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 a Half.HOur.
The Party Will Likely Arrive in Salt
Lake Late Tonight.

mo- The excitement over the arrest
If George Q. Cannon had not abated in t
to leastwise this morning when the train
be Ogden left this city, and quite numb
ok OF gentlemen-mostly friends and 6
,d mirers of "the big gun"-went north
he meet him. About 10 O'Clock the folio
III ing dispatch was received by w. H. Die
,g son, and when it became generally know
he a perfect panic prevailed
20 BLUE CREEK, February 16, 1886.
- W. ii. Dtcksoa-Cannon jumped the ira
" at Promontory. Greenman is in the neig
II borhood Have telegraphed engine to
II Drought at once. Il. A. IRELAND.
E Even this word did not daunt the in
It mense throngs of curious people who ha
l. started for the depot in expectation
: meeting the distinguished party, and Ion
i before the train arrived the depot pre-
4 sented much the same appearance as tn
: Temple block does at conference time
scores of vehicles lining both sides of tn
d street and a dense throng of anxious hu
: mainly covering every available foot o
1 the platform and premises. When tn
r train pulled in passenger yelled, "He'
: on the last carr" and Che tremendou
surging of the crowd nearly succeeded
IN crushing a number of the smalle,
and weaker persons in the crowd
1t was soon discovered that the Marsha
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 a possible con-
filct 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
Y 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 G. 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 ad-
NIT OF his being put on board
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 We're 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-C Congressman had never been
taken in the first place. Just be-
tore noon Governor Murray received the
following telegram from a gentleman at
Blue Creek-the first station this side of
Promontory-and only distant from o.
den about fifty or sixty miles.
Governor E. II. Murray: L 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 a glimpse of .
5he face of the Apostle. :.
Inc next word received was conveyed !,
n dispatch to Mr.. Dickson, dated :
.'romontory, 12:46 o'clock, and read as =
follows:
Cannon again in custody. Somewhat q
'rulsed, nothing serious. Will advise Won
vhen we leave here. e, A. IRE1,AN1
Several other kilograms of a similar :
'urport were received by Deputy Wander !,
ook and others, but the following one -
o the Salt Lake Herald, which the :;
(?) concern had the gall to q
aste up in glaring letters in the Con- "
mental Hotel, takes the cake; and the "
eavy underscoring of the word ssfell.n a
Inch was done in a most conspicuous Il
tanner, tells how desperately the Herald II II
'lks will endeavor to oppose the theory
lat Cannon jumped off the car. nj
n, %. n. |
George Q. Cannon fell from train at -
Hurt some.
OPERATOR. - =,
In order to ascertain something definite tn
'ncernlng the remarkable Jump our re- at
'rter called on several gentlemen at the la
,tels, who were on the fated train. and II
no came through without delay. These ar
lrtles all concur in the fact that the
cldent occurred while all the passengers
ere IN their berths. 1t was some LIZ
ing past 6 O'Clock, mountain time. WI
csc gentlemen thought, when Can Ste
n jumped from the platform and the I Ire
I'm was Immediately brought to a halt wv
result OF vigorous jerk of the bell PEI
ord. Captain Greenman was put off % pa
q the train proceeded on to Ogden, ar ~ sll !:
ing on time. At Blue Creek, some pr
/ miles off the Promontory, Marshal W., we
land got off and, procuring the lne
TIA engine that is kept at pu
Promontory for helping teu
Tram up the steep grade, returned pes
met Greenman, who.had already re- req 9
blurred his man. This latter fact was :,
aned from the dispatches, but the. ! the
er particulars were the common talk iml
the train, rs well as the fact that Cam sue
had been accorded every liberty in tie Is
car, and could not have been more ~
rteously treated. elias
When the train arrived in Oodor +ho.o icar
q similar crowd at the depot to the anu anu
that assembled here, and it was ru- acte
red that parties had gone from Ogden Porl
le time before, and had arranged to Key
cannon In his flight at the appointed Wne
;e. When it is remembered how pou
~ absurd rumors gained circulation W
ay, little attention will be paid to this mar