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[Untitled] Whether innocent or guilty. . .

Lincoln Weekly News, May 21, 1891

[Untitled] The verdict in the Sheedy trial. . .

The Nebraska State Journal, May 30, 1891

[Untitled] John Sheedy is dead. . .

The Nebraska State Journal, June 2, 1891

[Untitled] If the general public. . .

The Nebraska State Journal, June 2, 1891

Yesterday Afternoon

Lincoln Weekly News, June 4, 1891

Yesterday Afternoon

Lincoln Weekly News, May 28, 1891

Will They Hang?
Query About Mary Sheedy and McFarland

Vanity Fair, May 2, 1891

Will They Escape?
The Question Discussed in the Sheedy Case

Lincoln Daily Call, May 9, 1891

Will the Negro Testify?
Monday McFarland's Possible Chance of Saving His Neck

Omaha Bee (Morning Edition), May 16, 1891

Will Prove a Murder.
John Sheedy Again Waylaid and Murderously attacked.

Lincoln Daily Call, January 12, 1891

Will Bail Be Allowed?
Mrs. Sheedy's Health Said to be Undermined by Prison Life

Lincoln Weekly News, March 12, 1891

Was Poisoned.
Such is the Finding of the Coroner's Jury.

Lincoln Daily Call, January 23, 1891

Wants His Pay

Lincoln Weekly News, June 11, 1891

Visit To a Mad House
The Asylum Where Ex-Senator Jones Is

Lincoln Daily Call, May 24, 1891

Vile Confession of Crime

OBME, May 15, 1891

Vile Confession of Crime
Monday McFarland's Story of the Sheedy Case Read in Court

Omaha Bee (Morning Edition), May 15, 1891

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