Show not E J B christian some little time ago a rumor somehow got circulated around town that E J B christian of this city had been apprehended at pioche for being engaged in chicken stealing and was to it was claimed that i this appeared in the pioche record the editor did not eco the item because the record bearing the item failed to reach this office mr christian went to alio pioche record editor to have the tiling straightened out and alic following was published in that paper of the dinst E J B a resident of st george utah has hcan in a somewhat perturbed state of mind lately oyer having received word from homo to alie effect eliat some mischief maker had been circulating the aport that he ia alie in who vias conducted along with ed crawford for stealing chickens from a bixio by the name of B J jolly E J B christian is a plasterer b trade and was w in the new public school building when the fowls were extracted from mr hollys jollys wagan it 13 a case of mistaken identity it appears from what tho NEWS ia able to learn that the man convicted was named not christian and further that he docs not belong to aitio Di tio under alio llio circumstances the correction mode by tho record is not a very gracious one mr christian bears a good character here and it was felt that a mistake biad somewhere w hen the charge as published in the ciocho record was given publicity in this city we are glad that the matter is cleared up and an honest man cleared of knust suspicion |