The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-21
COMES TOiDEAD STOP
"Nothing Doing,'' the, Statuslof the
Municipal Investigation.
co. ATTORNEY. CONTINUES CASES
Mayor A1nest Unable to- Come From
West Baden--NIalonet Asks
Immediates Trial. 80.


| |r@. West Baden--NIalone Asks
Immediate Trial.
Court proceedings have come to dead
stop in the" municipal investigation.
This morning County Attorney Boardman
continued the case of Detective Fred Ma
lone over the term. Malone'sf attorney
requested Immediate trial. The. county' at
| torney Also stated to, Judge Simpson that
he would have moved to CONTINUES Mayor
able to be in court SO the proceeding
| would be perfectly regular.
| A prospective shortage of county funds
for court, purposes was the reason as
signed for continuance in the above cases.
The same reason will apply to. all the
police cases 80; that there will be- no
more bribery trials until the September
term. This will pave the way for the
speedy return Of Red Cohen. Chief Of
Police Ames, Detective c. F. Bracket and
various others whose absence. from the
city has caused comment. 1t may be,
however, that the sheriff's force Will feel
that its courtesy was abused by this de-
parture and that. It's attitude may keep
some Of the tourists away longer.
What VIII the G. J. Dot
| 1t Is not probable that the disposition
OF the cases made to-day will inspire the
grand jury to- much more activity. nor
give it much encourag cement even if that
body decided to continue the municipal
investigation. A great aid to- the grand
jurysS work on these cases up to date has
been the fact that, the indictments, re-
turned resulted in prompt arraignment
and triaE This mode Of procedure in sew
eral notabiea cases produced evidence upon
which the investigators we're able to base
still other important indictments. While
the grand jury had 'em going" under
this plan, the prospect was that the In
vestigation@ would result in the exposure
il not; in the conviction Of every corrup-
Zionist connected with the police Depart
n1ent. With the county attorney no
longer following out the leads indicated by
indictments, 1t; is not likely thata-the
grand jury Will continue to return, indics-
n1entsf which must lie fallow for six
months It Is believed that many Of the
grand jurors will view this sort Of a
finish to their work with, regret for,
while the bribery system, as a whole has
been smashed, there are certain indi-
viluals whose acts call for judicial con-
side1'at.on. There VIII be new grand
jury next term.
Ames Unable to Come.
At the opening of court this morning
County Attorney Boardman stated that
he had received a message from West
Baden stating Mayor Ames was unable to
travel From this: and other information
he was satisfied that it was physically I'M
possible for him to- come to- Minneapolis
at this time. Even: IL the mayor were
here, it was not likely that the county
attorney would move the case, The ex-
pense Of bringing in jury for this one
trial would be SO enormous that 1t would
be unwise to undertake. trial. The
appropriation for the district court
was almost exhausted and II the county
would proceed with the police cases at
this time other interests would suffer.
The public's interests would not be i'm
paired by continuing the cases until next
term and consequently unless some i'm
portant consideration should develop In
the meantime the cases would not be tried
this term. Every single case would be
tried and any report to the contrary was
wholly unfounded. =,
A. b. jackson, who appeared as counsel
for Mayor Ames, expressed himself as
satisfied, provided it was clearly under
stood that the cases would not be moved
until next term.
Mr.. Boardman assured him that no un-
fair advantage would be taken. If it be-
came necessary to try the case, ample
notice would be given.
"Is it necessary for Mr.. Ames to- be
present in order to have his cases con-
tinued?' asked Mr.. jackson. # find
no such provisions In the statutes
1T ts the practice here" remarked
Judge Simpson, "a continuance Is eonsfd-
cred a part Of the proceedings OF the
trial"
IT can't answer for the course Of the
defendants Illness" remarked Mr.. Jack
son, but l know that he will be only
too anxious to appear here in court as
soon as he Is able"
Malone Asks Trial
Having disposed OF the Ames cases,
County Attorney Boardnlans moved the
| continuance Of the case against Inspector
Fred L. Malone. His attorney, Fred n.
Ayers, objected. His client had been
transferred to another police precinct,
| which undoubtedly meant reduction in
salary. It was Mr.. Malone's Intention to
leave the city as he had been offered d
good position elsewhere and it would not
| be possible for him to appear for TRIAL IN
September. For that reason he wanted
the case disposed OF immediately.
T 'Tf there is any question that the de-
fendant will not appear in court on the
oTenfng Of the September term, he will
not be admitted to ball. interrupted
Judge Simpson.
Mr.. Ayers said that he understood that
Mr. Malone would be present but he eottld
not be ready for trial until the middle
OF October. iMr. BoaFdman said that II
had always been his custom to grant any
reasonable requests In that direction.
The case was then continued.
County Attorney Boardman said, fur
ther. that the state was seeking for two
wftnesse in the Malone matter and that
il, afer examining them, it was found that
the defendant had Been unjustly accused.
he would be wiling to 1oIle the case.
Inspector Malone said after tbs appear.
ance chat re had been offered splendid
position as = bridge builder, but would
havs te accept right away. The position
would, however, take him to Mexiso, but
II hs is compelled to appear here at the
opening ct the September term and wait
sever al weeks for trial, he could NOT &C.
capt che offer. Mr.. Boardman's motion 10
continue was granted