Sept 17, 1888 ^
^ This is an important day in our History
President George Q. Cannon was indicted on
saturday again for cohabitation and this Morning He
went into court and Delivered himself up to
the court & Plead guilty to the Indictment and the
court sentenced him on the first count 75 days
imprisionment & $200 dollar fine and the second
count 100 days & $250 dollar fine total
175 days imprisionment & $450 dollars fine He
was taken im [in] to the Penetentiary w by Marshal
Dyer who was accompanied by C. W. Wilkin H. B.
Clawson & James Jack. The Marshal told the
warden to treat him kindly. He will have all the
privileges the rules can afford. We parted in
good spirits. This leaves me in a Measure
alone for 5 Months but I will do the best I can
I had an interview with Col Broadhead &
F S Richards concerning our settlement with
Dyer and Peters and we find that they are
Determined to try to Break the settlement as
thay want to extend it as long as they can
Brother Wilkins returned from the Prision &
reported that Brother Cannon was cheerful
I Pray God to Protect him & all the faithful
I signed 69 Recommends I received 39 Letters
I wrote 4 Letters pub[lic]
Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal. Click on the person's name to view a short bio and other pages they are mentioned on or click on "View in Family Search" to view their FamilySearch profile.
Browse places mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's journal entry on this day. Click on the place names to view other pages where they are mentioned.
Browse other documents with this same date. These could include pages from Wilford Woodruff's autobiographies, daybooks, letters, histories, and personal papers. Click on the document titles to view the full document.