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Show II J SAY ALLEGED MURDERED ; DORL GOOD REPUTATION' H Special to The Tribune, H OGDEN. Jan. 10. After denying a mo- l-l tion to quash Hie indictment chargin? am t OJnvencc ISrnst with the murder of B ' t'harles ?tnplcs In this city last May, H District .luU'e J. A. Howell Instructed tho Bj defcnsH to proceed with the examination mm ot Us witiic.saeK. llie state having closed N its case this morning. H Halnh F.. Iloag, Chief of Police Brown- HS ! ing. Chief of Detectives .1. K. Pander. B ailed bj- the defense to testify rcgard- Hi lug the facts of the case, swore that i Ernst, tho defendant, had always borne H a good repululiou in Ogden, where he j has resided Mor home years. JI was also f . proved that Charles Staples, the dead 1 negro, had a bad reputation and had J 1 ,'iei-n in considerable trouble In several Hj; i.itlcb of the west, where lie was known Mjj r an a race track tout and gambler. mm i When court, adjourned this afternoon HJ llie attorney-j" for the negro prisoner an- Hj uounccd that there were several other H ", witnesses to be called to testify in his B behalf. It is believed that the case will HJ consume the balance of tho week. |