Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-27
The Manninx rrouble AZ Ans,in.

The Manning Trouble at AHsGin.
The Austin Miss Cotton Plant, o.
the 10th. contains the following as to the
Msnning.H Harvey murder:
Early on the morning of the Oh oil
November last, at Short Stop landing
about q mile below Austin, the body OF .
murdered man, Mr.. Harvey, was found,
two loads Of buckshot having penetrated
the body and the pockets rihed of every.
thing but one letter, which bore the sig.
nature OF Beesy Manning, wife Of NJ j,
Manning, sheriff OF this county. ana a
man respected by all who knew him.
Soon after daylight the corpse wa.
brought up town and an inquest BY the
e%oroner's jury held upon the body. Moth,
ing transpired thereAt which could di
rectly criminate any person, and a yer.
diet vas rendered accordingly. Some
few days after the murder circumstance
came to light which pointed TO NJ. j.
Manning, ]. NJ Regain and others as be.
ing the perpetrators of the deed, but il
was not until Tuesday last that matters
had arrived at q crisis sufficient to war,
rant the arrest Of the parties concerned.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, however
everything was ready, and j. Fl. Owens,
constable, and Calvin Perkins aud bis
brother, Captain ] B Perkins, armed
with a warrant from Esquire Woodson.
proceeded to enforce the law. Thew
found j. NJ. Regan out upon the
sandbar in front Of town, armed with a
needle gun, hunting wild geese. Regan
threw down his gun and attempted Ia
escape, but he had not gone far before
Calvin Perkins brought him down by q
shot in the leg. DR.. P. E. Chapman, who
was also named in the warrant. was ar.
rested shortly after up town, but M. ].
Manning, soifar as heard from, has moi
been found. On Wednesday Harry
Christensen was arrested, and he turning
States evidence has divulged a grea,
many of the facts concerning the kill.
ing. Still there is much that is unex.
planned, but which the trial will no
doubt clear up. On Friday Mrs,
Beesy Manning was arrested and
placed in jail, where she now
awaits Der preliminary examination.
Fbe testimony so far as taken shows the
murder to have been preneditated, de.
liberate and eold-blooded, and but for
the courage aud conscientiousness of two
OF our citizens, the two Perkinses. il
would have been smothered up and the
ends of justice defeated. Coroner Brans.
ford, who is acting jailer 10 the absence
OF the Sheriff, has deputized j. Owens
to take charge OF the Jail, and knowing
the influence of the parties under arrest,
a sufficient number of guards have been
placed in charge Of the Jail to prevent a
release.
LATER "A special messenger from
Senatobia reports Manning's arrest.
Manning will be brought to Austin for
trial Immediately.
Theatrical safety-vaiyes summar-
lied.
New York Graphic
Iron curtain between stage and audi
torium.
Uninfamnable fabrics for scenery.
Wider staircases.
Doors opening outward.
NO joys
Hand-rails on stairs.
No ~camp,stools in %aisles.
Paid hremen ia attendance.
Grand showerbath over stage.
Brick partition walls between stage
and auditorium.
Directions on the back of every seat
advising people what to do in case Of
fire.
Directions for obtaining speedy egress
and diagram Of theater on drop curtain.
Audiences to cultivate presence Of
mind.