Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-11
TRUE TO IT'S INSTINCTS.
The "Deseret News, Concocts the
Usual story of n Deputy
Outrage.

The action Of Marshal Ireland and his
deputies in serving warrants OF arrest on
certain witnesses in the place Of the regu
lar subpoena, has been quite severely
criticised and has even been character
lied as illegal by the Deseret Ncws and
other parties The News, in frothy ar
ticle last evening, in which it sought to
injure the reputation of Captain Green
man, as having il-treated Mrs. Nina
Cannon last Tuesday, persistently mani
tests its consummate ignorance again, in
matters Of law, by insisting that il was
subpoena which the Captain served
on Mrs. Cannon, and not warrant of
arrest 1t goes further by asserting that
the deputy transcribed his prerogative
in compelling the lady to accompany
him. In the first place Captain Green
man states that he was not required to use
compulsory means, and in the next place
the process Uds warrant of arrest and
to save the imbecile granny" from fur
Their breaks on this question of subpGnas
and warrants we print below the law I'M
der which such action is taken, apologize
ing to our readers at the same time for
taking up SO much space on point that
is unquestionable. The following is found
in section ss1, Revised Statutes OF the
United States:
ANY Judge of the United States, OH the
application of district attorney, and on
being satisfied by proof that the testimony
of any person is competent and will be
necessary on the trial of any GRIM
inal proceeding in which the United
States are parties or are interested,
may compel such person to give re-
cognizance, with or without sureties, at
his discretion, to appear to testify therein,
against such person, under his hand with or
without seal, directed to the Marshal or
other officer authorized to execute pro-
cess in behalf of the United States, to
arrest and bring before him such person
If the person SO arrested negects or refuses
to give reoognizance in the manner required,
the Judge may issue warrant of commit
ment against him, and the officer shall con-
vey him to the prison mentioned therein.
| And the said person shall remain in confne-
ment until he is removed to the court for the
purpose of giving his testimony, or until he
| gives the recogniZance required by said
Judge"
We hope this will suffice to keep the
Ne,cs from making any further blunders
!
with a warrant OF arrest.
In regard to the arrest OF Nina Cannon
Tuesday, the deputies state that the
whole article in the NeUs was fabrica-
ton of lies, excepting the allusion to the
deputies being there, which was correct.
When the officers presented the warrant
at the house, Mrs. Abram Cannon No.
stated positively that Nina was not there,
but treated Captain Greenman with a
good deal of courtesy in showing
him through the house after he
had explained that such an action was
necessary. They proceeded through the
entire house, and in the last room visited
the fair Nina was secreted, and as the
door was pushed open by the other lady
the hiding witness stepped out with an
apparently good grace, and acted pleas
antly throughout. When she unders TODD
that the paper was really warrant she
manifested willingness to go to court,
and took pains to.acknowledge the kind
ness OF Marshal Ireland and his deputy
on the occasion of q former visit when
her husband lay, as they then
supposed, at DEATHS door. After
she had walked distance of two blocks
with the deputy, some OF her friends
joined her, and the officer allowed them
to accompany her, he walking off at a
respectable distance.
Captain Greenman insists that there
was nothing but pleasant circumstances
associated with the incident, and he says
positively that he doesn't believe Mrs.
Cannon made such statements, but that
the News folks drew on their prolific
imagination for them.