The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-09
DR.. BENEDICT

DR.. BENEDICT
[ have lived here sixteen wears. !.
not know John Q. Cannon and b uo
never seen him that I know of.
Ceived letter from him three ar -
months ago; l do not know where i =
now; know Albert Darlington Il visited
him about two weeks ago; preyions 70
that in the early part of Dacemb Der. T No
lieve l received a letter from John n
Cannon, but [ do not remember read
ing 1t in Mr.. Carrington's room; the let
ter referred to seeing a patient at NV
office; the letter did not state what the
trouble with the patient was; l do not
know Louie Wells; [ have seen her on
the stage; she did not come to see me
that know OF; took it 70: granted
that the letter referred 10 was a charit-
able case.
To Mr. RICaARDs-I am not sure that
the letter was signed by John Q Can
non, or not; 1t was somebody by the
name OF Cannon.
To Mr.: DICKsoS-The letter came
from the Presiding Bishops office. 1t
asked if it would be convenient for me
to see patient at my office the next
afternoon.
Q.-NoR, doctor, will you say YOU
have never received a letter from John
Q. Cannon, within the present year,
which you read, one evening in the
presence IF several persons In Caring
tons sick rOOm2
Al have no recollectionJ any
such thing; if did so it was in a
matter OF fun; l never received letter
from tae defendant asking me to attend
a young lady near confinement.
MRS. LOUIE WELLS CANNON was asked
to come in; she came in and
the doctor was asked if he had ever
sean her. He said he did not know
who she was and was excused.
MRS. LOUIE CANNON
Was then asked to take the stand and
Mr.. Dickson commenced q re-examina-
ton Of the witness by asking: Il sup
pose 1t Is true that you never occupied
apartments with the defendant prior to
your marriage with him 2" e .r
Al never did. was home during
most Of July, but made several trips to
Granite; l went with my sister and
came back with her.
Q.-Is it not a fact that you went
there with your sister, that your sister
returned; that the defendant remained,
and that you occupied the same bed
with him night after night
Al believe not. He did stay there
one or two nights and slept in the tent
with the children, myself and the ser
want girl; he staid there the night he
went up with US; the tent was a large
one, and was divided by curtains; there
were three beds made in it; did not
sleep on the same side of the curtain
that he did, and he did not sleep on the
same side of the curtain that I did.
Nh. DICKSON That is all.
4 laugh from Mr.. Richards.
Mr. DICKsoN-I do not see anything
very funny about this. Gail VIM.
Greenig.
That Individual was called. He testi-
fed that he Was employed in a livery
stable a few doors north of the resi-
dence OF Mrs. E. B. Wells; l have seen
the defendant; he kept his horse d
buggy at the stable wnere | work; never
saw him at the stable but once; have
seen Cannon coming from Mrs. Wells
houSA at night-Once or twice a week
quite late, as late as IL or II o'clock;
have seen him go TO the house in the
evening 9; saw him one morning about
o'c'ock. near The house but could not
say whether ne came from the house or
~ rnis point Mr., Dickson said it
would be impossible for him to proceed
further without another witness that
he needed, and asked that the case be
continued until 20 30 clock this morn
ing.
Ma. MCKAY, who had refused the
prosecutor nothing that ne had asked
for thus far 10 the case. readily assented,
and the matter therefore went over
until this morning az me hour named
above.
1t is understood that the witness re-
terred 20 IS Judge Smlth, who vas out
o. town last evening.