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Show CLAIM THEY WERE IN OGDEN J. J. Morris and John Murray, the Salt Lake desperadoes who killed J. W. Axtell, omphatlcally deny that thry were In Layton at tho Urn? of the snooting of Deputy Shorlff Lavender. The men claim that on the night of May -! they were both in Ogden. They havo given the name of the roomlns house in which they claim to have slept on that night and tho mutter ls now being investigated bj the local officers. ' Thoy say that they did not come to Utah until May 2 and that for some time prior to that date thoy were in Pocatello H was thought by some persons per-sons that tho men might bo Implicated in tho Overland holdup, but according to their story thoy were not in tho state at tho time this crlmo was committed. |