The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-25
(speeiaI to The Herald

Especial to The Heraldl
Ogdsn. Utah, Aug. 2i-Nathan Tanner
has been on trial before the high council
OF Weber stake for tire past week. and
there has been a good deal of latent ex
c41ement over the trial, it being bruited
ABOUT that Mr.. Tanner was on trial for
MS Fellowship in the church because Of
MS known differences with. at least one
Cannon.
Some time last spring Mr.. Tanner felt
assrleVed a. speech made by George O.
cannon wherein he felt himself criticised
'1TS 5-,,,:y Mr. Cannon did not mention Mr.
c e,.-ileT name. but was said 10 have de-
scrIDSd him 50 accurately that no one
could mistake the man
4 VI. tanner wrote q letter in his own
NJ TSiel45e ana the same was published In
ne Herald Al that time he was a mem
DSI ol uLe seventies quorum here INF
size s9 unea MS membership has ceased
ana " is no secret that the quorum to-oIS
t4Ie mapter up and trial on Ibis matter,
4lsS DTEn expected ever since
VT. TANNER was an OutspOken supU1rter
~ go AL. tIHdlcher, and it has been expected
i faldt t9e trial would follow along the
AIles OF the Thatcher case
THE PRESENT CASE.
However. the case has net vet c.,,,o >
trial, for, although the sessions f,s1Ts hae1
heD- as secret as possible enough hae
DtsA learned to show that the preseISt
case IS or another character Tho I,rsse.-s
lIlseLfihg arises out of differences befv,sesr
tlnS ueI4ldant and a lady named ANN pin
SO, Etlo was formerly Mr.. Tanners DIu
fora v 1 Is. 54aSt spring a trial was had be-
ore 6lShOp McQuarrie of the second
Ward. and mis- cOuncl. The Iadv cIa md
t4l9l t1Jugh they were no longer man a.1d
VT WI; MI Tanner being the fauher Of her
StuHIISh the youngest a slere babe he
St.Ould supper. them -9
me decision at this time was that Mr.
1 An 81, pay $50 month alinonysand give
Ann P1ngree a deed TO fhe house IN S.t
| pie Park, where she lived fbe1 a. I,or,-
/ ne appealed from this decision and me
present case is the second trial.
in 1i u IS long involved trial is shown
ny the TACT that it has lasted since We'd
HtSStty last, ten long sessions being held.
Cle session was held in the Third ward
hlCi one IN the Second ward meeting
| nouse, and the others in a room Off me
ldpernacle. 1t is stated that Mr. TannoT-
ooJected to the council considerin1 ant,
g gs;t;le,l involving property. and If the
detlSlon goes against him he is likely to
| appeal on this ground :"
EVIDENCE VOLUMJNOUs
The evidence has been voluninous and
some OF II OF kind seldom heard outside
OF divorce courts. Six high priests YER
assigned to each Iitigant as in fbe
IN tmaJ 5s case President C. r. Middle.
ohurtliH, while NJ C. Flygare. the Other
/ counsellor has been present
Mt Shurtin did not return from tna
ease tln Monday. but a majority of the
AI rS presidency WIS present all the time
/ me case was completed tOnipht ana
/ lhe nigh priests dismissed tin Fri6av
! Mhen tney viii meet to hear the findings
! OF the presidency mss
! among those in attendance besides the
! I Ist presidency We're: John Watson
/ Snarles Welsh, Joseph Hall. J0cSnii,
Larry, James Burch, Eph TiHotts5nl
ddhomas Doxey James NJ. Brown. .Janass
/ Owens and Austin Brown Mr. ZINES S5Iir,es
WAS wa: seen but declined to talk. and Mrs
| iF r refused to- talk except to deny
III Go, TOTO one line of evidence introduced
sue mas large number of sta1Incb
trends who refuse % believe anvf1i1or
against her and regard her a mother has
1aS Tor the welfare of her children. Mr.
lanner has been prominent and much in
terest is conferred in the case. esneciaiT,-
as another trial touching MS action IN
puolisnlng criticism of President Can m
non is expected. Oeiil-