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in strangers when they come here. This is a move in the right direction. Sheriff A. C. Robinson, of Socorro county, accompanied by his wife, passed through town to Kingston on Wednesday, to spend Thanks- giving day with his cousin, H. A. Robinson of the Mountain Pride Hotel. The report of the killing at Hanover, as it appeared in last week’s issue of the Enterprise, was as then stated, meagre and one sided. Since then we have been furnished with the other side, which puts an entirely different light on the matter. It is said that Johnson was the only sober man in the crowd. Johnson and Thompson were partners. Thompson was ab- sent from the camp. Mrs. Thompson, the darkey Spellman and one or two others, were glori- ously drunk. Mrs. Thompson had called at a neighbor’s where a lady lived, and made things generally unpleasant. Johnson took her to her room and locked her in. Mrs. Thompson com- menced to break down the door. Johnson then unlocked it, and it was soon after this that the row occurred. Johnson disclaims doing any of the shooting. Mrs. Thompson first said that Johnson did the shooting, but at the prelimi- nary examination testified that she did not know who did it. One of the other witnesses present also says that Johnson did not do the shooting. This is the “other side” as the Enter- prise gleans it from a reliable source.