Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1886 — CANNONS FLYING LEAP. [ARTICLE]

CANNONS FLYING LEAP.

The Famous Mormon Tries to Escape from His Gaptora by Leaping from a Eailroad Train. [Salt Lake special.] The city has been in a state of great excitement and deep anxiety all day. The United States Marshal, with his prisoner, George Q. Cannon, was expected on the train at 11 o’clock. Many hundred people gathered at the depot, and some were apprehensive that an attempt would be made at rescue. Shortly before the arrival of the train dispatches were received saying that at daylight this morning at Promontory, at the north end of Great Salt' Lake, .Cannon jumped from the train and escaped. Those were followed by other telegrams announcing his recapture, since which the town has been flooded with rumors and improbable stories that Cannon fell from the train; that he jumped through a closet window and broke a leg; that on a second attempt to escape he was shot dead by the Marshal; that he made good his escape, a party with horses having been in readiness to carry him away. All these stories tended to increase anxiety and intensify excitement, the affair being almost the sole topic of conversation. The facts are that Cannon either jumped from the tiain with intention to escape or fell accidentally and was slightly hurt. He was missed in a few minutes. The train stooped and the officers returned, finding Cannon at the station house. They then decided to keep the prisoner there till more force arrived, and he has been guarded all day. several friends and members of his family being with him. This evening -a special train took a company of United States troops and deputies to Promontory, a hundred miles from here, and will bring Cannon in. Bail will be given immediately, a bond having been made out for $50,000. Tt was the intention of the District Attorney to put Cannon on trial to-night, but the prisoner’s lawyers interposed an objection. taking the f statutory time to plead. All danger of trouble is over.