Show NOT A MORMON THE following appeared in the anaconda standard hi the form of a special from butte atad march A letter was waa received in this city today from J B carrington of brigham city utah statin stating that his bis boy bad been kidnapped or had ad run away that he understood the boy was in butte and in the hands bands of relatives named gr griehl ehl in lb ib letter carrington Ca fring also professed that the be boy was abducted last summer that he be had been unable to got get him atack back and requested the assistance of the t e butte police in ascer ascertaining tal ning t he whereabouts of the boy A reporter made inquiries into tha matter today the firm birin of J 8 graebel fe go co does an extensive produce business mr graehl was seen by a reporter and paid in reference to this charge mr carrington kno a just as well where the boy is as we do the lad ad is about 14 deais old and will have nothing to do with his father he takes the name of graehl and always has his father has not treated him right and the lad also bears a grudge on ae count account of his bis mothers treatment by carrington it seems carrington is a mormon and under the new law in utah the boys mother cannot be called carrin tons legal wife so the boys boyt a grandfather last summer took charge of him when he ran away from his I 1 tether her the boy bov would not hava anything to do with his father and once wanted to borrow my jay pistol to shoot him the boy was put on a ranch in utah but he had to vi work ork so hard and was oo 00 badly off that I 1 pitied ban I 1 took a fancy to him and offered to bring h him I 1 an fn to but bute e and take good care of him he ele is my mv half brother th this Is scheme was waa agreeable to the boys mother to carrington and all the rest I 1 brought him to bo butte and he ree re with me three or four months we kept in communication with carrington as to where the boy was but butte is a pretty tough place to bring up a boy bov in and lately we sent him with hial graehl to the batters lat lers ranch on snake river in idaho he has ha nothing to do but hunt and fish and be positively will not return to his father I 1 mr graella Gra ehla explanation of the matter was perfectly clear and oon and showed conclusively that the kidnapping existed only in the mind of carrington mr graehl visited carrington only last week and told him all about the boy and where he was wai ons ino seems to have been solely to get graehl into trouble the police authorities here are satisfied that the boy is in much better hands bands than in U ah and would not interfere in the matter even if they could legally do so carrington iq ii not a mormon but has figured as an auti mormon man 11 an alleged doctor and as aea a U 8 commissioner he h baa also been in our opinion conspicuous as a crank |