Show filled killed at kanab we have seen a private letter to brother beth seth johnson of hillsdale garfield county who is now in salt lake city from a relative it wae was written ritten I at kanab and dated the ath last and tells of a tragedy that occurred near the latter place lac a few days previous a an alfman old man named phelps who has a place in kanab and another up one of the adjacent can canyons ons had been putting crops in at it ake the canyon farm when some indians called and put a quantity of strychnine ill in bis his fond air mr phelps at ate the h e poisoned boned victuals and soon died A boy named judd also partook of some but finding it tasted taked bitter only swallowed a very small portion and has re coverd two young indiana arc are under arrest at kanab on a charge of having committed the murder this th u is the first instance we have ever heard ofin of in which an indian resorted 5 to poison for killing purposes D deforet estrea news |