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Show ty..-" ' TRUE TO ITS INSTINCTS. The "Deseret News" Concocts, the irsnal Story of a Deputy -Outrage. The action of Marshal Ireland and his deputies in serving warrants of arrest onj certain witnesses in the place of the regular regu-lar subpoena, has been quite severely criticised and has even been characterized character-ized as illegal by the Deseret News and other parties. The News, in a frothy article ar-ticle last evening, in which it sought to I injure the reputation of Captain Green-man, Green-man, as having ill-treated Mrs. Mina Cannon last Tuesday, persistently manifests mani-fests its consummate ignorance again, in matters of law, by insisting that it was a subpoena which the Captain served on Mrs. Cannon, and not a warrant of arrest. It goes further by asserting that the deputy transcended his prerogative in compelling the lady to accompany him. In the first place Captain , Green-man Green-man states that he was not required to use compulsory means, and in the next place the process was a warrant of arrest ; and to save the imbecile "granny" from further fur-ther breaks on this question of subpoenas and warrants we print below the law un- der which such action is taken, apologizing apologiz-ing to our readers at the same time for taking up so much space on a point that is unquestionable. The following is found in section 881, Revised Statutes of the United States : " 'Any judge of the United States, on the application of a district attorney, and on being satisfied by proof that the testimony of any person is competent and will be necessary on the trial of any criminal crim-inal proceeding in which the United States are parties or . are interested, may compel such person to give recognizance, re-cognizance, with or without sureties, at his discretion, to appear to testify therein, and for that purpose may issue a warrant against such person, under his hand, with or without seal, direoted to the Marshal or other officer authorized to execute pro- I cess in behalf of the United States, to arrest and bring before him such person If the person so arrested neglects or refuses to give recognizance in the manner required, the Judge may issue a warrant of commitment commit-ment against him, and the officer shall convey con-vey him to the prison mentioned therein. And the said person shall remain in confinement confine-ment until he is removed to the court for the purpose of giving his testimony, or until he gives the recognizance required by said Judge." We hope this will suffice to keep the News from making any further blunders in the matter of mixing up a subpoena with a warrant of arrest. In regard to the arrest of Mina Cannon Tuesday, the deputies . state that the whole article in the News was a fabrication fabrica-tion of lies, excepting the allusion to the deputies being there, which was correct. When the officers presented the warrant at the house, Mrs. Abram Cannon No. 1 stated positively that Mina was not there, but treated Captain Greenman with a good deal of courtesy in showing him through the house after he had explained that such an action was necessary. They proceeded through the entire house, and in the last room visited the fair Mina was secreted, and as the j door was pushed open by the other lady the hiding witness stepped out with an apparently good grace, and acted pleasantly pleas-antly throughout. When she unders tood that the paper was really a warrant she manifested a willingness to go to court, and took pains tojacknowledge the kindness kind-ness of Marshal Ireland and his deputy on the occasion of a former visit when her husband lay, as they then supposed, at deaatii's door. After she had walked a distance of two blocks with the deputy, some of her friends joined her, and ths officer allowed them to accompany her, he walking off at a respectable distance. Captain Greenman insists that there was nothing but pleasant circumstances associated with the incident, and he says positively that he doesn't believe Mrs. Cannon made such statements, but that the News folks drew on their prolific imagination for them. |