Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09

the ferocious dog deferred the Martinez
brothers. Duran spoke up.
81 know the dog" he said. I'll GO
in and bring him out"
Good boy, Lobo," he said. Shut
up! Be a good boy!"
The dog growled and backed away
Come here-you!" exclaimed Duran
selling Lobo by the scruff of the neck
He led the dog into the bright sun
of the patio and tied him to tree.
Head Badly MutiIated.
Now the whole party made its way
in. On the exact center of the carpet
of the room lay a bloody head. 1t was
Is feet from the shoulders of The
man who lay in the vestibule. 1t vas
a raw skull. The features had been
mutilated beyond recognition. There
were a few gray hairs, similar to
| Manby's. That was all.
| DR.. T. p Martin, who lives next door
attacks. Some one pointed to gray
hairs found upon the dog. 1t was
suggested Mandy had died from a heart
attack and that the great dog, des-
perate from hunger, had gnawed the
mans head from his shoulders.
The coroner'S jury quickly came to a
verdict Of death by natural causes.
The body was inferred within sight
Of Manbys stables, and within 80 feet
OF the grave Of Kit Carson, great In
dian scout.
Lobo howled during the burial
| Someone said the dog should not be
permitted to live. and Malaquias Mar
tinez shot him.
Later Investigators were inclined to
deplore the hasty shooting of Lobo,
| convicted without much of q trial of
| attacking his master.
There were so many reasons to re-
flute the theory that the dog had
muttlated the body that oficials were
| inclined to think the head had been
mutilated by rats. But the dog re-
incredible the police dog would have
permitted an attack by rodents.
Hines now discredits the entire theory
Of animalism.
There was only one stain on the
carpet, and that was directly beneath
the spot where the skull rested he
said. Had the head been worried by
animals there would have been stains
all over the room. ! think the head
was reduced to that hideous condition
| placed as we found IT.
But these were later thoughts.
Identity Never Fixed.
The identity Of the dead man had
never been accurately fixed. They
called the body that of Mandy, but no
one had identified the mutilated fea-
lures. Perhaps it was not Mandy.
The district judge, j. A. Kiker, and
Fred Stringfellow, district attorney
the conclusion OF the case.
However, protest went up in Santa
Fe. There one finds an unusual city
and an unusual population. There
has been an influx Of poets, artists and
| novelistS. Conspicuous among these was
Brian Boru Dunn, special writer for the
Santa Fe New Mexican. Mr.. Dunn
wrote much on the Mandy case. His
theory was one of body substitution.
Mandy Is alive.
Any number Of people support this
idea. They tell you of j. B. Brooks
OF Taos, buried week before the
Mandy case opened. Brooks and Manby
were about the same size. They think
1t was Brooks body that was found.
Dunn didn't have far to look for a
motive for Manby's desire to disappear.
There was the suit for breach of prom
ise An investigation Of Miss Waddelrs
suit disclosed 1t was not alone for heart
balm she was suing. Manly, whose
life had been filled with promotion
schemes, once had interested her in
the possibility of a resort hotel near
Taos. Return Of an alleged invest
ment had been q basis for the damages
awarded. The damages amounted to
| $4,000.
New York Doctor Figures.
This is exactly the amount of cash
Mandy Is believed, by some, to have
mad on hand at the time of his dis
appearance. OF this $4,000 is said to
nave been obtained from DR.. G. "
Thorne, New York, who had taken a
mortgage on Manby's home and its
surrounding property.
All in all, with other financial en-
tanglementS included, Dunn found
ample motive for Manby's wishing to
leave and to cover his tracks. Added
to these might be ascribed another and
more compelling motive-fear.
Here was perfect Van Dyne mystery,
put no Philo Vance appeared to solve 1t.
But II Philo was delinquent q Sergt.
Heatn bobbed up and went straightway
on the Job. This counterpart of the
doughty sergeant was H. C. Martin,
detective, OF Santa Fe.
Martin told an astounding story of
his investigations.
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proving. Hines, the blacksmith, is
executor OF Manby's estate, but IL Is not
70 Hines that one must go to obtain
access to the Mandy property. 1t is to
Ierecita Ferguson. She took possession
almost Immediately as a surviving stock
holder Of the Taos Valley Land e.
irrigation Co., one Of Manby's schemes.
Martin examined the Mandy premises
and decided Mandy had been murdered.
| He went to look at the grave of Brooks
1t had not been disturbed. Beneath q
bureau he found two pieces of human
| vertebrae-two sections Of the spinal
J column where 1t joins the skull. He
/ found sickle concealed behind books
The sickle was not bloody, but its posi-
ton was suspicious. Martin found
freshly-laundered towels with blood
stains.
Carried HeadIsas 10 Cot.
The body had been lying on It's left
side, position which would have
placed Manby'a head N q corner where
he would have sifn0st eunocated the
hot night OF June 20. Furthermore
probably no man would - " sleep with
a pillow beneath his shoulders Martin
measured the distance from the spot
where Manby's shoulders rested TO the
wall. There WaS not space there for
his neck and head.
The body had been headiess when II
was placed upon the cot. The coat
wadded under tiA arms Indicated that
the body had been carried Or dragged.