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Juror Norton Not Guilty
Of Perjury in the Great Sheedy Case

The Nebraska State Journal, June 3, 1891

[Untitled] John Sheedy is dead. . .

The Nebraska State Journal, June 2, 1891

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

Shorn of Its Floral Tributes
Some Vengeful Profaner Robs John Sheedy's Grave of Its Memorial Adornm...

The Nebraska State Journal, June 1, 1891

Monday, The Confessor.
In a Bran New Suit of Clothes He Takes a Train for Kansas.

The Nebraska State Journal, May 31, 1891

John Sheedy's Grave.
It Was Not Forgotten While the Flowers Were Being Strewn Over the Dead...

The Nebraska State Journal, May 31, 1891

How They Received It
Mrs. Mary Sheedy Beseiged by Her Friends

Lincoln Daily Call, May 30, 1891

The Sheedy Case

Lincoln Herald, May 30, 1891

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

The Nebraska State Journal, May 30, 1891

Neither of Them is Guilty
Such is the Verdict in the Sheedy Case.

The Nebraska State Journal, May 30, 1891

Both Go Free!
Mary Sheedy and Monday McFarland Acquitted

Vanity Fair, May 30, 1891

Closing the Sheedy Case
Evidence in and Around Argument by Counsel

Semi Weekly State Journal, May 29, 1891

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

The Nebraska State Journal, May 29, 1891

A Great Crowd
Listens to Attorney Strode's Powerful Speech

Lincoln Daily Call, May 28, 1891

Eager To Hear the Close
A Multitude at the Sheedy Trial.

The Nebraska State Journal, May 28, 1891

Piling Ossa on Pelion

Lincoln Weekly News, May 28, 1891

Yesterday Afternoon

Lincoln Weekly News, May 28, 1891

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