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Show THE EXILE'S RETURN. An Underground Chase Is a Long Chase, Bat the Marshal Got His Man. The Fugitive Apostle Badly Braised by His Alleged Fall. Bonds of $15,000 Required for His Appearance on the 17th of March. At twenty minutes past G last evening, a special train consisting of an engine, one coach and Superintendent Sharp's private . car, left the Utah Central depot for Promontory, as it was intended then to bring back to this city George Q. Cannon Marshal Ireland and party. Deputy Vandercook, who was acting under instructions in-structions as well as tinder a firm conviction that such a step was necessary, applied to General McCook for a posse of soldiers to accompany liim on the trip in order to guard against any outbreak which might possibly arise at Ogden or in tin's city on the return of the party with Cannon. In accordance with this Captain Penny and Lieutenant Shaw with twenty-seven men from Company K boarded the train, fully equipped for any emergency, and these, with Deputy Vandercook, Dr. Potter, and one or two reporters, constituted the party. Arriving at Ogden, the whole party was uauoiciicu uj i,utj v. i . wain, w men. was in waiting, and reached the Promontory at 10 :30. Cannon was found in bed and was attended by his son, Frank J. Cannon, Can-non, and Dr. Carnahan,, of Ogden, who had been summoned earlier in the day; also A. E. Hyde, of this city. Doctors Potter and Carnahan examined Cannon's injuries and found that his nose had been dislocated, that there was a cut over the eye and rather severe bruises on one arm and on the left side of his face. During Dur-ing a part of yesterday he had been somewhat some-what delirious, a condition probably resulting re-sulting frOm the cut on his head, and no doubt promoted by excitement. In view of his condition he had been promised by Marshal Ireland that they would not remove re-move him till this morning, and he clung on to this promise last night with a good deal of persistence when it was talked of bringing him down on a special, which could have arrived here at about 2 o'clock this morning. Marshal Ireland and Captain Green-man Green-man were asked respecting Cannon's escape es-cape and recapture, also about the alleged attempt on the part of Orson Arnold to bribe Sheriff Fellows. Captain Cap-tain Greenman stated that all he knew about the "bribery" was that the Sheriff told him that he had been approached by one of the party he did'nt know which one who offered . to pay the Sheriff $1,000 to let Cannon go unmolested. unmo-lested. Arnold was the only person who remained at Winnemucca with the captured cap-tured fugitive, and when the latter was taken on the train by Marshal Ireland, Arnold proceeded on to California. Mr. Greenman's story about the jump from the train is very much the same as that already published. Cannon, he says, had but just jumped, and the train was not further distant than 200 yards at most from the spot when the alarm was given by the Marshal, and the'deputy, as the train slowed up, alighted at something some-thing like a mile from where Cannon had uiuipcu. ureeuman started out at a lively pace along the track in pursuit of his man but, notwithstanding it was already al-ready daylight, he was unable to see the gentleman anywhere ahead ; but this was largely due to the remarkable curve in the road at that point. When first seen by the deputy, Cannon was walking in a strange manner, not far from the track, in the direction of the train, which in the meantime had sped away for Ogden. Cannon was seemingly very much "dazed," the Captain says, when he met him, and manifested some 6vmptoms of deliriousness, as a result no doubt of .his bad bruises on the nose and forehead. The two, after meeting, walked slowly back to Promontory, a distance of about a mile and a half, the journey being a difficult and laborious one owing to Cannon's condition. At the hotel at Promontory, Mrs. Sturdevant, the courteous hostess, did everything in her power to make the iniiirari man n well as the Captain, at home and comfortable, com-fortable, and continued such courtesies to the party throughout their entire stay. Frank J. Cannon and Alonzo Hyde, who were with Cannon when last night's special reached them, had gone on the same train that carried Marshal Ireland and Deputy Greenman to Winnemucca. -Marshal Ireland, who was visibly fatigued fa-tigued and much in need of rest, stated the following details to the reporter: "In reference to Cannon's escape, I can only give you what I saw ; you must make vour own inferences. I had him in the state i room with me all the time, and 1 did not permit him to leave my presence at times when the train would stop. While it was m motion I allowed him to make frequent fre-quent visits to the water closet, because he gave me to understand he was suffering suffer-ing from a severe and chronic kidnev trouble, which compelled him to go out every little while. He occupied the berth, and I lay on the cushioned seat in the state room with mv head acr-iinst th door, so that he would be obliged to wake me, if I happened to doze off, in order to pass out. During the night he went out quite often, and on every ' occasion I moved my position to allow him to open the door. On the occasion of his going out this last time, which occurred between be-tween .6 and 7 o'clock, my pillow must have become shifted around so that my head barely missed resting against the door, as I failed to feel or hear him leave. I awoke from a nap a moment or two afterwards, and noticing Cannon was not in the room T went through to the closet and thence to the other end of the car, where the porter told me he had just seen Cannon. He was not there, and I immediately went into the next car and asked Captain Greenman if he had seen him, and the deputy's negative reply culminated my alarm, and I pulled the cord and sounded the alarm. As the train slowed up Captain Greenman jumped ofl and went in pursuit, while I proceeded through the other cars, thinking think-ing perhaps our prisoner might be in one of .them. Disappointed in this I alighted when the train arrived at Blue Creek, and telegraphed for an engine on which some hours later I proceeded on to Pro montory, accompanied by Ed. Egan and another gentleman, who got off the train with me at my request. We found on our arrival that Greenman bad Cannon n custody, and we settled down to reflection on how to proceed to get home. The facts connected with our stay there aud our trip home von are already al-ready familiar with." : - "Yes," suggested the reporter, "but you haven't said anything about the condition con-dition you found Mr. Cannon in and the evidences you have pointing to his having jumped, not fallen off the train." "True, I had not spoken of that. Well, I must confess that I first entertained the idea that probably he had fallen off, but i after meeting him again, finding that he had his overcoat and hat on, and two loaves of bread and a bottle of water in his pocket these things, together with his remarkable manifestations of mental ! discomfiture, shown all along, in respect I to facing the music in the courts, have thoroughly confirmed in me the feeling that he jumped the train in an effort to escape. I further believe there were parties par-ties preparing to aid him in getting away. I received advices from Corinne that two men, who were known to be friends of Cannon's, got off the train there and proceeded pro-ceeded on horseback to the Mormon settlement set-tlement near Humboldt. Of . course I know nothing more definite about it .than this, but I think the circumstances together to-gether with these facts justify the conclusion." con-clusion." , . ' . .. "What do -you know about the attempted at-tempted bribery of Sheriff Fellows?" asked the reporter. "I know this that Mr. Fellows, who, iuo may, 13 uiib Ul me UlUSLCOUrageOUS and efficient officers I ever met, stated to me, just before leaving us at the State line, that when he entered the 'Santa Clara' sleeper at Humboldt and asked for George Q. Cannon, the latter and those with him persisted in saying, 'He isn't here.' The Sheriff said he knew better, and at once pointed to Cannon, saying, 'You are the man.' To this Cannon offered a positive contradiction and gave his name as 'Radcliffe.' Arnold also endeavored to hide his identity and tried to pose as one 'Madison.' S. H. Hill gave his right name, the Sheriff stated. The officer went into the next car in search of some one who could identify Cannon, and he here met Mayor Peery, of Ogden. Peery said he knew Cannon, and could recognize him, and proceeded back to the "Santa Clara" with Sheriff Fellows. The latter said to me : 'The moment I saw the eyes of Cannon and Peery meet. I was sure of my man.' reery, alter looking at Cannon, said : 'That looks like George Q. Cannon, but I don't believe it is he.' The Sheriff, who was ; by this time persuaded that the party were trying to bulldoze bull-doze him, addressed himself emphatically to Cannon, requesting him to come out of the car. Cannon sat resolutely and with seeming indifference with a newspaper i before his eyes, and with an evident attempt at-tempt to bluff the officer. The latter feeling that he had been 'stood off' -long enough, grabbed, Cannon and proceeded to take him by force, but was seized in turn by Arnold, who insisted that the Sheriff had got hold of the wrong man. The assistance of a freight conductor was summoned, and Cannon was taken into custody. The Sheriff stated that when Cannon found he was caught, he said to the officer: 'I will give you $1000 if you Will lfit lTlft nrVPPf1 linmnlaotaJ on that train.' To this the Sheriff answered that he was not one of the kind to be bought, or bribed, and he took his prisoner on the east-bound train and brought him to Winnemucca. On the way from Hum-bolt,. Hum-bolt,. Orson Arnold, who accompanied Cannon, took up the matter of bribing the Sheriff, and said : 'You had better take that $1,000, and deliver me over to Marshal Ireland as your man. If you will do it I will give you a good position for life.' This proposition was treated like the former one had been, and Arnold was allowed afterwards to go scot-free, although their was some talk of arresting him." fc Marshal Ireland deplored the incident that gave Cannon a temporary liberty, stating that he had kept a vigilant watch of his prisoner, but had thought it was admissible to take a little much-needed rest, and that while thus reclining he fell off into a nap as a result of fatigue. The entire party left Promontory at 4 o'clock, mountain time, this morning, and upon their arrival at 0?den met the same desirable condition of things that was found at the depot here an hour later a very few people assembled to greet the arrival of the party. Some little switching around of engines was found necessary at Ogden on account of the C. P. folks refusing last night to let the U. C. engine accompany the case, but the run to Salt Lake was made in about one hour, the train arriving here at precisely fifteen minutes before 8 o'clock. The few people who were in waiting at the depot were mostly policemen, railroad officials and employes, and a few north bound passengers. When the train stopped Deputy Vandercook and Marshal Ireland were seen on the platform and immediately afterwards some twenty soldiers of Company K. filed out of the front door of the car, and took up a position posi-tion in double file on the platform along side the train. A few minutes elapsed while the party waited for carriages, when Cannon, supported by Greenman and Alonze E. Hyde, was led out of the rear door of the car, immediately - in advance of a half-dozen soldiers, who escorted the trio to the carriage. Marshal Ireland also took a seat with these three gentlemen gentle-men in the first carriage, and the party were at once driven to the Marshal's office in the Wasatch building, where attorney Richards and a number of other gentlemen were in waiting. The first ; , thing done then was the procuring pro-curing a bed for Cannon, who appeared to be greatly fatigued and prostrated. A comfortable mattress was obtained from one of the unoccupied rooms in the building, build-ing, and this was arranged conveniently in the Marshal's office and Cannon was placed upon it with sufficient coverings to keep him warm. Abroad bandage was tied around his head and over all of his face save one eye and a small portion of the cheek.. From what could be seen nf ilia t-ina anA i. -.1 . ., , ,, "Mu l'icj were ixjin terribly ter-ribly swollen aud badly discolored. His deportment also gave evidence of a powerful shaking up, from which there is little doubt he had suffered. As he lay on the bed, his attorney, F. S. Richards, carried on a whispered conversation with him in a kneeling posture, and before and after this Mr. Cannon spoke audibly, and answered several questions in a bright and undaunted tone. The -rooms soon became filled with citv, Territorial and Federal officials, together with several of Cannon's sons and friends. Among the latter Bishop John Sharp was conspicuous as well ;here as at the depot, I where he walked immediately in front of Cannon and opened up a clear path through the small crowd that eagerly pushed forward to get a look at the injured in-jured man. ' About half an hour later Judge Zane and Prosecuting Attorney Dickson arrived, ar-rived, and still later J. L. Rawlins, who acted with Mr. Richards in advising with their client. Judge Zane took his seat, and the" question ques-tion of fixing Cannon's bond was proceeded pro-ceeded with. Mr. Dickson alluded to the indictment me tuuu, nmuu was -one 01 unlawful un-lawful cohabitation, and called to the attention of his Honor that for a period I of more than a year the accused had ingeniously in-geniously eluded the officers of the law, and had during the past few days shown how determined he was to continue such evasion. In view, too, of his influence in this community, and the manner in which he had used that influence to the disparagement of the law, Mr. Dickson contended that the bond should be placed sufficiently high to secure the attendance I of Cannon at his examination, and to j prevent his going again into hiding. Judge Zane announced that in view of the facts before him he would fix the amount at $25,000, as he considered Mr. Cannon amply able to raise such amount. I This fell like a thunder-clap upon Cannon Can-non and his attorneys, as the former had ! expressed himself at Promontory as ; v i ";';v; shocked when Marshal Ireland spoke of $10,000 bonds. Mr. Rawlins and Attorney Attor-ney Richards each made a brief speech," ' denunciatory of the exorbitant sum, and ! Mr. Richards remarked to the Judge that if the question of Cannon's ability to fur-; nish a heavy bond must figure in the question he thought it would be just as j as well to put the amount at $250,000 or j $500,000. The Judge, however, held to j his conclusion, and John Sharp and Fera-1 morz Little became the sureties. During the discussion Mr. Dickson ad- j vanced the proposition . that in view of j the fact that Cannon was a naturalized, ; and not a native-born citizen, there was additional reason why the bond should be heavy. To this" the' attorneys objected ob-jected in a very emphatic way, Mr. Richards going so far as to challenge the prosecuting attorney to point to a single precedent in law to sustain, the position. The arguments, particularly of Mr. Rawlins, Raw-lins, were very ably made', and Dickson's appeal to the Court for substantial bail was also powerful and eloquent. Commissioner Critchelow shortly afterward after-ward arrived, and the remaining two cases were disposed of before him, Mr. Richards and Prosecuting Attorney Dickson Dick-son having agreed upon the amount of $10,000 in each case, before his arrival. On these last bonds, Francis Armstrong j and H. S. Eldredge became the sureties. The trial was set for March 17th. After these proceedings, which altogether alto-gether lasted nearly two hours, Mr. Can-I Can-I non was conveyed to a carriage, which had been in waiting, and after being comfortably com-fortably fixed in the seat, was driven off to his home (one of them) over Jordan, accompanied by his son and Marshal Phillips, who rode beside the driverj A number of policemen and other city officials, with a few friends made un auite a cortege, that followed the distinguished Apostle to his home. ; '. ., ., '. . Before he left the coort-room his face became more exposed, and it was easy to see that one eye was fearfully; swollen and temporarily sightless, while a long, ugly wound, which may have been only superficial, super-ficial, disfigured the left side of his face and appeared to still be bleeding. incidents. When Captain Greenman found Cannon Can-non after his jump from the train, he was a horrible-looking sight, literally covered with blood down his face and shirt front, and looked like a Bingham miner after going through the hands of the Salt Lake police. - Cannon stated to Deputy Greenman that he had been standing out on the platform for fresh air, and was hurled off His (mi'n k K 1 .1 . il i""u mo buuuou curving oi me cars. - When dressing Cannon's bruises at Promontory, Captain Greenman found in the apostle's overcoat pocket a Colt's six-shootmg six-shootmg revolver, 38-calibre, with every chamber loaded. ; The two loaves of bread and the bottle of water found in Cannon's coat pocket will prove strong circumstantial evidence against the plausibility of . his having fallen off the train. On the way down from ' Promontory Alonzo E. Hyde approached Marshal Ireland Ire-land and said "Mr. Cannon doesn't remember re-member anything subsequent to his being on the platform." From the manner of expression the Marshal thought a scheme was being devised to make it appear that Cannon had been pushed off by some one. A very good authority states that Geo. G. Bywater was deputized to take a flat car down the Utah Central line as far as Cannon's Jordan residence last week, ostensibly to get gravel, and that there he loaded on the Annstla him to some point north. One story told hi' accounting for the presence of the bread and water in Cannon's Can-non's pockets is that he often partook of the sacrament while traveling. Another version is that he constantly used homeopathic homeo-pathic medicines, and had dissolved some of this in the bottle of water which was found in his pocket. " An examination of this water, which is preserved intact, failed to show any evidences of containing contain-ing medicine of any kind, and tasting it resulted in a similar failure. |