Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-02
Frank Treseder, the Ex-Jail Bird, Ar
rested on Three Complaints This
Morning,
which Charge Him with an "Attempt
TO Murder" Deputy Franks, At
tOrney Dickson and Marshal
Ireland.
The Evidence In the Case Said TO be
Indisputable, But II Is Not Yet
Brought Out.

the direction OF ms olhce TINS afternoon
with Frank Treseder, and from the APP
pearance OF things it was taken for
granted that the latter was under arrest.
Considerable excitement Immediately
resulted from the incident, as it was sus
pected by many that some new and i'm
portant development in the Jones bribery
case had come to light. A reporter fol-
lowed them into the Marshal's office and
was permitted to glance at
THREE COMPLAINTS
Which the Marshal had just deposited on
his desk. The reporter was almost dumb
founded when he read in the documents:
Crank Treseder-Charged with an at
tempt to murder w. II. Dickson;" Frank
Treseder-Charged with an attempt to
murder f. A. Ireland; :" and Frank Ire
seder-Charged with an attempt to
murder T.. A. Franks" deputy.
There was nothing in the nature OF
details expressed in either paper, and it
was afterwards ascertained that the ut
most secrecy would necessarily have to be
maintained until the affair had been fully
developed. There was enough learned,
however, TO establish the fact that Ire
seder had arranged with another person
for
THE KILLING OF THESE THREE OFFICERS,
And that the party thus importuned had
been secured before the deed was COM
mitted. Marshal Ireland gave the assur
ance that there were sufficient facts to
justify the charge OF "attempt to muir
der" but insisted that, for reasons of an
important nature, the details and circum-
stances would have to be kept from the
public for the present; and Mr.. Dickson
was equally emphatic in his demand for
secrecy.
Tresetler was white with fear, and so
terribly excited that he could neither sit
nor stand still for n moment at Il time.
He paced up and down the Marshal IS
Office in perfect hysteria, and appealed
to Marshal Ireland-"As there is God
in heaven, Marshal Ireland, | have never
had such u thought in my head
as that" He continued to swear by
everything sacred and proiane that he
had not taken the first step, nor enter
tanned the least thought toward such an
act, and appealed to the reporter not tc
charge him with it in the newspaper.
Marshal Ireland firmly assured Tresoder
that there werei
FACTS OF AN INDISpUTABLE CHARACTER
Known, which establishes his guilt.
1t appears that Treseder some days ago
negotiated with some man (whose name
is kept from the public at the request Of
Marshal Ireland and Mr.. Dickson) for
the prompt humiliation of the three Of
ticers named above, and that there was
n big inducement offered, but
, whether through fear or through
accident the party was apprephended
is not known. 1t is safe to surmise, how
ever, that the party has given the whole
business away, rs while the party was
well-lSnown to the officers and was easily
accessible, no arrest had been made.
THE LATEST.
The case was taken before T.. T.
Sprague, and the prisoner was discharged
:, just as the DEMOCRAT was going to press
! Mr.. Sprague held that solicitation could
not be taken as an act, and the result
, created a very general feeling o.
dissatisfaction. No evidence was taker
and it is believed that Treseder will bt
arrested on ansther charge at once. The
evidence in the case is said to be over
| Whelmng.