Show CHARGES CHAnGES AGAINST GJ EDGAR A AND D DISMISSED mS ON ox MOTION JH DISTRICT ATTORNEY MCDO MCDONALD ALD The case calC of oC the Slate State of oC Utah against J J. J L. L E Edgar gar and J. J E. E Hartzell Hart- Hart zell was dismissed Tuesday afternoon afternoon after after- noon on motion of oC the district attorney attorney at- at torney orney and fand and the bondsmen of or the defendants defendants de de- de- de released In this matter the state was represented by District Attorney Attorney Attorney At At- torney J. J H. H McDonald County Attorney Attorney At- At torney L. L A. A HollenbecH and M. M B. B Pope POlle who was acting county count attorney attorney attorney ney during Mr 11 Hollenbeck's Hollonbeck's absence absence absence ab ab- ab- ab sence in California The defendants had as their counsel T T. W. W ODonnell O'Donnell ODonnell O'Donnell ODon nell and Fred Y L. L Watrous Mr 11 McDonald stated that the evidence evidence evi evi- dence lence in his opinion was not sufficient sufficient sufficient to convict and that even If a jury should find defendants guilty the court would not sustain the verdict ver ver- dict I Edgar and Hartzel were charged with stealing and killing kUling a young oung heifer helCer while on a prospecting trip Inthe in inthe inthe the Hanna country a few Cew weeks The heifer was was th the property of Heber Moon 1 They were bound over to the District court by Justice Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmer Zimmer- man of Duchesne who at the time declared he did not believe they stole tho the heifer helCer but that he lie did believe they knew who was guilty n n |