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Issued Full Pardon ]Th. re loilowtd an investigation o the whole affair. Ir developed lha Willis, too. had owned a car identica* m appearance with the murder ear thaf he. hke Manning, had owned a shot gun which might- have lired th fatal shells. After due consideration the governor issued a full pardon foManning.Mrs. Manning had been visiting he huband in prison as often as she wa* allowed to. SI a* h.ad not told him o Willis’ confession, however; she har been afraid that the governor nngh not issue a pardon, alter ail. and sin did not want to have her husband': hope raised only to be dashed.So the first Manning knew of hi pending release was when M-s Man ning visited him in prison with tin pardon in her hands.“You should have seen his far when I handed him the pardon anlt; itold him he was free!” she sr.vs.: ow the Mannings. v.i*h their thre* children. a**e preparing to move U some o.lier nart of the state and star life over again.
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Creston Daily Advertiser

Creston, Iowa, US

Wed, Apr 25, 1928

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