The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-16
DR.. AMES UNDER ARREST.
FORMER MAYOR or MTNNEAPO-
LIS APPREHENDED.
Discovered Yesterday in the Home of a
Minister -- Under Indictment for
Bribery $50 Broken in Spirit aud n Phys
tcat Wreck-His Condition So PttifuI
That He IL Not Locked Up.

Hancock, N. H, Feb. 15.-Broken in
spirits, a physical wreck. and changed
probably beyond recognition, DR.. Albert
Alonzo M. Ames, formerly mayor of
Minneapolis, and who is wanted in that
city on an Indictment for attempted
bribery, was discovered to-day in the
home of a local minister and placed I'M
der arrest by Sheriff Doane, of Nashua.
So pitiful was his condition that he was
not locked up, but left in charge of a
deputy to await the arrival of officers
from Minneapolis. After his arrest,
however, Ames communicated with
United States District Attorney Charles
j. Hamblett, of Nashua, and obtained
his services for a fight which he says
he will make against extradition.
DR. Ames has been here for several
weeks, although his presence was not
known outside of the home of Rev. c..
FL. Chaplin, who received and sheltered
him. Mrs. Chaplin is a sister of the
woman who accompanied DIR. Ames and
who is supposed to be his wife. The
knowledge of this relationship probably
led to his detection.
Sheriff Doane received communica-
tion from Chief of Police ]. w. Greger,
of Minneapolis, asking him to go to
/ Hancock and see If Ames had sought
refuge at the home of his sister-in-law.
The sheriff came here yesterday and
after an investigation placed Ames un-
Ior rasf of
DR.. Ames is wanted to answer to an
indictment for attempted bribery and
also for defaulting his $4,000 bail given
at the time of his indictment.
The prisoner Is reported to have de-
clared this afternoon that We're he a
well man he would return to bis home
and face the charges, but that under
the circumstances he would make a
desperate fight. Attorney Hamblett
has not yet seen his client, but will
come here tomorrow. Mr., Hamblett
was informed to-day that DR.. Ames was
on the verge of collapse.
DIR. Ames is wonderfully changed
from the description of him sent out
by the Minneapolis police after his dis
appearance from that city. He has
grown a full beard and his hair Is al
most white. It is said that he is sixty
two years of age, but he looks over sew
enty. His flesh is much wasted away,
and from a physical standpoint he is
helpless.
Just how long the parsonage has pro-
tected the prisoner and his wife is not
known outside of the house, and none
of the family to-day was inclined to
talk. 1t is believed, however, that Min
neapolis detectives who followed him
to Boston were thrown off the track
there, and that he came directly to this
town. Before going to Boston he was
reported to have been in Louisburg,
Ky, and West Baden, Ind, and it is
thought that he came east from the lat
ter place.
AS soon as the Minneapolis officers
reach here, and they are expected on
Tuesday, the matter of DR.. Ames' ex-
tradition will be taken up before the
governor and council. Those who are
familiar with the fighting abilities of
MIR, Hamblett are inclined to believe
that the return west of the prisoner
will be delayed for quite considerable
time.
Developments tonight indicate that
DR., Anes has still many friends and
abundant financial resources, and that
every move to bring him to trial in
Minneapolis will be bitterly contested.