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Show FORMER FIGHTER ' IS RECjyiHG PORTLAND, Ore., Dec 18. "Mysterious" "Mys-terious" Billy Smith, tho former prizefighter, prize-fighter, who was shot four times la(L night hy Captain A. B, Loonils, husband hus-band or Smiths divorced wife, more than hold his own today .and physicians phy-sicians wero quite confident tonight of his ultlmato recovery Mrs Loomls, who had been detained as a witness, was released late today on her own recognizance, when It became be-came almoBt certain that Smith would recover. She exhibits bruises which she asserts resulted from a beating received from Loomls yesterday. Loomls will not be arraigned until Smith has passed tho crisis In his condition. oo |