Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-13
State Introduces Damaging
Evidence Against Muir
derer Manning.
The SHOOTING DESCRIBED.
Reached Bim-The Same story Told
ByTwo Eye witnesses-Ms
peIier and Barre Electric
Road to bo Sold.

St. Adams, April 11.-Dr. Lundervile
was the first witness called this morning
in the Manning case. lie went to Georgia
on the evening of the murder in company
with f.. f.. McFeeters and Sheriff Catlin.
He said he found Ledoux lying on his back
in the ditch on the left side of the road,
He probed for the bullet and found it near
the spine.
William Dapan, who was one of the
threshers at the Mackay place on the day
of the shooting was "A witness of the az |
fair. lie finished threshing at Il o'clock,
after which the oats were divided. Be
tween / and o'clock while they were
working in the barn Manning came back |
from Wagners, where he had taken the
last load of oats Manning was sitting IN
the wagon near the bars, when LedouX |
went out and asked him what he was do |
ing. lie then went around to where Mar
ming was and repeated the question and
put out his hand and the two men cliuCh- |
ed. I.edouX threw Manning to the ground
and held him there until Manning said,
Let me up" and Ledoux said IF you win
leave my premises" Manning promised
to do so and was let up. He jumped
across the ditch and returned, drew a pjs-
toll and dared Ledoux to touch him. Lc-
douX was throwing some bags over thel
fence at this time and then took the reinS
and started to drive the horses. Manning
made some haunting remarks at which
Ledoux dropped the reins and followed
him. Manning turned and shot once. Lee
doux didn't stop and when he was with
in a few feet of him Manning fired again
and LedouX died before he reached him
Manning started down the hill and Be
wins and the witness followed him and
brought him back. They then took a
team and went to Georlgl Center and
then to st. Adams and delivered Manning
to the officers.
When court assembled in the afternoon
Ernest Lapan. brother of the witness In
the morning, was called He was one Of
the lIborers at the farm that day and ho
stood with his brother mar the barn door
during the ARRAY. When Manning return
ed from the Wagner place and Ledoux
went out of the barn, he dropped the belt
which he was adjusting and went to the
barn door, ana he heard I.edoux ask Man
ming what he meant and Manning replied:
She told me to- And after this LelOlx
and Manning clnched, Ledoux throwing
Manning. The remainder of his story CO.
incided with that of his brother in the
morning. The witness said that he did
not know as there was any one except
his brother and himself as far out of the
barn rs the door He also testified that
the affair had not been discussed between
him and his brother since the occurrence.
William Lapan was recalled and Mr..
McGettrick questioned him as to his tes-
IL
.Scptember. 1898. Mr.. McGettrick said that
this repetition of questions for the purnosc
of drawing the attention of the court to
the discrepancies of the witnesses test-
monv on these two occasions. Edgar Rcy~
ms was the next witness. He sai1 he
knew both Ledoux and Manning for some
time. He was at the Mackav Mace on the
dav of the shooting. and he accompanied
bv DIN. another of the thresbcrs took Tie
n bushels of oats which was the cause Of
the disnute to the Nackav house and had
begun unoadlnc when Manning came ba1f
way mn the stairs and ofter asking hem
what thov we're doing said that these oats
were nor to Inc lcft there hut taken "a tho
yap-ncr nIacr whch ha nrocaeJcd 10 40
The witness and DIN raturnad "a tho harn
ana toId I.,dnux tbat tho ants baI ,,an..
down tn the Wagner nlnce and then 'vsnt
ia work inside The harm When Nanrtng
drove IN thc road Tednux n,en, 80 ,naa1
rim, ,ba y,itnace ,or, his u,o,l. o,1d .o1,,
+ odouv throw Mannirg af,a,, = 49,
La1 LEI NIYnnincr t,ot ~ ho u.a,,, taot, 80
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n,,d 10 naxt ,hine, ha ~ No ~ t,ai
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5;d ,ot ro,cl, ndo,,x haroro ha AZ ~ NV,
.;,,,ae. ,.;,h NJ Ia,,.,, ~, -, 80.