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Laid To Rest
The Last Sad Rites Performed over John Sheedy's Body

Lincoln Weekly News, January 22, 1891

Local News—Monday
The Mystery Unraveling

Lincoln Weekly News, January 22, 1891

Laid to Rest
The Last Sad Rites Performed Over John Sheedy's Body

Lincoln Weekly News, January 22, 1891

Hard at Work
The Number of Detectives in the Sheedy Case Augmented

Lincoln Weekly News, January 22, 1891

Unwinding the Skein

Lincoln Weekly News, January 22, 1891

Swift's Punishment

Lincoln Weekly News, January 22, 1891

Unravelling.
The Facts in the Sheedy Case Slowly Come Out.

Lincoln Daily Call, January 21, 1891

The Story of the Murder
An Effort to Bring it Out at the John Sheedy Inquest

Omaha Bee (Morning Edition), January 21, 1891

Awaiting Developments.
Practically Nothing New in Sheedy Case.

Lincoln Daily Call, January 20, 1891

Sheedy's Remains Exhumed
Physicians Hold an Autopsy on the Body of the Murdered Man

Omaha Bee (Morning Edition), January 20, 1891

Is He Sheedy's Murderer?
McFarland, a Negro Barber of Lincoln, Confesses the Crime

Omaha Bee (Morning Edition), January 19, 1891

Hired to Kill.
Monday McFarland Confesses to Striking John Sheedy.

Lincoln Daily Call, January 19, 1891

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

Lincoln Daily Call, January 18, 1891

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

Lincoln Herald, January 17, 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

From the State Capital
A Revengeful Witness Tries to Send an Innocent Person to Jail

Omaha Bee (Morning Edition), January 16, 1891

Tuesday
Death Believes Him

Lincoln Weekly News, January 15, 1891

A Murderous Assault

Lincoln Weekly News, January 15, 1891

The Sheedy Inquest

Omaha Bee (Morning Edition), January 15, 1891

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