The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-04
AT HER OLD HOME
Mrs. Dell 1Iannings Speaks Concerning Her
Arrest in Oklahoma

| Arrest in Oklahoma.
| The following concerning the death of
Mr.. J. A Manning, taken from the Cap
ital, will be of interest to Oklahoma
readers:
Mrs. j. A Manning, whose husband
was murdered at his home near Guth-
RE, Ok, Sunday night, August 16, has
| returned TO the home of her parents in
Topeka TO reside. She was accompa-
MED by her father, Mr.. a. McGregor,
and by the mother of her murdered nus
band, who will also make her home
here. Mr.. Manning's mother lived with
her son in Oklahoma.
| After the assassination Mrs. Man
ming was arrested for completely .n the
crime, but was not in the danger which
the meager dispatches from Guthrie led
one to believe She was never brought
bafore the bar for preliminary exam
lIlajtlon even, but the case against her
was dismissed without a bit Of EVIL
dence being submitted.
Il do not blame the officers in the
least" said Mrs. Manning to a reporter
last night at the family home at 720
West Fifth street. "They all treated
me with great courtesy and respect
They made three or four trips to the
house before placing me under arrest
and j new was in Jail at all. 1 was
not even under surveillance, but stayed
| at the home of a friend in Guthrie"
What Is your theory OF the muir
; der?''
when it happened I at first thought
that it was done by chicken thieves
as we had lost most all our chickens by
stealing, but since the detectives have
| been working 1 have begun to think
that perhaps there was something be-
hind it,
Had your husband any political enc
mies?"
mo, sir. He was a very quiet man,
and did not take much interest IN poll
tics; that is, he was not a politician.
1 do not know of any enemies that he
had"
1.-THE only enemies that he had, If
amy" suggested Mr. MeGregor, were
the riff raft who were jealous of his
getting along as well as he did"
who swore to the warrant for your
arrest?" was asked.
"A bachelor living about six miles
from our place whom we did not know
very well; and understand that he is
getting nervous about it now. There
have been no more arrests that we
know of. but If the clues the detectives
are working ON now, prove true, there
was a reason for the killing. But I
can not talk about that now nutl the
officers finish their work"
Mr.. McGregor had characterized the
arrest of Mrs. Manning as a Scheme
10 shield the guilty party" and it is
easy to see that suspicion points strong
ly to the one who swore out the war
rant for the arrest.
On the day set for the hearing Grover
Huntley, charged with the murder with
Mrs. Manning as accomplish. was taken
before Justice Holiday in Crescent City,
eight miles from the Manning home.
from the Jail at that place under guard
Of twelve heavily armed men, 1t was
feared if the evidence developed proof
OF the charge against the young man
the crowd would take the law in its
own hands.
Mrs. Manning did not EVEN leave
Guthrie, fifteen miles from Crescent,
as she was advised by the county at
torney, who showed her every courte-
sly, that il was needless for her to do so.
In fact the officers had told her after
the arrest that 1t was unnecessary TO
employ a lawyer. but she was repre-
scented at the hearing by counsel.
When the states case against Huntley
was finished the demurrer of defend
ants counsel to the evidence was sls-
tanned and he was released without
submitting evidence on his behalf.
As he had failed 10 prove n the first
c. e that there was any foundation
for the charge that Mrs Manning and
Huntley were in love, upon which the
prosecution relied solely for a case
against Mrs. Manning, the county attor
ney promptly noNed the action against
her as soon as the other trial was fin
iShed.
The farm which Mr.. and Mrs. Man.
ming owned is now in charge of a BROTH
er of the dead man who lives on an
adjoining farm. There will be a sale
of the household property and stock in
a few days. and Mrs Manning will live
with her parents here.