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Show I MISTJUCEM IDENTITY IS FOLLOWED BY EXOHEMTiaH "Mistaken identity proved costly I and distressingly inconvenient," toda said Roy C Carnes, a railroad telegrapher tel-egrapher well known in the intermoun-; tain country, who was detained here I several days ago on telegraphic re-! quest and voluntarily returned to Mon-tello, Mon-tello, Nov., to answer a charge of1 robbing two Italians. The complainants said, the moment the saw Mr. Carnes, that he wasn't the man and they completely exon crated him Mr. Carnes had been in the emplo of the Southern Pacific in Nevada. Resigning, recently, he and his wife , and baby came to Ogden for a visit with friends on "the bench." Officers Offi-cers trailing the alleged robber some how mixed identities and Mr Carnes was arrested. Suspecting it was a case of mistak en identity, the newspapers held the story until after the preliminary trial. "Though entire incorrect," said Mr. Carnes, "that, kind of publicity hurts a railroad man and may jeopar dize his record for years " He thank ed The Standard and the local correspondents corre-spondents of the Salt Lake papers for suppressing the item of news until he had a chance to exonerate himself |