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‘Re? Revease In Black Dahlia’ . Horror-Murder Los ANGELES, Jan. .20 (UP). -Robert “Red” Mariley, -25, -was released by authorities today after tw6 lie detector tests failed to link him with the mutilation murder of Elizabeth Short, 22, “The Black Dahlia.” The handsome former*.army usicians willingly submitted to the tests, declaring he had noth- ig to do with the murder. His. wife and father both said he was at home the night Miss Short was'slain and her mutilated body dumped in a vacant lot, No Suspects Left ‘The release of .Manley left pi Uce without a suspect in the five day-old case. He was brought for questioning late~ last.’ nig] after having been sought sin Jast_ Thursday. Manley spent nearly, two. hours in the police crime detection lab- oratory while Ray Pinker, police -chemist, put him through a series of tests to learn whether his story Were: true. He was: held. on. ‘al, charge of syspicion of murder. Following’ the test, Police Capt. Donohoe said Manley’s reactions still were being checked. He ad- mitted,, however, that the second test was “no more conclusive” than the first, Manley voluntarily submitted pete | Saturday. Wh Said al “INqUesewowies tor wowing his Second lie detec-. ir test, Manley was returned to; sh pénding further questioning. Throughout the test, Harriet, "23, Manley’s attractive blond wife, sat in police headquarters with William Morris Manley, his father. 1 Both insisted’ Manley was, inno- * cent, a good husband and incap- able of such a crime. ‘Manley was permitted to see his wife briefly before being booked and they tearfully embraced. Capt. Donohoe permitted them to be together for five minutes. ‘They were married 15 months ago when Manley was discharged trom. the army, and are the par- ents. of a-four-months-old son. Admits Knowing Girl, : Manley admitted knowing Miss Bhort for-a month and said he Grove her here-from San Diego January 9, but denied seeing her after that. The red-haired salesman said he picked up Miss Short outside @ bus station at-San Diego on} Deceniber 15 and dated her sev- eral times thereafter when in.San Diego on: business. “T left her on January 9 about 6:30 p.m. in a. hotel ‘Tobb\*| and I haven’t seen her ‘since, he said. Police arvested Manley. Jasi night at the home of a friend here. He had just returned from a-business trip to San Francisco, A widespread search had started ffor him after witnesses. told o! Miss Short’s acquaintance with! a red-haired man. Officers woul not disclose how they locates Manley. | q jdeclaring. he had no. connection With: her death. He said he had had. a flirtation with the black- haired girl whose bisected body was found here last Wednesday. But he had not harmed her in the slightest, he insisted. While Manley was in the crime laboratory, Mrs. Phoebe May Short. of Medford, Mass., Miss Short’s mother, returned ey Berkeley, Calif, and visited the: coroner's. office, Despite the plea of Corone} Brown that it was necessary for member ‘of the dead girl’s famil; to identify the body, neither Mrs. Short nor Mrs. Virginia West, her other daughter,would view it. “I Can’t Do It” “T just can’t do it,” Mrs. Short 1 sobbed. “It would be too much. for me to-do. You can’t expect me, her mother, to look at her now.” ' Coroner Brown said he would v attempt to get the girl’s father, Cleo Short, estranged from hi wife, to serve 38, identification. witness. | -. | case Pla peg wasamitao TIMES-HERALD Page. RS Mr. Tolson__ Mr. B. A. Tamm_ Mr. Clegg Mr. Coffey Mr. Glavin Mr. Ladd Mr. Nichols ____. Mr. Rosen___ __ Mr. Tracy Mr. Carson ____ Mr. Egan Mr. Hendon Mr. Pennington __ Mr. Quinn Tamm _ Mr. Nease Miss Gandy —————