Show OVEN UP AGAINST IT Agitation and Agitator Dropped By the Journal GRANT CASE NAY FIZZLE I COMLANATICHF ENCOUNTERS EN-COUNTERS iLUCH TROUBLE 4 County Attorney I In Doubt As ta the Sufficiency of the Evidence Against Grant Storstarer I Pragramme Will Insist Upon Execution of the + C M Owen camplainantlnchlef against pol3gamlsts seems to be up against i The New York Journal his mast influential and profitable backer has abandoned the task of regenerating regenerat-ing Utah and dropped Owen and his agitation And In addition to this ca tastroph County Attorney Putnam is said to queton the sufciency of his evidence In the Grant case and to entertain en-tertain a disinclination to prosecute Thus Owen is left with no solace except ex-cept that afforded by the organ of the risIng storm A conference of some warmth was held by Owen and County Attorney Putnam yesterday Owen spent several sev-eral hours at the county attorneys of fire during the afternoon and was closeted with Mr Putnam for a considerable con-siderable time after the adjournment of the Benblk hearing While nether would say what had occurred during the conference it is understood that it was rather a warm session and that Mr Putnam is undecided as to the course he will pursue In the case Eviden e Not Sufficient The fact that a chare of adultery and not unlawful cohabitation was preferred is the principal stumbling block In the prosecution Mr Putnam It is understood questons the sulcien cy of lIr Owen evidence and contends con-tends that i would be exceedingly difficult dif-ficult to secure a conviction on the charge of adultery Ta do so I would be necessary to prac the marriage of Mr Grant with Mrs Augusta Grant his first wife This i would be difcult to do a prior to ISSS no mariage l cense were issued In Utah and the marriage took place in the old endow mont house whose records are not available for court purposes On the other hand Mr Owen asserts that there will be no d1Icul In mak lag out a case and he insists that the case be pushed to a conclusion I is safe to say that nothing wii be done in the mate for some time to come Mr Grant 15 at present atFisl Haven at the northern end of Bear Lake fifty miles south of Soda Springs Ida The nearest telegraph station to Fish haven is Soda Spring and although al-though 11 Grants friends have been telegraphing him far some days na word has been receive tram him in reply I is not likely that he wi return re-turn to the city before Saturdav or Sunday the date fixed for his return when he left the city ten days ago Dropped By the Journal While i is known that the New York Journal has dropped the Mormon question ques-tion in ordr to tale up fresher sensations sensa-tions Owen has local newspaper backer back-er who wi insist upon his carrving out the proramm In the preparaiin of which so much time and money was spent I is understood that the list ut I church members that Owen Is und r instructions to prosecute carries the names of some very prominent leaders I near the top As Owen is scheduled to leave for Nevada within a few days taI ta-I be absent six weeks or more and It Is regarded as difficult to secure a substitute sub-stitute complainant there Is necessity I for running his atdhi mill at a high rate of speed and several new cries I das an looked for wIthin the next few I I I |