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Show BOY CONFESSED MURDER OF WOMAN Atchison, Kan.. March 7. Carl Hale, 17 years of age, today confessed ' that he killed Mrs. Jerome Hoover last Wednesday, He declared, however, how-ever, that the Bhooting was accidental. He was shooting at a tree near the Hoover home, he said, and one of the shots struck Mrs. Hoover. The police po-lice said tonight they did not believe tho story of the accidental shooting. Young Hale, who has been of a de- nant demeanor ever since nis arrest, appeared grief stricken, weeping bitterly bit-terly after making his statement' to the police. |