Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-04
HER MONEY HER SALVATION
An Alleged Conspiracy at Lincoln to Save
Mrs. sheedy.
THE NEGRO NOT TO FARE so WELL.
Mcfarland to Hang as n Means OF saw
ing the Woman-1hc Only Prof.
liable Course for the Law
yers in the Case.


BEE. The great Sheedy murder trial com.
rnences tomorrow in the district court and
the air is rife with speculations and rumors
as TO the probable result Of it, 1t Is gen
orally known that the attorneys for Mrs
Shecdy are using every means to secure her
acuuttal because they will probably make
somewhere between $4,000 and s?OOOO II
they win the case, but will get nothing II
they lose it. 1t is reported that important
witnesses for the state are having every IN
ducement brought to bear upon them TO stlhe
their testimony. Even the colored police
men, Bolts, at whose home Mcfarland was
Just before and just after the murderous
assault with the cane, has been offered trans
portation free to any place he may wish 10
go in case he stays away during the progress
of the trial. Walstrom, Mrs. Sheedys
lover. is reported to be in Europe Mrs.
Carpenter, at whose house the guilty lovers
were wont to meet, openly declares that
she will not tell ali she knows, and County
Attorney Smell has laborcd in vain with her
tc induce her to divulge what facts she may
be in possession of. Mrs. Shccdy's domestic
also feigns ignorance,
But the suppression of testimony corrobor-
ative Of Monday Netherlands confession is
but small part Of the profoundly sensa-
tional actions Of the defense, according to the
stories now passing from mouth to mouth. IL
is now firmly believed that there is plot
maturod to hang the negro Mcfarland and
thereby satisfy the public c!amor for retribu-
ton, while Mrs. Sheedy is to go free. This
state of affairs was outlined in The BEE
few days ago and no refutatlon has been made
of the statement
Today The BEE correspondent was met by
prominent iurist who declared that THE BEE
is on the right trail and in substantiation of
his statement said
''Ths Shecdy crime commenced in con-
spiracy and murder and promises to end in
conspiracy and murder. AS stated in The
BEE, Mcfarland is to be sacrificed, and the
3 1 woman who has been at the bottom of the
bribery crime is to go scott free Because
that is the only course that can be pursued to
get money out of the case. You know that if
Mrs Sheedy is convicted she does not get q
- ceut~of her husbands estate. If she is
cleared she will come into possession of about
$4,000 worth of property. 1t is needless tc
say that if she is acquitted her attorneys are
to get small fortune out of it. Strobe has
already remarked publicly that in case he
clears her he will be able to buy fine house
and lot. But what is in it for the darkey'S
attorneys. Nothing if he is freed. He ism
worth dollar, and never will be
q But II he is hung and Mrs
Sneedy is freed have mos
positive proof that there will be something
IN it for his attorneys. You know the mel
who represent him. They are not out ives
for their health. If they really intend t
clear the negro why have they pursued tn
course that they have'
at is their avowed intention not to pu
him on the witness stand. His confession
do 70 and no nf
- lice officers, and taken down in shorthand,
10 be used in evidence, but only that part ca
be presented which refers to his murderou
assault on Sheedy. The part referring I
Mrs Sheedy's participation must be excluc
ed, and what is left is sufficient to conviC
and hang the negro.
'The prosecution believes that Mrs. Sheed
Is the person who conceived the Grim
and consummated it, while all tn
negro can really be arragned fC
is assault. Under the inluenC
of this belief the state week ago made
proposition to the attorneys for McFarlar
to grant the negro immunity, or in oth
words to let him go free, if he will {
on the witness stand and tell the trut
What would an attorney do under such ci
Gums taucesl Would he not Jump at such
opportunity to save the life of his clientl
he was u CONSCIENTIOUS attorney WOulu nc II
go to tho o prosecution md ask for lmmuni
for his client by having him tell the facts
the case instead of waiting for such an o
portunity to offered to him A week h
gone by and Mct'arland's attorneys ha
under various pretcxts evGded the questo
The attorneys for the prosecution have be-
made to understand that their proposition
save the negro from the gallows is n
to be accepted and that the fellC
will not be put on the stand.
Gods name what can this mea
1t means this: That Netherlands attorne
are after money. In case he is freed tn
get nothing. In case he is hung and Nj
Shecdy goes free, might there not be son
thing in it for them Or to come down
bedrock Haven't the uegrO's attorneys
the cinch on Mrs. Sheedy's lawyersI i
that they have got to say is this Give
w. - $4,000 or we VIII put Mcfarland on
stand and have your client hung. In Ct
you come down with that amount we v
hush the darkey's mouth and Mrs. Shee
will go free | see that they are to foil
the latter course-keep the negro off
stand and have testimony presented to ha
him. This can easily be done, The darl
has no friends and nobody cares whether
Is strangleu or not. His hanging met
money for his attorneys while his acquit
means merely thank you.' If this is not
case why have they refused TO accept
immunity offered If tho negro will testifyl