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Show S;,uly Juslho. ! cstt iv .y munLii fc'jt niaiLft tianj from the sou:li bioui;ht the r"ii n s of W. Pm lps, t hi convict, who m-J sisted in ihe nmiil.T of Wnnh'u Hvr-nhpr, Hvr-nhpr, an I tlu'n mailo hit ei.':iK' Juliet' liail hi'fii xpeedy and certain in his e and ho paid for h'i cri.no with his life, before his victim was laid away in the grawi. It appears th d alter the eseapo at the pcniti'ir j nary, Phelpi went souili, Irateimg alono. The first nijjhl hf slept itt the j liouse of Mr. Cahoon, in Cott uiwood, exciting tho fivmpathy of that J;,-uth'- , man by u woeful t do of robbery and ill-treatment at the hands of highwaymen. high-waymen. In tho morning lin left, Mr. Cahoon giving him an overeat and other articles of wearing apparel, : On Friday ho was poen by several 1 piplo at Sautacpiin, wherti In- ut traded cMi5ideiab!o attention, and sn-'pieion being aroused Deputy heritl John U. Holtaday w.w in formed ot iiis preseueo in the town. While in Saiitinnin Phelps wa,s ai the house of ono Smith, father to tin escaped convict n ho is tuppaicd to be with Wiliiamson. Tho otlieer, la:e in the ftfteru.xin, learning that Plu-lpi had gone south, immediately pur.-iutl him on horseback, leaving orders tor a pA-se to follow. Some distauee bayond York, aUint S o'clock in the evening, H illaday ovcrUvk Phelps, who hold a pistol in his ha-.nl. Tae o dicer ask el omo ordina:y q usti u and rovlo on, in orvler to gain time, that his expected pwse might c mio up. Meeting a waon load of men. Holladay told them his business, nnd desired them to as.'ist in the capture, j None of them felt disposed to handle i a weapon in tho atl'air, but they agreed to .'land by the o'Ucer. Piielps coming up at tins lime, when tew (set distant Mr. Holi.ulay covered him with two pistols and ordered him to halt. The convict did not hetd ' the command, and continued walk- iti towards the sherltT, who told bi n ; totiirowup his handi. The men i were but six or eight feet apart at : this time, when Pnclps ran up his I rntnd, at the same instant tiring 1. is pistol at the otlieer, indicting isij iniury, however, nurcly powdt-r- burning the hitter's uaud. tt,iiek :is I a flash, Holladay drew the trig';er oij :i:a piato's; Intone of the weapons j only was d:-ch-trgt d, the bullet cul-1 ting Pueia' coat on the shou.iler, ' without pei.eirati.ii. the l! -h. T.;e convict sprang at lb.; odijer us ' if to clinch witn him, wnen the, latter again tired two shots, I and then struck the convict on the j head with his p'to!. Phelpi fell to ' the ground, niurtady woundetl. Aj bullet lad entc nd the body, two' inches left of the left nipple, broke two ribs and passed out. The wound-1 ed man was convtytd to York, where he was guarded till yesterday morn-I icg, when he was put on the train for this city. At Pleasant Grove, Dr. j Benedict boarded the train, and ! j tended the prisoner, who died a short j distance this side of Bingham June- tion. The body was brought to the j city and carried to the Clift house, ) where a jiotl mrtrttm examination w.ia made by Drs. Benedict and Smith and subsequently Coroner Taylor and . a juiy held anjnqucat. Thg verdict I was in accordance with the facts, as i above. j The Smiths at SauUquiu had given Phelps A pistol, butcher knife and a I quantity of provisions. He was also j provided with a couple of pieca of rope, about fifteen feet in length, his intention having been to steal a horse on which to ride out of the country. The success of this recapture is a subject of congratulation. |