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Show ACCIDENTAL SHOT IS FATAL TO RANCHER Special to The Tribune. ELY. New, Aug. 31. Tho body of Francisco Fran-cisco Erroa, rancher and sheep owner, has been found in the mountains, about thirty-five ndles from Ely. A n noun cement was sent to Ely of the find ing of tho body in a lonely spot by a sheophorder In the employ of Erroa and his partner, Lucas Jiminez. Coroner Collins, Col-lins, with n. searching party, left for the section where the body was said to be high un on a mountain top,- several m11e from trie nearewt roadway. After an all-day all-day search In the mountain the body was iinally local ed and brought to Ely. Investigation showed that Erroa hnd prepared to move his camp and prohably the last thing to be packed was an auto-nm auto-nm tic rifle. "This was found In a slanting slant-ing position beside the body nnd from the markings on the sane brush It hp- ! peared tba t Krroa had at tempted to pick j up the gun by the barrel, the triKcer i rn teli ing In the brush and ex plod ing. j sending tho bullet through the client of I thr man. I Erro;i evidently had been dead for scv- j oral days. ! |