| Show i J i I r 1 I r t I r 1 I 1 Ii I II I I I i i G C Admitted to Senate Elections That He Lied About President Smith first Told Story to 15 n 1 H Critchlow lio Sent till Valuable Information To 10 Washington M 2 M II Cnn Can I j I son Bon ot A M r for tor torI I i of ot the Salt Halt Ial o utako o Mormon Church In Utah triv 01 t Bait Olty Ity to Washing I 11 inform tilt senate committed on JI and elections that ho bail r j i um lf lt In Informing I i i that Joseph F I Smith Iri Church Chinch had per peri f i 1 plural 1 ceremonies Jr a tI In Ili said soh that he had told tl In III regnal to President his hili raisin Abraham Abrahami r it II i i JI i to Lillian a I fourth I rIlls f His only excuse e wu that ho ha had hn t ol ved tho Idea Itel ItelI I MICH ii 11 story would bo ho a II good goodon j I on lin Ih r Cel rEI I to 10 as asi t a i ogi t Morn Mom onn tickled d u i ov OIl i r 1 FIO LOW t M I of tilt thi on and elections no r lcd a IL aji ji II j days no from 1 ot or Hull Lake to the thee e tn it t Cannon annon would KO HO in n tho thoi f i J ad 1111 testify that Abraham II III I P n i j uro v J 11 the Los lo All Alli iI I i u J and nl Ill Islands s aud 10 Ih I V Josuph P I c 0 tho elm I hurch pot formed tho INe 11 I i hut AngUlI M Mi r 1 i Jr had luul ho was present nt t ail Id v tin tn tho COlne iju j nt t Y Hero lIero mada for tm till n illig odny 1 CANNON AlK th Hn had been he hev heI v 3 I tk hy by Mr lr counsel I j It fr ti I I piu In III regard 1 to the tho thoI I t I rill Tho said that ho hI hokr kr f II 11 Cannon Intimately liS hud been associated together In Ho Ue MIll Bald that Abraham had hadt t tp HIVa 1 II II al u the time lime of ot his death I tn fin Cm of ot 1890 ISaa hut but that was wasa a II Ip ho Ho lie t II i nl of o tho an t 1 j kin kl Cannon llIter cf cI III anel K g Croxall Cr At Cannon had children by nil all ir irIn In i you know Abraham to associate viii i 1 woman noman called Lillian Hamlin n It I Mr Tayler I kiu w h f took her riding He used usel in I huggy Ii ll I ju know he was as engaged aged to Ii III II 11 did not say anything that HEM 11 f hI ft III lie hud had been to hla hll I r David Dald who died on a 1 f t 0 j I ji ver him Ha lIa Hatli th i ivas all to her 11 J YOU ion tell U g W of ot Salt 1 k flint you raw Abraham Cannon u 1 Liim Hamlin married I think I did tell him WHO WILSON IS u II C 10 o I Tin Tilt stated that Wilson on to vi 1 K in III Salt Lake Is cashier r of ot oft otC t C i bank and a 11 aC C G M Ij T in of ot high standing 1 I I I to questions answered l In Int InI t I I Lit i f it t of admissions It was drawn wn f t ill II Ih h that ho had told t i v I tho lost hi t two weeks that in 1 i Loi Angeles s 10 0 or 12 people I la 1 a vissel nl rl for Cor the tho LII d i 1 I that In III the party In li tl II wore F I a II d rl c 01 H of nt his hili Iv s Abraham 11 It Can nil rn m his hili wife sister alster to tot t I tin I x i a II man mall named 1111 u I II 11 After ACter tho boat boath Ii h II 1 r f some distance from Los 1011 An All AnK AllI K I I numbers of the tho party with two vr r tri th exceptions C retired to the tho cabin I Mine h 1 Jos ph F I Smith married 1 iI vt The wit witH H i that thal after atter his hi sister Cannons I I Ife Itc heard what was Ift going on 1 left lett the tho cabin i If under examination I I it l h te tt In tha day dllY of ot which ho ht t 1 I 1 t the story to 11 on ho met I i If and an Mr 11 andre andrei Ie i 1 tho name story Ulli h BY Ill TOLl V In l d II how ho happened d to tl tell 1 t till f i i regard M the Iha marriage e eI 1 I II q A paid Well I 1 luul rend 1 which Mr Or gave In W on and I 1 told tole Mr JI Wilson that J i did know of ot poly r r t tho manifesto I 1 h had performed ono him himI I I rl I I drew from HIe witness tho t t hI utHo had telephoned In tn I U and muda nil 0 an nil I ni III tho of oC tho SnIt Salt Lake Trl ho told Mr tho thor i r hi hl had to III sars I i 10 Wilson on He Ita declared I t t i d 1 told no other othel In III re reC J 1 I and that h hI liml i j I that ih tiny day he ho had tho thoi thoon t i on u ft 1 that Smith r I J thorn asked Senator Dubols ir i I dont know that he mar l 1 but 1 think that he did au i that th only r t i i tab tah who that ho he wn f C i Win WIll were tho r t tf r r hili family his hili brother In 1 fin SlUIS marshal HK H OaT DOT IT ITt ITo t hI It I ou 1111 ot or tho ceremony on I f r HI aid hI she was It t f Just as related ll e I oj think of oC any others r I Were you oU with A n IT Cannon before his death J IJ i his entire Illness did 1111 ho hI die torn Ij iliam there Part of or the I 1 Has Hns Bhe a n child Ten OR a n daughter Is 11 her hel Marvn Her Hel last namo Cannon CUll non Tho Mild that the th i t Iii il 1 I MIU Willi ns liS tho daughter of ot Abra Abru Abraham ham H II Cannon and treated as liS a II sIster by h of ot Cannons children TOLD WHEN CHUNK Tim rho R In reply to questions by hy Senator I cCo ml said he h had ben when hen he toll told tho story about till marriage on tho boat hOSit and ho did It im n 1 Joka on Critchlow Wilson lIso II who to sc ileA the tho Mormons get CH the worst of ot It Ho said that ho had never noer thought that the story would KO o enough to result In his hili being pub puh to Washington When the sub suh Ionn was WIlS served ho said hn ho told lold hili that what ho had been beon tolling was all hot all air asked him to go to and Critchlow and have tho subpoena withdrawn Was It all 1111 hot all air and others mentioned being on Oil the Iho boat hoat 7 asked Senator HU WASN T The witness that ho he thought ho had given tho facts right n IKI ut tIO marriage Jut but he had not been present pre ent Ho WIH asked If It ho thought the john as a l good one on Oil his dead cousin COUll III and others ho had drawn Into that tule and with some somo bitterness he answered 1 I was thinking Joseph r Smith than anything else Ho hi he ho did 1111 not know anything about polygamous marriages tho mani manifesto festo I 1 knew that he ho did 1111 Chairman took tho witness severely to task for tOI his failure to go CO to Wilson and tell them he had ha told an untruth Cannon had but butone butone one excuse that t was WM that ho he had been heen drinking and was Wll up Ull to o the time ho went to tho station to 10 go to I Washington It wan developed that tho I Is not more than six blocks from the office of oC Me II R Ill Critchlow and Wilson Willon that ho could hav hilI them ot of his story star without any trouble hIe A s A was wo taken TALKED WITH SENATOR SMOOT Al A the afternoon Mr 1111 Can Cannon non sail sall ho arrived here about 8 n a m today he met Senator Smoot soon Hoon Ho said ho spent 30 minutes In III nil all at ut Senator Smoots of or orOre Ore floe Ho had been directed to 10 tho sen se n annex by a policeman who told lold him hlll that that was where met otter tho adjournment of o Mr 1111 Cannon said he h met Mr Smoot wining out of or the tho building The senator him to his hili they the talked over oer what Cannon was to testify to at th hearing Franklin H counsel for the tho Mormon Church was waft present and the witness said Raid ho ha explained tullY fully that he was drunk In Bait aal Lake and had mado regarding the nl al wedding which were untrue un true CROSS CHOSS EXAMINED J On by Mr Worth attorney for Smoot the tho wit nesi Mil Abraham H Cannon had hod been In California about six weeks In 1886 1896 Tho witness said suld he had been In Salt Halt lak nil all the time during Abrahams 1 II Ho that t ha t neither Smoot his clerk Mr MI Hadger nor Mr Richards attorney for tho Church hurch had hili discussed with him what his teA tes testimony was to be He admitted to Mr that he went on period periodical ical Iral sprees often oUen toll told cock and bull stories when drunk Han lIall there been any feeling between you and President Smith asked Mr Worthington Nothing except of a 1 personal na nature nature ture Of or It Is none nono of my lilY busi business ness whom hom he hI makes maltell apostles of ot but I have felt that then has hns been heen too toa much Smith In his appointments And you have expressed yourself i pretty prell freely treely about the too much Smith have hao you ou not notI I 1 think 1 I have hae OUT GOT MONI FROM WILSON Mr Cannon said he went to Wilsons hank to Jet get money am boi borrowed rowed 12 IZ IZor or 15 of ot Mr It r Wilson He Is not the tho kind I of oC a man who would lend money to a II drunkard Is he ho was IUS asked I dont think he l I no sir At A t tho afternoon hearing It brought out that the wife who Mr 11 Cannon to Los wan his third and not tho slater of o tha witness The hearing was M adjourned subject to the cull ot Jf Chairman Burrows |
