The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-26
Mysterious Affair at the Apartments
of Grace Temple.
OCCURRED THIS MORNING
THE WOUND INFLICTED NOT 4
SERIOUS ONE.
Cannon Says it Was the Result of
an Accident While He Ess IN
loading the Weapon-The Woman
Intinates That it Was an At
tempt at Suicide-The Police
Have Still Another Theory.

At about 1 o'clock this morning,
Angus NJ. Cannon, jr., was shot through
the hand at the apartments of Grace
Temple, over Druehl & Franken's drug
store, corner OF Third South and Main.
Whether it was an accident. an at
tempt at suicide, or the result Of
quarrel between the man and the
woman, is at present unknown.
Shortly before 10 o'clock. Mr.. Cannon.
who recently opened a saloon, walked
down Main street with John Griffith,
friend. They parted at the corner of
Third South, and Cannon went up
stairs. He has been aSSociating with
Miss Temple for several months, and it
will be remembered that they both fig
ured in q fake arrest of Cannon some
time ago. Griffith had gone but a short
distance south of the corner when he
heard the shooting upstairs, and quick
ly retraced his steps, going at once to
Miss Temples room, which is No. 4.
Cannon and the woman were
both in the apartment, the lat
ter having bullet wound in
in the right hand and bullet hole
through the brim of his hat, which was
also powder burned. The bullet that
went through the hat just grazed Can
mons forehead, but did not infiict any
thing more serious than a scratch
There were two pistols lying in the
room, one short, 3S-calibre weapon
and the other long gun of the same
calibre. From the smaller pistol one
shot had been fired, and from the larger
two, three shots in all.
A CROWD GATHERED.
The shooting, of course, attracted
much attention, and a crowd immedi-
ately gathered in front of the building.
officer Lund was quickly on the spot,
and as he reached the stair a man in
the crowd handed him the smaller
weapon, saying Mrs. Temple had
brought it down to the foot of the
stairs a few moments before.
CANNON'S STATEMENT
Mr.. Cannon was attended by DR..
Root, who dressed the wound, and the
injured man then took possession of a
bed and made himself as comfortable
as possible. When asked how the shoot
ing occurred, he said:
Il was unloading the gun and trying
to turn the cylinder, when it went off
accidentally, two cartridges being dis
charged. One bullet went through my
| hat" He laughed at the idea
of suicide, but declined to make
any further statement whatever, al
though the unreasonablenes of his YER
sion of the affair is so apparent that
attention need scarcely be called to it
MRS. TEMPLES VERSION.
Mrs Temple was very nervous and
excited, and was as reluctant to dis
cuss the affair as Mr.. Cannon. When
pressed, however, she said:
Mr.. Cannon had both weapons when
he came into the room, and [ judged
from his actions that he was trying tc
commit suicide. If it was not that then
it was simply an accident, that's ALL.
THE TRUTH NOT TOLD.
When these two statements had been
received, it was evident that the truth
was being withheld. 1t would be i'm
possible to fire two cartridges from one
pistol at the same time in the way
claimed, and besides, the officer noticed
in a pillow lying on the bed something
that looked suspiciously like a bullet
hole. 1t is reasonably certain that both
pistols were fired, and the theory of the
police is that Mr.. Cannon did not, as
the woman suggests attempt to shoot
! himself. They must have fired vt each
other.
! So far, however, and without any in
/ telligent statement having been made
! the whole affair is guesswork.
| No arrests have yet been made.