The Great Sheedy Murder Trial Analysis

People involve in different perspectives of every matters. Sometimes they feel threatened by others; sometimes they want to pursue benefits from others. Hence, people hold positive or negative thinking to achieve their goals; however, they become injurious because of interests. The Great Sheedy Murder Trial is an exact example to provoke many angles of ethics. John, Marry, and McFarland associate in their business, not only unpleasant marriage, but also ominous corruption. “I felt sorry for myself because I have no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.” This shows people having their own opinion at first time that making up a bias. Standing on their position, they see something that it is worth to consider about whether they are right or …show more content…
(Gilded Age Plains City, Race/African Americans) (Closing the Sheedy Case)
Marriage becomes a problem when two people lose faith and betray each other. Mary Sheedy had married twice in her life until she met John Sheedy. They tired to bolster their marriage, and also they keep maintain a respectable couple in others’ eyes. But Mary and John’s love did not continue as they expected. They had fight while getting along. Moreover, due to John Sheedy’s business, he frequently participated in his casino, and had a series of liaisons with other women. Therefore, Mary could not help falling in love with a travelling salesman Andrew Harry Walstrom while she was going on a trip. Mary complained about Sheedy’s absences. Once she even asked her friend Harry Walstrom to keep a look out for her husband at two houses of prostitution down in the tenderloin where she was convinced he met his lover. John Sheedy was unwilling to brook any criticism, and they often quarreled. Therefore, their affair becomes an evidence to support Mary Sheedy’s instigation. According to the conventional wisdom, men and women were all ascribed separate spheres, which rooted in an ideology founded on biological and racial theory.