at Waldman's pawnshop. The ring was shown to Monday McFarland. He identified it a the ring which Mrs. Sheedy had presented to McFarland at one of her amours with the negro.

Strode, counsel for Mrs. Sheedy, then demanded fiercely how Melick could identify the ring. Witness replied that he had the ring in his possession for some time and identified it from its general appearance. McFarland had told the witness that the ring Mrs. Sheedy gave him was at Waldman's pawnshop. The witness went to that place, asked for the ring that Monday placed in pawn, and the ring was given to him.

J. Waldman, the pawnbroker, was the next witness. He testified:

Monday McFarland came into my place of business January 1 and offered a gold ring in pawn. I gave him $4 for the ring."

Cross-examination: "Marshal Melick came into my place of business and asked for the ring that Monday McFarland had placed in pawn. I gave it to him. I identified it as the ring that McFarland pawned, because the number on the tag attached to it corresponded with the number opposite McFarland's name in my books.

THE MORNING SESSION.

When the deep bass voice of the bailiff reverberated through room and corridors this morning and announced that the mill of justice was about to begin its diurnal grind, an audience limited as to numbers, and confined almost exclusively to masculinity, occupied the temple of the blind goddess.

McFarland, his gait a sort of a listless shuffle, wandered into the room with an air of dogged indifference, and ambled over to the chair reserved for his occupancy. Counsel Woodward hastened to greet him with a cordial shake of the paw, and smilingly whispered words of encouragement into his ear,after which the sable prisoner was handed a copy of last evening's Call for perusal. All other papers are strictly withheld from him.

Mrs. Sheedy came in leaning upon the arm of her uncle, Col. Biggerstaff, and accompanied by her three sisters, Mrs. Dean, Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Morgan. Mrs. Sheedy looked worn and weary, her appearance being suggestive of a night spent in anxiety. Her face has undergone a striking transformation since the trial began, the buoyancy of her expression during the first part having given way to one of dejection and nervous apprehension. The turbulence of mind that must surge like a suppressed volcano has heretofore been concealed beneath an exterior kept outwardly calm by a supreme effort and a rare exercise of will power. The ragged anxiety with which she must be tortured is a terrible ordeal and on through which few men, and rarely a woman, could pass without giving outward signs of the awful mental unrest that is its hand maid.

Mrs. Sheedy's splendid composure relaxed this morning, and for the first time since since her arraignment for formal trial, she burst into a flood of tears and wept violently.

Fred Krouse, called and testified: Live 214 South Ninth street at present; lived at 826 M Street in January; knew the late John Sheedy, and remember the night he was assaulted; was east of the Sheedy residence, about fifty feet from the house; the shooting attracted my attention; saw Sheedy shooting, and started toward him, but he shot toward me and I stopped; Mrs. Sheedy called to me and I ran into the yard; Sheedy told me to run through the alley, that the man who had assaulted him had run out back; Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy were there alone; Sheedy went into the house; when the doctors arrived they went in the house and the blinds were pulled down so I could not see what was done; saw a bullet mark in one of the porch posts; did not see it at the time, but found it afterwards; when I first saw Sheedy he was standing in the poor; he told me he had been shot.

Cross-examination--Did not see Sheedy when he came out the door, because I was standing on the street looking north; this was between 8:20 and 8:30; was going to take a ride on the new electric street car was the reason I was going out; when I reached the house she wanted me to go for the priest; she said nothing about sending for a doctor; I met officers Kinney and Otto and told them that Sheedy had been assassinated, and that the assailant has escaped through the alley; I think Sheedy had retired into the house at the time Mrs. Sheedy asked me to go for the priest: she was out on the porch at the time. If Sheedy overheard her make the request he said nothing; I had never been employed by Sheedy to follow him home and protect him.

The next witness called was Mrs. James B. Hood, whose testimony was as follows:

Live on corner of Tenth and J; knew John Sheedy; have known Mrs. Sheedy about six years; have lived one year on P between Fourteenth and Fifteenth; lived there until last February; the Sheedy's have lived on the corner of Twelfth and P; I was in the habit of visiting the Sheedy's quite often; I was at the Sheedy residence about 10 o'clock the night he was assassinated and remained there until he died; met Harry Walstrom at my house; was introduced to me by Mrs. Sheedy at my house. She said he was a nice young man, and she desired to introduce him into company; said she had met him in Buffalo; I never met Walstrom but once after that; met him on the street! Mrs. Sheedy always spoke of Walstrom as a nice young man, and sometimes spoke of him as her sweetheart; she told me once that Sheedy got mad because she went with Walstrom, but said her husband changed his mind after having been introduced, and said Walstrom was a nice young man. Mrs. Sheedy afterward came to my house and asked to be allowed to remain several days, stating that Sheedy had abused her and that she had left him; told me she had her trunk all packed and was ready to take the train and leave, and I told her I was her friend, but did not like to have her remain at the house because I feared it would cause trouble with Sheedy. She then took her departure and went, as she claimed, to her sister's, Mrs. Dean. I told her I did not fancy Walstrom; that I thought he talked too much. Mrs. Sheedy said that was his way; that he appeared to become easily acquainted with every one he met. On the evening of the shooting, prior to the shooting. I had attended the musee in company with Mrs. Sheedy. Mr. Sheedy was across the street, and she called him over. Before arriving at the gate Mrs. Sheedy said to me that she felt oppressed, saying she feared something was going to happen; this was said before we saw Mr. Sheedy When near the gate and about to enter, I. saw Mr. Sheedy across the street and called her attention to him; she insisted upon calling him over; they entered the gate; I saw the man who assaulted Sheedy rise on the porch and heard the blow struck; could see the man but could not tell whether he was white or black; when she returned from Buffalo, N. Y., Mrs. Sheedy she complained to me that though she had telegraphed from Chicago to her husband that she was en route home, Sheedy failed to meet her on the train and her reception was anything but cordia; she further told me about having met Walstrom, and in addition to passing a favorable opinion upon Walstrom, Mrs. Sheedy said he was going to travel for his father, and would probably make Lincoln his headquarters; afterwards told me that Sheedy was very angry and abused her on account of Walstrom; I saw the man run after striking Sheedy; he ran between the house and the lattice work; I went into the house; Sheedy seemed to suspect the assault upon him was for the purpose of robbery and told his wife to look for her jewels; he hurried back to his room and got a revolver; hurrying back to the porch he commenced shooting; in running away the assailant stumbled and almost fell; I was so frightened I don't scarcely know what did transpire; I had several conversations with Mrs. Sheedy about the shooting; on one occasion she said no one could accuse Henry Walstrom of the assault upon Sheedy, because she said Walstrom had been at work that night; I don't know why she spoke thus other than the partial explanation she ventured that some people might suspect Walstrom because he was a friend of her's; I saw the assailant flee; Mr. Housman was going to follow the fellow, and was in the act of passing the gate when his wife, who was present, exclaimed: 'Hold on, All you have no gun; don't follow him; he may shoot.' Mrs. Sheedy did not shed a tear so far as I observed, over the assault upon her husband, but she seemed to feel very bad.

Cross-examination--There was nothing in the manner of Mrs. Sheedy that aroused my suspicions that she did not feel keenly the loss of her husband. I was there the next morning following his death, when there was an inquiry made with reference to an alleged mistake having been made by the doctors who, it was hinted, had made a mistake and given Sheedy morphine instead of another drug. I remember Mrs. Sheedy remarking about being impressed with a feeling of impending evil.

When this witness took the stand Mrs. Sheedy, for the first time, vacated her accustomed place and moved up to a seat at the side of her counsel. Her face wore a painfully anxious and strained look, while her eyes shone with the subdued glare of a confronted baselisk. At frequent times she posted Counsel Strode, and had Mrs. Hood closely questioned. her face had hardened, desperate look, and she kept her wicked look fastened upon Mrs. Hood persistently, as though trying to penetrate her inwardness and read her thoughts.

Mrs. Ruth M. Wood, a doctress, was called and testified: I am a physician; have been for twenty-nine years this spring; lived in Nebraska since 1880; resided in Lincoln for nearly three years; reside now at 1226 P street, in the middle of the block, diagonally across the street from the Sheedy residence; I remember the occurrence of the assault upon Sheedy; my attention was attracted to the house by hearing pistol shots; was sitting at the south window; the blind was up; when the shots were fired I looked over toward the Sheedy residence and noticed that one of the curtains had been pulled down; saw a gentlemen and lady standing in the doorway a moment afterwards. I was at the Sheedy residence that evening; saw Dr. Hart and others that I knew; while there I noticed a heavy breathing by Mr. Sheedy, and turning to Mrs. Carpenter I remarked that his symptoms were those if a person suffering from an overdose of morphine, and my opinion then was that Mr. Sheedy had been given an overdose of morphine.

At this juncture the almost iron nerve and self control of Mrs. Sheedy yielded to the tremendous mental strain to which she has been constantly subjected since the trial opened, and gave vent to pent up emotions by a violent burst of tears, in which she was joined by her sisters, Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Baker, who buried their grief-stricken faces in their handkerchiefs and susdibly wept. Mrs. Dean, by a supreme effort, succeeded in controlling her emotions, and made tender efforts to assuage the grief of her stricken relative. The burst, of sorrow subsided after a few minutes, and when Miss Anna Bodenstein, the servant girl employed at the Sheedy residence prior to, and at the time of the assault upon Mr. Sheedy, was summoned to the stand, Mrs. Sheedy resumed her usual composure, and again took a position by the side of Mr. Strode, her counsel. That she regarded Anna as a dangerous witness was shown by the painful anxiety manifested by Mrs. Sheedy. Her apprehensions proved an agreeable surprised, as the girl knew nothing of vital importance so far as Mrs. Sheedy was concerned. However, McFarland did not escape without a scorching, as Anna gave it as her conviction that he was the black man-she caught prowling around in the back yard several nights before the assault upon Sheedy. Counsel for Mrs. Sheedy and McFarland made a gallant contest against the admission of her testimony upon this important concession, but were outgeneraled by counsel for the state and finally overruled by the court.

Cross-examination--The same symptoms would be produced by a pressure upon the brain; I based my opinion at the time upon the belief that the sound was trifling. The bearing of Mrs. Sheedy was that of watchful solicitude; I did not see her face as she remained constantly by the bed and did not change her position so I could look into her face.

Anna Bodenstein, the female servant in the employ of Mr. Sheedy at the time of the murder, was called: I worked at Mr. Sheedy's; went there in April, 1890; worked there about ten months; went away after the murder; know McFarland; he used to dress Mrs. Sheedy's hair; I don't know how long it would take him to dress her hair, but think about a half hour; he would go away when he had dressed her hair. The afternoon of Saturday before the murder, I went to the dressmakers; upon my return I saw McFarland pass the house; I saw a man prowling around on the back porch several nights before the murder; the man looked black to me; I ran in the house when I saw him; I know Johnny Hausen; I saw him often at the Sheedy residence; he took some baskets from the house; the baskets contained food; Johnny would bring them back; they contained only the dishes when returned; I remember about someone shouting in the yard; that was before I saw the black man in the yard; this was about 10 o'clock; I told Mrs. Sheedy, but she didn't say anything; I don't know whether she spoke to the man or not; he was about six or seven feet away when I saw him; he stood still and made no attempt to run away. When McFarland was at the house dressing Mrs. Sheedy's hair I was in the kitchen; I saw McFarland at the Sheedy residence the Monday after Sheedy was struck; he came to the kitchen door and asked to see Mrs. Sheedy, but I would not let him in; he came to the dining room door first, but could not get in; he then came to the kitchen door; I knew Walstrom; first met him at the house. where he came for supper; saw him afterward in the parlor; Mr. Sheedy was there; the next time he came was at night, but Mr. Sheedy was not at home; Mrs. Sheedy received him at the door; it was after supper; don;t know how long I stayed, because I went away; I went away about 8 o'clock in the evening; returned about 10 o'clock; Walstrom had gone then Mrs. Sheedy used to go out quite frequently in the evenings without Mr. Sheedy; she would return about 10 o'clock. I saw Walstrom there five or six times, I don't remember having seen a boy bring or receive any notes at house; Mrs. Sheedy said the baskets of lunch were for a friend.

Cross-examination--Mrs. Sheedy told me to tell the truth before the coroner's jury; I have not seen her since she was arrested. I used to pass from the kitchen through the dining room, where McFarland usually dressed Mrs. Sheedy's hair. I never found any doors locked inside the house; there were no doors in the house other than those having egress from the outside. I am sure it was McFarland who came to the door the Monday after the assault upon Sheedy; saw Walstrom five or six times; did not see Walstrom, there after the death of Mr. Sheedy; I am sure I saw him at Mrs. Sheedy's house as much as five times; yes, he was at the house; I don't know who was there besides him, as they remained in the parlor and I would not know anything about them.

He-direct--I went away from the house every Sunday afternoon; I would return sometimes at 9 and sometimes at 10 o'clock in the evening; I never heard much that passed between Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy, as they always went into the parlor after leaving the dining-room.

Questions by Lambertson--Do you think you know who the black man was you saw in the back yard?

Answer--No; it was too dark, I could not see.

Did it look like McFarland? "Yes," hesitatingly answered Annie.

Counsel for defense fairly howled and pranced around in frantic excitement to bar this question out, but were overruled and the cat pulled out of the bag.

Mrs. Charles Carpenter testified: Reside just east of the Sheedy residence; have know Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy about six years. We lived four doors east of the Sheedy's; Mrs. Sheedy and I visited back and forth; we were friends' I would go to see her quite often; I know Harry Walstrom; first met him one evening at the Sheedy residence; was introduced to them by Mrs. Sheepy; Mr. Sheedey was not there; it was about 7 o'clock and was dark; we went home and left Walstrom and Mrs. Sheedy in the parlor. They afterwards called at my house; Walstrom met us on the street and we walked home with myself and sister; he merely walked along with us to the house without any invitation and my sister asked him to come in. My sister sent over for Mrs. Sheedy and she came over; Mrs. Sheedy and Walstrom left together; Mrs. Sheedy called at the house one morning and told me Mr. Walstrom was going to meet him there; he came to the house about a half hour afterwards; Walstrom left the house first and was followed by Mrs. Sheedy--perhaps ten minutes; I never saw Walstrom after this; I was shown Walstrom's picture by Mrs. Sheedy; she had it in her album; said she had met him in Buffalo."

AFTERNOON SESSION.

Officer Lewis Otto--Am police officer; knew John Sheedy; was at the house immediately after the shots were fired; was on the corner of Twelfth and O; Officer Kinney was with me, and 'we ran in the direction of the shots;saw a man running from toward the house; stopped him and found it was special officer Krouse; ran over into the house; found the cane on the porch; I took it inside and asked Mrs. Sheedy if it belonged to her husband; she said not; saw Sheedy sitting on a chair; his head was bleeding; I didn't pay much attention to Mrs. Sheedy as everybody was excited.

The evidence of this witness was substantially that given by officer Kinney yesterday.

The cross examination of Otto by the defense created a humorous suspicion that the very able attorneys for Mrs. Sheedy would be pleased to connect Special Officer Krouse with the assault upon Sheedy because he had testified to having been in the immediate vicinity at the time, and according to Otto's evidence, confessed to having taken refuge behind a convenient tree to escape the lead thrown around so carelessly by Sheedy.
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The Sheedy Case.

The defense supposed that they had scored a great point yesterday afternoon when Pawnbroker Goldwater was on the stand, and at first gave the impression that Malone and Melick had offered him $200 to identify the cane as the one McFarland had bought there. It finally aimmered down that Malone had told him he would divide the reward with Goldwater for giving him such a good clue.

Mrs. Charles Coil testified that on a number of occasions she had noticed McFarland standing near the Sheedy residence after night. He always attempted to evade her.

Henry Gerner was called. Strode objected on the grounds that his name was not endorsed as a witness on the back of the information and claimed that his name had been surreptitiously placed on the list. The objection was overruled and the witness proceeded to testify, because his name had been endorsed three days before the trial began. He testified:

"I was just across the street from the Sheedy residence the night Mr. Sheedy was assaulted. Saw Mr. Sheedy fire at somebody a number of times. I thought that the curtain of the window looking out on the porch was open at the time the shots were fired because it was so light."

Charles Tindall was the next witness. He reached the Sheedy residence inside of ten minutes. The curtain on the east side of the house was up.

"The cane was found near the window just south of the door. When I went into the house I did not notice that Mrs. Sheedy manifested any emotion. She did not cry or make any other manifestation. When the cane was showed to her she looked indifferent; she was cool and collected, so far as I could see."

Mike Mooney was called. He was turnkey at the county jail. Had a conversation with Monday McFarland shortly after he had been brought to the jail.

"Whenever McFarland commenced to talk to me I told him it was best not to say anything. The first day that McFarland was brought in he said he was not so much to blame as some folks thought; that if he was let alone he would tell it all. A number of days afterwards he asked: 'How's Mollie? When I told him that she was all right, he said: 'Don't tell anybody that I asked for her.' Two or three times afterwards Monday asked the same question."

P.J. Stepney, a colored man, testified: "I am a relative of Monday McFarland; was at Mrs. Botts' residence the night of the assault; saw Monday McFarland there that evening; he and I changed coats that night. After giving me my coat Monday asked me to call his wife out, and I did so. Monday and his wife then went out; I left afterwards. When near Thirteenth and O I saw a number of hacks approaching the Sheedy residence. I went there and met Botts. He told me about the shooting."

Marshal Melick was recalled. A ring was shown him. The witness testified that the ring was found at Waldman's pawnshop. The ring was shown to Monday McFarland. He identified it a the ring which Mrs. Sheedy had presented to McFarland at one of her amours with the negro.

Strode, counsel for Mrs. Sheedy, then demanded fiercely how Melick could identify the ring. Witness replied that he had the ring in his possession for some time and identified it from its general appearance. McFarland had told the witness that the ring Mrs. Sheedy gave him was at Waldman's pawnshop. The witness went to that place, asked for the ring that Monday placed in pawn, and the ring was given to him.

J. Waldman, the pawnbroker, was the next witness. He testified:

Monday McFarland came into my place of business January 1 and offered a gold ring in pawn. I gave him $4 for the ring."

Cross-examination: "Marshal Melick came into my place of business and asked for the ring that Monday McFarland had placed in pawn. I gave it to him. I identified it as the ring that McFarland pawned, because the number on the tag attached to it corresponded with the number opposite McFarland's name in my books.

THE MORNING SESSION.

When the deep bass voice of the bailiff reverberated through room and corridors this morning and announced that the mill of justice was about to begin its diurnal grind, an audience limited as to numbers, and confined almost exclusively to masculinity, occupied the temple of the blind goddess.

McFarland, his gait a sort of a listless shuffle, wandered into the room with an air of dogged indifference, and ambled over to the chair reserved for his occupancy. Counsel Woodward hastened to greet him with a cordial shake of the paw, and smilingly whispered words of encouragement into his ear,after which the sable prisoner was handed a copy of last evening's Call for perusal. All other papers are strictly withheld from him.

Mrs. Sheedy came in leaning upon the arm of her uncle, Col. Biggerstaff, and accompanied by her three sisters, Mrs. Dean, Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Morgan. Mrs. Sheedy looked worn and weary, her appearance being suggestive of a night spent in anxiety. Her face has undergone a striking transformation since the trial began, the buoyancy of her expression during the first part having given way to one of dejection and nervous apprehension. The turbulence of mind that must surge like a suppressed volcano has heretofore been concealed beneath an exterior kept outwardly calm by a supreme effort and a rare exercise of will power. The ragged anxiety with which she must be tortured is a terrible ordeal and on through which few men, and rarely a woman, could pass without giving outward signs of the awful mental unrest that is its hand maid.

Mrs. Sheedy's splendid composure relaxed this morning, and for the first time since since her arraignment for formal trial, she burst into a flood of tears and wept violently.

Fred Krouse, called and testified: Live 214 South Ninth street at present; lived at 826 M Street in January; knew the late John Sheedy, and remember the night he was assaulted; was east of the Sheedy residence, about fifty feet from the house; the shooting attracted my attention; saw Sheedy shooting, and started toward him, but he shot toward me and I stopped; Mrs. Sheedy called to me and I ran into the yard; Sheedy told me to run through the alley, that the man who had assaulted him had run out back; Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy were there alone; Sheedy went into the house; when the doctors arrived they went in the house and the blinds were pulled down so I could not see what was done; saw a bullet mark in one of the porch posts; did not see it at the time, but found it afterwards; when I first saw Sheedy he was standing in the poor; he told me he had been shot.

Cross-examination--Did not see Sheedy when he came out the door, because I was standing on the street looking north; this was between 8:20 and 8:30; was going to take a ride on the new electric street car was the reason I was going out; when I reached the house she wanted me to go for the priest; she said nothing about sending for a doctor; I met officers Kinney and Otto and told them that Sheedy had been assassinated, and that the assailant has escaped through the alley; I think Sheedy had retired into the house at the time Mrs. Sheedy asked me to go for the priest: she was out on the porch at the time. If Sheedy overheard her make the request he said nothing; I had never been employed by Sheedy to follow him home and protect him.

The next witness called was Mrs. James B. Hood, whose testimony was as follows:

Live on corner of Tenth and J; knew John Sheedy; have known Mrs. Sheedy about six years; have lived one year on P between Fourteenth and Fifteenth; lived there until last February; the Sheedy's have lived on the corner of Twelfth and P; I was in the habit of visiting the Sheedy's quite often; I was at the Sheedy residence about 10 o'clock the night he was assassinated and remained there until he died; met Harry Walstrom at my house; was introduced to me by Mrs. Sheedy at my house. She said he was a nice young man, and she desired to introduce him into company; said she had met him in Buffalo; I never met Walstrom but once after that; met him on the street! Mrs. Sheedy always spoke of Walstrom as a nice young man, and sometimes spoke of him as her sweetheart; she told me once that Sheedy got mad because she went with Walstrom, but said her husband changed his mind after having been introduced, and said Walstrom was a nice young man. Mrs. Sheedy afterward came to my house and asked to be allowed to remain several days, stating that Sheedy had abused her and that she had left him; told me she had her trunk all packed and was ready to take the train and leave, and I told her I was her friend, but did not like to have her remain at the house because I feared it would cause trouble with Sheedy. She then took her departure and went, as she claimed, to her sister's, Mrs. Dean. I told her I did not fancy Walstrom; that I thought he talked too much. Mrs. Sheedy said that was his way; that he appeared to become easily acquainted with every one he met. On the evening of the shooting, prior to the shooting. I had attended the musee in company with Mrs. Sheedy. Mr. Sheedy was across the street, and she called him over. Before arriving at the gate Mrs. Sheedy said to me that she felt oppressed, saying she feared something was going to happen; this was said before we saw Mr. Sheedy When near the gate and about to enter, I. saw Mr. Sheedy across the street and called her attention to him; she insisted upon calling him over; they entered the gate; I saw the man who assaulted Sheedy rise on the porch and heard the blow struck; could see the man but could not tell whether he was white or black; when she returned from Buffalo, N. Y., Mrs. Sheedy she complained to me that though she had telegraphed from Chicago to her husband that she was en route home, Sheedy failed to meet her on the train and her reception was anything but cordia; she further told me about having met Walstrom, and in addition to passing a favorable opinion upon Walstrom, Mrs. Sheedy said he was going to travel for his father, and would probably make Lincoln his headquarters; afterwards told me that Sheedy was very angry and abused her on account of Walstrom; I saw the man run after striking Sheedy; he ran between the house and the lattice work; I went into the house; Sheedy seemed to suspect the assault upon him was for the purpose of robbery and told his wife to look for her jewels; he hurried back to his room and got a revolver; hurrying back to the porch he commenced shooting; in running away the assailant stumbled and almost fell; I was so frightened I don't scarcely know what did transpire; I had several conversations with Mrs. Sheedy about the shooting; on one occasion she said no one could accuse Henry Walstrom of the assault upon Sheedy, because she said Walstrom had been at work that night; I don't know why she spoke thus other than the partial explanation she ventured that some people might suspect Walstrom because he was a friend of her's; I saw the assailant flee; Mr. Housman was going to follow the fellow, and was in the act of passing the gate when his wife, who was present, exclaimed: 'Hold on, All you have no gun; don't follow him; he may shoot.' Mrs. Sheedy did not shed a tear so far as I observed, over the assault upon her husband, but she seemed to feel very bad.

Cross-examination--There was nothing in the manner of Mrs. Sheedy that aroused my suspicions that she did not feel keenly the loss of her husband. I was there the next morning following his death, when there was an inquiry made with reference to an alleged mistake having been made by the doctors who, it was hinted, had made a mistake and given Sheedy morphine instead of another drug. I remember Mrs. Sheedy remarking about being impressed with a feeling of impending evil.

When this witness took the stand Mrs. Sheedy, for the first time, vacated her accustomed place and moved up to a seat at the side of her counsel. Her face wore a painfully anxious and strained look, while her eyes shone with the subdued glare of a confronted baselisk. At frequent times she posted Counsel Strode, and had Mrs. Hood closely questioned. her face had hardened, desperate look, and she kept her wicked look fastened upon Mrs. Hood persistently, as though trying to penetrate her inwardness and read her thoughts.

Mrs. Ruth M. Wood, a doctress, was called and testified: I am a physician; have been for twenty-nine years this spring; lived in Nebraska since 1880; resided in Lincoln for nearly three years; reside now at 1226 P street, in the middle of the block, diagonally across the street from the Sheedy residence; I remember the occurrence of the assault upon Sheedy; my attention was attracted to the house by hearing pistol shots; was sitting at the south window; the blind was up; when the shots were fired I looked over toward the Sheedy residence and noticed that one of the curtains had been pulled down; saw a gentlemen and lady standing in the doorway a moment afterwards. I was at the Sheedy residence that evening; saw Dr. Hart and others that I knew; while there I noticed a heavy breathing by Mr. Sheedy, and turning to Mrs. Carpenter I remarked that his symptoms were those if a person suffering from an overdose of morphine, and my opinion then was that Mr. Sheedy had been given an overdose of morphine.

At this juncture the almost iron nerve and self control of Mrs. Sheedy yielded to the tremendous mental strain to which she has been constantly subjected since the trial opened, and gave vent to pent up emotions by a violent burst of tears, in which she was joined by her sisters, Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Baker, who buried their grief-stricken faces in their handkerchiefs and susdibly wept. Mrs. Dean, by a supreme effort, succeeded in controlling her emotions, and made tender efforts to assuage the grief of her stricken relative. The burst, of sorrow subsided after a few minutes, and when Miss Anna Bodenstein, the servant girl employed at the Sheedy residence prior to, and at the time of the assault upon Mr. Sheedy, was summoned to the stand, Mrs. Sheedy resumed her usual composure, and again took a position by the side of Mr. Strode, her counsel. That she regarded Anna as a dangerous witness was shown by the painful anxiety manifested by Mrs. Sheedy. Her apprehensions proved an agreeable surprised, as the girl knew nothing of vital importance so far as Mrs. Sheedy was concerned. However, McFarland did not escape without a scorching, as Anna gave it as her conviction that he was the black man-she caught prowling around in the back yard several nights before the assault upon Sheedy. Counsel for Mrs. Sheedy and McFarland made a gallant contest against the admission of her testimony upon this important concession, but were outgeneraled by counsel for the state and finally overruled by the court.

Cross-examination--The same symptoms would be produced by a pressure upon the brain; I based my opinion at the time upon the belief that the sound was trifling. The bearing of Mrs. Sheedy was that of watchful solicitude; I did not see her face as she remained constantly by the bed and did not change her position so I could look into her face.

Anna Bodenstein, the female servant in the employ of Mr. Sheedy at the time of the murder, was called: I worked at Mr. Sheedy's; went there in April, 1890; worked there about ten months; went away after the murder; know McFarland; he used to dress Mrs. Sheedy's hair; I don't know how long it would take him to dress her hair, but think about a half hour; he would go away when he had dressed her hair. The afternoon of Saturday before the murder, I went to the dressmakers; upon my return I saw McFarland pass the house; I saw a man prowling around on the back porch several nights before the murder; the man looked black to me; I ran in the house when I saw him; I know Johnny Hausen; I saw him often at the Sheedy residence; he took some baskets from the house; the baskets contained food; Johnny would bring them back; they contained only the dishes when returned; I remember about someone shouting in the yard; that was before I saw the black man in the yard; this was about 10 o'clock; I told Mrs. Sheedy, but she didn't say anything; I don't know whether she spoke to the man or not; he was about six or seven feet away when I saw him; he stood still and made no attempt to run away. When McFarland was at the house dressing Mrs. Sheedy's hair I was in the kitchen; I saw McFarland at the Sheedy residence the Monday after Sheedy was struck; he came to the kitchen door and asked to see Mrs. Sheedy, but I would not let him in; he came to the dining room door first, but could not get in; he then came to the kitchen door; I knew Walstrom; first met him at the house. where he came for supper; saw him afterward in the parlor; Mr. Sheedy was there; the next time he came was at night, but Mr. Sheedy was not at home; Mrs. Sheedy received him at the door; it was after supper; don;t know how long I stayed, because I went away; I went away about 8 o'clock in the evening; returned about 10 o'clock; Walstrom had gone then Mrs. Sheedy used to go out quite frequently in the evenings without Mr. Sheedy; she would return about 10 o'clock. I saw Walstrom there five or six times, I don't remember having seen a boy bring or receive any notes at house; Mrs. Sheedy said the baskets of lunch were for a friend.

Cross-examination--Mrs. Sheedy told me to tell the truth before the coroner's jury; I have not seen her since she was arrested. I used to pass from the kitchen through the dining room, where McFarland usually dressed Mrs. Sheedy's hair. I never found any doors locked inside the house; there were no doors in the house other than those having egress from the outside. I am sure it was McFarland who came to the door the Monday after the assault upon Sheedy; saw Walstrom five or six times; did not see Walstrom, there after the death of Mr. Sheedy; I am sure I saw him at Mrs. Sheedy's house as much as five times; yes, he was at the house; I don't know who was there besides him, as they remained in the parlor and I would not know anything about them.
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