Show CLAIMS HE WAS DRUNK WHEN HE TOLD THE STORY t m to Anfu H M Capon Jr XI J r Wa Wl i D the th Truth T f Md P if Pf MIr r rf f mt Bit New Will Nt ky e y Ji d i 4 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 f 4 4 4 ft 4 4 4 f f 4 4 4 feH t 4 Special pecIa to The n Th Herald t ty 4 4 Wa May sy y 2 Senator Burrow Owa McComas and uL 4 i 4 prevent t at a meeting unc of the tM election committee today to hear t Anga Aas M 4 4 con Cannon Jr recite NOlte what be he called a hot air story which he e rt toW told 9 4 to K B ft Critchlow and E W WIn Wilson and on the th strength of or which h 4 4 seemed a trip tIp to Washington at t the government s expense The three 4 4 wore were not very well pleased with Cannons Joke on 4 and aud Wilson and the was waa given a sharp arp dressing down by a qu 4 uen at McComas and Burrows for hi bt alleged stroke oke of 0 o humor f t T 4 Ia Ja the tb of his hla course testimony Cannon stated that on his hla arrival in Ip 4 Washington Wll this morning be he had bad gone to Senator tor Smoots office oM in the 4 Malty ity building before coming to the committee room and while there theft 4 4 had bad met Smoot and Judge Richards Chairman n Burrows questioned 4 Cannon Calmon sharply as aa to th incident but Cannons ns testimony showed ho 4 plainly nIT that hie h meeting with Smoot wa WU accidental pl and that tt there t wa f 4 nothing n in the incident to sustain sutah the inference that moot or III 1 4 had bad anything any thine to do with Cannons denial den of 0 the story tory first brat told toW by him t 4 4 concerning the alleged part Dart taken by President Smith In the plural pIPi pi mar t 4 4 between Abraham H Camion Hamlin 4 Chairman Burrows Burrow said ad Id today that no decision deet had bad been reached 4 concerning m the to time the committee win will visit Utah or as ae a to the 4 or names amell of t committee members me who will wUI go ao there re Senator Smoot t left Jett 4 tI tb this evening for foe Utah and Attorney Tayler left for ff r Ohio 44 e 4 4 T i 1 Ms t 2 M I 1 WASHINGTON W YV 0 Jr Ir on of 01 I af I Ifa fa Cannon cu former fanner t president of 01 the I I Salt Lake L atah of at the Mormon church I la jD j Utah traveled from Salt Lake City to Washington W to inform the senate te committee commits on privilege and anet elections election that be he had bad perjured himself hl in inform t ing prominent nt Gentiles in Utah that President Joseph F Smith of the Mor Moe Mormon mon men church had bad performed plural mar marriage ceremonies Cannon jr was a In III the tile Smoot noot investigation He lie sold aid that he Jae had hacI told false stories in regard to President t Smith marrying manyin hie h cousin coupin n Abraham H 11 Cannon to Lillian Hamlin Hainlin a fourth wife His Ht only ee tte was wea that he be had been and an conceived the idea I to tell such auch a astory aa story atory a would be a good Joke on the Gen tito tUSS U referred erred to as sa anything nc against the Mormons tickled them all aU over overa at a Pointer Members Member of ot the senate te committee on privilege p and elections received a l cation everal y days day ago CO from K E of Salt lt Lake to the thee t e that Cannon would go 0 on the t tand th T s and testy that Abraham H if Cistern caon and LUtta LUisa amIth were wo mar marr marth r th he Los tA Anana Anand An geto and ana the Catalina catan and that tt President Joseph Joeeph F Smith t of the t Mma performed tho ere cere T 7 te that tW II Ai M i c jI bad b did said he be wa wu present I an aa the ceremony cerIa cone ce t arrangements rIa were mae majle for tor forth forthe th tile the Sing today Thug Y Gannon Swum m After the die witness had been sworn he hea heby het t was a questioned by Mr Tayler counsel I for fol the die prosecution in regard Ie to the I incident The witness said aId that he be know knew Abraham H if Cannon intimately a they had been associated together in He said 0 that Abraham had ba these wives at the t time thee of hi his death in the tM fall tall of ot UN 11 hat but that there therewa t was wa another wife he knew knet about He 1 gave the name name of the three wives a as Sarah M Wilhelmina Cannon stater of the witness and Mary K B CroxalL Abraham Cannon had bad children by all ail of ot them Did you yo know Abraham to associate with a called Lillian r A asked Mr fl Taylor 1 I I knew Ime he ha took her riding He lie used my buggy baggy Did you JOU know biow he was waa engaged pd to her herr herH H He f did not aa ay anything out about that He said eaId ah oh bad bd been engaged eDed to his hili brother David who bIt died cUed on a mission on onto to Germany I never heard beard him Mm say aay y that be he wa WU was engaged to Ie her herld ld X W Did you OU tell K E W Wilson of Salt gaIt Lake LaIr that you saw w Abraham A Cannon and an LUttan l Hamlin married rf r I think I did ten teU him Tile The witness stated that Wilson W to I towell IU towell well U known to in Salt BaIt Lake ia is I cashier er of the Commercial National bank and a gentleman of high standing In response to questions answered In tat Inthe the briefest of it wa was drawn from the that he be had told Wil Wilson I son Hon within the last t two weeks that in lit ssi in Los Loll Angeles te ten tn or twelve peo people pie Jle chartered a vessel v for tor the Catalina I J islands island i l and that fat In the party in hi ad to himself were Joseph I F Smith and nd one ODe of NIl 11 wives wi Abraham H Can Cannon Cannon non nOD and hi his wife a sister aiRel to the a man named nam Langford and vi Hamlin After the ue boat bit had bad goa ome ne distance dl from Los u An Angeles AnT t T geles members r of the party with two 1 or VT three these exceptions retired to the cabin can and there Joseph Jo F P Smith married annon Can and Lillian Hamlin Ha The wit I Ies saM that after his aster Cannons cannon I recd te wife heard what was wa going PDa on she ehe got angry and left Jett the te cabin a the Itsey The witness under direct examination said raid that late tale In te the day of which be had lad told the story atory to W be he met Mr Ir and Mr W and re the same story Whoa When asked uk how bow be he happened to tell t e ie tory story in regard to the marriage 1 l U e witness t said Ad Well I had read I r t 1 1 P testimony which h Mr r Smith gave Ve in InV inN InY Y N V and a I told Mr WI that I knew anew k that Smith did know kRo of soils 1101 a S marriages since the tile manifesto t canoe taue be bad performed one him 1 f VIr r Tayler TYler drew from the witness the i f hit ft t that he be also had telephoned to torT torry 1 try rT S Heath H th and made an appoint mt tnt at at the office of the kit Bait Lake Tri Tel at t which he lie told t Mr r Heath the theli I li i Ui ie story tory he be had bad related to tc fesiJ t and Ht l declared that he be had hd told no other i IdSOn ison on In re ye ret yei t ii i 1 4 to the tile marriage and that he had hadn hadu n u no nfl one On except w and that t on the Jd Jay he had e the thet t Are Art you yuu s i ill II U satisfied thai tb truth mith I r then asked Senator Of oi course e 1 i lout dOlt 1 j i t kilo that he be mar marT marI T J d j them bu I 1 think that he did was u ut r tt t t answer The that the only T J f sons in Ut Lt h b ki kw e that he was wasS I S for tor i h n w Ver re th 7 of ot his t j T lua Lr i in In n w and the United States marshal His Kia Wife Thought Boh Bo So j Vh h told you MIU the L ou un ont L t lS My wife Wile said sc w was U ft tt It took t ok place Just Juet a as Anyone i I 1 cannot ot think t of n y l Senator ee Se stor Were M i with ww Abraham H Cannon beto bei death Through his hW entire tl 1 Where did cUe he die diet At t my sisters lete h house hose Was Wan Lillian LIIlIan Hamlin aar Part of th the time Ume Ha Bae h a child r rYes a aYes Yes a daughter f What is her ber name Marva Her last t name Cannon The witness said ad that the tile child wa won re as the daughter r at ot o Abra be ham ha H 11 Cannon and treated as s a sister by others of Cannons Cannon children p The witness in reply by to questions by Senator McComas said he had bad bees been drinking drIn when he be e told the story about the Ute marriage on n the te boat and nd he did CN It H a as a Joke on Critchlow and Wilson who wanted anted to see Me the Ue Mormons yet get the tile worst wont of it He said that be lie bad never thought that the story tory would go 0 far rr to result in tn his being btag n to t yi When the e wb wa warn served he be sd said he 1 teN teM his that what b ho be had bad been telling was Waa aH all hat bet air and a nub to ge go to f bIe n 0 nd 1 have hive the withdrawn 1 Was w it all hot bot air about Langford and other oU mentioned being on the neat boat asked ked Senator McComas The witness wUn answered that he Jae thought he be had given the facts right ri ht about tile the marriage but he be had bad not been present resent He was wa asked if he be thought the Joke was waa w a good gond one on his dead cousin sad aad ethe t he be had bad drawn into that tale and with Wi some me bitterness he lie answered Thinks Smith Lied LiM I I wa was was thinking about Joseph F FSmith FSmith Smith more than anything else He said he ha did not know anything about polygamous IM marriages since the mani maul manifesto manitto festo tto and I knew that he did Chairman Burrows Burro took the witness severely to task for his hI failure to go 0 to Wilson and Critchlow and tell them he be betoW told toW an untruth Cannon had but butone butone butone one excuse and that tut was wa that be he had ben been drinking and was wa ill III up to the time Ume he went at to the station to go KO to toW W Washington n It wa was developed that the 1 station to Is not more than t six x block from t t e office oMee of Messes Musi M CrIt low I and Bel Wilson WIn and that tt he be could have llave Informed them of his hla story without any I trouble A 4 recess rec was taken I Met It at st stAt At the afternoon aften session tolf Mr Me Can Caa Cannon Cannou non nou said he e arrived hero here bout about t 8 a m todaY an he be met Senator Smoot oot soon afterward He aid said he spent about thirty minutes in Ill all at Senator office omee He lie had been directed to the senate Date annex annea by a policeman who told him Urn that that ws WU where committees met after aner the adjournment I of congress con Mr Cannon saM said he be met Mr Smoot coming out of the building The be senator invited him to his office oue where they talked over what Cannon oa was waa w to t testify tWy at the hearing Frank Frnk Franklin tin lin It 8 S counsel for the Ule Mor Moe Mormon Mormon Moemon mon church eh wa was Wa present and aDd the wl wJ f nose ness said he explained fully that tt b be waa was drunk in Salt Lake and aad had made mad statements regarding the alleged Can j true ten wedding which were un us untrue usten 1 On by Mr Wort Worth fa ington attorney for Snoot Smoot soot the be wit witness nose ness id Abraham H Cannon Camion had been In tit California about six alx weeks nooks in 1 ins 1 The rho said Bald be he had been in I Salt Lake Lobe all the time during dur Abra Abr Abrahams hams m absence He declared that tn net nei neither j they ther hi bin IUs clerk Mr Bidger B nor Mr Richards attorney for the church had discussed with him what wt his tea tes testimony wa was w to be He admitted to Mr Worthington that he be went t On period periodical teal ical sprees rees and often oft told toW cock and bull bill b ll stories when drunk Too To Zuck I Ha Hae there been any feeling between you Ug and ap president Smith asked Mr r W I i Nothing except of oft a personal perona na n I I j ture t Of course t it to is none of my haM busi business 1 1 I ness lies who he makes apostles of but bat I J have l av Salt lt It that there ha has been bee too tee much I I Smith in fD hi his appointments I And Anel you have llave expressed r piet t v freely fr ly about the tb too tea much JaUch MJ ith have hav you ou not notI I J think I J have Mr annon OIl said he went to Wilsons bank t to get ft et m ne and Iii 12 13 orli or 1 orr of Mr Hr Wilson Be He is ts not Dot the kind of a man who would lend money to a drunkard is Ia he be he wa was asked J 7 dont think he if Ic i no sir air At the afternoon hearing it was I brought out that the wife who L lan pa ii id Mr i C u iv tt Los Leo Angeles W i his third wife Ife and not the Ute sister stater ter of or the witness i iThe The hearing was waa adjourned subject to the call can of Chairman Burrows REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES I In Story wry of 0 Wa n Void X Z W WH I son sen n and aDd Other Concerning Con t tn he allegation a U gatlon made by AngUS nna M Cannon on jr before the sen aen seni i L v iv t i j jc i c c O AIMS IE If WAS III H If TOil Tall TIE hF STRY Continued from Page 1 ate committee on privileges and elec elections elections lions yesterday to the tile effect that he had bad perjured p himself in informing E X EW Ew W Wilson and E i B Critchlow of thiS th city that President Joseph F Smith of the Mormon church had performed d da a plural marriage ceremony Y In uniting Abraham H Cannon and Lillian Ham Hamon Un on in matrimonial bonds bends Mr Wilson made macle the following statement last night All I have bave to say y to ta this The story tory told by Cannon jr before Mr r Critch Critchlow low and myself was carefully fully checked up and we had bad every reason then and andI I still believe belleve that Cannon CaRnon was w telling the truth The telling teUl of the story came about in this way Cannon dropped in on business matters and voluntarily brought brot up the subject of the tile Smoot investigation He stated that he lie knew of Ms kis own on positive knowledge that President Joseph F FSmith FSmith Smith had performed a plural mar marriage ria e When Wilen I ka him the uree source surce of qt bin bis hi information he lit related tI Los Loll LollI I Catalina atalina Rand t trec a recalled rec thi clat of the Wie cuP t ten oc in June 1 1530 and without pres pressure I sure on my part gave full details Wn 1 I inquired how it was w that he had ha bee permitted to witness the ceremony emony fee he replied that he be and his I cousin Abraham Arabam Cannon had bad always I been heen upon the closest eilt business and per personal personal I relations relation s He added that he be was in Los Loa Angeles An les at the tb time on business for tor Abraham Abrahams in connection with the I Sterling KaUne company compan The boat he be stated Rated waa chartered chart in bI the morn mom momin mornIng Ing in and ad the party had hd spent pent the after afternoon afternoon afternoon I noon on the return mum returning returning ing and Ape the night at the l One of Abraham I Cannons plural wives who happened to be present t took umbrage race at the in incident eldest left ift for San Francisco the next Den morning nt Cannon ted that besides himself I President Smith Bl and wife and the par parties parties ties Ues tp t the ceremony there were pres pros present present ent cut Mrs Irs Jeseph Nelson daughter of President and nd wife of ot Joseph J Nelson ca ler Utah National bank J JE JE E Eo Lt rd of this thu city and about I half halt aen dasen others whose wb names he lie I Ico co could nOt mu at that time tiie recall Before tore foie leaving for Washington I Cannon repeated the he story atory of the plural j I marriage to his hla James Jars Jam Lynch Lynch stated only recently that tbt Cannon had often asserted Preat 1 Ident Smith had bad performed a plural i marriage ceremony but bat bi had bad steadily i refused ref to give up the particulars Not Noton j I on only at the time of relating the t facts fact ta i of the plural pirat marriage hut bilt t after hi hd j i I had been n subpoenaed and previous to toI leaving I for Washington Cannon ex en expressed pressed a perfect to go cD be he before tore fore the senate committee tI eo fen privileges and elections and aM as e to the t truth of his hi |