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Show i Mexicans involved in recent f SHOOTING AFFAIR ARE RELEASED ) j i, Four of the Mexicans arrested in 1 ' J'counection with the pay day revelry ! ' Juul shooting at Dividend Thursday t Slight, April 10, nt which one man ' i Pivas killed and several were in-I in-I . Ijtircd, were released from the coun- 5 fry jail by Sheriff J. D. Boyd Mon-J'day Mon-J'day evening. 1 No charges against the men have ; IJicen filed and careful investigation ! huade by the sheriffs and county at-frorney's at-frorney's offices has failed to dis-!: dis-!: f close any evidence on which the j iiiiicii could be continued to be held. 1 . Tlinsc released were Miguel La-1 La-1 Jji'ikia. Juan uc Uios Bogarin, Pedro ('amlln and Jesus' II. Villegas. 1 Two of the men implicau-.l in the ' 'J.sliootinu' are still at the Aird hos-,, hos-,, jpital. They are Adrian Klezando, " Twho was shot through the intes- tines. and Antonio Moro. who was ' shot in the arms and legs. J: The body of Portencio Moro is .' still ht'ld in the Berg Mortuary ; s'awaiting instructions for burial. 5 Moro was killed by a shot through ' s his head. 'i; y "We have made n thorough in-I" in-I" 'Jo'estigation into the shooting affair cand have found absolutclv no evi-1'- c denee by which we could convict the men we have held in the county jail in connection with the shooting." shoot-ing." said Sheriff Boyd. "There is nothing to prove that any of them had possession of any firearms or that they did any shooting. All that we can learn is that they were in the room where the shooting took place. "From the things that we and County Attorney Larson have learned learn-ed we are inclined to believe that the excitement began w hen Elezando went outside the bunkhouse and began shooting in the air. Most of (be testimony we have gathered indicates in-dicates that as soon as the, shooting began Portencio Moro became en-eiazed en-eiazed nnd began shooting in every direction. "Several of the men have testified testi-fied that he did most of the shooting. shoot-ing. They also declare that Moro shot Elezando through the body and that as Elezando fell to the floor ho fired the shot that went through Moro's head and killed him. "We have not as yet determined what to do with Elezando and Antonio An-tonio Moro when they are able to I leave the hospital." |