The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-28
SUPERINTENDENT OF MlNNEAP-
OILS POLICE is SEEN HERE
YESTERDAY MORNING
GOES AS FAR AS MIDWAY
ON INTERURBAN CAR
The Colonel Is Met Here by Member of
Mill City Police Department and the
Two Go to That City-He May APP
pear i'm Court Today.

Superintendent of Police Fred w.
Ames, of Minneapolis, who has been
missing from that city since July 8, in
the face of an Indictment, arrived in st.
Paul early yesterday morning. He was
met at the union depot by member of
the Minneapolis police department and
escorted to an interurban car.
Superintendent Ames and his friend
left the car at Midway, and hired a
buggy to drive to Minneapolis. The
stay Of the superintendent in st. Paul
was very brief, as he was evidently in
hurry to get to Minneapolis un-
noticed. He was seen al the union de-
pot by several persons who have known
him for several years. He had nothing
to say to anybody and after shaking
hands With the Minneapolis officer who
was there 20 meet him both left the
station and FASTENED to the car.
Disappears in Minneapolis.
Although diligent search was made
in Minneapolis to locate the superin-
tenient, all efforts failed to reveal any
trace of him. A representative of T e
q o e called on Mrs. Fred Ames yes
terday afternoon and was informed
that she had not seen the superin-
tendent. She told the reporter that
she expected her husband to return to
the city today. Mrs. Ames was reti-
cent in answering all questions, but
was positive in stating that she had not
seen the superintendent since he left
July s.
Where Col. Ames has been during
the past three weeks, is still as much
or mystery as ever. 1t is known
that he did not arrive on any of the
trains from Chicago, and his appear
ances gives foundation to the state
ments that he has been resting in
some summer resort in the South
with William Judd, an old classmate.
For the past three days members
of the Ames administration have been
giving out the information that Col
Ames left Minneapolis July 8, about
The same time the grand jury returned
an Indictment against him for the al
legged receiving of brides from female
proprietors of resorts
Since that time there have been
many rumOrs aflOat concerning his
whereabouts, many of them crediting
him with having gone to Europe or
Mexico in order to escape standing
trial on the charge of receiving a
bride.
Col. Ames' friends have all along
contended that the superintendent did
not know that an indictment had been
returned against him and these now
claim that he was not aware of the
fact until last Friday. when he began
making preparations to return to Min
neapolis.
He May Resign.
The common belief in MINNEAPOLIS
is that if Col. Ames has returned he
Will resign as superintendent of the
Minneapolis police department. 1t is
known that there is a widespread feel
ing Of hostility towards him among
the rank and file of the department,
and many of the officers have Signified
their intention of resigning should
Col. Ames once more assume charge of
the department.
A large number of the friends of the
administration We're seen in Mime
apoliS yesterday relative to Col. Ames'
arrival, but all pro3essed to be in ig-
norance concerning it. He was not to
be found in any of his old haunts and
II is supposed that he is in the house
of some of his friends, where he will
remain until court opens today.
The county attorney of Hennepin
county has maintained that Col. Ames
is a fugitive from justice" and it is
likely that he might Gave been placed
under arrest had he been seen on the
streets of Minneapolis
Probably in Friends House.
- After securing the horse and buggy
at Midway the colonel and his friend
started to drive towards Minneapolis,
on University averue but it is hard
" likely that they followed this street
into the city. It is more than prob
able that they entered Minneapolis
over the Franklin street bridge and
they went straight to the residence of
some friend.
It was evident t 1T Col Ames did
not wish his presence in Minneapolis
to be generally known yesterday and
for that reason he saw fit to come to
St. Paul, where the chances of his be-
ing recognized at an early hour in
the morning were slight. 1t would have
been almost impossible for him to
have taken an Interurban the entire
distance, is he could hardly set foot
down town in Minneapolis without be-
ing seen by some person who knew
him. BY riding into Minneapolis in a
buggy and entering the city by the
residence district, he could get into
retirement without being noticed.