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Echos of the Great Case
Uncle Biggerstaff Goes Home in Anger.

The Nebraska State Journal, June 2, 1891

Melick Will Administer
On Behalf of the Estate of Mrs. Sheedy.

The Nebraska State Journal, June 2, 1891

[Untitled] If the general public. . .

The Nebraska State Journal, June 2, 1891

Mary Sheedy Resigns
And Asks the Appointment of S.M. Melick

Lincoln Daily Call, June 2, 1891

Juror Norton Not Guilty
Of Perjury in the Great Sheedy Case

The Nebraska State Journal, June 3, 1891

Tuesday
Ever since the first week of the Sheedy trial, rumors have been rife o...

Semi Weekly State Journal, June 4, 1891

Monday Gone Visiting

Lincoln Weekly News, June 4, 1891

Yesterday Afternoon

Lincoln Weekly News, June 4, 1891

The Judges Verdict

Lincoln Weekly News, June 4, 1891

The acquittal of Monday McFarland

Lincoln Weekly News, June 4, 1891

Monday Gone Visiting

Lincoln Weekly News, June 4, 1891 (Transcription)

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

Semi Weekly State Journal, June 5, 1891

Neither of them is Guilty
Such is the Verdict in the Sheedy Case

Semi Weekly State Journal, June 5, 1891

Tales! Tales!
About the Inside Workings of the Sheedy Trial

Vanity Fair, June 6, 1891

Biggest Deal on Record
The Lord Jones Property Bought by Burr & Burr.

The Nebraska State Journal, June 7, 1891

Conflicting Reports
About Alleged Insane Asylum Abuses.

The Nebraska State Journal, June 11, 1891

Wants His Pay

Lincoln Weekly News, June 11, 1891

Hunting the Will

Lincoln Weekly News, June 11, 1891

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