Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-16
A BREAK FOR LIBERTY.
George Q. Cannon Takes French
Leave Of Marshal Ireland.
But Is Recaptured by Deputy Green.
man Within n Half-Hour.
The Party viii Likely Arrive In Salt
Lake Late Tonight.

George q. Cannon had not abated in the
leastwise this morning when the train for
Ogden left this city, and quite q number
of gentlemen-mostly friends and adj
mirers OF "the big gun"-went north to
meet him. About 10 O'Clock the follow
ing dispatch was received by w. III. Dick
son, and when it became generally known
a perfect panic prevailed.
BLUE CREEK, February 16, 1886.
w. II. DicksOn-Cannon jumped the train
Mt Promontory. Greenman is in the neigh
borhood Have telegraphed engine to be
brought at once. u. A. IRELAND.
Even this word did not daunt the i'm
mense throngs of curious people who had
started for the depot in expectation of
meeting the distinguished party, and long
before the train arrived the depot pre-
sented much the same appearance as the
Temple block does at conference time,
scores OF vehicles lining both sides of the
street and dense throng of anxious hui
mainly covering every available foot Of
the platform and premises. When the
train pulled in passenger yelled, "He's
on the last carr" and the tremendous
surging OF the crowd nearly succeeded
in crushing number of the smaller
and weaker persons in the crowd.
1t was soon discovered that the Marshal
and his party were not on the train, and
the throng dispersed with much reluct-
ance and terrible disappointment, some
of them heading for the Hot Springs,
where it was rumored the party had
alighted in order to avoid possible con-
flict with the crowd. AS result of this
last rumor large crowds assem-
bled on both sides OF Main street and in
front of the Federal Court House, in anx-
ious expectancy, awaiting the arrival of
the ambulance which was supposed to
have transferred the party from the train.
In the meantime another telegram was
received stating:
Cannon jumped the train at Promon-
tory. but was captured in half an hour"
1t was then taken for granted that the
party would be brought down on special,
but inquiry made OF Mr.. Severance re-
vealed the fact that no special had been
applied for up to IL o'clock this morning,
according to advices from Mr.. A. G. Fell,
the @. p. superintendent at Ogden.
The next rumor circulated was that
news had been received stating that Can
non had accidentally fallen off the train
and that he was badly bruised, too
much so, it was feared, to adj
an engine. To give complexion
to this, it was asserted that when Cap
tain Greenman found Cannon the latter
was walking towards the cars, on the
track, and had neither hat nor valise.
1t was positively impossible to trace this
to any authoritative source, but it was
chung to affectionately by many of the
Apostles friends, while others of that
class were still feeling confident that Can
non had made good his escape, aided by
several friends who were in hiding at the
spot where the desperate leap was taken.
Strange to say, there were still others,
and they were not few either,
who tenaciously insisted that the
ex-Congressman had never been
taken in the first place. Just be-
fore noon Governor Murray received the
following telegram from gentleman at
Blue Creek-the first station this side of
Promontory-and only, distant from Og-
den about fifty or sixty miles.
Governor 4. II. Murray: am here with
Ireland. Cannon is re-arrested and will be
brought to-day.
A large crowd still persisted in blocking
the entrance to the Federal Court House,
hoping each minute to catch glimpse OF
the face OF the Apostle.
The next word received was conveyed
in Il dispatch to Mr.. Dickson, dated
Promontory, II :46 o'clock, and read as
follows:
Cannon again in custody. Somewhat
bruised, nothing serious. Will advise you
when we leave here. Il. A. IRELAND.
Several other kilograms OF similar
purport were received by Deputy Wander
cook and others, but the following one
to the Salt Lake Herald, which the
enterprising (?) concern had the gall to
paste up in glaring letters in the Con-
tinental Hotel, takes the cake; and the
heavy understanding OF the word "fell !"
| which was done in most conspicuous
manner, tells how desperately the Herald
folks will endeavor to oppose the theory
that Cannon jumped off the car.
BLUE CREEK, 1910 p. IN.
George q. Cannon fell from train at
Promontory. Hurt some.
OPERATOR.
In order to ascertain something definite
concerning the remarkable jump our re-
porter called on several gentlemen ut the
hotels, who were on the fated train, and
who came through without delay. These
parties all concur in the fact that the
incident occurred while all the passengers
were in their berths. 1t was some
thing past o'clock, mountain time,
these gentlemen thought, when Can
non jumped from the platform and the
train was Immediately brought to halt
! rs result OF Il vigorous jerk OF the bell
chord. Captain Greenman was put off
and the train proceeded on to Ogden, ar
irving on time. AT Blue Creek, some
ten miles off the Promontory, Marshal
Ireland got off and, procuring the
extra engine that is kept at
the Promontory for helping
the, train up the steep grade, returned
and met Greenman, who had already re-
captured his man. This latter fact was
cleaned from the dispatches, but the
other particulars were the common talk
on the train, rs well rs the fact that Cam
non had been accorded every liberty in
the car, and could not have been more
courteously treated,
When the train arrived in Ogden there
was similar crowd at the depot to the
one that assembled here, and il was ru.
mored that parties had gone from Ogden
some time before, and had arranged 10
aid Cannon in his flight at the appointed
place. When it is remembered how
many absurd rumors gained circulation
to-day, little attention will be paid to this
one
During this afternoon there has been
nothing definitely received respecting the
time at which the party would leave
Promontory, but it is presumed by some
that they will come down an the regular
train Tomorrow morning. The DEMOCRAT