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Show mm instantly Mmn mmwmM revelers ' i.. . - k Sf ;'v v V'-' '''.''Jt ' ' H ; , v A.' t.:-- :'j Body. Fails From Balcony! of HoteUn'tir Midst of the S ;: Crowd of Merrymakers! ..,T ';,t;. '' ' :.; ;,y -v-.; - - ; LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 John F.. Jones of Greenyllle TexM' was shot and 'almost 'al-most Instantly killedat the Uncoln hotel by a'New Tear's reveler, and fell from . a second-story balcony to the sidewalk.!' He had gone ironi his room to tho'bal-cotiy tho'bal-cotiy to. look out ibn'the Btreet and wa ieaning overt the ralllngV when he "sud-r denly sank; forward and fell -over" the. guardrail His body dropped. Into" the, midst of the crowd "of people who were blowing horns and making New Tear's Jollity,-and -the sickening thump on the- sidewalk stopped; all" revelry on that corner.; The bullet had entered, the frontal bone, and the man was dead almost before a superficial examination could be made.?. Jones, who was young man, came here from Texas a few months ago, and was employed in the Santa Fe general offices. '' . - ; ; :'."v.'.,"i' 'r""T C-. . 1 , :, .r ,;,f r-:: -v:,-: |