Show POISONED BY INDIANS MAN MURDERED AT kanan eknan we have seen a private iatter letter to brother seth johnson of hillsdale Hil hll ladale garfield county who la Is now in salt lake dako city from a relative it was written at kanab kana band and dated the ath dinst and tells of a tragedy that occurred near the latter place a few days previous an old man named phelps who has a place in kan ran ab and another up one ot of the adjacent canyons had bad been putting crops in at the canyon farm when some bome indiana indians called and put a quantity of strychnine jn in hib his food mr phelps ate the poisoned victuals and soon died A boy toy named judd nito alto partook of some but finding it tasted bitter only swallowed a very small portion and has haq recovered two young indiana we under arrest at danab kanab on a of having committed the murder this is the first instance we have ever heard of in which an indian resorted to poison for killing purposes |