The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-20
Minneapolis
AMES' BONDSMEN
WILL HAVE TO PAY
Expense of Returning Ex-
Mayor Will Amount to
Big Sum.

about $4,000 for their confidence in the
old gentleman of Hennepin.
Judge Pond has made an order that
the bondsmen be exonerated and that
the principal be held. This means that
Ames must get a new bond of 900
and that the bondsmen under the old
bond will have to pay all the expense
of getting Ames back to Minneapolis.
Up to date these bondSmen have spent
$1,000 in bringing Ames home. This
need not cause the general public much
perturbation. The bondsmen can afford
1t. They are glad to get off so easy,
even when it is further demonstrated
that they will have more than $1,000
to pay in extras.
Sheriff Doane, of New Hampshire.
submitted a neat little bill Of some
thing under $1,000 to the Hennepin
county authorities yesterday. He was
somewhat surprised to discover that
there was no fund for him draw upon.
AS a matter of fact the sheriff OF the
New Hampshire county might have
gone home loser if 1t had not been for
the action of the bondsmen. who de-
clared their entire willingness to
square Sheriff Doane's bill if the latter
could induce the Hennepin county
courts to square them.
Under these conditions the case was
brought before Judge Pond and given
a hearing. The attorneys cited all sorts
and conditions of authorities. where
upon Judge Pond made an order that
the bondsmen be exonerated and Ames
held. Immediately the bondsmen made
arrangements to pay Sheriff Doane his
bill. He was glad to get it and will
pull out for home without delay.
Ames Hasn't Secured Bail.
Ames has not yet secured bail. His
attorneys declare that the matter is
practically settled. That there will be
any difficulty in securing the $4,000 is
scoffed at by the Ames attorneys as
inconceivable. They declare that the
bail bond will be ready in the morn
ing, when the time is ripe.
There seems no doubt at all that the
former professional friends of DR.
Ames in Minneapolis are coming to his
rescue. DR.. Charles Wheaton, of st
Paul, was the first to sign a paper
agreeing to go his surety to the extent
of 81, 900. Another bondsman is DR.. w
D. Rockford, sonin-law Of DR.. Ames
who, with his wife, have been eStrang-
ed from the doctor since the death OF
his first wife. This estrangement covers
period of twelve years. 1t is under
stood that most of the other sureties
on the bond are also doctors, but the
names of these bondsmen have not
yet been made public. 1t is not be-
HeNed that the bond will be filed be-
fore tomorrow afternoon.
H S. Mead and Frank M Nye were
yesterday morning in conference with
some of the principal bondsmen, and
after leaving the conference, Mr.
Mead said:
There is no doubt that the bond
required in this case will be raised. DR.
Ames will not go to Jail. The sureties
have not all signed as yet, but there
is no doubt that they will do so ir
plenty of time to prevent our client
from being locked up.
It's very plainly shown in the de-
velopments of the last tWenty-four
hours that Ames still has friends In
Minneapolis. Scores Of grand jury mer
are willing to go on the Ames bond, and
dozens of them have called upon him
in the hotel Offering to subscribe sums
of from So to $500 for his defense. DR.
Ames has stated to these people that
he is practically without money, and
that if he has any resources hidden
from the authorities 1t Is up to the au-
thorities to show where these resources
are It is stated by some who claim
to know the facts that the doctor had
over 100000 when he left Minneapolis
This money is believed by many tc
be still in the possession of the Ames
family. But AmeS has not shown the
least sign of possessing money enough
to keep him from going to jail in de-
fault of assistance from his friends.
Ames Says He Has Been Lied About
DR.. Ames was interviewed yesterday
by a representative of T h e Gil b e
He was pacing up and down the room
in evident pain, holding his head upon
his side and giving frequent evidences
of exhaustion.
This is not the time TO go into dis
sertation on my case" said DR.. Ames
Il have been misquoted, misconstrued
and deliberately lied about from. one end
of the country to the other. | intend tc
face this thing out and fight 1T through
With regard to the bail bond arrange
ments have been nearly concluded. and
do not think there will be any difficulty
about the matter The newspapers every
where have treated me without considera-
ton. Out of a few words columns have
been printed with sensational headlines
the matter contained in the articles being
out of all proportion to my Utterances."
Take the article in the Boston Globe, y
said Mrs. Ames, who had just entered
the room, there is not a word of truth
in the whole thing. The man who wrote
it saw DR.. Ames but for a moment, and
the doctor did not say half 81 dozen words
to him. The story was absolutely man
ufactured.'
Il will say this" said DR.. Ames. "since
I arrived in Minneapolis the newspapers
have treated me much more fairly thar
I was treated by newspapers while away
The accounts describing my physical con
dition have been practically correct. o.
course 1 am just recovering from very
severe condition Of physical collapse, and
a very tiresome journey, but 1 am gaining
strength and L expect to be out of doors
very soon.
that is that 1 expect to get well enough
to fight this persecution to its logical
finish"