Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-06-08
THE CANNON VERDICT.
The Jury Finds Robert Cannon came to his Death From a Gun Shot Wound at the Hands of Lilly
 Cannon.

At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
 Coroner's jury summoned to hold an 10 quest on the Cannon murder met il the court room of the District Court a per adjournment. In the absence of a
 stenographer, Justice Scott took the
 testimony aad thls delayed matters to a considerable extent.
 The jury was composed of the follow
 ing gentlemen: R D Kelley, T W Bar
 nett, Win Reid, W NJ Roberts, Howard
 Flynn and MT. Hart.
 District Attorney Lowell questioned
 the witnesses and Attorne y Gsrvsis was
 CD hand iu the inte est of Mrs. Cannon Four witnesses were examined and their testimony was substantially Rs follows:
 Reilly Anderson. the first witness call. ed, said he stayed with Cannon the night before the tragedy and they came down town together. Cannon
 bought two bit bottle of whiskey l which three of them drank at Neff's stable after which they went to tne house where Mrs. Cannon was staying after some clothes wbich belonged to him (Anderson). While they were a, the house Mir. and Mrs. Cannon com
 menced to quarrel and Cannon Cursed
 hls wife, ut which she ordered him from
 the place, and on his refusal to go sht
 pro uced shot gun and threatened tC
 shoot him if be did net go once. Can
 non still refueed to Ro and he'd up bic
 hands telling har to shoot If she wanted to. The gun was discharged and Can non fell.
 Dr. Fenner, the next witness called, said that when he reached the place where the shooting occurred, the de- ceased had les. go L.uch blood that II was m possI ble to save him. Ills tssti- mony was to the effect that the deceas ed came to his death frcm hsmorrhage caused by gun shot wound, either from large shot or bullets. The wound ID itself YVES not necessarily fatal if the hemorrhage had been stepped il time.
 Mir. Geo. Johnson, step father of Mrs Cannon, was the next witness. He tes- titied that Mir and Mrs CaBpoa had ire quent'y ouarreled and that the Geceas ed had repeatedly cursed Mrs. Cannon in bis presence and threatened her lifs 10 try and induce her 10 come and livt with him again.
 The next witness was Mrs. Geo. John SOD, mother of Mrs. Cannon. She said that she was at home when Cannon anG | Reilly came to the house after tfe bun dle. She heard Mr. and Mrs. Cann0n querreling, but that it was of such ire quent occurr nee that she did not pa! any attention to it. Was engaged with her house work at the time end wGs to busy to take any notice of SO common \ an occurrence as a quarrel between them. She testlGed as to the position | sf the shot gun used and said that 1t | was Tn it's usual place. She did not see the fatal shot fired. Mrs. Johnson said | that the deceased had repeatedly called | lt the house and threatened the life Of I Mrs, Cannon if she did not return to lis house and live with him, and that | ;he heard him threaten her upon this occasion.
 Mrs. Johnson was the last witness ex- lmined, and after short deliberation he following verdict was rendered: We find that the deceased, Robert Cannon, came to his death from gun hot wound at the hands of Lilly Can- Ion.-Star.
 Mrs. Cannon will have hearing be- ore Justice Scott in few days next. In he meantime she will remain in the county Jail.