The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-29

papers could get a glimpse of him
until yesterday morning, when he ap-
peared before Judge Simpson and lis
tened to the reading of an indictment
charging him with having received a
bride from one Addie Mills of $15 in
consideration that she be immune from
arrest or prosecution in the operation
of her Joint in the red light dis
trict.
The witnesses appearing on the in
d1ctment are Detective Otto Written
sohn and Addie Mills. Attorney WEIGH
made motion to quash the indict-
ment, and asked for time to plead to
the instrument Judge Simpson set
Thursday as the date upon which he
would listen to arguments and the en-
ter1ng of the plea. County Attorney
Boardman asked that the case be set
for trial on Monday next.
Col. Ames' bond was fixed at $4,000.
w. l.. Martin, general freight agent
of the 500 line; H. NJ. Weston, com
mercial agent of the same road, and
II. P. Callaher, manager of the North
western Consolidated Milling company.
hled as sureties, and were acceptable.
Takes Up Work Again.
-. Col Ames, after the arraignment in
the court, proceeded to his office at
police headquarters, and immediately
assumed control of the police depart
ment of the city. This action on his
part came somewhat as a surprise,
as many were of the opinion that he
would resign from office.
When he was asked regarding the
matter, he said that he was still su-
perlntendent of police of the city. and
would continue to act as such until he
was discharged or placed behind the
bars.
Il propose now" he said, "to give
them q Of
the past 1 have endeavored to treat
my men with fairness and considera-
tlon on all occasions, and fault has
peen found and remarks made that 7
nave been too lenient, and from now
on l VIII endeavor to remedy the evil.
From now on 1 propose to be SUI
perintendent Of police de facto, and I
think some of those who have been
knocking me the hardest, as well as
many others, will realize it before very
long. There will be no doubt in the
MINDS OF all as to who is giving the
orders in this department., or from
Whom they are to receive their orders
Inc hrst one to disobey, and who re-
fuses to comply with any orders which
may issue, his name will be present
ca TO the council, with a suggestion
that he be removed from the force.
Orders Must Be Obeyed.
N1ucI oCdAu IulI wen tnat 1t is not
IN my power to remove any one from
the force, but for characterization. or
any other good cause, there will be a
way provided whereby any of them can
be decapitated, and propose to show
them all in whom this authority is
vested. :"
"As far as any changes which NAV
occur from the present arrangement
am not prepared to speak at the
present time, but will say that I'M
doubtedly there may be some"
When asked what he Thought of
Acting Superintendent Hills new ar
rangement, he said:
This is a matter which I had sug-
gested a long time ago, and was never
able to carry it out on account of not
having the proper support in the mat
ter from the mayor"
With reference to the orders given
lately looking toward the cleaning out
said: o
These orders had been given to
capt. Hill many times before, but thew
could not be carried out because of in.
reference of higher authority"
Capt. Hill Must Explain.
Reference was made to the reported
crltlclsm made by Capt. Hill on Col
Ames' management of the police force
He said: w.
Il don't want to critfcise Capt. Hill
until l am reliably informed as to the
Facts in the matter; but If he is re-
sponslble for what he is reported to
nave said, he will have good cause to
regret it. I will demand an explana-
Llon from MIN Immediately, and if he
mas IN any way exceeded his authority
ne viii be rigidly disciplined for it,
whether Capt. Hill Will be removed
from the force or sent to one of the
outlying districts could not be deter
mined yesterday, but the chief said
that they could not afford to have anv
oISturomg elements at headquarters,
probably be transferred, as it is un-
derstood that the colonel and the cap
tain do not hitch very well.
Law to Be Enforced.
Col. Ames said:
If the representative business men
OF TINS city want to have me close if
up ught and strictly enforce the Sun
DAY laws they have only to tell me so,
ana will close everything tighter
IMAM diUm. On the other hand. if
they want a happy medium to be OBJ
served in the enforcement of the laws,
! stand ready to carry out their wishes
in that respect. fa IA
But there is one condition of things
that ! will not stand for or tolerate,
and that is a wide-open town. will
not permit any fragrant violations Of
the law" -
Col Ames said that he never heard
Oh the indictment against him on the
second count until last Friday morn
ing. When he left MINNEAPOLIS after
his trial he went directly to a summer
resort, which is twelve miles from
Pennington, which is nineteen miles
from st. Genevieve on the Mississippi
river in southwestern Missouri and
ala not near word about any indict-
ments being out against him until last
Thursday when he received a letter
from Mrs. Ames informing him of that
TACT. AS soon as he heard it he start
ed for home.
Indictment Surprise.
AT no time since my departure was
aware that l was considered a f11ei
tive from justice. was in ST. I,o11is
ana spent a couple of days there. but
dld not stop at the Planters hotel. and
the only person that I met there that T
knew was Billy Childs, who is now
on the advertising end of the ST. I,oIis
Republic. We had short talk togeth-
er' ana ne asked me if thesrayor was
going TO run again, and I told him
no, that he was out of politics for
good. o" LII
With reference to my meeting tbe
mayor In Chicago, there is no truth
IN that statement, as the only time
mat have heard from the mavor
since my departure was a letter which
received this morning. He also re-
celVed a telegram from the mavor
yesterday afternoon, informing I'm
mat ne was superintendent Of police.