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<< -el , m tam. Man With Paper be al He said that on that Friday, though uninvited, he went to the contact man's house bat decision to go—we stil] don't have that decision.” When asked who was mak ing that decision, Mr. | skid that he did not know. He said that on another oe casion, involving the burning of the amusement slide, the: same payoff man delivered the!’ money to pry for the job. He} else said thet the owner of wie, Islide, whom he described as a! loan shark, was the man to whom the files to be stolen from Mr. Chavez's office were ke tact man came ou of the house told By Pe i Mr. Shears said that earlier ithe agents supplied him with a! small radio device that enabled, them to eavesdrop on his con- versationt with the contact assassination plot. That, he ‘said, enabled the agents to jenow that he was on the level. The alleged assassination plot hit its final snag when the lamusemerit slide operator was || picked up and questioned by, the Fresno police about the: burning of the alide. - Mr. Shears said that informa- tion that he had given the Kern! County Sheriff's Department. had been passed to the Fresno: pai _and that, in questioning’ aide operator, treydropped | | RE A a aS | the gmes of MrsaSieays. the plot contact man and several Be said that the slide opera- tor then became apapicious and called the ne Payor man, when they visited contact man, The two decided that there was ltbet Mr Shears was the sus pect, he said. Mr. Shears said that he was Trrvsetd that they got_gn- Other agent, Mr. Robinson, to purchase 1,000 amphetamine pilis from the contact man and then arrest him. | The Kern County Sheriffs ‘Department assisted in the ar- rest, made in August, on charges of sale and possession of dangerous drugs. The sher- iff's office said that $6,700 was taken from the contact man’s home as evidence and that from $20,000 to §22,000 was left there because it was not needed as evidence. The case | is atill Fee ont and the sus- ar. Sheds said: ter‘hetAt tee eden) agen si | the pilot agente considered because two men had been ar- rested—on unrelated charges. He sai dthat the agents then told him that he was not going to get the $10,000 that had been promised. Rather, he said that Mr. Vizzard passed word Hi to him that he was goingt to ee eee eeed by Police be paid only $500. Seucstioned Officiais of the farm union agreed with Mr. Shears in be- lieving that all that may have been acomplished was to delay , {*0 assassination attempt. . } They said that in recent Months there have been a num- ber of arson attempts against various union tces, that others have been riddled with bullet holes, and that at least! two attempts were made to in the union a gee cet fw™ We _ Spee: ns “eee SPORE wa fam - we et fathead oe a aon’ vm 5320 enn eo ook yee TAS * pete * nee G2.