The Nation : Revolutionary Convicted

Thomas W. Manning, an avowed revolutionary, was convicted in the slaying of a New Jersey trooper. But Superior Court Judge Michael Imbriani declared a mistrial for co-defendant Richard C. Williams after the jury reported for the fifth time since Friday that it was deadlocked. The jury in Somerville, N.J., convicted Manning of felony murder--committing homicide while committing another felony--but found him not guilty of the separate charge of murder. He also was found guilty of robbery and escape. The men were charged in the December, 1981, murder of Trooper Philip Lamonaco, who had been named Trooper of the Year in 1979. Lamonaco was shot nine times and left to die after stopping a car for a traffic violation.