Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-19
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In Ryan Case.
FRANK ID Flemmlng Charged WIN Being an cAccomplce m
The cMusder and Robbery Of Daniel Ryan Smith
Woman Saps He Cassied Ae BODY Ouf-Aan's III
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That Mary Jane Smith and Madge
Ray the depraved colored women, had
a male accompllce In the murder and
robbery Of Daniel Ryan Is now known
fact. This third person had more to do
with the planning and execution Of the
murder and robbery than was at first
supposed. He II was who took the un-
conscious form of Ryan from the vile
crib and placed II In the cramped poai-
ton In the clubhouse. He 1t was who
disposed of Ryan's watch and took the
greater part Of the money and gave
Mary Jane Smith S., saying; Here Is
your share and you had better get out
OF town az soon as you possibly can.
Since Wednesday night the police
have known that there was male ac-
Complice, not negro, but white man.
who has been a jailbird for more than
nine years, who has been mixed up In
many petty and grave crimes man
who has served a term In the Utah
state prison for grand larceny. The fell
low was arrested yesterday afternoon
20 minutes before o'clock and lodged
| III tiit WY JAIN uf ulithl nuo hiabO
by Detective Chase The mans name
Is Frank II. Flemmlng. These facts
were In possession OF News report
er yesterday. but were withheld from
publication owing to the fact that
Flemming was not apprehended until
after press time. The greater part OF
Wednesday afternoon, all of Wednes-
day night and yesterday was devoted
by the officers to securing the city for
this man. The authorities now declare
that the case Is practically cleared up
and that there is sufficient evidence to
warrant the three being held on the
charge of murder IN the first degree. II
Is true that the robbery was planned
with no Idea OF murder, but In giving
Ryan the morphine the Smith woman
placed enough of the poison In his beer
TO kill much stronger man that he
was.
SMITH WOMAN'S ADMISSION.
The two women were "sweated'' for
hours before they could be induced to
admit that there was third person In
the crime. They both tenaclopsly held
to their first statement that hey alone
were concerned In the affair. But final
ly one OF the women, and the one
around whom the web is being the
more closely drawn, weakened and adj
mitted that Flemming was an accom-
pllce, She further admitted that he
was a party to the plan and was the
one who actually did the robblng and
disposed Of Ryan's inanimate form In
the manner described. Flemming de-
MES the charge strongly and swears
that the Smith woman Is lying. He
admits. however. that he knows the
woman and has been 10 her crib at
least twice. He tries to account for
his time during the fatal Friday after
noon, but cannot account for his
whereabouts between o'clock in the
afternoon and 1880 In the evening, the
time Of the murder.
FLEMING NERVOUS.
AS soon as Flemming was arrested
he was confronted by the Smith wo-
man. He was very nervous and trem-
bled from head TO foot. The Smith wo-
man at once identified Flemming and
declared that he was a party to the
crime and that he was In her den on
Friday last. She declared that after
the body had been taken to the out
house, Flemming returned to her den
of infamy and handing her s., said:
Here. Mary. this is your share, but
you had better get out OF town as soon
as possible"
A BAD MAN.
II Is known TO the police that this
man has been n companion OF the wo-
men,and Flemmng admitted this morn
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