Show Salt Lake Youths to toBe I IBe Be Tried for Murder In hi Poison Death Case Brigham Judge Holds Evidence Shows vs Crime Has Been Committed Declares es Testimony Warrants Binding Over Defendants By Kay Harms Special to The Telegram BRIGHAM CITY Nov 13 13 Leroy Leroy Allen and Charles Charle's Martinsdale Salt Lake boys must face ac a jury trial in Jn the First judicial district court of or Judge Melvin Harris In Logan on the charge of or murder In the first degree as result of or the decIsion decision decision deci decI- sion given Saturday morning mornIn by Jud Judge e Fred J. J Holton who held their preliminary hearing last week They are accused in connection ron eon with the death on Sep Rep 25 at Tremonton of Lil LII- lian Richards year old Dennington Benning- Benning ton Ida girl The Thc action of or the court in bindIng binding bind bind- ing these defendants over to a jury jur trial is governed by the two things necessary under the law Judge Jud-e Holton said In commenting on his action It has been ben shown that a crime was committed and sufficient dent evidence has been introduced Introducer for me to bind these boys to a higher court That Judge Harris had he would hold the trial for tor or the two rodeo riders at an earl early date daie possibly pos poo- sibly wl within a week was by Judge Turig Holton With the testimony Introduced by state witnesses at the preliminary hearing Prosecuting Attorney J. J Wesley Vesley Horsley attempted to establish establish establish lish an Intended attack upon the girls as the motive for the crime A brief resume of or the testimony on which Judge Holton was asked to bind Martindale and Allen over for a trial by a jury of their peers showed that Miss lIss Richards attended a dance at Tremonton on September 25 in company with her cousin Ruby Burbank who was the states state's star witness and her in brother-in- la law Clover Sterlin Sterling Martindale and Allen rodeo riders esc the girls from the dance Sterling having haying hav hay ing InA left len early and before taking them to the tent at the public campgrounds which they shared with Sterling took them to a cafe where they ate a midnight ht dinner witnesses said sald After Arter dinner the boys took toole the girls to their tent Sterling was wakened about 4 30 o'clock in the morning by groans groan front from Miss Richards u anti and nd summoned a doctor She wa was dead lead when the doctor arrived and HEIman Herman Harms st state te chemist reported upon anal analysis analysis sis that she died from an overdose of oC morphine Miss Burbank was rushed to the hospital where prompt treatment saved sa her from a probable similar fate Washings from her stomach showed distinct traces of morphine according to Mr r Harms The charge of murder in the first degree in connection with the death by morphine poisoning poisoning- of Miss Richards was was' as filed flIed against Allen and on October 35 iS They were wele lodged ed In the Boxelder county Jail at Brigham Their prelimInary preliminary pre pre- hearing was held before Judge Holton last Tuesday nd Wednesday following which he took the case case under advisement |