Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-17

10000 bonds. Mr.. Rawlins and AttOr
, ney Richards each made brief speech,
, denunciatory of the exorbitant sum, aud
, Mr.. Richards remarked to the Judge that
: if the question of Cannon's ability to fur
nish heavy bond must figure in the
, question he thought it would be just as
as we'll to put the amount at $250,000 or
100000. The Judge, however, held to
his conclusion, and John Sharp and Fera-
morz Little became the sureties.
During the discussion Mr.. Dickson adj
vanced the proposition that in view of
the fact that Cannon was naturalized,
and not native-born citizen, there was
additional reason why the bond should
be heavy. To this the attorneys OBJ
jected in a very emphatic way, Mr..
Richards going so far as to challenge the
prosecuting attorney to point to single
precedent in law to sustain the position.
The arguments, particularly of Mr.. Raw
Inns, were very ably made, and Dickson's
appeal to the Court for substantial bail
was also powerful and eloquent.
Commissioner Critchelow shortly after
ward arrived, and the remaining two
cases were disposed OF before him. Mr.
Richards and Prosecuting Attorney Dick
son having agreed upon the amount of
$4,000 in each case, before his arrival.
On these last bonds, Francis Armstrong
and III. S. Eldredge became the sureties.
The trial was set for March 18th.
After these proceedings, which alto
gether lasted nearly two hours, Mr.. Can
non was conveyed to carriage, which
had been in waiting, and after being COM
fortably fixed in the seat, was driven off
to his home Zone of them over Jordan,
accompanied by his son and Marshal |
Phillips, who rode beside the driver.l
A number of policemen and other city
officials, with few friends made up quite |
a cortege, that followed the distinguished |
Apostle to his home.
Before he left the courtroom his face
became more exposed, and it was easy to
see that one eye was fearfully swollen and
temporarily sightless, while long, ugly
wound, which may have been only super
fetal, disfgured the left side of his face
and appeared to still be bleeding.
INCIDENTS.
When Captain Greenman found Can
non after his jump from the train, he was
a horrible-looking sight, literally covered
with blood down his face and shirt front,
and looked like Bingham miner after
going through the hands of the Salt Lake
p lice.
Cannon stated to Deputy Greenman
that he had been standing out on the 6
platform for fresh air, and was hurled off I,
he train by the sudden curving of the
,ars. ,
When dressing Cannon's bruises at {
'romontory, Captain Greenman found in :
he apostles overcoat pocket Colts six
hooting revolver, 3S-calibre, with every
chamber loaded. 1
The two loaves of bread and the bottle t
# water found in Cannon's coat pocket J
will prove strong circumstantial evidence r
gainst the plausibility of his having v
allen off the train. b
On the way down from Promontory q
md and said "Mr. Cannon doesn't re- !,
lember anything subsequent to his being s
n the platform" From the manner of n
Expression the Marshal thought scheme h
as being devised to make it appear that Is
annon had been pushed off by some one.
A very good authority states that Geo. G
!. Bywater was deputized to take fiat tt
IF down the Utah Central line as far as III
annon's Jordan residence last week,
'tensibly to get gravel, and that there G.
loaded on the Apostle and conveyed of
i'm to some point north. pc
One story told in accounting for the fl f,
essence OF the bread and water in Can
'ns pockets is that he often partook of 1T
e sacrament while travelling. Another ri,
'rslon is that he constantly used homeo- NJ ~,
'thic medicines, and had dissolved some ~
TINS IN the bottle of water which was ur
lnd IN his pocket. An examination of M M
Is L water, which is preserved intact, ~
led to show any evidences of contain vi,
g medicine of any kind, and tasting it f., '
suited in a similar failure. III III