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Show ,THE DICKOX ASSAVLT CASE. f ,. . ' Kemier Divcharg'ed, and the Argit. i J(, inentt lu the Cannon Cacs I, c h1 - Bcin; 3Iadc. !': , :-' ; The examination in the Cannon assault and conspiracy-cases wag continued jres-terday-afternoon -for .ah hour after the . Democrat . went to, pres3.- Several in portant witnesses were examined, very Mttle developed ,in regard Ho She" alleged conspiracy; ' . . ' ' J. J. Jennings, an employe in the billiard bil-liard room of the hotel, related wliat. he , saw of the disturbance : Heard ' Dickson1 ask Frank Cannon who he was, and some one iii -the crowd said he ' was Frank Cannon, and that he was George Q.'s son ; Mr. Dickson then shook him ! and called him some pretty hard name3 ; saw Angus, Frank and Hugh Cannon' around the hotel before the assault was made : thev went into the bar-room to get a drink; Hugh .and Angus .stopped in the door-was door-was and talked very earnestly together ; Hugh went outside and ' Angus followed him in a few minutes ; Frank also yen 1 1 out ; Angus returned in : a lew minutes' 1 and borrowed some money of. the barkeeper bar-keeper ; witness noticed Frank and Angus,' Cannon around the hotel two or three times as early asSoVlock. ''--;; Cross-examined The hard : expression witness heard Mr. Dickson use was when he called Frank Cannon a s o b ." Frank Cannon' ' had ' valle'd him that before. . . I ."Honors were 'S even, then," inter I rupted Mr. Varian , . 1 . During the progress of thet disturbance witness had seen Angus , Cannon go towards to-wards Dickson and Frank Cannon and say something about, separating ' them. He said: "Don't hurt that bov.7 Frank Cannon also said, "Don't hur? me," and Dickson had replied, "No one is going to hurt you, but I want to know who struck' me." That was when quite a crowd had gathered .around and it .had.' become generally known. .1. ;: : t , .; J. H. Winslow, manager of Hc Continental Con-tinental Hotel, ..stated that ; Hugh and Frank Cannon had come into the hotel office, and Hugh had asked if 'Mr. Dickson Dick-son was there ; witness told him he was in the dining room and would be out in a few mintites.' Hugh did all the talk ing; Angus came in and the three went into the bar-room. : Hugh and Frank returned and waited for Mr.- Dickson to come out. : :.' . . Frank Allen, head waiter .at the Continental, Con-tinental, saw a portion of - the disturbance disturb-ance ; saw Hugh Cannon striking at Major Erb. Angus Cannon rushed in and wanted to know "what in h 1 are 3tou doing," and jumped on :Mr. Erb's back ; then he got hold of me ; Mr. Erb was having a hard ; scuffle with Frank Cannon ; Mr. Erb finally got him down ;" he had a scuffle with both Frank and Angus' Cannon. ' J : Elmer Ellsworth :had seen Kenner and Angus Cannon in ' conversation together between 3 and 4, o'clock Monday afternoon; after-noon; they ., were standing on Godbe's corner. . " - The hour of adjournment having ar-' rived, the case was continued - until 10 o'clock .this morning. . ; .' ' ,: This morning Marshal Ireland testified :' I was at the Continental Hotel on Monday Mon-day evening about 7 o'clock or a little after, and ai rested Angus Cannon there, who had been arrested by Judge Powers;. I found pn Cannon's person a pistol and ; some papers. . The pistol was here produced, pro-duced, and was seen to be a Smith & Wesson five-shooter, 32-calibre, with four chambers loaded and one chamber containing con-taining an empty shell: Marshal Ireland, by request, removed the cartridges and gave tils opinion tlu iti.-n.-5 new, and had been apparently . used quite recently. Marshal Ireland continued : I arrested Frank J. Cannon at the City Hall, after he had been released on bail, last Tuesday Tues-day morning. : Cross-examined I couldn't: sav just how much the pistol has been 'used; it was my. impression that it had. not been fired at all until I perceived the empty cartridge this morning: It is 'possible examining the pistol at the request of defendant's counsel that the pistol has been carried for some time without use. Excused.' . . , ;''; . H. H. Schaefer: I came to the Continental Conti-nental Hotel Monday evening just after the occurrence, and saw Angus Cannon there ; I had just come up with the bus from the D. & 1 R. G.' train. I saw Mr. Porter holding "Angus by the shoulder. Angus said : "G d vou, I can lick you with one hand." At this I took hold A of him and saw that - he; had a roclc in his right hand, and took it from him. after which Judge Powers' arrested him; j he requested to be allowed . to shake hands with - somebody. I 'saw1 a crowd farther down' in front of the entrance to the hotel, and heard Mr. Dickson's voice. Cannon seemed somewhat excited. V' . Cross-examined Angus etideavoredV to jerk away from Mr. Porter to get at the head waiter. It was to the head waiter that Angus said "I can lick you with one hand." I did not see the rock till I took hold of his hand; the rock, I think, was about two inches one way and not so much th& other way and was smooth. When the rock dropped I took it and gave it to Mr. Craig Chambers. '. I did not see Frank Cannon, but -saw. Mr.; Dickson after the affair; also saw Mrs. Dickson standing near the door.crying. " Excused. J.C.Parker testified:" I am engaged atthft Herald office. Have a lease on the job department of that institution , J was at the -Continental Hotel Monday evening just before Frank Cannon was taken away, by Policeman Smith. I heard Frank sav to some one close bv "Go to the City Hall and tell Frank Armstrong that i liave been 'pulled' for 'doing up' Dickson; he will understand." Cross-examined I don't know whof it was tliat. the ' remark was addressed to. : There was a large crowd there, and I .had jnst 'romer"""' I hati 'TomeTrp-'and was staking hands witbo:Ffank Cannon; he spoke tUefrequest in .a low ton, trving to express it m a whisper, and addressed it to a man standing at our left hand ; he was not close enough to get his mouth up to the ear of the party, i As I was talking to Frank this third partvi passed, and.-Frank, and.-Frank, addressing him, "said : "Don't ; make a damn fool of .yourself and go and j tell father." . ... , : ! To Mr. Varian I am friendly with I I? rank Cannon in a business way! Have ' not met him more .than three , or four times. His breath gave evidence of his having been drinking, but, he did not appear to le drunk. Excused. John Y. Smith, policeman, testified: I took, rrancj. cannon into custody on Monday evening at.; the Continental liotel. Found no weapons on him, and took inm ..over, to the ; City nail and turned him over to Marshal Phillips.' l" Cross-examined I1 did , not see ' tlie i striking. When I got 'there I saw Mr. Erb with his arm around Frank J. Cannon. Can-non. 1 asked Erb what was the matter. Fie said they hail been ' assaulting Mri 1 Dicksoiu ' I took hold of Frank to'arrest I him, and Major Erb and some others objected. ob-jected. v Judge Powers came tip at this moment; "and ..tapping; Frank 'on the shoulder said, "I arrest Vou as an officer of ' the1 peace." .1 jtold" Powers I was a peace 6fficef, and;, hiul already arrested the man. did not notice Mr. Parker there at all. .Excused. '- ' ' Ml1.' R. C. Chambers: I was afthe! Continental Hotel Monday evening, J , about. jp'clocjk I heard, while in my :pon S?wbmiitis scream, anil liurricd: ..out jntp tie liall where fsaw BIrl I Dick-, 'son arid1 on the outside3" I 'saw5 Major Erb; holding someone by the arm. I recognize recog-nize Angus Cannon' looking oveTaf him, but not. Frank.. I received a stone from some man in front 'of the hotel.' I don't know him personally; he is called Harry and runs on the bus to and from the trains. The rock wa a flafc one, and?, about three inches in "diameter. "Xllanded the rock toMrj Window at ther hotel1 office, and have not seen it Bince. Cross-examined The rock , was ., too large, I tiiink, to be held in my hand without it being seem. It was Frank, I am of the opinion, tiiatIajorl Erb fwaa holding. I saw Angus, (but he, .was; not ! held by anj'ou'e. 'Excused. f John A. Fitchette (Coffee John) testified testi-fied : I know Frankmi AngtisanWony have known them several years ; I have also known llrraimer jver sifce I ha.K'k been hereS-IvWat mV restaurant Moh-day Moh-day evening from 5 :30 to 8 o'clock. Neither, of ; the f defendants were, in tnv jionse that day ;n saw all- three -of 'them" ! in frontof, John Lollin.'s saloon about ! o'clock JhatK fenin. 'tTIieyJ j-ere'bt4nd-f- ing in the entrance to the saloon as I I jyent but riuj front., i There, was , another 1 "person Avith Hhem-1-a smooth-faced man ! but I did not know him and. paid very j Jittle attention: to 'his; appearance.' fAs-Ij j went out to get change I saw thev had" j been drinking, and decided not to fcome in contact wjth them, as I didn't vant to get detained by Angus, who is very funny j when lie is drunk. I heard Kenner sav; "We will kill the s -i- b--." I am sure it was Kenner who said this. Excused. Ex-cused. A 1 j j 1 HHeniy W.'Spettqer testified;: f j ani one of ith'b- gii iand ammunition firm' 'of! Evans & Spencer. I know Angus an-non; an-non; he was-ia.-ourstore.-about. 4-or 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon. Mr. Rawlins objected totestimony in relation to .this'., and, J4UorneycYarian,L insisted that it was relevant as pertaining to the ' consplracyA. longhand tedious f argument argu-ment followed in. which authorities wei;e cited on both' sides. J "v ' ' " ' '3 Comiuissioner Critchelow ruled that the testimony was admissible ' Theyijess continued in"Jljis ijtate;': ments in relation to Angus coming into in-to the store, stating that he had applied for a slung-shot. v, . Quite a", number v of., other .witnesses jwere" examined this' affcrnobrf; one testi-f3'ng.that'Angu-ad?Ji)orfowed .a;jJollar . with which to purchase brass knuckles. On motion of his attorney, Mr. Kenner was discharged, and the cases of the parties-were -being -eubinitted with' argument argu-ment when the Democrat went to press. |