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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.

For the defense Mr. Stearns will open, to be followed by Col. Philpott, leaving Sheedy and M[?] in behalf of Mrs. Sheedy and McFarland. The case is one offering rare opportunities for logic, eloquence, wit and profound reasoning, and the arguments to be made by Messrs. Lambertson and Hall for the prosecution, and those of Col. Philpott and Strode for the defense are looked forward to with high expectation and pleasant anticipation by the throng that will fill every available part of the great court room on this momentous and historical occasion. The firey Philpott, with his ready wit and whithering sarcasm, has many admirers, whose expectations will not be disappointed.

Lambertson, with a vocabulary rich in resources, polished and ornate, supplemented with an imagination peopled with beautiful imagery, will make a powerful appeal to the inner sensibilities, while Frank Hall, quick at repartee, keen as a flashing scimetar and restlessly aggressive, will electrify the audience with impassioned appeals to the goddess of reason and justice. The intense earnestness of his manner--a gift of rare value in the forum--carries conviction with it, and his appeal to the jury cannot be other than a powerful one.

Mr. Strode will doubtless become excited, but that he is a ready and logical speaker, and an attorney of great erudition none will deny who have listened to him during the progress of the trial. With his associates he has made an able defense, and if successful no one will begrudge them the hard earned victory and the renown that will necessarily attach to the triumph.

The state, on the other hand has conducted a brilliant prosecution, has worked almost night and day, and is more than reasonably expectant of securing a conviction.

Yesterday Afternoon.

At Hosman followed his wife on the stand: He declared that he saw the man who fired fall down and roll over, and he could see that he was a white man, with a moustache and a beared about two or tree days old. The man were a faded brown overcoat.

Mrs. Maggie Hurts was called: She testified that she lived near the Sheedy residence; the lights were very bright on the night that Sheedy was assaulted.; she and her husband passed by; she saw Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy reading in the parlo' she saw them again in the same situation when she returned between 7 and 8 p. m., and a few minutes before the assault.

Mr. Hertz, the husband of the preceding witness, testified the same as his wife.

Mrs. White, who lives just east of the Sheedy residence, was put on the stand She testified that she had never seen any colored man hanging around the Sheedy residence.

Mrs. Davis, a milliner, swore that she had often seen Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy out walking and driving, and they appeared to enjoy each other's company.

At this juncture Hall asked:

"How often have you seen Mr. and Mrs. Sheedy laughing and talking while out driving?"

The witness replied:

"Only a few times"

Then Mr. Strode asked the witness if she hadn't often seen Mr. Hall, one of the counsel for the state, out walking and driving a number of times with his wife. The answer was in the affirmative. Then Mr. Strode asked:

"How often have you seen Mr. and Mrs. Hall laughing and talking while out driving?"

The witness answered:

"Not once."

A roar of laughter followed.

Miss Josie Dowden, sister of the preceding witness, corroborated in every way her sister's testimony.

Ex Marshal Melick was the next witness. He testified that he saw Mrs. Sheedy every day from the time of the assault to the time of her arrest on week afterwards, and she invariably evinced great grief whenever the death of Sheedy was referred to.

The trial ended for the day by the defense showing that the probate court had made an allowance for Mrs. Sheedy of $1,000, and that the heirs of John Sheedy had appealed the same and the appeal was now pending.

This Morning

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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.

For the defense Mr. Stearns will open, to be followed by Col. Philpott, leaving Sheedy and M[?] in behalf of Mrs. Sheedy and McFarland. The case is one offering rare opportunities for logic, eloquence, wit and profound reasoning, and the arguments to be made by Messrs. Lambertson and Hall for the prosecution, and those of Col. Philpott and Strode for the defense are looked forward to with high expectation and pleasant anticipation by the throng that will fill every available part of the great court room on this momentous and historical occasion. The firey Philpott, with his ready wit and whithering sarcasm, has many admirers, whose expectations will not be disappointed.

Lambertson, with a vocabulary rich in resources, polished and ornate, supplemented with an imagination peopled with beautiful imagery, will make a powerful appeal

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