| Show J JOHN 0 IM Q caa CANNON 00 i aliki it 1 ahk commissions al he HB was carried Marr leil to L louie dule wells after ills wife was divorced Is held to te await the hie grand hilry the ot john Q cannon up in makayi mckays court on friday air f y S richarda appearing for the defendant I 1 the witnesses wire were sworn and mr dickson called lonio blomn wella when tile the lady stepped forward he asked have you any middle namo 7 louie SI M wits tile reply mr It ichards inquired of the witness what Ilat ayour 11 full name 11 I 1 IV th the aliber liebing louia wells vella cannon at ilia dicks aon n all of the witnesses except the one tes testifying ti were excluded from the room louie lomo helln cannon in in response to questions by the district DiB tritt attorney test beatr tied ded im am a married lady i my husbands namo name is n john Q cannon I 1 was on oil september logli in ili suit stilt lake city dickson who married you 7 witness abram cannon my annie was wag not in the room I 1 paw caw g her lit in the ilia house that day I 1 went there that morn morang ng with mother ni ollier in ili a buggy when I 1 left home burns that day I 1 intended to ket get married wo we had madu made no positive arrangement to be married on oil that day tile the defendant deft niland had proposed marriage prior to that time I 1 dont know that I 1 had either accepted or rejected the I 1 pro ra position n Ile amadon madea proposal of marii 1 birto b but t once 1 tile ilia avei evenia before nt af 0 h r lioma home I 1 to told d bilm m I 1 would oil I 1 d think of it mr dickson alad the defendant ever cur atop topped ped in that before your mar naab Witness ile lie and ilia hm wife boarded bo there after they caine home from roin germany man i t 1 e otilo also stayed at other oilier times 1 ho never stayed thero there all eglit except when villon ina cifa was a mith liim him until she went to san francisco list last august she was away four or five file aweeka A ecks lie ho stayed a few nights at mothers B s house houe my bedroom is 19 upstairs in the northwest northa ett corner 0 of the tha house mr coin cn non did not occupy any room ho he slept on oil tile the porch I 1 lie was as not in my bedroom iv when lien I 1 wag alere neither in in that nor in any other house I 1 do not remember liis ills F pe aking ot of marriage prior to september tem b r etli ill it is ia possible ible he did I 1 kaw haw ny my 15 later before we vo were married I 1 anew new bin it a was divorced mother told me nie tile the defendant also told me and I 1 knew the tha reason for it I 1 lid had no personal er knowledge of the cause but h had pd a been informed of it prior to the tha tune lie proposed marriage marri aee I 1 knew nay my sister had s a divorce on tho the grounds of adultery I 1 do not remember speaking speak lag of it to him ill the divorce may have been mentioned this I 1 next day lie A rat spoke to me on tho the oth about marriage I 1 told him I 1 would think of it mother and I 1 went down next lay and I 1 mr cannon and I 1 were married I 1 made no in inquiry iry as to the reason my sister bister had V been call divorced mr dickson here asked for a sub Bubp pana oina for dr benedict it was not a matter of indifference to me but buit I 1 did not speak to defendant dB of it mr dickson were you ever in the endowment house witness yes sir I 1 have been baptized there it wag over four years ago ido I 1 do not remember I 1 ws was next there sir mr dickson for what purpose did you yon go 0 o the next time 7 witness 1 I dont know the purpose I 1 have not been there wi athin three eara that I 1 remember the last time bears I 1 nos as there was when my bister was wa mar marrial I 1 have been in the logan temple temple once oace in 1834 my brother J F we wella a danied danied me wa flo went vent to see the tempi 6 ohn john Q cannon was not there prior to tile day of 0 september I 1 never went vent through a marriage ceremony of any an kind recognized recognized by y the church h w with tr I 1 john JA Q cannon mrs mr annie vf IV lannon cannon she testified 1 I was not present when my sister wai aa in to the defendant ml I 1 did not know they thal fl ero married thel hey were noti not married narried in my house vi h hen sit 1 was thore there I 1 lid did not witness the marriage but I 1 think there was M one saw them there and since then she has worn a we wedding adding ring I 1 desired that they should bo be married because beci use they wanted to I 1 have thought lor for some borne timo time they ivan bantel tail to 11 I 1 believed they lov loved each other lie he once spoke to me aboul about it witness V 1 I do not know that ho he particularly ticul arly said eaid to so never heard louis louie say lay anything about it I 1 they aalt rd ed to and spoke ol 01 of it I 1 did most of the speaking I 1 do not remember the first I 1 ime dine I 1 spoke of it I 1 spoke bloke to him more than P A year ago I 1 spoke to him bun more than once he never admitted that he loved her mr dickson dil did it distress you oa to think that lie ho loved your sister witness it did not distress me to any ny extent I 1 believed it right and I 1 loved tot ed my iny sister and naked asked linn him to marry her I 1 was has out in in tile the yard I 1 understood the ceremony cen mony was to bo be performed that day and I 1 went may away with etith my baby since tince then 1 nave have livel lived at my cannon was there lie he came about 11 a ni in the defendant hid hall no coave r tion with him bill in ii my predence cresenc pre tence 1 I obtained b i a divorce from roy my husband ausbon 1 on 0 n the oth I 1 got tho the information on which the complaint was file filea I 1 from him mr dickson did di I 1 ile he tell you bith ith whom lie he lial had committed adultery i witness atness 1 only know the public confession and v what hat lie he told tol I 1 c z e I 1 do da not know of the time tile tie place or the conion with whom the committed I 1 Itta was atho tile only utoca sworn in the probate court the defendant admitted thit that what v m as ai charged was true mrs mra I 1 I 1 wel ells ill was called raulo louie cannon it Is my daughter I 1 was pres mitat t the marriage to the defendant iwa in a spoken to about it nd a day ly or SO BO bafo before e it recurred onu lie asked my con rent pent which I 1 gave I 1 wag nai shocked by li conduct I 1 lull had not recovered from rom my m grief anti an 1 li i 0 not it instill it still I 1 my consent to marry another of ayd all gaters I 1 was preveat tit AC the marriage age as aa vere mere also john Q loule louie ant annl abram they were married beiss een 12 art and d I 1 it 0 clock I 1 remember that bemuse because I 1 am particular about people being married in tile mid inid illo dle of the lay dy at the hie tune time loule wits married I 1 knew annie was wai divorced I 1 was va at her house that flint d lay ly abram H lannon testified 1 I live in salt lake city I 1 performed a marriage ceremony ler emony between bf my ay brother arid and louie wells VV alii in sf 81 pa i aber I 1 to do riot not remember tile day hut ba think t to was nashte tile lath I 1 did not know before I 1 went that I 1 would be tilled called to perform tile the ceremony I 1 aneter stood from froin the file defendant that week I 1 hut lithe lie linlie 1 to marry louie wells wella I 1 think tl ink it M the next iu aa after he i KM as excommunicated aifili from tho church lie ha asked allied ills to 0 perform tho th ceremony moty filter I 1 called at lia his house he did riot not tend for lo 10 me to mr 1 am an elder in tile the church and to perform a marriage nisa ceremony I 1 understood that my iny brother bad been divorced divorce d from liia ills former wife ile I 1 performed tile the ceremony because lie ha asked it lr dr jat J M belled benedict let testified I 1 am not d matli ith john Q cannon have lived here id 16 years yeara have heard of him I 1 thrashing a reporter received a letter aiom him three or four months agone ago nem received but one I 1 den destroyed le troyed it ft not having paid any attention to it hail had it some time before destroying it I 1 know albert Ca miton tile tam ex apostle I 1 attended him while lie was sick nick in the ea curly I 1 part of 0 the summer tura witness witness to mr dickson I dont remember reading the defendants letter in mr ono room it was in r ru frence to getting a patient pd tient I 1 do not know who the patient was it itwara was a request for me to see bee the patient at my office offic ethere there WM was r nothing lothing indicating what WM was the matter with the patient I 1 thought it was a charity case I 1 do not know louie wells wella have on the stage tho the lay after I 1 received the letter I 1 suppose several ladies called conme on me I 1 do not know i I 1 thought the letter reler referred to a charity chii rity patient it was from the Ire aiding bish pd office and asked me if it would bu be convenient tor for me to receive it a patient next neat afternoon lit at roy my office I 1 do pot not remember having received receive il a letter from the defendant which I 1 read one even evening ibis in ili the presence of several individuals individual in ons sick room I 1 do not know any reason tor for nio mo doing sin 1101 a tiling if I 1 did it it was a matter tu ilter of fun tile bettar etter did not request my services for or a young lady in ili confinement I 1 have never spoil sit ii to mr cannon or had tiny any communication with fit liim film since mrs louie wells cannon said saidi I 1 never occupied rooms with mr cannon before I 1 WM wig to liim him in july last I 1 was waa at granito granilo I 1 went up with ith my sister slid and came cama home before she elie did I 1 then went back without her and stayed a week I 1 occupied the lame game tent w with t him nu the ser gen ant gianora reynolds ulo bo la is at mrs mr cannons sir mr cannon took us in all u up e myself y if the servant girl anil and my sister bister mit nto W 0 children h lie returned next neit day there were others I 1 here attore whenever ft lie he stayed I 1 the tent aas n a urge large one i there were three beds in it i there wits was also aleo a partition made of 01 curtains i mr lr cannon did not steel on the same sido side of 0 the lie curtains as I 1 did I 1 nin am positive ot of that at the request ol of mr dickson a continuance ti nuance was had to 1030 nm am next ilav day saturday morning URS akib CANNON iraq ai recalled ro called site she had been living tit at tier old home on the farm larni since gince she ob tallied her divorce her sister bister louie had bad been there almost every night since gince the marriage ni arriage took placa to help heid it h wit keshl sick eick baby tier her husband b bad id not staid there at all since bince the divorce was granted I 1 concluded to apply for a it di wree orce on the dar day of the confession I 1 spoke it e t to 0 bevera ne veral fatties carlies about it abram gol cannon an non among the tie I 1 number at my re i quest judge smith came to my h house on to see me about it and asked mo me several questions question lie ho told rne me that I 1 would hays have to billits it a com coin plaint and I 1 told him them the grounds which I 1 hadtke conf confession oslon of tall my husband lu I 1 did not tell him with w whom to m tho the crime was committed I 1 told lold them I 1 wanted the custody of the children d ren and as ai tar far as alimony was concerned e 1 I thought there won would d bo be no trouble about that I 1 asked abram cannon to attend to the matter with abram and the judge came down to my house housa with ilia complaint the next day I 1 did not nee mr cannon when I 1 sidnea elenea tho the papers the complaint wits was sho shown n to via me and they naked asked me ina to read it I 1 I 1 did to no ao told them it was all right and signed it I 1 asked the judge that the matter bo be kept as aa quiet as possible and urged up on him immediate action judge smith said bald it might be arranged in a day or two but ho he would have to tea nee about ita it went up to the court room tho the next morn morning ilip ng loving received word to go before judge smith I 1 went nent alone I 1 got itt there about 9 0 c I 1 ock and saw ill e smith the re was waa no one else pres present a tit il I 1 was sworn and he asked me some bomi ques eions to mr richards atter after I 1 was waa sworn he asked me II if the facts as aa stated in the co complaint I 1 int were true and I 1 told him that I 1 be belie deved ed they were both the judge and nd abram were present when 1 I signed the complaint JUDGE SMITH I 1 recognize tho the complaint I 1 got 0 t it from geo M X cannon on the etli tit day F y la september at the court house just juet cf af ter I 1 returned from dinner somewhere about 2 or 3 abram cannon and I 1 went down to the farm at about 3 oc lock I 1 T should as say y I 1 saw jolin john AN Q cannon but had no conversation with him about tile divorce at that time I 1 had told him that iliad I 1 had informed mr cannon what it was necessary for her to do abram abiam told me that mrs lira cannon was anxious to have the matter rushed I 1 had tile the waiver prepared without ll 11 having had a t lit wip with h john Q Canti cannon oly was as present when mrs birs cannon n signe signed d the ilia complaint but not when john Q signed tho ilia waiver I 1 told mrs mra cannon canno n when she he ini might t come up abra abram C cannon an 11 handed the 19 waiver waher to roe me ier after li it had been signed 1 I next neit saw mrs cannon at the th court room no one elie eha was present the clerk was not there mrs dinnon was waa sworn and testified to the facts stated in the complaint I 1 followed the usual course in suh such cases I 1 am in he habit of granting divorces without the of the clerk binon the the of the clerk binon the attendants attendance upon court abram cannon first bugge I 1 ted that the waiver be prepared prep areil a short time before we went down to mr mckay 1 I asked her with whom the lie adultery had been committed and she efio said gaid her husband had not to told I 1 tier her I 1 had no information as to when the adul lutry adultery tory was committed w w WOOD have known john Q cannon since ilia his marriage my wife lie is a half sister to ill the defendants wife i have never been intimate with him have known louie wells cannon for many years she ilas hag been at toy my house a number num gars er of 0 times time I 1 have always felt an interest in utile louie wells the she was waa a little girl in 1872 when I 1 came here I 1 perso personally know but little of tile the association 0 of john Q and louie I 1 never had any conversation venation con with ith john Q about his bi association with louie wells Well shava have talked with him about louie wells well on th the a lelh of september this thin year that was wa about noon I 1 went down to his firm farm sop sep sears bears was wan present alio conversation took place placa in a building adjoining tho the firm farm it was a confidential communications communication with the privilege vilene however of telling my wife who was interested sears beara tid said to mr cannon that we had come down to as ice him about the confession conte naion made on sun still day that and gentiles aike faced placed the burden of 0 blame upon louie wells vella AS being the adulterous woman when cannon said 1 I hive have sinned against both my lay wives lie ile said it was ilia hii purpose to vindicate louie BI as soon goon as aa lie he could that he wai acting under co cou bounel unel I 1 told him that the only vindication I 1 could see for louto louia would open the doors of tile penitentiary to him that he ha had been devred from roni the th church livid ind that ho he lud bad no right to con tract it i poly polygamous ganious I 1 asked ailini it if lio lie lad had thought of annie and ther ewas was further 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