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Show Mistaken Identity Cause find; of Careless Shooting. wre' One fro, A party, who had from all re- io.'-' ports, been imbibing too freely, cabsed no small amount ofex-citemen ofex-citemen among the residents of first North and second East Wednesday evening by the careless care-less discharge of firearms. The person had ueen seen in the early ear-ly part of the evening displaying display-ing firearms in sront of the Mel-ba Mel-ba Theatre, and was also heard to make threats against parties whom he claimed were trying to do him bodily harm. The identity of the party is known, as the shooting was witnessed wit-nessed by three boys who were on their way to warn the part-.ies part-.ies agasnst whom the threats . . were supposed to have been made. After the shooting he left for Indianola, but will be taken into in-to custody upon his return. Mistaken identitv is thought to be the cause for his foolish action. |