The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-05
TUESDAY EVENING,

vorce from his wife and insisted that they
should not live together after that"
Did YOU diagnose his condition as a
physician and II so you may tell what it
Was!, said Mr.. Erwin. Skss
Il physically he was all rum down, " res
Piled DR.. Clark. = Nervously he was high
strung, irritablee and had extravagant
IDEAS. He was physically weak. his eyes
We're yellow and he had all the appear
ances of one who was physically and men
tally weak =
The witness further testified that DR..
Ames had these delusions when he was In
liquor and when he was sober. as well
during his illness as when he was con-
Valescent. His mental condition was
caused by alcoholism to which the inn
paired condition of his organs contributed.
The heavy drinking would naturally affect
the liver. Then the question on which the
defense rests all its hopes: L.
Was he capable of judging the effect
OF his acts such as, receiving money In
December 1902" asked Erwin. 81 81
He was not
Was he able to know right from wrong
at this time %
NO sir. He did not even know his
friends replied DR.. Clark positively.
The witness said that DR.. Ames had
been on debauch before he went on his
hunting trip and on his return showed
evidences of having kept up the debauch,
'-ANSAA
Ihese admissions We're made in response
10. questions by the prosecution.
Inc witness further admitted that up
TO the time of noticing the decisions, that
u.s. In December. 1901. he had regarded
DR.. Ames as a good surgeon and of abil-
lty as an executive. He had understood
that for six or seven years previous to
the debauc1 and the hunting trip. in which
George Kent and others Of like fame
participated, the doctor had been very
abstemious.
Decisions and Drink.
County Attorney Boardman suggested
that the decisions might have been d.
rectly due to his excessive drinking
l don't think one could get delirium
from excessive drinking SO long after
ward, replied DR.. Clark, but at the same
| time he would not make the statement
| any stronger. e.
You regard him to-day as an efficient
medical MANI" said Mr.: Boardman. "No
SIR
Why do you keep him in your office
| then?'' =
Objected to as argumentatiye and the
| objection was sustained,
| Inc witness later testified that he ha6
called DR.. Ames' attention to the meet
1ngs of Gardner, Norbeck, Captain Sin.
clair and other police officers at the doc.
! tors medical office.9SThe mayor had re.
pled that he knew nothing of the mat
ter and would have them stopped.
! Captain Thomas Mcmillan, for twelve
and half years commandant Of the state
soldiers home at Minnehaha, was called
( next. He declared that the reputation 81
Or: Ames for integrity was good. Mr.
! Mcmillan said that he was a surety 70,
one or the Ames bondsmen and was yir.
tually on the bond
| The Ray Harris Arrest.
Peter s. Nelson, deputy clerk Of thu
municipal court, was sworn by the de-
4 tense at the opening of the afternoon ses
sion. He said that there was no record
of the, arrest, conviction and sentence O
Kay n harris between Oct. 1,;s1so1, and Apr
l, 1902. No one by that name had pait
a fine Of $50 for Keeping an innmora
place. In response to the questions O.
the state, he testified that women of This
character almost invariably gave fcti
1 tious names. E
He testified, further, that on Nov. Il
q woman was arrested by Captain Henr!
Krun1weide and Officer Flood. She wa
tried and convicted on Nov. II, fined $5
and sent to the workhouse because TIN
fine was not paid. The next day the fin
was paid. -
This tallies closely with the details o
the arrest and release of Ray Harris.
~. "Frees Lane Noted Eccentricity.
Freeman P. Lane. the attorney, recalle
certain instances of absentninde dness o
forgetfulness. On visit at the doctor
office DR.. Ames offered the witness
cigar twice. On that occasion the doc
tors eyes had an expressionless appear
ance and he showed great pallor. III
failed to understand the matter whic
Mr.. Lane was speaking about and in tn
opinion of the witness DIR. Ames did no
know what he was doing.
Mr.. Boardman suggested that there wa
nothing remarkable in a, man offering
friend a cigar and later offering him an
other from force of habit, which Mr.. Ian
admitted, but he had never had cigar
offered to him in ''just that way
II He denied being an intimate friend g
, DR.. Ames.