The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-30

aim very well, and favorably enter
tains an offer of something on the out
side from Treseder and appointed .
meeting that night to talk matter
over, but through a misunderstanding
about the place of meeting failed 10
connect. The parties meet next day,
and explanations follow. Franks
Is then told that what is wanted
is Information respecting parties
whom the Marshal intended to arresi
for polygamy and unlawful cohabita-
ton, for which information he was to
be paid this was on the 10Th of January
ana that night these two men met at tn
Valley House to further perfect their
arrangements, and at that meetins
franks expressed desire to have some
security given that he woGld receive
the pay Tor the information he was to
give; and Treseder agreed to bring him
face to face with his hacker the next
evening. The cross-examinat on oil
Franks brought out the fact that before
this meeting had occurred Franks had
ben asked if he was a United States
deputy marshal, by Treseder, to which
he replied that he was not at that time,
and further stated that he had not to d
item of his having been subsequently
appointed to that Office.
Now for the part that Prescott
ing Attorney Dickson and Marshal
Ireland took in this affair. Frank
tells Ireland of his offer of out
side" work, and a plot is laid to
entrap Treseder, and if possible, those
behind him, in the meshes of the law.
Having been informed of the place OF
meeting at the Valley House, hole is
made through the partition between The
room where the meeting between
Franks and Treseder is to occur. and
the adjoining one, that the conversation
to ensue might be overheard by Ireland.
After settling the amount to be paid for
the information to be given, Franks
asked to see the party who is backing
Treseder, and meeting is appointed at
the Gem Saloon, for the next night,
that is, January 21st. The circum
stances had reached this stage of de
when Attorney Dickson puts
an appearance. He has been informed
OF the case that's going on, and on the
of the 2lst, is in company
with Ireland and Franks, talking over
this bribery case. Ireland, in the
course of conversation, tells Dickson
that Franks is not a deputy. If he's !
not United States officer, % said Dick
son, sit (meaning the bribery of |
Franks) will not amount to anything,
and you'd better appoint him" VERY
we'll, III appoint him." said Ireland.
And he was appointed accordingly, and
very questionable bonds furnished for
him, concerning which the prosecution
seems to have q decided aversion to |
anything like an investigation. The
evening following Franks appointment /
as deputy marshal, Franks, Treseder
and Jones met in the Gem Saloon. |
Another hole has been punched in the
wall that Marshal Ireland, who is con-
,ealed on the other side of .
I, might oYerhear the converse
ion. Franks, without having told
he parties that since their last
Meeting he had been appointed dep
lty marshal, received $50 from T-eseder,
md the crime of bribery is complete.
But to make it complete Dickson and
Ireland had 10 become parties to it. for
lad it not been for the appointment of
franks to the Office of deputy marshal,
employing him to give information
IbOut raids to be made by the marshal
would have amounted to nothing, and
4 order to make it criminal Franks
vas appointed by Ireland, under the
.dvioe of Dickson, q deputy Marshal.
f that was not conspiracy to make
hat criminal which. in the language of
dr. Dickson, would not amount to
or in other words, would not
re criminal unless they took the course
hey did to make it so, there never was
UGH thing as a conspiracy. The
tatement made by Jones to Franks.
nd which Franks admits was made, to
be effect that he (Jones) desired to
rotect some of his friends, If he could
ultimately and legally do so, coupled
nth the fact that on approaching ,
ranks he was asked If he was a deputy .
larshal, to which he replied in the
egative, and still further, considering
hat Franks did not afterwards inform ,
ones or Treseder that he had been ap-
tointed e deputy marshal, would go
ar to prove that their object was not to
,ribe a United States official. When
Dickson saw this unexpected state of
acts brought out, he had another re-
ource. The evidence for the prosecu-
ion was reopened. and an effort was
made to prove that if Franks was
lot deputy marshal, he was a court
ailitf. Taking the facts as they are to
e gathered from the evidence, Franks