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Show BOISE. Idaho, March 29. After shooting shoot-ing up a Mexican bunkhousel at Bliss. Idaho, and killing one ot the occupants and then disarming a sheriff and his deputy, dep-uty, Andy Jones, colored, is in the Gooding Good-ing county jail, where he was taken by Mrs. L. C. Owens, who employed him in tho kitchen of the hotel which she owns and operates there. Jones wanted to marry a Mexican irirl. but her father objected. This enraged Jones, who vowed vengeance on the Mexican Mexi-can and armed with a riflo went to Hie bunkhouse where the Mexicans were quartered. Jones then began shootinir at random in the bunkhouse and Ramirez Leonards was killed. After firing several shots Jone3 saw his ammunition was exhausted and crossed over to the M. B. Wilhoit hardware store, smashed the big glass in the fror.t door and took a rifle and supply of ammunition ammuni-tion and again started for the Mexican quarters, but the Mexicans had scattered. The sheriff's office at Gooding was notified no-tified and the sheriff and a deputy came to Bliss to arrest the negro They found Jones in the kitchen of the hotel, but Jones was too quick for the officers, got the drop on them and disarmed them. |