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'Twas Morphine Poisoning
Doctors Casebeer and Winnett Also Agree.

The Nebraska State Journal, May 19, 1891

'Twas Morphine Poisoning
Doctors Casebeer and Winnett Also Agree.

The Nebraska State Journal, May 19, 1891

A Blow in the Dark
John Sheedy Dies at the Hands of an Assasin

Lincoln Herald, January 17, 1891

A Dreary grind
The Selection of a Jury Goes Slowly On

Lincoln Daily Call, May 6, 1891

A Great Crowd
Listens to Attorney Strode's Powerful Speech

Lincoln Daily Call, May 28, 1891

A Great Trial
The sheedy Murder Case Progresses Slowly

Lincoln Daily Call, May 20, 1891

A Hotel Fire
The Hotel Mack Scorched Last Evening by a Mysterious Blaze

Lincoln Weekly News, April 2, 1891

A Juror Sick
This Causes a Stop in the Arguments

Lincoln Daily Call, May 27, 1891

A Long Grind.
The City Fathers Work Until the Midnight Hour.

Lincoln Daily Call, February 17, 1891

A Murderous Assault

Lincoln Weekly News, January 15, 1891

A Social Panel Drawn
Jurors for the Sheedy Murder Case

The Nebraska State Journal, April 25, 1891

A Startling Arraignment
Extracts from Hon. F.M. Hall's Argument.

The Nebraska State Journal, May 27, 1891

A Suspect in Limbo.
Monday McFarland in Custody for Sheedy's Murder.

Lincoln Daily Call, January 18, 1891

A Veteran Hotel Keeper
Half a Century in the Harness

The Nebraska State Journal, June 21, 1891

About the Asylum

Lincoln Herald, June 27, 1891

Admitted the Confession
McFarland's Story Goes in Evidence in the Now Great Sheedy Trial

Lincoln Daily Call, May 14, 1891

After Life's Fitful Fever
John Sheedy Dies Of His Injuries

Semi Weekly State Journal, January 16, 1891 (Transcription)

After Life's Fitful Fever
John Sheedy Dies of His Injuries

Semi Weekly State Journal, January 16, 1891

All Rests With the Jury
Close of Argument In the Sheedy Case.

The Nebraska State Journal, May 29, 1891

All Rests With the Jury
[words unreadable] Argument in the Sheedy Case

Semi Weekly State Journal, June 5, 1891

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