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FRIDAY
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The End Close at Hand.

When Judge Field's court resumed doling out justice in the Sheedy case this morning, no incidents of special interest transpired until ex-Sargeant W. W. Carder, of the old police force was placed upon the stand.

Mr. Carder had been ill for several days, and was not feeling in the best of humor: However,he manifested no irritability of temper during his direct examination by Counsel Strode for the defense, but balked at the first question put by Counsel Frank Hall and preemptorily refused to proceed unless Detective Malone and ex-Marshal Melick were removed from the room while his cross-examination was in progress.

Mr. Hall informed the witness that Malone and Melick were present upon permission of the court, and that he would have to proceed with his testimony. He still remained obdurate though appealed to by counsel for defense to answer. For three or four minutes Carder refused to open his lips, though twice warned by Judge Field to answer the questions asked. The situation became intensely interesting when Judge field, turning to the court reporter directed him to read the question, and at once cautioning Carder that unless he obeyed the court would apply a remedy to cure his obstinacy. Carder still remained recaicitrant, and everybody was expecting to hear an [?] court issued for his arrest for order [?] with a look of intense contempt, when, [?] this contempt, hatred and unuttered, directed at Malone and Melick, he pitched his voice in a minor key and answered. Carder had been summoned by defense to testify that the cane brought to the station the evening of the assault upon Sheedy had belonged to witness, who had, months before left it at the police station one night and lost it in some way.

His manner while upon the stand did not imply so much kindly regard for the defense as it did intense dislike of Malone and Melick, growing out of personal differences between them while all were members of the police force.

It suggested that he would rather see the prosecution fall in establishing a case against the defendants, not for any bias he entertained for them, as to humiliate his personal enemies by thwarting their efforts to secure a conviction and earning consequent applause as officers.

The evidence, including rebuttal by the state, will have been concluded this evening, or tomorrow morning, and final argument commenced by counsel not later than tomorrow afternoon. Prosecuting attorney Snell will open [?] prosecution, Mr. Hall will [?] the initial arguments of defense allow the Lambertson will offer the closing arguments for the state.

NOT FINISHED 6/28

FRIDAY
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The End Close at Hand.

When Judge Field's court resumed doling out justice in the Sheedy case this morning, no incidents of special interest transpired until ex-Sargeant W. W. Carder, of the old police force was placed upon the stand.

Mr. Carder had been ill for several days, and was not feeling in the best of humor: However,he manifested no irritability of temper during his direct examination by Counsel Strode for the defense, but balked at the first question put by Counsel Frank Hall and preemptorily refused to proceed unless Detective Malone and ex-Marshal Melick were removed from the room while his cross-examination was in progress.