The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-06
Chief Too Busy Working on
His Annual Report to
See Anyone
MEMORY SEEMS FAULTY
Ames Admits Telling DissoIute Women
Not to Pay Any More Money to
Gardner, but Denies Making
Cohen Collector.

Superintendent of Police Ames, who
is on trial for accepting a bride, oc-
cupied the stand most of the day on
| direct and cross discrimination, and
when court adjourned last night he
was still giving unimportant testi-
mony.
When he was questioned by County
| Attorney Boardman regarding state
ments made by different persons who
had previously testified to conversation
| held with Supt. Ames, he denied that
any of the essential points were
heard by him, and on the other
hand he admits that a conversation
| of some nature was had on the subject
| but he cannot remember certain things
| having been said. He will not swear
| positively, however, that any of the
parties lied. but hides behind the
screen of IF they said SO 1 don't re-
| member hearing it,"
Ames Was Ill at Ease.
He made a somewhat better wit
ness yesterday than he was on the
former day. His answers were given
with trifle more spirit, and on the
whole made a fairly presentable ap-
pearance, although there were times
when he was i'll at ease, especially
when County Attorney Boardman got
after him regarding his visits to the
various houses of ell fame" in the
city in company with three of his plain
clothes men.
He gave some statements damaging
to himself at least on this -examina-
ton. He said that he had heard that
someone was grating and that it
was Gardner, and he made the rounds
to tell the women that they must not
pay any more money to Gardner, or
anybody else, as it was not the policy
of the police department to let any of
its officers collect any graft" He
would not admit, however, that he
told them that all money should be
paid over to Red" Cohen. He adj
mitted visiting about forty of these
houses, who were not on the regular
list, and who paid their semi month
ly fines in the municipal court.
His principal reason, he said, for
visiting them was to ascertain just
what kind of houses they were run
ming, and to take the matter under
Amusement as to whether he would
allow them to continue. It developed,
however, that he never closed them up
and no further notice was taken of it.
Gardner Likely to Testify.
1t is understood that Gardner is
ready to testify that he had been col
lecting graft from these people, and
after the chief had made his tour he
found that his (Gardner's) position
had been usurped by another, one
Red" Cohen, who had been selected
by the chief to collect the graft
He admitted that he had issued an
order( through instructions of the
mayor, requiring all inmates of houses
i Of ffI1ti i
| inspection, and that Drs. Clark and
| Cohen were the physicians appointed
| to perform these examinations. It is
variously estimated that the revenue
derived from this source was from
| 5000 to $500 weekly. County Attorney
Boardman asked him if it was not a
! fact that this money so gotten from
| the inmates of these houses was thus
| divided-one-th third to the chief, one.
| third for Drs. Clark and Cohen and
! one-third for the mayor. He denied
! emphatically that there was any such
arrangement so far as he knew.
The Abb Is Sprung.
| The question of the alibi was
I brought out yesterday and the chief
I undoubtedly made an alibi which to
| him looks plausible. They placed on
| the stand Sheriff Potter, from Osh-
| kosh, Wis, who was in the city on the
| 18th of last January for a prisoner
| who was wanted in Wisconsin. He
swore that he was in the chiefs office
at 9 o'clock in the morning, and was
| there for about half an hour He said
| the chief was busy during the fore
| noon with his private secretary, and
was locked in his private Office most
| of the time, and in the afternoon he
saw the chief at the Dewey theater.
Trial Nearing an End.
From present indications it looks
as though the case might be submit
| ted to the jury on either Tuesday or
| Wednesday of this week The de-
Tense has several more witnesses to
| place on the stand and the state will
introduce some reburtaI, but in the
main the testimony of the balance of
the witnesses will be short During
the afternoon proceedings there were
number of woman temperance
workers present who listened to the
testimony with considerable pleasure.
During the short recess one of the
| women came over to where Howard
and Crossman were sitting, and said
she wanted to meet the men who were
doing so much to help them in their
cause.
SAFE BLOWERS MAKE HAUL.