The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-01
JURY HAS AMES CASE
CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE FIN
ISHED AND CHARGE DELIV-
Erred AT O'CLOCK
FORMER POLICE CHIEF
AGAIN TAKES STAND
Character Witnesses Are Also Intro
duced, but No Testimony Is Offered
to Materially Shake Strong Case
Made Out by State.

The case against Fred w. Ames,
former superintendent of the Mime
apolis police, on trial under an indict-
ment charging him with extorting SIS
u from Addie Mills as a consideration
for police protection, went to the jury
last night at 6 o'clock. The taking Of
testimony was concluded at the morn
ing session of the court, and the after
: noon session was entirely devoted to
the arguments of the counsel and the
charge of Judge Brooks to the jury.
3 No testimony either in rebuttal or sur
rebuttal was introduced, each side be-
ing willing to rest it's case upon the
evidence as it stood.
Charge Is Fair.
Judge Brooks charge to the jury was
Of distinguished impair .ality. According
to law, he said, if an executive officer asks
or receives a bride in order that his off,
cial acts will be Influenced thereby he is
guilty of a crime. He told them that a
reasonable doubt was such a doubt as
would prevent them from acting in mat
Ters of most serious import to themselves,
and explained that according to law what
d man does through another he does for
himself. If Cohen received the money for
the defendant, as an agent, even though
1t never reached Ames' hands, he received
bride and therefore should be found
guilty
The evidence of the different women
who testified to having paid money to Co
hen was only pertinent, he said, so far
Is it went to show that such system was
In vogue, and helped to prove the relia-
bility of the testimony of Addie Mills; and
that the defendant was in no manner to
be found guilty on these other offenses.
He was on trial on simply the one charge.
The case was then given to the jury
Makes Partial Admissions.
The morning session of the trial open
Id with renewal by the defense of the
attempt to break the force of Written
gohns testimony. Ames was placed on
The stand and swore that he had talked
with Wirtensohn after the grand jury had
returned an Indictment and that he asked
him how his name happened on the in
dictment. Wirtensohn said that he had
testified regarding the visit to the various
II asked him why he went" said the
witness, and he said he had received
If he had received the orders from me,
and he said he did not"
After stating that he had only slight
acoua intanco with ''Reddy' Cohen, Arnes
was turned over to the county attorney
for cross examination. Ames admitted
that he had gone to Addie Mills place,
DuL UGIll6Q llldI IlC llttu tOlQ l1SI " WdlI
until she had heard, from him, He ad-
mitted that he might have told her to
come to the city hall, but said that if he
had it was because she asked the meaning
of his order and as he had thirty or
thirty-fiVe other places to visit he had no
8 time to explain. He simply told the
women to call at the city hall later.
WheeIock Takes Stand.
Ernest Wheelock, the deposed chiefs
secretary, was the next witness. He was
asked regarding a conversation between
the chief, himself and Norbeck relative to
Gerdner's reported collection of money in
the red light district, but the questions
were ruled out temporarily.
Wheelock testified that Ames had said,
in Norbecl<s presence, that he wouldn t
stand for anybody collecting money from
the women. He had never heard Ames
tell Norbeck that they would go around
to the houses and tell the women to stop
paving until they heard further.
Mrs Ames, the defendants wife, testi-
fed that Wirtensohn had twice told her
he did not get the order from the chief.
II asked him why he did not say that on
the stand and he replied that they want
ed him to say something against the chief
and that they would get him if he
didn't" she continued. II asked him If
he knew where the order came from and
he said he did, but that he wasn't going
TO mix up anybody else in it"
Frank A. Hubachek followed. He testi-
fed that Wirtensohn had once denied that
the order came from Ames.
United States Marshal w. II. GrimShaW
said he had known Col. Ames for forty
wears and that his reputation had been