Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-10
NO MURDER CHARGE
AGAINST MANNING.

Oehring refused to accept his bond.
Manning's Story.
After Manning's arraignment yes
terday he consulted with his counsel
in police headquarters, to whom he
told the story of his movements from
the time of his wifes murder, Friday
afternoon until his arrest.
After this conference Mr.. McDer-
NIT told Manning's story as follows:
''At noon Friday 1 stopped at the
hotel of Casper J. Dries, In Verona
near my sisters home, and had q
drink of gin. Going from there tc
Mrs. Garrabrant's for dinner I met
Hazel, and she appeared to be
nervous and hysterical When
kissed her she detected the odor OF
slapping me in the face. She never
drank herself and was always op-
posed to my drinking.
AFTER dinner I took her to the home
of her aunts (Mrs. ]. Hodge, in
Bloomf1eld), and returned to the ga
rage During the trip nothing was
said concerning any thoughts of muir
der. AT o'clock a friend by the
name of Swinson and went to Dries
and played pinochle there until 500
in the evening, when I started for my
sisters home AS / entered the door
my sister greeted me with:
Something dreadful has happened.
Hazel just came in and told me she
had killed Harriet
eat the time I did not give the re-
mark any thought, attributng 1t to
an hysterical exclamation due to the
nervous condition of Hazel earlier in
the day and the temper she had been
in. Swinson was with me and to-
gether we escorted Hazel to her
aunt's and there left her, Swinson
and I going to the Edison factory
where l was endeavoring to sell sew
eral machines. We were there until
1920 when we left and I went direct
About half an hour later 1 was
awakened by the detectives who
searched the house for Hazel.
Didn't Believe Story.
"I told them where she was and
accompanied them to Mrs. Hodges
home. We were both brought to po-
lice headquarters in Newark and
there questioned separately. At that
time as I said before / did not be-
lieve the story OF the shooting told
me by my sister, and for this reason
told Captain Tuite and the others
there that I knew nothing of the
murder.
after they released us we walked
to Market street and there boarded
q trolley car for home. On the trip
back Hazel appeared to be quiet and
natural. When we spoke of our ex-
perience at the detectives headquar-
tiers she remarked:
Isn't 1t peculiar that they want
ed to question me about the death of
your wife. Why I know nothing
about it 1 thought then she was
telling the truth.
I'VE had arranged to visit the home
of a friend to inspect a recently ar
rived baby the following morning
and as we left the house after the
visit Hazel asked me for some money.
1 gave her a dollar. This was evil
IDENTIFY used by her to buy the poi
son. At that time had no idea of
her intention and later when inform
ed she was i'll still did not suspect
the truth.
Returning to her, I picked her UP
in my arms and carried her to my
car. 1 suggested taking her to the
home of my sister but physician
who had been summoned advised the
hospital. AS we started I asked her
what was the trouble and she an
swered that she had acute indiges-
ton. During the trip the physician
found the box Of poison tablets and
the letter addressed to me and gave
them to me.
IT had no opportunity to open the
letter until after we had arrived at
the hospital, and 1 then only read
the first few lines. They were, Dear
1 have killed your wife One
of the doctors then took charge of
hA hox
since.
ut was there in the hospital that
1 first heard Hazel tell of the MUIR
der, and until then 1 had not be-
lieved it.
Regarding the story that it was
my revolver, it Is true that the
weapon came from the garage, but 1t
was not what you would call mine.
Chief Gallagher had told me that
number of magnetic thieves were
about and 1 told my night Waterman
to get the gun for protection. He
purchased it about three weeks ago
and, as far as I knew, 1t was in the
desk in my Office
Manning returned to the habits of
his babyhood days this afternoon
of porterhouse steak and French fried
potatoes with his fingers.
Manning, who wanted something
more sumptuous than the regular
fare fed to the prisoners, was allowed
to send to the store of James Robin
son, at q Summer avenue, for his
dinner. When the dinner arrived at
the precinct, Lieutenant Peter j. Fall
lon refused to allow a knife or fork
to enter the prisoners cell. Doorman
Van Ness obligingly cut the steak
and potatoes into small pieces and
Manning ate them with his fingers.