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The Great Sheedy Murder Trial and the Booster Ethos of Lincoln, Nebraska

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Both Go Free!
Mary Sheedy and Monday McFarland Acquitted

Vanity Fair, May 30, 1891

Blow in the Dark
John Sheedy the Victim of a Cowardly Assault.

The Nebraska State Journal, January 12, 1891

Blocks 34 and 35

Photograph, N.D.

Billingsley Residence

Photograph, N.D.

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

The Nebraska State Journal, June 7, 1891

Banner

Postcard, N.D.

Bail is Refused

Lincoln Weekly News, February 5, 1891

B. & M. Depot

Photograph, N.D.

Awaiting Developments.
Practically Nothing New in Sheedy Case.

Lincoln Daily Call, January 20, 1891

Attorney W. H. Woodward

Lincoln Daily Call, May 14, 1891

Asylum at Dearborn

Lincoln Daily Call, May 24, 1891

Arlington Hotel

Photograph, N.D.

Answered Not Guilty.
Mary Sheedy and Monday McFarland Arraigned Today.

Lincoln Daily Call, April 13, 1891

Andrew G. Wolfenbarger

Photograph, N.D.

And Still No Sheedy Jury
A Protest Against Outside Interference

The Nebraska State Journal, May 10, 1891

Allen W. Field, 1863

Photograph, N.D.

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