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Shots Fired From CarOne ownin'* Dr. McDaniel was walkin; a*one the street near his homo. A curtained tourinv car drewup beside him end paused. Throughtil* curtains profudid the muzzle o a .shot pun Five shots weu* fired: Dr McDaniel fell dlt; ad. and tlv car spec 1 away. jSeveral people saw the t railed v None got the licons * number of tlv j ear. but all swore thr‘ it was exacth ‘ like Manning’s ear 'I ho empty sho run shells wlt; re found in the stree* they fitted a mm Manning owned j Then, on top ol that, there was tlv i semi-public nmUer ol the clashes between the two men. It was 1 now: | that Mrs. Manning, because of hr!husband’s actions, had left him Manning was triad and convicted i His wife became reconciled to Inn durin' Ins trial, and did all she could to help his cause. His attorney. L D Smith, used every recourse. But. no4 quite a year arc. the last appeal wnu lost and Manning went to prison.Then the complications began.Had To Fight Release !Smith entered politics and becanv attorney gr neml of the state. In that office, it was his duty to contest am I '♦ttemn* to free his former client !Manning.IWillis, meanwhile, came to Knox- jville. Hot ion** o he got into an ar j gumcn of some sort and was shot j Taken to a hospital, he was told lv could not live. IF ivked that Attorney General Smith be called.Smith came to the hospital. To him Willis made a wrrt confession that jit was he. and no Manning, who had killed Dr. McDaniel. He said that nj gn dgo had prompted his action. Willis died six months later.Mis Manning, meanwhile, had been trying hard to find new evidence n favor* of her husband. The attorne j general '•ailed her to his office, an' j together they went to the executive mansion and laid Willis’ confessio:bi fore the governor. jIssued Full Pardon |Th« re followed an investigation o the whole affair. It developed ilia Willis, too. had owned a car identica’ m appearance with the murder carhaf he. Lke Manning, had owned ; .hot gun which might have ined thatal shells. After due consideration he governor issued a full pardon fo Tanning.Mrs. Manning had been visiting he unband in prison as often as she wa1 ulowed to. She had not told him o *Villis’ confession, however; she har :lt; cp afraid that the governor migh lot issue a pardon, after ail. and slv lid not want to have her husband’: lope raised only to be dashed.So the first Manning knew ol hi ending release war when Mrs Man ling wiled him n prison with tlv avden in her hands.“You should have seen his fac vhen T handed him the pardon anlt; io)H lmn he was free!” she sr.vs.t ow the Mannings. v.i*h their thrc« •hildren. a**e preparing to move U 0111c oilier nart o. the stale and star ife over again.'i t
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Creston Daily Advertiser
Creston, Iowa, US
Wed, Apr 25, 1928
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