Show Ocr LOCAL colnmns contain a brief account ot the killing by an injured husband of the man whohad debauched I his wife The tragedy occurred at Kanab in the southern part of the Territory The reputation of the slayer seems to be decidedly unsavory it was while he was in the Penitentiary serving a term for grand larceny that his wife fell a victim to tne lust of the man who has now suffered an ignominious igno-minious death as the penalty for hiS lechery Ench tragedies as the one re ferrod to havebsep rare in Utah but when they have occurred the popular voice has approved the killing There is an unwritten law which justifies an injured husband father or brother in taking the life of the man who has despoiled the wife daughter or sister and we hold that it speaks well for the morals of a community in which that law asserts itself We know nothing of the particulars of the HallidayDobson affair beyond what is contained in the brief telegram telling of the killing but if the cause for the deed is as alleged the husband is to be applauded rasher than condemned |