| 165VOLUME 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, we made no microscopical examination of Sheedy's brain as we did no consider it necessary. There was no fracture of the skull.
Col. Lambertson fired at the helpless witness the same long tortuous and serpentine hypothertical question which kno K d Dr. Beachely silly Saturday with reference to his opinion as to the cause of Sheedy's death, taking into consideration all surrounding circumstances
Considering the symptoms I consider that his death was caused by poison from some drug.
" What drug?"
" The symptoms were those of opium or some of the alkaloids of opium, such as morphine, etc. "
The symptoms of opium or morphine poisoning are giddlness followed by sleep, later on be cannot be awakened at all. During these times the breathing becomes labored and slow, accompained by morning and finally utter unconsciousness. The body becomes peralyzed and stomach torpid. The pupils of the eye are always dilated, so far as I know.
The effect of atrophine is diste the puplis, while morphine contracts. Morphine administered hypodermically would not manifest its presence in the stomach---It would be found in the circulation and urine. The time morphine would require for assimulation depnds upon the condition of the stomach. If full of liquids or food it would require longer to assimulate, while, if empty, the effect would become appearent in a few minutes. The binder who left with the body at the time the stomach was removed for examination. Death from heart failure would be almost instantses.
The easy familiarty evidenced by Col. Lambertson in speaking techincaily of the names of the various bones of the face, head an d neck, together with a ready command of medical terms rarely possible with a lawyer, aroused the ire of Col. Philpott, who evidently, envous of Lambertson, determined to at least emulate, if not surpase counsel for the state in the sang froid with which he would gilbily speak of the cereblium, medulla, sphenold and oocipital bones. Striding to the chair vacted by Strode, Col. Philpot, his face as imu turable as an owl, and with a lugribon slamulation of intense gravity, Philpott asked in apparence seriousness :
" Doctor, can you tell what portion of the brain is known technically as the arbor vitoe?
" Wh-a-t?" Then with a smille as the humor of the occasion dawned upon him,
" no, sir. "
" Where is the oblong get there? "
" Never heard of that, organ. "
" And yet you claim to be a surgon and physician ? "
" Yes, sir. "
What effect would the presntation of an unpaid board bill have upon the salry belum of an impecurtous boarder ?"
" Couldn't say. "
" Do you think a man is dead when he has been killed? Did you ever peruse that eminent work upon anatomy, known as Bill Nye's ' Thinks or his Rallway Guide ?, Have you carefully read Bill's Disesction of the Wm. Goat ? or his Ode to the Mewl ? " If not, why not?" Now doctor, remember you are upon oath and are supposed to be a descendent of esteemed gentleman with a pathetic hatchet attachement ?"
Having concluded his bombardment of witness with vital question, the attenuated consel for McFarland casta look of mingled conscious triumoh and erudite superiority upon his humilated and crushed vival, who meanwhile fallen of his chair, while the jurors had vacted their seats and were preparing to drop from the second story windows and take obances in getting to the woods, Philpot let up on this voln.
Having browsed around in humorous pastures to his own content and to the eminent delectation of the audience, Col. Philpott resumed a serious mein and endeavored with indiferent success to confuse the doctor into an admision that the symptoms attending Sheedy's death were superinduced by causes other than morpine or opium poison. While the examination was in progress court adjourned for dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
When the falsetto voice of the bailiff resounded through the room this afternoon like the symphony from a corn stalk fiiddle, and announced that the blind godess was about to adjust her scales again. every seat in the court room was occupied, the front rows being filed with ladies in bright and attracive costumes harmonizing in shade with the bright sunny weather. The ladies, recognzing that everything comes to those who wait, and acting upon this theory, they migrated early to the court house, pre-empted favored claims and waited for the mil to beging grinding. Their bright and tasty costumes contrasted pleasingly with the somber hued hadlments of the male sex. Several of the favored fair ones were admitted inside the railing,
upon their less fortunate slaes doomed to waste their sweetness on the air ouside. Dr. Casebear resumed the stand, and was questioned by Col. Philpott, whose famlarity with the technical medical vocabulary was explained by the statment that he had once passed through a medical college. that is, passed in at the front door and fell out the back door. Phillpott had a long string of these jaw breaking terms, and unlcaded them upon the doctor in whilesale lots. Having relived himself of the oblong-atta, the cor-bullum, the occipital bone, the arbor vetate, and the gyostocunts, Philpott retired to enjoy much needed mental rest, his place being taken by Consel Strode, who conducted the examination in a more serious vein. It is not easy to distinguish between the symptoms produced by concussion and compression of the brain replied witness.
Becoming weary of technique, and doubless suspecting that the examination as being conducted was a Chinese puzzle or Digger Indian to the jurors, Judge Field suggested that it would simplfy matters by submiting books containing expressions of medical authorites. Strode held that this could not be done. claiming the supreme court had ruled against the admission of these authorities. He cited the case of the State vs. Hutchison, which he prosecuted before the superme court, which ruled the books of authorites out.
The search for the law governing this propostion was hunted up and the postion of counsel for defense held to be untenable.
The examination of the witness was still in progress at 3 o'clock, when the NEWS' report of the day closed.
Counsel Frank Hall, eminently identified with the prosecution, was absent to day, but will reappear in the case tommorow, having gone out of twon on important business :
Col. Billingsley was present a short time this morning, but vamoced at noon and did not reappear, McFarland's laterests being cared for by Philpott and Woodward.
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ON HER MUSCLE.
An Exciting Scene in the Methodist Sun-
day School Yesterday.
Quite a sensation was created in St Paul M. E. Sunday school yesterday afternoon. After the regular program of exercises had been gone through with, a memorail service in honor of the late Mr. Eva Calvert was held. Mrs. A. M. Davis was addressing the school on the many virtues of Mrs. Calvert, who was one of the corpe of teachers, when a disturbance arose in the rear of the room.
All eyes were immediatley turned in that direction, from whence came the sound of rapid blows and somthered imprecations. The principal figure was Miss Banghart, an eccentric maldeh lady, who was energtically bolaboring the back and shoulders of a young man named Walsh, a member of Mr. Adam class, which occupied the next to the rear row.
The lady is somewhat noted for her eccentricites of dress, and is possessed of an halucination that if any one exhibits merriment in her presnece she is the cause of it. Mr. Walab, however, had a back to the door, and why she made the assault on him is as great a mystery to him to any one else.
Mr. L. J. Byer attempted to induce her to withdraw, but the turned on him, assaulting him with the vocabulary usally attributed to pirates, and also brought her number into play. Considerable force was necessary to eject her from the building, and she departed northward muttering imprecations on all concerned.
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The Other Murder
The remains of Mrs. Cella Jennie Green, who died Saturday morning from the effects of wounds inficted by her aged lover. E. W. Hutchinson, were interred in St. Theresa cemetery this morning, the funeral taking place from the late residence, 1521 O street.
The coroner's jury, composed of C. B. Beach, A. M. Bartram, J. H. Blair, W. G. Small, Jacob Bush and A. P. Martin met with Coroner Dr. Holyoke at the scene of the tragedy, Saturday evening, and heard the testimony of Miss Lou Rice, Augustus Gilbert, and Edith Gilbert, witnesses of assault. Their testimony as to the effect that Hutchinson came to the rooms, which are immeditely above May's clothing store, about 3:45 on the evening of April 28th last. He was apparonetly as good-natured as ever, and talked pleasantly with the family. Mrs. Greane and Hutchinson were left alone in the front room, while the others retired, the wormen to the third room of the sutle, and the brother to the bath-room in the rearSoon afterwards witnesses heard shots, and Mrs. Greene came runing into the third room with Hutchinson in pursuit, firing as he ran. Two bulliets were fired as they came through the door,, the third across the center table, and the ramining two with gun held close to her back. The murderer ran to the door of the front room, thence into the hall and away learing his hat behind.
The two women were witnesess to the shooting while Gilbert, who 1s Mrs. Greene's brother, arrived in time to see Hutchinson going out, snapping the re
voiver at his own head. The women said that they had heard Mrs. Greene's
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Mrs. Essie Richards, living on the floor above, saw a bare headed man go down starire, but thought he was going after a | 165VOLUME 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, we made no microscopical examination of Sheedy's brain as we did no consider it necessary. There was no fracture of the skull.
Col. Lambertson fired at the helpless witness the same long tortuous and serpentine hypothertical question which kno K d Dr. Beachely silly Saturday with reference to his opinion as to the cause of Sheedy's death, taking into consideration all surrounding circumstances
Considering the symptoms I consider that his death was caused by poison from some drug.
" What drug?"
" The symptoms were those of opium or some of the alkaloids of opium, such as morphine, etc. "
The symptoms of opium or morphine poisoning are giddlness followed by sleep, later on be cannot be awakened at all. During these times the breathing becomes labored and slow, accompained by morning and finally utter unconsciousness. The body becomes peralyzed and stomach torpid. The pupils of the eye are always dilated, so far as I know.
The effect of atrophine is diste the puplis, while morphine contracts. Morphine administered hypodermically would not manifest its presence in the stomach---It would be found in the circulation and urine. The time morphine would require for assimulation depnds upon the condition of the stomach. If full of liquids or food it would require longer to assimulate, while, if empty, the effect would become appearent in a few minutes. The binder who left with the body at the time the stomach was removed for examination. Death from heart failure would be almost instantses.
The easy familiarty evidenced by Col. Lambertson in speaking techincaily of the names of the various bones of the face, head an d neck, together with a ready command of medical terms rarely possible with a lawyer, aroused the ire of Col. Philpott, who evidently, envous of Lambertson, determined to at least emulate, if not surpase counsel for the state in the sang froid with which he would gilbily speak of the cereblium, medulla, sphenold and oocipital bones. Striding to the chair vacted by Strode, Col. Philpot, his face as imu turable as an owl, and with a lugribon slamulation of intense gravity, Philpott asked in apparence seriousness :
" Doctor, can you tell what portion of the brain is known technically as the arbor vitoe?
" Wh-a-t?" Then with a smille as the humor of the occasion dawned upon him,
" no, sir. "
" Where is the oblong get there? "
" Never heard of that, organ. "
" And yet you claim to be a surgon and physician ? "
" Yes, sir. "
What effect would the presntation of an unpaid board bill have upon the salry belum of an impecurtous boarder ?"
" Couldn't say. "
" Do you think a man is dead when he has been killed? Did you ever peruse that eminent work upon anatomy, known as Bill Nye's ' Thinks or his Rallway Guide ?, Have you carefully read Bill's Disesction of the Wm. Goat ? or his Ode to the Mewl ? " If not, why not?" Now doctor, remember you are upon oath and are supposed to be a descendent of esteemed gentleman with a pathetic hatchet attachement ?"
Having concluded his bombardment of witness with vital question, the attenuated consel for McFarland casta look of mingled conscious triumoh and erudite superiority upon his humilated and crushed vival, who meanwhile fallen of his chair, while the jurors had vacted their seats and were preparing to drop from the second story windows and take obances in getting to the woods, Philpot let up on this voln.
Having browsed around in humorous pastures to his own content and to the eminent delectation of the audience, Col. Philpott resumed a serious mein and endeavored with indiferent success to confuse the doctor into an admision that the symptoms attending Sheedy's death were superinduced by causes other than morpine or opium poison. While the examination was in progress court adjourned for dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
When the falsetto voice of the bailiff resounded through the room this afternoon like the symphony from a corn stalk fiiddle, and announced that the blind godess was about to adjust her scales again. every seat in the court room was occupied, the front rows being filed with ladies in bright and attracive costumes harmonizing in shade with the bright sunny weather. The ladies, recognzing that everything comes to those who wait, and acting upon this theory, they migrated early to the court house, pre-empted favored claims and waited for the mil to beging grinding. Their bright and tasty costumes contrasted pleasingly with the somber hued hadlments of the male sex. Several of the favored fair ones were admitted inside the railing,
upon their less fortunate slaes doomed to waste their sweetness on the air ouside. Dr. Casebear resumed the stand, and was questioned by Col. Philpott, whose famlarity with the technical medical vocabulary was explained by the statment that he had once passed through a medical college. that is, passed in at the front door and fell out the back door. Phillpott had a long string of these jaw breaking terms, and unlcaded them upon the doctor in whilesale lots. Having relived himself of the oblong-atta, the cor-bullum, the occipital bone, the arbor vetate, and the gyostocunts, Philpott retired to enjoy much needed mental rest, his place being taken by Consel Strode, who conducted the examination in a more serious vein. It is not easy to distinguish between the symptoms produced by concussion and compression of the brain replied witness.
Becoming weary of technique, and doubless suspecting that the examination as being conducted was a Chinese puzzle or Digger Indian to the jurors, Judge Field suggested that it would simplfy matters by submiting books containing expressions of medical authorites. Strode held that this could not be done. claiming the supreme court had ruled against the admission of these authorities. He cited the case of the State vs. Hutchison, which he prosecuted before the superme court, which ruled the books of authorites out.
The search for the law governing this propostion was hunted up and the postion of counsel for defense held to be untenable.
The examination of the witness was still in progress at 3 o'clock, when the NEWS' report of the day closed.
Counsel Frank Hall, eminently identified with the prosecution, was absent to day, but will reappear in the case tommorow, having gone out of twon on important business :
Col. Billingsley was present a short time this morning, but vamoced at noon and did not reappear, McFarland's laterests being cared for by Philpott and Woodward.
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ON HER MUSCLE.
An Exciting Scene in the Methodist Sun-
day School Yesterday.
Quite a sensation was created in St Paul M. E. Sunday school yesterday afternoon. After the regular program of exercises had been gone through with, a memorail service in honor of the late Mr. Eva Calvert was held. Mrs. A. M. Davis was addressing the school on the many virtues of Mrs. Calvert, who was one of the corpe of teachers, when a disturbance arose in the rear of the room.
All eyes were immediatley turned in that direction, from whence came the sound of rapid blows and somthered imprecations. The principal figure was Miss Banghart, an eccentric maldeh lady, who was energtically bolaboring the back and shoulders of a young man named Walsh, a member of Mr. Adam class, which occupied the next to the rear row.
The lady is somewhat noted for her eccentricites of dress, and is possessed of an halucination that if any one exhibits merriment in her presnece she is the cause of it. Mr. Walab, however, had a back to the door, and why she made the assault on him is as great a mystery to him to any one else.
Mr. L. J. Byer attempted to induce her to withdraw, but the turned on him, assaulting him with the vocabulary usally attributed to pirates, and also brought her number into play. Considerable force was necessary to eject her from the building, and she departed northward muttering imprecations on all concerned.
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The Other Murder
The remains of Mrs. Cella Jennie Green, who died Saturday morning from the effects of wounds inficted by her aged lover. E. W. Hutchinson, were interred in St. Theresa cemetery this morning, the funeral taking place from the late residence, 1521 O street.
The coroner's jury, composed of C. B. Beach, A. M. Bartram, J. H. Blair, W. G. Small, Jacob Bush and A. P. Martin met with Coroner Dr. Holyoke at the scene of the tragedy, Saturday evening, and heard the testimony of Miss Lou Rice, Augustus Gilbert, and Edith Gilbert, witnesses of assault. Their testimony as to the effect that Hutchinson came to the rooms, which are immeditely above May's clothing store, about 3:45 on the evening of April 28th last. He was apparonetly as good-natured as ever, and talked pleasantly with the family. Mrs. Greane and Hutchinson were left alone in the front room, while the others retired, the wormen to the third room of the sutle, and the brother to the bath-room in the rearSoon afterwards witnesses heard shots, and Mrs. Greene came runing into the third room with Hutchinson in pursuit, firing as he ran. Two bulliets were fired as they came through the door,, the third across the center table, and the ramining two with gun held close to her back. The murderer ran to the door of the front room, thence into the hall and away learing his hat behind.
The two women were witnesess to the shooting while Gilbert, who 1s Mrs. Greene's brother, arrived in time to see Hutchinson going out, snapping the re
voiver at his own head. The women said that they had heard Mrs. Greene's
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Mrs. Essie Richards, living on the floor above, saw a bare headed man go down starire, but thought he was going after a |
