Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-09
INTEREST RUNS HIGH.
Recorder Cannon Shows Disposition
to Bend to the Will of Brother
Richards-Judge Smiths
Divorce.
"IHAyE sINNED AGAINST BOTH MY WIyEs.''
The Interesting Testimony Of Major
WOOds-A Private LETTER In
trOduced as EVidence-LOuie
Wells INDICATED.

II 1 OAOhOA -tANAA0g OAANO l1IOI
t eager than ever to listen to the particu
lars in the notorious Cannon case.
A new interest was infused into the ex
animation by the arrest of John @. Can
non upon another complaint, this on,
charging him with unlawfully cohabitinl
with two women, Annie Cannon anC
, Louie Wells, between the LIST day O
January and the 9th day of September
of the present year. The defendant-was
placed under an additional bond of So, OOC
for his appearance to answer to this
charge. Francis Armstrong and Jim
Jack became his sureties. The examina.
ton on this charge was proceeded
with in connection with the other.
The examination was resumed by the
recalling of
MRS. ANNIE CANNON.
The lady said: l have lived down on
John @. 'sfarm since the divorce the house
belongs to John O.. Louie has been stay
ing there with me nearly all the time
since the marriage; John Q. has not lived
there since the divorce; he has taken
meals there; l remember the morning
that the deputies came there; remem-
Der seeing gentleman's shirt that had
been worn on chair in certain room
Mr.. Cannon came over that morning,
and taking off his white shirt, he put on
a colored one; he had not taken his
clothes away from my house | first
thought of getting divorce on the Sun
day afternoon before it was obtained :;
that was about the first thing l spoke of
after | heard of the confession; Abram
Cannon came to my house a day or two
afterward, and l asked him to help
me get a divorce; on Wednesday
Judge Smith came out to the house
and when | told him l wanted divorce
he said | would have to get out a COM
plant; he asked me what grounds it was
on, and told him he did not ask when
or where the offense was committed ::
Abram asked me if l wanted to say any,
thing about the children or alimony, and
| told them that | would like to have
the custody of the children and thought
we could arrange about other matters !;
on the evening of the 9Th Abram Cannon
and Judge Smith came to my house and
brought the complaint; took it into my
mothers room and read it; l then signed
| 1t; | urged the Judge to hurry the matter
and have it granted with as much secrecy
as possible; the Judge told me that |
could come up the next day at any time
and he would grant it; he said he would
have to see about it; the Judge then
left; that afternoon Abram came and
told me that L could 60 up the next
morning; this was over an hour after
Judge Smith left; my husband was not
at the house that afternoon; the next
morning came to town and went to the
County Court room and met Judge Smith
there; no one else was present; he babe
me good morning and l told him that
had come to get the divorce; was sworn
and he asked me if | was OF the same
opinion, and the divorce was then
granted nothing more was said; he
asked me nothing about the charge.
To defense: The Judge asked me if |
believed the allegation in the complaint
to be true, and told him yes; the Judge
and Abram were present at the time the
complaint was signed; Abram then went
out; 1t is my impression that he took the
complaint with him; he did not return
to the house; Abram and the Judge
went home together; there was no one
present when the Judge told me that |
might come up the next day.
Q.-After having told you that he
would let you know when to come, did |
not Judge Smith tell you that you could |
go up the next morning?
Al After considerable thinking) Yes. |
Excused.
GEORGE NJ. CANNON,
County Recorder, was the next witness
called. He testified as follows: drew
the complaint in the Cannon divorce |
case; did it in my office; commenced |
1t at about noon on the 8th day of Septem-
Der; l finished it toward 5 O'Clock: |
drew 1t at the instance of Abram Cannon:
delivered it to Judge Smith at about 5
O'Clock.
To defense-I fix the time by the fact
that l delivered the complaint before |
left the Office.
Dwight it not have been as early as
or O'Clock that afternoon.
AIN tone of anything-you-want-
Brother Richards) Yes, it might have
been that early.
To Mr.. Dickson: l did not mean to
say that 1t was as late as O'Clock, and if
| said that | was mistaken; l thought it
was shortly before closed the office; /
saw Judge Smith in the hall and handed ,
t to him there. Excused.
JUDGE SMITH
Was the next witness: | have seen this
| received it from George NJ.
cannon soon after o'clock on the 8th of
september; Abram came soon afterward
Ind we then drove to John Q.'s place; we
started at about O'Clock; we got there {
before 3 30; saw John Q. Cannon in the {
ard when l got there; saw him before +
drs. Cannon filed the complaint; l spoke Z
o him that day about the divorce l also {
spoke TO him about it in the morning; | d
aid 1t was sad case he said they had v
greed upon the alimony; in the alter d
loon we took down the waiver already v
prepared; did it at the request of Abram n
jannon; had no understanding or con- o
'ersatlon with John Q. on the subject: 7
1rs. Cannon said she wanted the matter o
hurried through, and told Abram that o
ne only way to do it was to have JohnO. o
valve the service of summons; did not +
ee John q. sign it; | saw John Q. that h
ay; did not know that he was willing r.
, waive, but | had that paper; l then Il
Did her to come up the next morning; A
lrs. Cannon was there the next morn h
lg; We were the only persons present; b
ny clerk was not there; Mrs. Cannon "
as sworn and testified to the facts al IL
'ged in the complaint. b
Q.-AreiFou in the habit of granting h
lvorces without the clerks being in at O
in the court? II
Ayes. 70
Witness-Abram Cannon first suggest O,