MURDER OF A WIFE.
. SHOULD HE HANG? DAUGHTER'S PERTINENT COMMENTS. BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COP HIIQHT : ' Melbourne, May 23. Steps are being taken to'secure commutation of. the sentence -of death • passed on Manning for the murder, of his wife near Beridigo:., 'A daughter of the 'condemned man declares that her-father is not insane, but that it pays him to bo insano'just now. Sho says: "If ho was insane ho would have killed my mother at homo and not lured her to a lonely spot." : ' - ■ The daughter adds: "I think lio should bo hanged—the .wicked man. Ido not caro what becomes of him so long as ho is not lot off. Hanging would bo a just punishment. He has broken up our home and taken the life of a loving mother 'and a good wife." ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 206, 25 May 1908, Page 7
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133MURDER OF A WIFE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 206, 25 May 1908, Page 7
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