Show THE LYNCHING the following letter through achre chomas itsell arcamo Arc mo kin bet lion eli tl governo of UtaJi salt anu U T SIR mi jardes murphy has ac quainter quain ted aue wih the circum attending the death of his brother john it the hands of i mob on account ot his alleged afancy in the murder ot matthew brennan I 1 hive cnown the brothers for many years previous to his lor the many years ago john i ended in this county ho was an honest and peaceable man HI brother james still resides here and is who ovens the land be cultivates culli vates and who f eh a bi others gnet at the against john and degues to seethe upon his memory whilo I 1 know whatever about the homicide of brennan my pies sion would bo vei strong that murphy was not his mui derei ahe only way in which his demor can bo ed of course is by the detection ot the real and the punch anent of those by whom john murphy was ille pill executed I 1 hope that no effort will bo spaced by the authorities of utah territory to who the guilty pirty wa ind if john urphy wis uoti in to puni h those by whom he was slain reward would stimulate the inquiry I 1 believe 5 ou have the power dundei the laws ortho united states to offer such the funds provided for t ho government and I 1 trust no effort will bo in hon 1 should be clad if you would to the united baates district attorney the fat jimes murphy and his bi other john the mur dated rain have friends here who believe in hia innocence and who will be bolnow thit vigorous mois mo is arcs are beins employed to detect ind punish those by whom he as murici cd very our JOHN J U 8 senator from kansas |