Show i DAVID H. H C CANNON i kW 0 tJ S 5 I CANNON WINS Iii PROMOTION TO HIGH POSITION Assistant to U. U S. S S Attorney Attorney ney M Morris Is Made Special Special cial Assistant to U. U S. S Attorney Attorney At- At At torney General on Merit Successful prosecution of rna mall mail fraud cases In the federal court here resulted toda today In the ment of ot David id II H. Cannon for more mor than two years assistant to United States District Attorney Charles M. M r Morris as special assistant to tJ United States Attorney General Harry M. M Daugherty for the prosecution prosecution prose prose- cution of mail maU fraud easel case l throughout the Western estern states Mr tr Cannons Cannon's appointment carried car cai I ned ried instructions for tor or him to prepare for immediate departure for Houston Houston Hous- Hous ton Tex where It u sa s understood h h he will wili assume his new duties In lIt directing the prosecution of ot take fake fak oil stock promotions In which postal viol violations are alleged Headquarters for the new special assistant have not yet been designated bt there theres Is s s a a 8 strong possibility that this this' city will be selected t l It is saidA said A successor to Mr Cannon In th the theoffice office of Mr Morns has bas bas' already already- been selected according to the la larter lat lar- ter but the appointees appointee's name in 5 being withheld pending acceptance e 1 of the tender Mr Cannons Cannon's appointment f a tt special al assistant to the attorney general came unsolicited and as asa direct result of th the impression his work here made upon John W. W H. H CrIm assistant attorney ney general In charge of criminal prosecutions according to Mr Morris Mor Mor- ris Mr Crim visited this city se se eral months ago ago and It later darer devel developed that one of the objects of hl Western trip was to select a ato m maji to handle mail mall fraud cases In the tha West In this particular field of crimInal criminal crim crini- inal prosecution Mr Cannon 11 hJ hs been unus unusually ally and uniformly su successful suc suc successful during his attachment to to the local office Outstanding among the mall fraud cases in which he has secured conviction 7 are those of ot K C. C Westfall Sa Sana Hayden Harden and Willard Rosa Each of fir f these It Is said presented exceptional exceptional difficulties and attracted wide comment because of or surround surroundIng Ing circumstances and arid th th effectiveness effect effect- of the prosecution t. t Westfall alleged to have hav used the tho malls mails In a fraudulent mining stock promotion was tried ted to four times before a convi conviction ton was s se se cured In the first three trials U the tho t. t Juries failed of ot agreement In the Uie Hayden Harden case Hayden a local merchant mer chant was charged with using the mails In a scheme t tp defraud creditors creditors cred cree- by falsifying affidavits as to 10 his liabilities and assets preliminary preliminary preliminary nary to a planned bankruptcy Willard Wll- Wll lard Rosa was charged with the th mails malls In an attempted ted extortion scheme In which h he ho sent letters t ta to toa toa a young woman woman threatening disclosures disclosures dJs dJs- dis dis- closures it Jr she failed to pay black- black mail mall These three along with others other 5 prosecuted by Mr Cannon Cannop are serving sentences In the th federal prison at Fort Leavenworth K Han Kan As man mall fraud cases are generally considered extremely difficult of conviction Mr Ir Cannons Cannon's successes S attracted the attention of ot Mr Crim After his visit here tIle the the assistant attorney general returned Ea East t without leaving an any intimation of ot othis his Ills Intention Tender of ot the ap appointment ap- ap t which carries a salar salary p of a year ear came as a surprise to the appointee Mr Cannon wired wire his acceptance today Upon graduation from law school Mr Cannon returned to this state stat and commenced the practise flaw in Carbon county count He lie rapidly buit up a large practise there which he hit gave gaye up in August 1921 to acc accept pt the position of ot assistant United States State district attorney under Mr Morris 1 In his new position Mr Cannon will handle handie only mall mail fraud cases cases cases' In Jn tl the Western e st state te It is under unde i stood here that at the close of or U tha Texas Texas' cases he will Vill be he ordered to Call California Cornia to prosecute several such cases pending In the tho federal court of ot that state |