Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-25 | Page 8 | Hearing Delayed in Poison Plot

HEARING REARING DELAYED IN POISON PLOT PROVO The PROVO The preliminary hearing hearing hearing hear hear- ing of S. S L. L 59 telegraph operator operator operator oper oper- ator for the Denver Rio Grande Western Vestern Railroad company at Kyune station in Spanish Fork canyon was continued until October October October Octo Octo- ber 8 in the city court on motion of County Attorney W. W Stan- Stan icy Dunford is facing a charge of placing poison in food lood He was arraigned September r 17 7 emphatically denied all charges and demanded a preliminary preliminary pre pre- hearing County Attorney Dunford said the defendants defendant's counsel counsel counsel coun sel requested additional time tiD to collect collect col eel lect new evidence which will have an Important bearing on the case they said is charged with placing strychnine In the lunch of Mrs J. J H. H Eaton 45 the complaining witness witness witness wit wit- ness another operator at the Kyune station Mrs Eaton alleges that on September 12 she took her lunch to work but did not cat it feeding it il to her dog instead The animal soon died she said She also al alleges alleges al- al leges she found yellow crystals Inthe Inthe in inthe the butter of her lunch on another occasion An examination of these crystals by the state chemist re revealed revealed revealed re- re they contained strychnine investigating officers said is at liberty on cash bail according to Sheriff E. E G. G Durnell Dunell