Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-17

after the newspapers had reported that
| Defendant had confessed he met Sheriff
Abbott (meaning l.. r. Abbott. sheriff
OF Davis county, In Salt Lake City and
during conversation with the sheriff
this defendant remarked: II seems as
! II you succeeded In getting a confess
sion from Haworth. How ala YOU man
age It; whereupon Sheriff Abbott re-
! piled: I'm tell you, Franks, | have
been working on that fellow for some
Time. treated him as II he were a
school boy and showed by my kind
treatment that ] was his friend | got
| everything from him that wanted and
nave made him feel that | was his
friend and would help him. He seemed
20 nave confidence In me 10 that ex-
tent and finally got 20 talking 10
me ana wanted to know II he
would get light sentence by pleading
guilty. Then | knew had him, and
while ] made no definite promise that
J would get him light sentence told
him that II he would plead guilty |
would use my influence In that drec,
ton" That nj the time Of
taking such oath and making said affi-
davt there was duly pending In the
district court Of the Second Judicial
district Of the state OF Utah in and for
Davis county a criminal action In which
the state OF Utah was plaintiff and Ma
than f. Haworth was defendant, in
which said action the said Haworth was
charged with murder In the first de-
gree; that In that he had heretofore
at said county Of Davis with malice
aforethought. feloniously deliberately
and premeditatedly killed and murdered
one Thomas Sandal That the said
Haworth had. prior to the making OF
the AFFIDAVIT and taking the oath afore-
said by said Franks. been convicted in
said court OF the crime of murder and
that az the time Of making the said
affidavit and talking Of the said oath
by the said Franks. complainant was
counsel and attorney for said Nathan
r. Haworth and was preparing to move
IN the court aforesaid for a new trial
OF said HawOrth on said charge OF
murder, and that II then and there be-
came and was a question OF fact and
fact material TO said motion for a new
trial, whether q certain confession in
PRODUCED IN evidence on the trial OF said
Nathan +. HaWorth for murder as
aforesaid In the court aforesaid and
testified TO by L. J.. Abbott OF Davis
county, Utah. and Jed. Abbott. deputy
sheriff Of Davis county. Utah, was pro-
cured from said Haworth by undue In
iiuence exerted by said Abbotts upon
said Haworth ana whether the same
was procured by promises and induce
ments held out 20 The said Haworth by
the said Abbotts and said oath was
taken and said affidavit made by said
Franks upon said question OF fact eps
was material 10 the same and was made
and delivered 10 aaiant to be used on
defendants motion for new trial In
said action and filed and published
therein as true. that said Franks az
he time Of making said 2iIldavIt and
akinr said oath knew that the CONVEX
.ations aforesaid with said L. T. ABB
Jott. and said Deputy Sheriff Jed Alb
lott. were untrue and false, both IN
ubstance and effect and had never been
rad by him with said Abbotts or either
4 them al the times and places men,
toned IN said affidavit or az any other
lines or places and that said false
were by the said Franks.
hen and there falsely, feloniously and
yilfully made. contrary 20 the oath
O taken by him before said Forristall
s aforesaid. an OF which Is contrary 70
he statutes IN such case made ant pro-
ided and against the peace and digni-
Y OF the state Of Utah.
Wherefore complainant prays that 2
-arrant BE- Issued Tor the arrest Of said
ranks. and that he be dealt With ac-
ording TO law.