Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-30 | Page 1 | Bishop Cannon Will Face Corrupt Practice Charge

I 1 Bishop Cannon Will Face I 1 Corrupt Practice Charge WASHINGTON ni Sept 3 30 UP UP States District Dis Dis- Attorney t Leo A. A Rover Ro announced today that charges Bishop James Cannon Jr had violated the fed fed- 4 eral cral corrupt practices act would be presented to the grand jury here October 8 I Rover RV said Id the thc charges arc are based on Cannons Cannon's ac activity ac- ac thUr in 1928 when rhen he was a leader of Smith anti-Smith Democratic Dem Dem- 0 forces in southern states Miss 1 Ada L L. L Burroughs Burroughs Bur Bur- roughs secretary to the Smith anti-Smith organization headed headed head head- ed cd b by Cannon also is to be bc presented to the thc grand brand jury jur 0 Rover said The presentment to the grand jury will win be b by As Assistant Assistant s As- District Attorney John J. J Wilson Twenty witnesses witnesses wit wit- 0 nesses were said b by Rover to have been subpoenaed to testify Thursday The Thc number includes several prominent prominent nent New York bankers and several Methodist ministers f. f