Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-07-10
CAxxox,s WHEREABOUTS.
District Attorney ToFrey00n
Throws Seine Light on

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a 70 the Editor Of the Appeal:
noticed in the APPEAL of Sur
day morning the following locs
item:
WHERE IS CANNoN?-A fe,
days ago old man Cannon was sen
fenced to two hundred days in tn
county Jail for selling whiskey t.
the Indians. He is not there now
and his term of imprisonment i
not yet up. A good many people
are wondering what has become o.
him. Has he escaped?
You have made an error in stat
ing that "Old man Cannon was sen
fenced to two hundred days in the
county Jail for selling liquor to the
Indians"
The person convicted wa.
Frank Cannon, the son of "old
man Cannon, and he was sentenced
to pay fine of $500 or be confined
100 days in the county Jail.
! A humble. of persons have asked
me as to the whereabouts Of Can
non, and l consider it my duty to
reply to the above item, make a
statement of the facts, and let the
blame rest where it belongs.
On the 9Th Of May, 1884, Frank
Cannon was arrested for selling
liquor to the Indians, and on the
18th of May was tried in the JUS
| tees Court by a jury of twelve
| men and a verdict Of guilty re-
turned. On the 18th of May he
was sentenced to pay fine of 5000
or be confined in the county jail
100 days. Not being able to pay
his fine he went to Jail. Some two
or three weeks after Cannon was
sentenced Mr. Jones, Chairman of
the Board of County Commission
ers, came to me and wanted to
know if Cannon could not be let out
of Jail for weight hours in order
that he might leave the county and
never return, Mr.. Jones giving as a
reason for so doing that Cannon
would leave the county and take
his mother with him. and that I'M
less this were done Mrs. Cannon
would have to be declared a pauper
and become charge upon Ormsby
county: and in addition to this it
was his desire to save the county
the expense of keeping Cannon in
Jail.
I refused absolutely to accede to
any such proposition, and told Mr.
Jones that / saw but one way for
Mr.. Cannon to be released from Gus
tody: viz; his being pardoned by
the Board of Pardons or by paying
his fine. That as to Mrs. Cannon
becoming a charge upon Ormsby |
county it would be time enough to
consider that matter when she |
made her application to the Board
of County Commissioners.
After my conversation with Mr..
Jones, Judge Cary also spoke to me
in regard to the matter, giving the
same reasons for releasing Cannon
as Mr.. Jones had urged. Our con-
versation was in substance the same
as that between Mr.. Jones and my
self.
I heard nothing more of the mat
ter until the 18th of June, when
Sheriff Swift came to me and said
he had received an order from the
Governor suspending the judgment
in Cannon's case for s days, and
him to liberate and set
him free. Mr.. Swift and myself
vent to the Governor and learned
from him that he had issued the
order upon the request Of Judge
Cary and Mr.. Jones, and to that
portion of the order I call your at
;ention; to-wit: And, whereas
he Justice who inflicted the sem
ence and the Chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners
rave asked that the collection of
aid fine be suspended for five days
ind that the public interest will be
'erved by SO doing" ii
''Now therefore l, j. w. Adams,
Governor of the State of Nevada,
~ the authority in me vested by
he Constitution and laws thereof t
10 hereby suspend the collection Of
he fine above mentioned for the
,eriod Of five days from date; and
t is hereby ordered that upon pre-