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Show DROP MURDER CHARGE IN WILLARD AFFAIR LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3. The prosecution prosecu-tion of Jess Wlllard and others on charges of murder resulting from the fatal l'oung-Willard boxing bout at Vernon Ver-non will be dropped. Information charging charg-ing them with prize fighting was filed late today in the superior court by W. J. Ford, assistant district attorney. Ford, who will prosecute the cases, said that the murder charge was not backed by sufficient evidence or legal precedent, to warrant a prosecution. Promoters Pro-moters of the Vernon boxing cards are busy preparanlg for another match here on October 14. |