New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-11
He and Miss Herdman Wis.
tied Child Just Before
Suicide.
HIS SISTER TELLS
DEAD GIRLS STORY
Death Note Sent Him Kisses
Manning's VIII Barcs
Another Romance.

with Miss Hazel H.rdman terminated IN
the murder or his wife and Tho suicide
Of Miss Iferdman. was released I'm 80"
bail late YESTERDAY afternoon The bono
was furnished BY Casper !. Dries no
telkseper or Verona. Dries offered 70 80
on the bond Of Manning on Monday al
ternoon, but Acting Judge Oehrlng re-
fused 10 accept the deeds 70 his properly
as security because OF II being Jointy
owned by Mrs. Dreis The property "as
transferred Yesterday 10 Dries
From the I'd Precinct. Newark. where he
was held a prisoner on p technical charge
Of having withheld information relative
10 crime from tho proper authorities
Manning went away I'm his automobn'.
The car had brought Dries and numocr
OF his friends from Verona
His sister Mrs Saddle Garrabrant 10
whom it Is alleged Miss Herdman cor
fessed m the shooting OF Mrs. Manning
less than an hour after the murder. was
released N the same amount Of ball on
Monday.
Manning appeared but ltte affected as
result Of his experience OF four dai :
IN cell While At the n Precinct his
meals We're sent IN 10 him from nearo"
restaurant. lie was deprived. however.
or a knife and fork. and was compelled
to eat his meals with his fingers
Frank r.. McDermit. counsel for the
Mannings said last night that his de-
fence for Manning AZ tho hearing on
March would he d disbelief
Mrs Garrabrant tod yesterday after
noon Of tho conversation she had with
Mis-, Herdman on the day OF the murder.
She said
About o'clock Friday ! asked Hazel,
who was a. The house. 10 90 10 theatre
with ne She refused. 7 went out b.,
when ] returned. at O'Clock. Haze was
not in She came in about o'clock.
greatly excited and told me that she mad
. fired five shots at Mrs. Manning
IT seemed so Incredible" she remarked
and it was not until tho dsv following
that ! suspected the truth She con-
frmed the statement mad. by her broth
er on Monday nigh, that she tod him
that Miss Herdman told her something
awful had happened.
Continuing. Mrs. Gsrrsbrant said: "iia-
gel was emotional and loved my brother
madly. She often spoke OF marrying him
and expressed her hate for Mrs Manning.
who she said. stood between her and
happiness.
II knew. 81 course. OF the relations 81
Hazel and my brother, but I did Just
what any other sister would DO in trying
10 shield them and gave them the pro-
lection OF my house
Mrs Garrabrant said she found strands
OF hair three feet long which Miss Herd
man had clipped from her head In her
room which was The first inkling she
had that the girl had shot Mrs. Manning.
The girl asserted she would cut her hair
before going TO the Manning house to Kill
Mrs. Manning.
Charles 7. Mills, OF No. Is Harrison ave
nue. West Orange. yesterday admitted
that lie and his wife were taking care
Of the thirteen-months-old boy OF Miss
Herdman They declined TO say when the
parents last visited the house. but from
neighbors II was learned that they were
there on Saturday morning. This was
but n few hours before Miss Herdman
, took the poison that caused her death.
More OF the confessional letter written
BY Miss Herdmsn before she committed
suicide was made known Yesterday. In
it she wrote. 1T is UP 10 YOU 10 take care
OF the baby" postscript read: This
is my last big kiss Crosses were
marked
Detectives OF the County Prosecutor ,
Office Yesterday opened a safe deposit
vault OF the Montclair Trust Company, at
Montclar. ~ j.. held in the name OF
Charles l. Manning They took papers
said to belong TO a will made by Man
ming in 1911 in favor OF church organst
OF Fairfield. This was the time that Man
ming separated from his wife and had
the property divided between the two.
Mrs. Manning got a house valued at 5000.
at Caremont avenue and Claremont
Place. Montclar. and Manning retained A
house in Grove street. in the same town.
The organist referred To IS the same
young woman who. Il had been said. was
appealed TO by MIS-. Manning TO keep
away from her husband but a short time
before her death