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Show TIB Mil UK Judge Armstrong Denies of Attorneys for ChangSS of Venue. Si OWEN PRINCIPAL AVITNESSSlO ' AGAINST DESPEIUWI ' iI Difficulty Expected in KmpaiShjtl ingJury to Try .Su8pcctey Murderer. m j Joe Sullivan, tho alleged sWMLn Police Officer Charles S. Ford, WuiJP' tried by a Salt Lake county jBI'ifTl Wednesday morning, at the opcninMl the criminal division of tho TyMi ' District court, Judge ArmstiBL 1 rendered a decision, denying the jSp" tion of Bailey & Vickcry, attorneys. F van, for a. chango of venue toMi adjoining county in the third dijlriB In den3ing U10 motion, Judge AM':1 strong remarked that, he had rcadW dippings from the various nc-fspipS regarding tho killing of Ford, iMlP61 mittcd by tluj attorneys for SKitle van, but added that, he was unablsRc sco that the -clippings were of iSM d naturn to prejudice the public min$M' tho extent of preventing Sullivan frBaL If having a fair and impartial trial in'lEfg Sullivan was present in com,9 whilo he apparently received tbel'Slitf 1 cision of the court stoically, ho ijKptfi plained later that he was being fjrjHSj-the fjrjHSj-the worst of it. Sullivan was ntSKSi attjred in a dark suit of clothes, iBSL white shirt and standing collar, and'BE. not resemble a desperado. "'Er! The trial of Sullivan will besnr'KJl! fore Judge Armstrong neNt MotBy! morning, and promises to bc ono ofBJrj most, sensational hearings in fho.'iH!" tory of Utah. Owen Principal Witness. One of the principal 'vntnsflpim' against Sullivan will be James now serving .1 twenty years' seniKnti in the Utah State prison for his'iBf pi icily in the robbery of the AlbBKr saloon on the night of the ron'rKpi It is the theory of the prosecution jHpW the saloon was robbed by StillivanKw Garcia, the Moxrean-Indiaii halfbrEiB. nnd that, one of theso two "1K1 killed ODiccr Ford as they were fierKn from the sccno of tho robbery. Owen was sentenced after nAtSE enntered a plea of guilty to a rotftEb charge, admitting that he acted lookout while Sullivan aud GfuTii held up the saloon. lP1' ' There is a well-defined suspMWN that Owen is one of the two men held up the Albnn) saloon, and iflpa Sullivan was his companion on 'Hft fateful night. There are also tbSM-i who bcliovc it was Owen who fircd'Hb shot that killed Officer "Ford, bntHw Sullivan was his companion, he .SSJKii be 'guilty of murder, irrespectiTBBBjl which of the two men fired tho sHHli Other important witnesses Trill R' Sullivan will be "Tip" Belcher, JHl" Belcher and James M. McGivern.BL of whom arc more or less famHff with thc movements of Sullivan 'RS Garcia immediately preceding Ej Owing to the widespread publtesjft of the facts and circumstances rounding the murder of Mr. Foid'tB?-tho Foid'tB?-tho connection of Sullivan's mEjE with tho affair, it is believed lHtf more than ordinary difficulty "trill ijfc encountered' in the selection .OuHg jury. As the charge 13 murder first degree, there will be twelve, jlU3ML empaneled, nnd each side will I'vHEJ titled to fifteen challenges. 'KftSt |