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Show Clfll A1ID 01RAM DISMISSED Judge Murphy Holds Evidence Evi-dence Shows They Are Not Train Robbers. DECISION CAUSES APPLAUSE IN COURT Prisoners Released and Say They Will Co to Anaconda Ana-conda to Work. OODEN, Hay 22. -That than la-not enough evidence against Victor Clora and Bryan O'Hara to warrant even holding tham for trial on tha charge of murder ta connection, with the robbery ef the Ban Francisco overland limited train at Beese, January 3 last, la tbe decision of Municipal Judge J. D. Murphy Mur-phy thlf morning. Olora and O'Hara art the yotmfr Michigan boys who war brought bsck to Salt Lake City by a . 1. . sij.n.s. 1 an i ewnu the streets of Kalf Lake Citv a fewj dva ago, that tackle jobs like that' fberl9 E. B. Hcrriaon of Weber county and Sheriff J. 0. Slurp of Salt Lake county after tbe two officers bad made two trips from Utah to Michigan and back after tha men. Judge Murphy's decision evoked applause, ia tha courtroom. court-room. The young men were arrested at the . instigation of Pinkerton detectives, who, tne officers said, bad worked up strong eases against the men, and the prisoners were identified, with mora or leas' certainty, by several persona who bid been victims of the train robbery, or of the highway robbery that immedi-ctely immedi-ctely follewed it, when tha two daughters daugh-ters of Bishop Weyment and their es- eort war held up aa they returned from a dance. In the train robbery one negro porter por-ter was killed, with apparent wanton ' nees, by a train . robber, aad another waa wounded, dying aubsequeatly after he bad beea discharged from tha hospital, hos-pital, because poison had somehow got Into the wouad. Prove Ad Alibi. . Judgo Murphy bad charge of the pre iminary heariag several daya ago and took the esse under advisement until be could get a transcript of tne teati tnony. He delivered hia decision freeing the youag men at some length this morning. While there waa no doubt on the point that an offense hsd been committed, com-mitted, the magistrate found that the preponderance of evidence was against , supposing that the two prisoners bad been connected with the crime. The defense thst flora aad O'Hara made was that they had been asleep in Bingham on ths night of tha crime at Beese. On the other hand were ths identifications of the victim. Ogden residents bava beea quits divided, di-vided, aians the hearing, oa the qties tion of the probable guilt of the two prisoners, and the decision of this morning waa welcomed with a very considerable con-siderable tlamoastrstioa. Will Oo to Anacond, Sera after the decision bad beea annouaeed aad they bad been freed, the young men declared that they bad beea confident that it would be favorable favor-able to them, and while they were; of course, pleased, they were not surprised. They expect, they said, ta remain here for some little time yet, and will thee go to Aaaronda. where they have broth t ers who are ia the smelting business. t'oanty Attoraey David Jensea aad District Attorney K. T. Huianiski eater ea-ter ed into a consultation shortly after the decision had been announced, which' continued for a long time. Thev would not tell what their proheble decisioa would be. It ia pointed out that they till have the chance to file another complaint, which they might possibly take before another magistrate, in the nttempt to get additional evidence to substantiate their rase. Jndge O. W. Powers of 'Salt Lake City, who had rharaw of the defease, ssid thst ia his mind there was no chance for the iudge to decide otherwise. other-wise. "Witnesses Identified the hnvs." he R.iid. "bat oa the other baad there was tha evidence thst thev were not aear tteese the sight of the robbery. The etery that wss printed in a morning rawer gives tha tree story of tha crime. J believe. These hove were aot the elasa of iaea who commit trsia robberies. It is such mca as Morris, wha committed murder in his sttempt to escspe. on |