The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-25
CANNON MAY BE
HIDING IN UTAH
Ex-Secretary of Worlds Fair Comnni,-
sion Not Far Away.
COMPLAINT FILED IN CASE
MORE DEFICIENCIES FOUND ON
EXAMINATION OF BOOKS.

D@r iSiENCiES FOUND ON
EXAMINATION OF BOOKS.
A CCoRDING to some OF the Der-,nz
y VINO frequent the city and eou,+,-
fr+5,,,,,. aing. and who claim IN he ~,
soTsgr-a.s rms with the principal ner-
- -. - VINO have thus far fs71re5 =,
eile IA investigation of the ,-re,,i, ~ -
O'iillected with the Utah s,-l,5l-ta ~
me 81 Louis fair, John q -
- secretary of the state corTy,Ss.sss,-,'
cate many miles from the Fapls
This assertion was noase t.s
i il,S ana IL was added to by the 90
That, the local authorities ar. COO
s Ilf1,1,ts OF John Q. Cannon's where
That. he vii be produced ar the Dro,
80. ltSo5lleliJ. l. e., as soon as he Il
ina, Tnat a complaint has been fled vif,
e ~ attorney Farley p. Christen-
That former Governor tfen.-
~ SIis, ID ms examination of The orrIa-s
passed over some which were For-r-e-,
~, ,,;s., anu declared them genuine. ana
That the recent secretary b,s
IN January 17'liis' MN
nat another examination of the -
osllt secretary's books ana vouche-|
no, go d further dehcit Of moreI
Ian sou, IN addition TO the ALLEGED
ICrSerieS Of approximately s.. 100
mat altogether the recen+ 'sa,.r,.t %, ~,
was more than $4,000 shy when ne dis
ap 2-s5 from the public eye.
mat a committee of TWO or -f,,ea
viii be sent 90 St Louis To in1-e,rie-sr,
the sale OF the Utah exhibits
mat. III the educational section cfI
ne eNiliDlt. orders for sundry rnattersl
were approved the second time nd
-. liIs recent secretary took ad-
NsIbuaSe OF the lapse Of time between
uhe hrst and second approvaIs 20 havs
the second approved orders .cashed
mar A g Nelson. superintendent oF.
puollc instruction, and Horace Cum-I
mings, director of the educa+foDaI ~,
hibit at the fair, ara e,,oDe11fe5 49,,
any Wlltul knowledge Of the duplica7
ton OF orders.
Books Are Found.
When Sergeant F4a,-r,, )
snow leDt The county building ar roorN
Yesterday he was accompanies nv TTe,-
pert l. James. the boOkkeepar who ~
oeen employed by ex-Seci etarv Lob
- CstIihon TO so over his books and
seI uhen IN shape. Mr. James told IN,
Legislative Investigation COMMITTEE
snort Whlle before that he thought be
would be able 10 obtain rbe "a -
OF DOCKS, which have been wanted ,-e,-,l
uIuch Dy the committee An hour Lated
81; snow returned with two iedgers
ana a Journal, and gave them TO ~
committee, the members of which tsT6A
a special session and directed. that a.
ngures be examined by an exDart ~
a report made au Monday morning.
Mr.. snow SAID thar no -, -
DOCKS IN an old desk in the Office i
1 the Cannon association. and with fb.,-l
were the stubs of many v-arf-ar7rsI
/ Some Of these stubs were blank anj
the committee believe they VIII be add
10 produce the counterpar.ts 7I1e5
| in and signed by ex-Secre+sT,
( cannon MessTs- Joseph. Gundrv anr!
Stookey, who made a cursor-v t(rsrrs1
nation of the recovered le-fgers and
journal, said the accounts We're i'm haC a
shape ana that, so far as good book
| Keeping was concerned, they were use
less.
County Attorney p. p. Christensers
said last evening that A complaint n 4
been filed against John Q. Cannon. bud
no warrant had been issued 1t is nod
| believed that any definite stems vii
be taken until the committee has coml
pleted the investigation
Testify as to Forgeries.
The man who forged ex-Governor|
Wells name 70 the twenty orders
!.
thorized by the Utah WORLDS Fa5
/ commission. accomplished his task h11
| nrst tracing the signature on = bTaDi1
! order placed over a genuine sfgnsfly4-al
the two being held together aga inst
! a pane Of window glass yvbaro ~ y
I light could shine through.
mat, IN a nutshell. was the essenca
4 oI the testimony offered by t7yO ~
/ perts IN handwriting called 10 th5
S1dnd at yesterdays session Of thd
2 - inv rTrv-r
/ The committee was late In s-etfir,-
/ toSether and II was some time aftorl
/ 10 clock when Chairman Kinr,o,1
( raped Tor order. There were not mord
/ IIlan hat a dozen spectators presen d
i When OrSon p. Rumel was caTIad 4
( the stand. Mr.. Runel testified that IA
had been employed for eighteen on
] nineteen years as paving and recetv
I ing teller IN the DeSeret National and
/ the Deseret Savings banks, and had
nad considerable experiepc in identi1
/ lying handwriting during nearly al
] those years
The genuine and the forged orders
! were handed to him, and he was rel
/ quested by the attorney for the com1
! mittee, H. A Smith to identify each
I class. He was armed with a Iare9
I naSnifying glass and after about reIi
/ minutes spent in close examination la
( held out the twenty orders said I'd
have been forged and said.
I
the genuine signature OF Governo1
| Wells. They are tracings
| rs your statement true as to an Of
the twenty Orders2"
Yes; they are all traeiags."
How Traeinss Were Made.
The witness then selected a senuinJ
| and bogus order, and stepped to th4
window back of the witness stand
] where surrounded by the members a
the committee. he proceeded to den1
/ onstrate the correctness of his decl
I larations.
You viii notice. he said that tfd
! signature of the governor is firm and
! heavy, and there are no trembling oi
! waving lines in it such as may I'd
/ found in the forgery The method
! pursued by the fOrger was as follows
| He laid a genuine order against ind
! glass and placed over il a blank ORDER
Then. with pencil he traced the lines
/ and afterwards filled in with ink"
rs il possible to arrive at any mord
definite conclusion by adopting AMI
other process
YES; ] could make some expert
menJs with the reagents Of the inj
that was used and IN that way mighl
be able to determine the identify a
the writer"
But how2'