THE ACCUSED'S WIFE
RESIDING IN SURREY
United Press . Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. :- LONDON, HtH May. The wife of Herbert Frederick Manley, reported to have been arrested on a murder charge- at Wanganui, is living at Kenley, Surrey. She says that she first heard of the news from a reporter. She was not surprised, as she had a premonition on Friday that something terrible was going to happen. Mrs. Manley added that hers had been an unhappy wartime marriage. She had obtained a separation in 1925, when she and her two little boys had been dependent upon poor law guardians for eight months. She last heard from her husband from Bio do Janeiro in 1928, when hp wrote suggesting a fresh start together, but added: "If you do not agree I shall go through marriage with a pretty fairhaired girl. She is only 23, but has been divorced, arid is now imploring me to take her away." Mrs. Manley said'that she could not reply to such a letter. She would not havo done so oven if it had not contained a threat.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 110, 12 May 1930, Page 11
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180THE ACCUSED'S WIFE Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 110, 12 May 1930, Page 11
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