The Newtown bee., 1893-04-07
RoXbury.
DID SHE POISON HER HUSBAND?

DID SHE POISON HER HUSBAND? Preliminary Hearing in the Case of Mrs Jane
 Mann ring at Roxbury, who was Arrested on
 Suspicion of Having Poisonsd Her Eusband.-
 Details of the Hearing.-Who ths Mannerings
 Are.
 Continued from Page ,.
 Mrs Annie Wooden, sister-in-law of Mrs Mannering, was the first sworn in on Wednesday morning. She said Mir and Mrs Mannerng first came to her house on reaching America. William White man came to her house Sunday, February l9, at 30 p. m., and said MT MannerIng was dead. Mr Wooden and 1 rode down with him. 1 found Mir Mannering dead and we moved him into the northeast room, where he was laid out. Mrs Man nering said her husband had been up and down all night. Had taken dose of salts and salt petre in the morning. lie Ca me in from the barn when 1 gave him cup Of coffee. In an hours time he was dead. Mrs ManneriDg can write d very little, sufficiently to write to her daughter. 1 washed the cups and dishes on the table, poured the contents of the | tea cups in the swil pail.
 MIR MANNERING TOOK THE SALES
 out of one of the two boxes taken by the coroner. 1 heard the pigs squealing that evening as though they were IL great pain. Undertaken Thomas came Co the house for the first time on Friday the day he was buried.
 Lawyer Williams did not deem it nee essary to cross examine her. Next cam, l T.I har n Mrs Mannerpg, who was at the hous' on the eventful Sunday and testified about the same as his wife. Henry E | Fris bee was Eext sworn, who said h, | lived d quarter of mile fl om ManneriDg | William WhiteuIan came to my hous' between and 10 O. clock, Sunday morn ing, saying he wished 1 would go dowl to the house, as he was afraid MT Man
 nering W as dying. l went right dowI and found MT Maunering lying on mat Uress dead. Mrs Mapnering said he had not stirred since Whitman left. NJ
 Whitman and | broke out the road so th' doctor could get there. l was there an, helped lay him out. 1 saw teacups oI the table and something in one of then that looked like sugar. MT ManDerins has lived near me two years, and ha 1 worked for me some. Was a good ma to work. Have seen Mrs Manuerin,
 working in the hay field; also hoein! corn and tobacco.
 SOUTHLAND D. COLE
 was next sworn. l live one mile from Mal | nering. Mir Wooden called for me to go dowl | to Mrs Mannering's, Sunday, February ls about o'clock. helped lay out Mir Manner | ing. Mrs Mannering was at my house tn Friday besore he died and showed me a lette | from MT Brinsmade of Trumbull, showing h. l Arril Mr MannarinO | ing about it, and she was afraid Il would turl | his head. I told her ot farm in Washington She said he was too full that day 10 go To looi al it. , o rods from Mannering's and have known then 10. two wears. He has worked for me a lev days. He is a strong and good working nIal and has a good deal of work on his farm | which is separated from mine by the highway i Do not know as MT Mannering was a drinking | man. Have seen him intoxicated only once | Mrs Mannering was usually hnq1ng iaui | about his drinking habits, making him eros | and ugly. nave never heard MT Mannerins find fault with his wife. He once said hay' | sent Will away because
 | HE WANTS ALICE.
 He has wife in England and left her ant would do the same by Alice. went to the same time as Dr Ford did. MT and Mrs Dwy CT were there. Mir Whitemans said Mrs Man nering fixed the salts and salt petre for hel William Pickett, next sworn. I live one half mile rom Mannerings. I was at the | house on Sunday, February l9. Got there | abont D. m and staid till 730. Heard the pigs squealing. knew Mir Maj sring. Some | called him hard working man. Mrs Man nering has been to my house. Said her hus- band was a drinking man. She was usually complaining about him.
 Mrs Julia NJ. SquireS testified the only time 1 I have seen Mrs Mannering was when she was | at our house to pay her taxes, June f, lS92 | She said she liked England better than here | because they had more money there. They | kepta hotel there and her daughter was bal l maid. Said her husband was a drinking man but was cross and ugly to her daughtef- lie
 HAD BEEN DRINKING CIDER. She hoped she would find him de Id when she | got home.
 The following three witnesses were sub | poeaned by the state, but called by the de | fense. The irsi being Mrs Jane Dwyer. who was the amusing witness Of the day. Sht wore a light yellow cloak with broad brim 1! black hat Her language was not as nowery as some but her story coroborated the forego 1 ing evidence to u certain extent and was told in somewhat romantic way, using the facial | expression to verify her statements. Being questioned several times byLawS CT Williams as to why she thought there had been foui play, she said, "I don't know whether you did 1t, or who did it-' She advised Mrs Manner ing, after her husbands death,to sell her stock and divide the money and not let it get into the lawyers hands. as they would take It all While giibly relating her story sine paused and said:
 sExCUsE ME SIR, UR HONOR, am a little ahead Of my story" to which the good natared lawyer replied, Pm snrprised, when quicker than thought she sa1d with q self triumphant air, tsYou will be sir when tell you ali, When relating the story as to MT and Mrs Mannering staying at her house all night, her modesty overcane her, as she said the language was too filthy 10 repeat In the presence Of ladies. Judge Huntingdon oo- | iecttd but as Lawyer Williams insisted, the room was vacated by the ladies and sae con | tin ietl There was certainly truth in her last st .fernent. She soon overcame her fright. however and continued to the eni. Her hus- Dand, Timothy Dwyer, was then sworn, and | said he was at Mrs Mannering's, the day her husL a i'd died. Mrs Mannering said it was all caused by hard drink, saying "l have told him this would be his end." Said also Mir Name ing wanted to draw up paper giving her Si00 out of his last tobacco sale but she had rather see him buried than to leave him, Mark k. Bradley was the last to testns i Soon after this 1he court adjourned to the house of Justice k. Prindie, where he rs n. dered his decision, binding Mrs Mannerirg over t, the ciiininal court held at litchfield, at tne June term.
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 When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
 When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
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