Robert Redding and George Manley both

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he killing, as Robert Redding refuses to make a statement for publication. After meeting several persons who were in Central at the time of the killing, and not entering extensively into the previous troubles of the principals the particulars are gathered are about as follows: Robert Redding and George Manley both reside at Lone mountain and have been neigh- bors and friends for years, until sometime dur- ing the past twelve months, when Redding dis- posed of a mining claim to Manley and others which was to have been paid for on install- ments. It is stated that all the payments but the last one had been made, and that a note or due bill of Redding’s was tendered for that, and refused by him on the ground, it is reported, that he had an off-set against the note or due bill. This threw the case into court, which was decided in favor of Redding. Bitter feelings were engendered and other land matters were interfered with and contests entered by the parties. A woman by the name of Mrs. Childs became mixed up in the mining case. She is ( 22 )said to have been in no way mixed up in the final trouble, further than being a witness to a petty assault case in which Redding and Jo Criser were placed under arrest by Manley and which brought all parties from Lone Mountain to Central on the morning of the killing to have a hearing of the case.