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Show g . , WON'T GIVE THEM UP. Governor Barber of Wyoming Declines to Turn the Stockmen Over to Junu-son Junu-son County. Chetexne, Wyo., April 29. A formal de- mand has been made on Governor Barber t y deputy sheriffs of Johnson county for the cattlemen confined at Fort Russell, assuring him that they would receive a fair and impartial im-partial trial, Governor Barber's reply to the demands of the deputy sheriffs of Johnson county for the prisoners at Fort Russell is not ready. He will, it is said, positively decline to turn over the prisoners at this time. Matters will remain in statu quo until an information against the stockmen is tiled by the prosecuting prose-cuting attorney. Attorneys for the defendants defend-ants will then apply for a change of venue on the ground Qf the excitement that prevails pre-vails in Johnson county. Reports from that locality indicate a lawless condition of affairs. af-fairs. Two newspapers opposed to the rustlers rus-tlers have been suspended. Later the governor sent a written reply to the deputy sheriffs in which he says, no criminal proceedings have yet been commenced com-menced and he deems it an unnecessary expense ex-pense and labor to hold a preliminary examination exam-ination in this manner. Neither doc s he believe be-lieve order is so restored and the excitement so abated in Johnson county as to render it safe to take these prisoners there at this time. |