(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.