The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-11
\MES SAYS IT'S HOT
DOWN EAST WHERE
HE S0JOURNS
Former Chief Executive of
Minneapolis Writes a Char
acteristic Letter to Mayor
Smith From His New
Hampshire Retreat.

"Hen is passing around here just
now and here's hoping that these few
lines will find you the same is the
jocular way in which former Mayor
Ames, of Minneapolis, begins a letter
to his old friend Mayor r. A. Smith.
The letter was received yesterday from
Hancock, n. H, and was the first word
that Mayor Smith has received from
Ames since his hurried fight from the
Mill City.
4 am sick, Bob, pretty sick" says
Mayor Ames in his letter, but 1 hope
to be able yet to down Hovey Clark
and his band of perjurers and liars. l
have got a few armor- piercing shells
in my belt and as the game is yet in its
infancy, l hope to plant a few of them
where they will do the most good when
the proper time comes. l am not all in
yet and Clark and his gang know it,
Sheriff Dreger, of Hennepin county,
has been diligently using his persua-
siVe powers to induce the doctor to re-
turn at once to Minneapolis, and this
prompts the doctor to remark, Not un-
til my health is better"
Sheriff Dreger promised him nice
cosy apartments in the city hospital
instead of a cell in the county Jail, but
it was reH-lsed.
ITO maRe the trip now," he informs
Mayor Smith, would kill me, and L
want TO live yet awhile. My wife and
daughter have nurSed me tenderly, and
as l would have to part from them if 1
went to Minneapolis my sufferings
would be increased"
Mayor Smith, shortly after Mayor
AmeS departure from Minneapolis,
made the remark that if he was bet
ting man he would wager $4,000 that
DR.. Ames, if brought back to Mime
apohs, would never be convicted, and
Mayor Ames closes his letter with
Here's hoping that you win that bet"
Sounds just like Doc Ames," re-
marked Mayor Smith, after finishing
the letter yesterday. Il always liked
the man and 1 don't believe they will
ever convict him. He was always
good hearted, spent his money like
prince, and there are hundreds who
have benefited from his liberality. L
never knew him to do a dishonest
thing, and 1 can't believe some of the
stories that they are telling about him
now.
Mayor Smiths quoted remark that
he would bet $4,000 that Mayor ,Ames
would never be convicted brought him
number of letters from Minneapolis
parties and in several of them he was
cOmplimented for his sympathy with
the old man." One writer, a woman,
recited Mayor Ames' kindness to her
dire need and expressed the hope that
he would outWit those trying to down
him.
Ames Must Appear in Court
Mayor Ames will have to appear in
the habeas corpus proceedings at Man
chester, N. H., today. AS a result of
this proceeding a decision will be
reached which involves the return of
Ames to Minneapolis or his remain
ing as the guest of his preacher-rela-
tive in New Hampshire.
1t is a question before the superior
court. If this court decides that Ames
cannot be brought back the question
Will have been settled for time, at
least, and with a probability of per-
manency.
If, on the other hand, the court holds
in favor of Minnesota, Sheriff Dreger
will start west with DR.. Ames tonight
There is an apparent probability that
the court will hold in favor of the
Minnesota contention.
Nothing can be learned in Minneapo-
lis as to the disposition that will be
made of Ames when he reaches this
city 1t is not believed that he will
be placed in Jail, because the county
authorities are anxious to evade any
responsibility for Ames' compulsory
journey in view of the statements that
have been issued by his medical ad-
ViSorS.
If Ames is brought into court in Min
neapolis there is promised one of the
most sensational trials in the whole
line of municipal prosecution. 1t is
evident that the local authorities ex-
peet Ames' return, for elaborate prep
arations have been made
MANCHESTER, N H, March 10
A. A. Ames, eX-mayor of Minneapolis,
is quartered at the Manchester house
tonight. Tomorrow he will appear be-
fore Judge Pike Of the superior court,
when it will be decided whether he
shall be set free on the questions
brought up by his petition for a habeas
corpus, or whether he shall be returned
to Minnesota. There is the alternative
OF an appeal, but whether he will avail
nlmSelf OF that means for further de-
laying the issue is yet to be seen.
DR.. Ames and his wife occupy one
room, and in the room adjoining are
two deputy sheriffs. DR.. Ames is kent
in strictest seclusion, and no one is al
lowed to approach the rooms.
The doctor stood the journey of
siXty-t two miles from Hancock, where
he had been staying with Rev. Mr..
Chaplin, his brother in-law, with no
Inconvenience, except some signs of
fatigue when he alighted at the Man
chester station tonight. No direct au-
thentic interview was obtained from
DR.. Ames, and the family claimed that
since his arrest he has made no state
ment for publication directly or indi-
rectly. The departure from Hancock
was attended with considerable ex-
citement among the villagers. Three
carriages conveyed the party from the
Congregational parsonage to the depot.
mile away. In the first carriage rode
the sheriffs and keepers; in the second
DIR. c. +. Cutler, of Peterboro, and
Mrs. Ames, and in the last Mr.. Chapin