Show AN unfortunate occurrence district Att attorney oTney dickson assaulted by a 16 year old boy iu in the continental hotel A reprehensible action the biloy and some of his companions arrested for conspiracy and assault with deadly weapons weapon their attorney also charged with conspiracy to kill THE YEAR HAUNTS ats ALN 11 0 0 HE THINKS A Is 18 LOOKING AT HIM the continental hotel was the scene just alter after 7 last evening of a very unfortunate occurrence and one which is deserving of and receives the unqualified censure of all classes of the people being condemner condemned by none don more severely than by the mhd mormons cormons Mor mons 11 who although the object t of t bitter tt ar hatred on the patt pail of the assaulted official yet have no word or feeling of excuse for this violation of law As far as the circumstances can be learned prior to a judicial investigation ti they are briefly as follows mr ryck DIC dickson on accompanied by his wife and child were walking along the corridor of the hotel having just come from supper when wheel passing the newsstand news stand mr dickson observed two men standing near one of whom called to him he turned and having received an affirmative reply to hia his question as to whether cheth ir they wished to see him walked between two of them to the door just as they were going out mr dickson received one or two blows under the left eye from one of the young roen men when he sprang forward to seize his bis assailant and caught frank J cannon by the throat discovering that he had got the wrong person mr dickson asked who was it that hit bit me frank cannon refused to tell who the assailant was and the struggle was continued considerable sid erable bad language being indulged in at the same time a few feet distant angus M cannon bradd several others were engaged in a scuffle and a large crowd quickly mrs the passage way v ay was great greatly ay excited and screamed that her husband was being killed feil led on learning of his bis cifes condition mr dickson went went into the hotel and judge powers arrested 7 J and A I 1 M cannon jr policeman smith afterward taking frauk frank into custody and young angus being sent to the penitentiary no weapons were found on any of the participants except a pistol on angus who is in the habit of carrying the fire arrn mr dickson b n in company with major I 1 erb who was a witness of the affair and others went to dr hamiltons and had his bis wounds dressed the injury snot by at any ny means serious there being but a slight feht discoloration under the left eyed eve apparently made by the blow of a list fist A short time afterward hugh cannon built youth of sixteen years are I 1 d of age went to the city hall and gave himself up as the he party who v did the striking and he was kept feest in I 1 n custody the reasons given for the assault a are facts thai duac are well known to the puo lie lic hugh cannon is a son of epresi president george Q cannon whose wife martha T I 1 was edwith insul insulting insulting and indecent questions by mr dickson when she was before the grand jury as a witness last week and the occurrence to be a result of mr Dick sons conduct t on that occasion which was considered dered as a gross in he lady itis said ia and probably true that J cannon were were somewhat u under ger the influence of liquor but tuat that hughi hugh was perfectly perfect lv sober not being addicted to any bad baa habers ha birs this moaning moz ning the ease was called u up p in justice court and the t trial rial odthe defendants on a charge of ofas assault and batt bauer efy y set for 10 a m TO morrow ball bail behig fixed at WI we will here remark that in cam cams s of assault and battery it tins has been custor customary nary TO admit lw accused to hail bail in ii from 11 10 to 75 but bus on thi thic occasion the nature of tho the occurrence the amo iut was increased which lill ill it din clin as ab 90 an inco in court url lira lial ireland anit and deputies franks ii fth ILLA mix were hovering around uie the hallway ot of the city herll hu 11 a u a boim soon as frank J cannon wa 1 ic v I 1 leased easa a on oil hai bail w rested wrested blin ou on charuey ot 1 assault 21 willi w idi intent to do bobby it buidry lory aud and with intent to kiil W vin 0 1 Dic dickson kMil bondsmen cn wa final fi ind lor jor iyih cannon who it giai n il is u titi cit marshals KV 1111 I 1 mo moved ved to discharge dis I 1 chirpe the a ii d 1 a as they hereim by the U S marshal but J u cl e P pi i c cr r very properly refused we me application arfa at seated abed that the city marshal had bad n y r it to release a prisoner when 3 rouk lw ded to custody in default of IRIL i me lle next move on the part of mar shul ireland was to cau mr kenner who ld bad been retained as attorney by the defendants aside and serve upon pon hirn him a warrant of arrest for this new dodge dodee on the part of the district attorney looks as though a determination had bad been arrived at to punish attorneys who venture to act as counsel for one whom mr dickson deems it proper to prosecute F J cannon and S A kenner were then taken to the marshals office where was also angus M cannon nonar jr who bad been brought ia from om the penitentiary penitentiary commissioner E B critchelow was sent forand for and the first complaint dated feb 22 was read charging frank Cannon Cannen Augus cannon jr and john doe cannon with having feloniously assaulted wm win H dickson with a deadly weapon with intent to do bodily harm barm the second corn com plaint dated february february and signed ined I ned hv marshal ireland ireland alleges ah that at prank cannon angus cannon jr hu hush hub b cannon an and S A kenner of salt lake lahe city in I 1 lb bt county of salt lake on the of february 1886 I 1 at salt sal lake city in 1 u the county co u ltv of oi utah territory aforesaid wickedly and maliciously did conspire and confederate together feloniously wilfully and of their malice aforethought to io kill and murder one wm H dickson mr dickson stated that he desired to get back into the court room and suggested that bail be fixed at 1500 on each charge ile he then left the marshals office mr F J cannon protested against the amount and insisted that 1000 on each count or 2000 in all was ample e mr penny denny in behalf of 01 mr kenner also asked that bail be reduced to 1000 it was evident however I 1 that the commissioner dia did not dare to change the figure named by the district attorney and so fixed the hall at the amount suggested mr kenner also requested an imme immediate diat examination but this the commissioner refused refused saying he have time ane and no date was set for toe hearing the proceedings connected with this lamentable occurrence are most remarkable there is no doubt an intention to work it for all it is worth against the mormon people who are not in any way responsible for it and strongly deprecate such methods for wreaking breaking wre aking vengeance the teachings of all their leading men especially prominent among w whom om in this respect is president georee Q cannon as to rather suffer the gross indignities indig cities heaped upon them by their relentless persecutors than to in any instance seek to obtain revenge by illegal methods and while the feelings of many of the younger people have been worked up to a high pitch itch by anti mormon I 1 outrages and the false and villainous utterance of bibid inous newspapers whose vile presence would not be tolerated in any other community there is no desire amona any c considerable portion of the mor mons to resist their oppressors by any other than legal means this feeling is general amone the latter day saints to suffer wrong rather than do wrong but an example of the intense hatred and bitterness in the hearts of the anti mormon lormon element is presented in the fact of ef the charges preferred against those accused of being concerned in the assault on the district attorney when in a reality the offense is at the most an assault and battery which is punishable under the territorial law by a severe penalty the claims of assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy with intent to kill are so transparent that we wonder that even mr dickson could stoop to pursue the course that is being followed i |