Show THE ME FIGHT BEGINS ang angus tv 31 ups case ease come conies i ip for trial in III salt lato lake city F from rom the salt lake herald we abridge an fin account amount of the first of a series rs of gly poly ganic trials which mil engage the e attention of the present tern of the district court noar in Beis session ionin in that city foursome for some time to 0 o come it WM was evident a strong interest would be taken in t ile trial of angus 31 cannon when tho the court first opened yesterday morning at the hour of opening the session tho the courtroom was completely filled and most of the strad ing ling space completely 0 occupied A P great number of ladies indies sat on the interior of the railing and sew hevral ral members of the bar not interested inte inhere rented cited in ant the case were also so in m attendance dance every precaution had been made on the part of tho the defense for the most stubborn stub lorn n fight yet iv witnessed it in c cases mes of this nature was apparent from the coterie of att attorneys or clustered about the table where air mr cannon was seated besides bennett harkness kirkpatrick who are regularly retained lawyers in these cases arthur brown J G sutherland F S richards and J R mcbride also appeared for the defense an odd conglomeration of names perhaps to enter the list in defense of mormon principle but undoubtedly a brilliant one zick dick son and varian were present for the prosecution commissioner mckay judge carlton Carl tou ex judge hunter A M musser and a number of ladies and gentleman subpoenaed in his case which had bad been sa for the same day were noticed on oil tho the interior of the railing the case of the united states vs angus M cannon was formally called up tho the clerk called over the list lis of the witnesses all responded with the exception of two one of whom was announced to be sick and the other said to be on the way to the court courtroom room the folla following ving twelve gentleman were first called to the ury box john C mackay ag 26 H S 13 catie jr james T smith W D palmer peter C clays a s 93 03 phil klipple 0 D brinton 83 11 R dclute RC clute lute J M U richard son 81 M S simmons 52 A W carlson A 0 shields mr clute and MS MF carlson were challenged and excused on the ground of having formed opinions he the former by mr brown the latter by mr dickson mr dickson then took the jurors in hand band mr fr mackay belonged to the same church as mr cannon be lieveld it waa was right for a man to have more inore than one wife challenged by mr dickson denied by mr brown on the grou ground n d dint this was not a polygamy trial mr dickson said the juror was disqualified under the edmunds act from sitting on this case the judge excused him mr beatie batie was excused on mak ing the same reply as mr mackay mr davi 3 went down for the same reason mr palmer did not believe in tile practice of polygamy or that i it was right to cohabit th more than one woman passed mr clay was not a mormon had a wife wh who 6 had been in early days replied no to the two questions as to his belief etc said ho he was in in i sympathy with the prosecution in these cases would be as zealous in punishing offenders against pol polygamy y 9 as those who violated any other law passed mr klipple replied no to mr Dick sona sons two material questions and was passed mr brinton wag was in fellow fellowship with the church believed in the doctrine of plurality of wives and was ordered to stand down mr richardson was passed on replying satisfactorily to the prosecutor sec mr simmons Sir onions was not a 3 mormon had no mormon ap relatives and was otherwise eligible passed mr shields had been a mormon had never b been e en 4 cut off the charch but did not think he was now in f fellowship had been appointed an elder but did not count himself so 60 now did not think ho he wag was worthy to hold the position and thought that fact deprived him of it mr dickson you arc are an unworthy member of the church then A just my fix laughter resumed I 1 have believe in the mormon doctrines I 1 think I 1 would hold a man justified in having baving two wives if the roan man is is capaci bated challenged r to r I 1 mr brown believed in obeying the tile lawa laws of his country first did not think it right to break the laws challenge denied by mr brown to mr dickson I 1 believe in in a god I 1 ll 11 aven felt that the law JAW of god ah should bo be obeyed before the law of man dian a and lid fhate the very reason I 1 am not a member er of the church 1 today to day I 1 would not like to fee see a man P punished for obeying his convictions I 1 could not cons conscientiously eay that I 1 am as desirous of seeing teeing this class of 0 offenders punished pu as others would do my luty auty as a ci citizen on this jury howe however ver challenge insisted on in thia this manner all the jurors were questioned and according tc to their a ifwers accepted or excused drawn at al elires venires were two open en v last twelve luly qu qualified jurors juror were found after the whole day lay hac had awn the sheffe spent time for adjo adjournment having ak arrived th the 0 jury were committed for the night to the custody of deputy hurd and A 0 brixen proprietor rictor of the valley house who al also so took the oath to keep them under lock and I 1 key leave was granted several of tr the jurors to attend the odd fellows entertainment in company with an officer another asked leave to receive a note from his wife which was granted an ali adjournment was then taken until 10 this morning at which hour the testimony will commence to bo be heard the gentlemen comprising the jury are W D palmer C J smith peter clays martin lartin Is mankin blankin phil klipple A BI johnson J M richardson lUchard eon wm 11 dark clark IL M I 1 S b bim immons mons thom thomas as D davis a vi 8 T G 31 smith robert mulhall |