St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-05
1t Is a part of the Controversy
Between DR.. AmeS and
Family.
Mystic Shrine Mobiles and La
dies Turn themselves Loose
for Pleasure.
Prospects for the South Side
High--About the Fire
Warden.


diet against the Pioneer Press for 81.
Yesterday. however. scores surged into
the dilapidated old justice shop, sought
| out Judge Hicks court room, and pre-
pared themselves for the food their
bumps of curiosity craved, dealt out in
the details of the Cnase-RochfOrd case.
When there is chance to mar promi-
nent mans reputation, ana when facts
which are reliShed by EVIL minds are
likely to be brought out, the public is
always curious, and the public has been
led to believe that curiosity is in order
during the trial of this case.
The case is about as follows: Last
October Miss LenOre Chase called at the
offices of DrS. AmeS Il Rockford to see
DIR. AmeS. She alleges that DR.. Roch-
| ford met her in the hallway and asked
what she wanted. She asked for DIR.
| Ames. whereupon he told her the doctor
was i'll, confined to his room and could
| not be seen. She insisted on seeing
him and DIR. Rockford insisted that she
| leave the building. She asserted that
she would leave when she got ready"
He, she alleges, told her he would kick
her out if she did not go without his as
SiStance, and she replied that it would
be the dearest kicking he ever did,"
Then, she says, he carried out his asser-
ton, thereby nflicting several bodily
injuries and causing great mental
pain" For this she asks the court for
$1,000 from DR.. Rockford. She had DR..
Rockford arrested and arraigned in the
municipal court, where he was fined 81
and costs. In that trial DR.. Rockford
admitted that he gently assisted her to
leave the offices and pass down the
stairway"
The case is the sequel to the Ames
family trouble. DR.. Rockford is DIR.
Ames' son-ln-iaw. A day OR two after
the alleged assault they dissolved part
nership, Ames going to the offices over
424 Nicollet avenue. DR.. Rockford and
wife and Mrs. Dr.. Ames, it is said, do
not bear the affection they felt for the
eX-mayOr before the occurrence noted
above. DR.. Ames is a witness in the
case for the plaintiff. and his daughter,
Mrs. Rockford, will give testimony
which will reflect upon her father.
The case was called at IL o'clo ok.
The choosing of jurors and lunch took
up the time of all interested until 2
o'clock, when the trial began in earnest.
The following jurors were selected: ID.
Jones, L. +. McDOnough. NJ. Black, S.
Hopper, J. c, Clark, NJ. Mortenson, II.
Kingsley. F. Long. j. d. Allen, A. &.
Clifford, p. w. Deveraux. F. W. Patter-
son. R. l.. Penny. member of the
state house of representatives, and
Robert JamiSOn, ex-cOunty attorney. APP
pear in defense of DR.. Rockford, and
Davis & Farnham appear for Miss
Chase. The plaintiff was neatly and
fashionably dressed. She sat immedi-
ately behind her attorneys. and aided
them whenever assistance was asked
III whispered questions, without the
slightest evidence Of uncomfortable
nerves. She is not beautiful woman,
but she looks to be among the shrewd-
est of her sex. Her father and sister
and lady friend sat near her. On the
opposite side OF the large table. heaped
with law books. sat DR.. Rockford and
wife, attended by halt dozen friends.
| The doctor watched every detail Of tile
| trial as eagerly as Miss Chase, and often
advised his attorneys relative to minor
| details of the evidence. About six feet
| from his pretty daughter sat Dr.. Ames.
| He was surrounded by intimate friends
who were hearers only. He was as calm
and serene as usual, and when not on
| the stand scarcely moved. a stranger
! would have taken him tor a diSinter-
ested listener.
F. f. Davis opened the case by out
lining to the jury what course he pro-
posed to pursue. He read the complaint,
| which charged that DIR. Rockford kicked.
beat and bruised the plaintiff without
cause, then in his inimitable clear and
confident style stated that Miss Chase
was patient of DR.. Ames at the time
| of the assault, through having facial
blemish, the result of Scrofula. She
| called at the inStigation of DR.. Ames
| DR.. Rockford had no right to lay hands
| on her In the hallway, as the hallway
was not the property of DR.. Rockford
any more than of the plaintiff He
| worked little on the sympathetic
strings of the jurors hearts by abiding
to the rights of any lady in her weak
ness and helpleSSness when confronted
by strong man, determined to do her
| physical harm. When he had finished
he called Miss Chase to the stand.
Her cheeks were a trifie flushed as
she sat down in the witness chair, but
she told her story through her answers
| plainly and without the slightest hest
tation. She said she was thirty-one
| years OF age and daughter of Daniel
| Chase. She had lived here thirteen
| years. and at present is dressmaker in
the Lindley block. She had known DR.:
| AmeS ever since she came to the city,
as he had always been the physician
employed 10y her family. She called at
! LIZ OiIlCC VI IlOCHlOIU ~ AiilGS OH Tie
| date when the assault occurred because
she wanted to he treated for swollen
| glands. She met DR.. Rockford and wife
at the head of the stairs. He asked her
what She wanted and she told him that
| she wanted to see DR.. AmeS because he
told her to come. He ordered her to
leave, saying that if she didn't do so
he'd kick her out. She didn't show a
disposition to do as he requested and he
therefore kicked her down stairs.
Attorney Jamison requested her to
describe tile rooms in the doctors Office,
then asked her if she had not received a
letter from DR.. Rockford, ordering her
to never come TO the Office. about two
weeks before the alleged assault Oc-
Cured. She did not answer. as an OBJ
lection from Attorney Davis was sus-
tanned. This was all. and Miss Chase
| resumed her seat beside her attorneys.
DE-. Ames was the next witness called.
His evidence contained nothing of a
novel nature. except that he came to
Minneapolis thirty years ago yesterday.
He knew Miss Chase and her family for
several years, and had requested Miss
Chase TO come TO the Office on the date
when the alleged assault occurred. He
told of the disease with which she was
afflicted and how he treated it. He was
in bed at the time the assault occurred,
but left the Office at 1: 80 O'Clock. He
did not see DR.. or Mrs. Rockford before
going. When he left the stand DR..
Mitchell was called.
He saw Miss Chase on Oct. 20 and ex-
amined bruises on her right arm. There
were two, one just above and one just
below the elbow. There was also a
swollen red spot on her forearm and a
bruise on her side. He said that she
| was affected with scrofulous inhamma-
ton when excited. She was thus liable
to blood poisoning because of the
bruises. On cross examination he
stated that no serious consequences had
resulted so far as he knew. He couldn't
say that they wouldn't, though.
At the conclusion of DR.. Ames' testi-
moDy K. 5. Penney opened for the de-
1ense, outlining to the jury the evidence