The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-07
ATTY.LUND. WHO ACTED -
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chief by Chris Norbeck. He also denied that
he had ever talked to Crossnan about the
Mick draft or had ever received any money
from either Crossman or Edwards. $50
MIR. Erwin then sought to prove the good
character of the police administration by ask
ing the police superintendent whether Min
neapolis was not regarded as the best policed
city OF its rank in the country. However,
this and other questions designed to show
this fact were ruled out by the court.
Asked about his talk with Edwin NJ. Con-
ner, the chief said Conner had asked him for
an interview on big mitt" men, and that he
had refused to grant it. Conner, he said did
not go into details, but told him he had
made up his mind that the police were pro-
tecting .big mitt'' men. The chief said no
names or locations were mentioned, and that
the talk lasted only short time.
Chief Ames declared that Roman MEX had
not called on him In company with a Times
reporter, Roche Prenevost. He said that
MEX had called on him regarding the stop
page OF payment on the draft The witness
then remembered that he was accompanied
by another man, and after little thought,
also recalled that he had afterward heard
that the other man was Times reporter and
that his name was Prenevost. &: =
Testtfying regarding the Mick draft, the
witness said that MEX came In one afternoon
aid said he lost a draft for s775, but could
not recall how or where. MEX said the draft
was Endorsed and said he would stop the pay
ment. MEX was told to keep his mouth shu;.
In the evening he returned with another man,
whom the witness had since learned was a
reporter He told the reporter that it was
doubtful if payment could be stopped on an
| Endorsed draft. =. - go :
|. The next day the Times came out with q
big story censuring the witness and the po-
lice department for failure to get the draft.
This flushed the game of course i
He volunteered the confession that he did
not know what became of the draft The
| next day the witness told the detectives TO
do the best they could to find the draft. He
informed MEX: and his attorney, Harry a.
Lund, Just what had been done by the police
Ills testimony was corroborated by Mick him
| self, and when the story had all been told,
Lund said that ii the draft was never recov-
himself. '--. -.
| No knowledge of "Protectfon."n
| ''Did you ever have any information from
any source whatever that Gardner had any
agreement with Edwards or Crossman: or any
| other person for the payment Of any money
| for protection?'' L 5.-..-' " -
! 'tNo, sir
! ibid you know until these indictments
were brought that Detective Norbeck had
made any arrangement for the payment OF
money for the protection of mitt toints?"
'tNo, sir" :. 80
Colonel Ames testified that his instruction.
had always been to suppress the confidence
men and swindlers and arrest them at every
time. The plain clothes men were required
to report every hour when on duty -. =. :
| Gould system of protection, carried or
! by number of your officers, have existed X
the months OF October, November and De.
cember without your: knowledge?"' inquired
| Mr.. Erwin.
"No, sir; don't think it could"
Subsequent questions failed to elicit any
thing Of value from. Witness Ames and he
was thereupon turned over to the tender rer.
cies OF Prosecutor Smith. He sought to as
certain just what the police department had
done to help Roman Mick. -
'tDid you know that the payment on tn,
MEX draft had been stopped at Minot, n D.
by telegram by Nilsson & Nordlander?'
asked Mr.. Smith pointedly = -
II did not?"
Did YOU telegraph to stop the payment 81
that draft2' .~.... ->... -. =
| II did .not.,,- 49,. = s. = 6....r-..
why didn't you?" A.-.'" 5.s~T -. tr...4.
! cit wasn't my business - ). s.-*
"Did YOU tell MEX and Mr. Prene,vost tina
they would have TO- wait for Detectiv
Brackett?'' '' ~ L
NO. sir I always assigned the first man
could get hold of in such cases.
did Mick tell you how he was tieeced gu
Of the draft?', - - So =i:s. -. :
He said in a card game = ::
| .Did he tell where?"- T. 80 -
81 think he said something about tn
place" e t,.-~=> .z.-;5S -. Z.
Ibid you not receive from reading tn
Times the information that Roman MEX ha
| of Sraf o< ~
Fourth avenue S by Doc Phillips and 9th
ers?" ts.~ ,-i .a-..>- -
eff twas there suppose 1 read ,it''
why didn't you detail an officer to flint
that draft?" 800. : ,-'- :. =
II detailed Detective Nelson the next NOR
ming" $50 49,. ~
He Knew 1t Was Useless. -
why didn't you detail an officer as soo1
as you heard Of it,
Because ] knew it was useless II an,
swindling, had been done the men would hay,
hours and the draft could not be cashed any
way" 49, - = i z .ss~. s. re-
| An Unruly Witness Fined.
Bailin Nels Clausen created quite diver
sion at this juncture by dragging Robert Cor
bench and complaining that the prisoner re
fused to stand back although ordered to do 81
| several times - .-2SSe.,.z u. r. 80
| Judge Harrison promptly fined German IS
with the alternative OF five days i1nprison
| ment In the county Jail. s
"what's a Mint joint" ttDon',
Know
Colonel ;Ames admitted that the Times arti
Gle on the Mick case had vexed, him, but h,
was not angry. He considered that the articl,
had flushed the game and that it woult
do little good to prosecute the hunt.
He made quite pittable spectacle by being
unable to tell how many plain clothes" OH
GERS there were on the force. He did no
know If there were twenty-seven.
''Do you know what a '1nttt joint is?''
mo, sir: ] do not
'Do you know what q big unitt' is?''
NO
'.Dtd you ever see a big mitt' nnan2''
II can't say positively
well, I'll introduce you to one. That Il
Billy Edwards sitting there. Did you eve
meet hini?"
II saw him in my Office.
/ 'Did you ever hear, last November, tina
Edwards and Crossn, All and Howard and 9th
srs wore running big nnitt' joints here at W
rious locations during that nnonh Z"