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Show CHIEF GRANT DENIES RELEASE OF MEYERS An emphatic denial of tha truth of a "hurt nt. try publlahed In the Herald-Republican recently In connection with the arreat and releaae of J. C. Meyera, who waa charged with Impllctty In the murder mur-der of Btnel WlUlnma at Bingham. December De-cember 10. 191 L'. la made by Chief of !o-llca !o-llca B. P. Grant In a atatement made this morning. The chief aakt: "There la not word of truth In the entire story. far aa It relate to ma or any action alleged to have bean taken by me. In the flrat place the article aays that Meyera had a $20 gold pleoa, tha cltr money. Inferring that the money was given to him by my order, or by th cltr'a order, to pay hla war back to l'o-cate.lo. l'o-cate.lo. Thla statement la viciously; untrue. un-true. I did not give the money to Meyers and had nothing whatever to do with It. Neither wa the money given to atay-ra atay-ra hy the city. "The rtci(. further aays that after talking to Meyera a few minutee I ordered or-dered Captain Hempel to release him. Thla alao la abeoluiely untrue. 1 had no i. .im ' . v. i ,i 1 -i wit h M r ' |