The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-26
WAS NOT ARRAICNED
COUNTY ATTORNEY REFUSES TO
MAKE COMPLAINT AGAINST
TRIBUNE REPORTER
CHARGE MAY BE CHANGED
Mayer Ancs' views in the Matter
He scores the Newspapers
and MuniciDaI Court
Officials.

Mayor Ames, seen by 7 e G o b
yesterday afternoon, and asked in re,
garI to the arr, ST OF the Tribune reports
e.. Fred BoIge, SUNDAY evering on TIA
charge of blackman, said: i have MOTH
ing to say at present; the fact is Jus;
tbs: We set d trap for this fellow, ane
he put Eoeh feet in it, We have pos tive
eVd nee in the matter and are prepared
to prove our side of the case when call
ed upon.
lie was then asked regarding the up
eIatioEs in the city Of the. alleged big
mitt'' men ana he said: There may be
-.g mite men in Minneapolis, but / can
assure YOU that We keep pretty close
watch On them, and their stay in our
midst is not very lorg. You see these
fellows work a good deal like burglars,
they jump into city and stay but a
few days, ana are gone to some other
point. We are endeavoring, and l think
with a fair measure of success, to purge
the city of all kinds of confidence men,
+grafters,' big mitt' and tough characters
of every description, but you can readily
see that in a city of this size, with our
Inadequate police protection. it is hard
to entirely eradicate this class of peo-
pie from the city, but our records will
compare very favorably with cities of
equal Importance.
Now, L want to tell you one thing, ;"
and the doctor grew emphatic, the worst
class of big mitt men we have to deal
with in this city are the fellows down on
Newspaper Row, the papers themselves,
they give us the most trouble, and if we
couIu handle them as easily as the
transient big mitters,' We would feel az
though a good work had been accoIn>
plished'
Mr. Bonge, who was let out on bah
Sunday night, appeared promptly at the
mimic "A this l110TnjnQr
panied by his attorneys. The plan of the
officers who made the arrest was some
what of a failure, however, as they We're
unable to get the county attorney to
swear out a warrant for the alleged
crime committed The county attorney
said he preferred to look into the mat
ter d little further, but his opinion was
that it would be a matter which the
grand jury would have to take up. or
one which the city attorney might be
able to make out a complaint on.
1t does not look at the present time, az
though the county attorney would 90
anything at all with the case and it IL
barely possible that the matter will be
dropped. The reporter is still out on
bail and is not worrying any about the
outcome.
Another strange feature of the case Is
that under the statutes of Minnesota the
alleged crime is not blackmail. A prom
inent attorney said today that black
mail consisted only in a written com
munication, and certainly the police de,
partment had no such communication
in writing, so that it appears, if anything
is done, 1t will have to be on a different
charge
The city hall was the scene of confu
sion all day yesterday, and the clie1
topic of conversation among the police
and officials around there was Sunday
nights arrest, and all We're wondering
as to what the outcome would be; some
of the administration henchmea were