Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-23
MEssRs. JONES AND TREsEDER.
Two of the Latter-day bureau of
Detectives Picked UP on
Their First Job.


Just before adjournment yesterday
afternoon in the Collin examination,
Commissioner Mckay announced that he
would be obliged to stay the proceedings
a few minutes in order to give some par
ties concerned in another case an oppor-
tunity to give BAIL When Marshal Ire
land entered with Nathaniel V. Jones,
the county collector, and Frank Treseder,
the notorious criminal of local celebrity,
the curiosity and anxiety of the crowd
amounted to something sensational. The
two men were asked to stand up while
the complaint, which accounted for their
! presence, was read, and the excitement
and establishment of the large assembly
OF spectators when the following charge
was read knew no bounds:
| That Frank M. Treseder and Nathan "
Jones of Salt Lake City, County of Salt
Lake, Territory of Utah, did on the 21st day
of January, A. D. 1885, at Salt Lake City, in
the County of Salt Lake and Territory afore-
said, promise and offer to give c. A. Franks,
he, the said G. A. Franks, then and there be-
ing Deputy United States Marshal for the
| Territory of Utah, duly appointed, qualified
and acting as such, the sum of one hundred
dollars, provided he, the said G. A. Franks,
would promise and undertake, in violation
of his trust as such Deputy Marshal, to in
| form them, the said Treseder and the said
Jones, or either of them, from time to time,
and while he, the said Franks, should con-
tinue to be such Deputy United States Mar
shall, of any and all criminal process or pro-
cesses which might from time to time come
to the hands of the United States Marshal
for said Territory or of his deputies for SER
vice upon any member of the so-called Nor
mon Church, for or on account of any al
legged violation of the laws of the United
States against the crime of polygamy or un-
lawful cohabitation by. any member of said
church, such information to be given prior
to the service of said process; and the said
Treseder and the said Jones did then and |
there cause to be given and give to the said |
Franks, as said Deputy United States Mar
shall, the sum of fifty dollars, lawful money
of the United States, for the purpose afore-
said, and on account of said sum of one
hundred dollars per month, with intent then
and there to corruptly influence him, the
said Franks, to give the information afore-
said, in the manner aforesaid, in violation of
his lawful duty as such Deputy United
States Marshal.
When asked what they had to say,
Treseder plead not guilty, while the her
culean Collector refused to enter any plea
at all. Mr.. Dickson thought that in view
OF the character and enormity of the
crime and the nature of the penalty,
good and sufficient amount should be
required as bail; and Commissioner Nc
Kay, who evidently entertained a similar
opinion, fixed Treseder's bonds at S. 900.
and Jones' at $4,000. This announce
ment struck Jones with cyclonic force
which almost annihilated his inhuman
gall, but he soon rallied, and with !
pompous pretensions to legal knowledge,
vigorously against what he
'egarded as an outrage. Commis-
'loner Mckay very peremptorily I
ind with an emphasis which expressed
inality assured Jones that the amount
named would be required; and after q de-
'ultory Illumination through volume If
he Territorial statutes the furious col
ector brought forward Bishop A. H.
Raleigh and John r. Winder, who signed
us bonds and afforded him temporary
liberty. Treseder was less fortunate in f
obtaining sureties and was taken to the
ZEN, with whose interior walls as we'll 90
he cells OF other similar institutions else
where he was already quite familiar. s.
!aVlng spent the greater part of his life :
ime in committing crime and serving its
onsequent penalties.
The parting of the two comrades was
affecting scene. Those affected were
ne spectators, many of whom regretted I
nat Treseder should 90 to his prison =:
pom alone. 1t did seem pity to sep \
rate two youthful associates who had
roWn up to manhood together, and who,
their recent mission of unspeakable
,rvice to their masters, had stood side
Y side through all the dangers with :,
hich their unselfish labors had been q:
aught. But it was to be.
For particulars respecting the criminal
rocedings charged in the complaint
arshal Ireland was interviewed. and
I'VE the facts, in substance, as follows.
s9ring the reporter that any quantity of
'idence of an indisputable character was
hand that would convict the parties: -
Treseder, some days since, approached
equity Franks in a manner which 1T
zee aroused the latter's suspicion that
(Treseder) had some important scheme =,
hand that would be worth knowino
d he consulted with Marshal Ireland
fore doing anything definite. Treseder T
d already gone so far in his overtnres ms
to tell the deputy that there would be '' "
'ney IN 1t for him, but declined to ex !
Ike known the scheme till Franks ca
uld give his consent to become a party TIC
the business. Marshal Ireland sus- Ext
citing that there was something peculiar spe
suspicious in the affair, advised the =
putty to arrange for meeting with Ire -
Ter, where he (the MarshaD and others
I'D take cognizance of the further over III
es. 10 this end suitable rooms at the j
LEY House were engaged and the meet
appointed. Just prior to the hour
Treseder's appearance, Marshal Ire sse
d and Captain Greenman secured q DO ~,
on in the adjoining room to that EN-
which the appointed interview ma
to take place, so that they wit
Id see and hear everything Treseder
n arrived and was met by Deputy rb
nks, to whom he at once began to I'M him
his plans, which are in brief de- Yorl
bed in the foregoing complaint. The f PaGy
'uty while manifesting a disposition expo
AXE hold of the affair, insisted that q repr
e reputable an i'esponsible man than sPec
'eder must give the guarantees, as it TROY
too grave matter to play with. New
Ieder thus assured of the willingness o DuSit
ranks to engage in the business Postr
nised to bring person of the neces, the
reliability the next evening. or Fo
appointed the rear of Elliott's Of II
On on First South street for sons,
meeting. Marshal Ireland in e af}or
nanv with Danuf., Cx.,:4l - " aitci