Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05
He WEEDS a Woman the Day
She Obtains Her
Divorce.
Facts in the Career of an Erst-
while Political
ChiettaIn.

De Smet, S. D., Jan. Among Fri
days rivals entered on the Syndicate
hotel register were Mrs H S. Bates
and maid, Sioux Falls. Directly under,
in the same hand, was registered the
name of A. A. AmeS, Minneapolis.
Sunday morning the register showed
this entry: A. A. Amcs, wife and maid,
Minneapolis. This tells its own story
At Saturday evenings session Of the
supreme court in session at De Smet,
E. II. Aplin, of Huron, appeared rs
attorney for Mrs. Bates, and asked for
q divorce from her husband. The
grounds upon which the degree was
asked were non-support, cruel treat
ment and general inCOmpatbiity. a.
p. Schcnian, of this city appeared for
Mr. Bates, but set up no defense, and
the decree was granted by Judge An
dreWs. After the session q license was
procured and DR.. A. A. AneS and Mrs.
Bates were quietly married at the no.
tel.
Mrs Bates resided at Sioux Falls
the necessary time to secure Il divorce.
Minneapolis, Jan. Mrs. Bates was
the wife of a Minneapolis dentist. DR..
Ames for time after the enlargement
from his wife, who died a few months
since, became an inmate of the Bates
household. He seemed to be on the
most friendly terms with Mr.. Bates,
and the twain were frequently seen
about the city in each others company.
ostenSibly the best of friends. When
the courts We're called upon to pass on
the troubles of the AmeSeS the name
of Mrs. Bates figured somewhat con-
spicuously. There was talk at the time
that in the end the result would be
what has come to pass, but as Mrs.
Bates continued to live with her huS-
band, and so far as the public knew,
happily, the stories were not generally
credited. There were also reports that
Mrs. Bates had DR.. Ames completely
in her power and the theory of hypnO-
tism was advanced by many. When a
local paper first learned of the intended
action for divorce, Mrs. Bates had al
ready left her husbands roof and ac-
Quired Il residence in the state which
has outrivaled Chicago in its palmieSt
days in the matter of the celebrity with
which it grants legal separation to men
and women who find the cOmpaniOnShip
of their partner umcongeniaI. a few
days later the same paper had occasion
to send Il representative to DR.. ADleS'
office in this city to ascertain some par
ticulalS of the fatal accident to his son.
Charles, III Oregon, but was informed
that the doctor was out of the city on
n visit The office attaches claimed not
to know where he was sOjourning, and
they probably did not, as no one was
able to reach him with the news OF his
sons death. 1t appears that he had
gone TO South Dakota to be present in
attendance on the court the day he case
was tried and in case it was granted
to wed Mrs. Bates the same day. 1t
will be remembered that a short time
after the burial of Mrs. AmeS the doc
tor took a trip out of the city for few
days 'of rest it was stated, and it is
now believed that at that time he aC-
companied Mrs. Bates to Sioux Falls
to install her as a resident of that
place in order that she might in due
time make application for divorce.
doc" Ames was once the idol Of the
Minnesota democracy, was mayor of
this city several terms and four years
ago came within n few hundred votes
of being elected governor. Since that
time he has been dissipating, and two
years ago abandoned his good and pure
wife who subsequently died broken
hearted. Then the husband sought to
take his minor son from the custody of
his married daughter and the litigation
developed facts regarding Ames which
greatly shocked the community. His
daughter. a recent graduate of the
Minnesota university and 4 beautiful,
virtuous girl, the bride of a prosperous
young lawyer, was forced to give the
most damaging evidence against her
father in regard to his relations with
other women and the neglect of his own
family. Ames did not visit his wife
after her death. He is a man Of 60
years and known from one corner of
ate to the other