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Cesar Chavez — Part 16
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He said that on that ry,
gh uninvited, he went to|
the contact man’s house but},
wee ee wait outside. He
it he saw a man, whom
ihe identified as the son of a
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Questioned by Police
Mr. Shears said that earlier,
ithe agents supplied him with a
small radio device that enabled
them to eat on his con-
versations with the contact
man when they discussed the
easassination plot. That, he
said, enabled the agents to
;know that he was on the level.
‘The alleged assassination plot
hit its final snag when the
amusement slide operator was
picked up snd questioned by,
the Fresno police about the
ie
Mr.
tion that he had given the Kern’
\County Sheriff's Department’
had been passed to the Fresno:
id that, in questioning’
operator, |
tee anes of MruSteass, the
plot contact man and several
He said that the slide opera-
itor then became suspicious and
called the pa: man, when
‘they visited contact man,
The two decided that there was
an informer in their midst and
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oHersexid that n-
other agent, Mr. Robimson,
to purchase 3,000 amphetatzine
pilis from the contact man and
then arrest him.
The Kern County Sheriffs
made “in August’ on
rest, on
charges of sale and possession
fof dan: drugs. The sher-
HP's office said that $6,700 was
tee adem) agents considered
the plot investigation closed
because two men bad 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
to him that he was goingt to
be paid only $500. +
Officiais of the farm union
lagreed with Mr. Shears in be-
Hieving that all that may have}
been acomplished was to delay
an_assassination attempt. .
They said that in recent!
Imonths there have been a num-'
ber of arson attempts against
various union ices, that
others have been riddled with
bullet holes, and that at least)
two attempts were made to
in union
offices. a)
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