The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-10

Colonel Fred Ames is now in saltwater. /,
The former chief Of police, the man who
was nominal head Of Mayor A. A. Ames
spectacular police force, convicted Of hav-
ing accepted SIS bride from a woman OF
the town, has begun the service Of his
six-and- a -half-year sentence In the state
prison. The supreme courts action In
his case having been made known to hum,
he was impatient to begin the service OF /!
his sentence and under the care Of Sher- !
if wv. Dreger and Deputy Sheriff George
10th, left Minneapolis at the early hour
Of this morning for saltwater. Break
fast was taken In st. Paul, after which
an Omaha train was taken to the prison
oity. '.... r,,
Ames was received at the state prison
at 9:35 a. m. The trip from ST. Pau to
saltwater was without incident, the pris-
oner talking little, tho he repeated his
statement made last evening that he was
a. military man and had and would obey
orders.
He was received at the outer door Of
the gray walled prison by Deputy War
den Glennon and taken to the receiving
room. where the commitment papers were
ready and a receipt was given to Sherir
Dreger for the prisoner.
A Trying Meeting.
Tho Ames had himself well in hand, he
colored and showed signs Of emotion when
on entering the receiving room he encoun-
tered former Thirteenth Minnesota men
and First regiment members who are now
employees Of the prison. His emotion
however lasted only for moment
From the receiving room he was taken
to the cell room and searched. Then he
went to the bath room where his citizen 8
suit was taken from him and convict garb
donned. After being thus attired he was
once more taken to the cell room 10 nave
his hair cropped. r.. .-.- >--, ..,.-
Thru the ordeal which must have been
severe the ex-chief OF police went with
fortitude. Arriving in the deputy ward
ems office he was examined and measured
this afternoon by the Berttllon system.
e.. Employment Not Vet Settled.
His employment Is yet undetermined
but 1t was thought this afternoon that he
would be given a clerical position In the
store room. Eg ....--. SIX.
His register number Is 1908. TIs cell
has not yet been assigned him. reg
istry number Of the prisoner furnishes an
other illustration of the remarkable re-
currence of the baleful number 10 In his
career. He was an officer In the Thir-
teenth regiment, which left for the Span
fsh war the 18th of the month, fought
in the battle Of Manila on another 18th
day of the month and returned to civil
life on Oct. 49,, Now the numerals Of
Ames' number, 1898, added together, form
another 13. His sentence Is six and a
half years. or IS months, q figure which
Is a multiple Of 10. ... ...-. Fl .
Sheriff Dreger, after bidding his pris-
oner good-by said that Ames had had
little to say. His parting from his fam
lily was affecting, but the prisoner bore
up bravely and said he would take his
punishment like a man.
Supreme Courts Decision.
In accordance with the announcement
In the extras Of T h e Journal asst
evening, indicating the course Of the SUI
preme court, the decision on the appeal of
Fred Ames was filed this morning. JUS
tlce Calvin L. Brown, who wrote the de-
cision In the King case. handed down the
opinion Of the court. He upholds the dis
trict court and holds against the defense
on every point The syllabus Of the de-
cision states it briefly follows:
State OF Minnesota, respondent, VS.. Frederick W.
FIJI, FiEst-Challenges to individual grand jurors
be interposed only before the jury is sworn.
the time of arraignment by way Of a Plea II
ber ssco or m0n to the
section provides only for challenges or objections
ns to the ed regularity Of the 81 in
eS ia'Sn Of uFy or having
S' a OF a
city The e1idence showed that Nils paid al Sa h
S to n or whE the state claimed
IL st dIesaSs 5asssstasf nd ifa
s to pe a
Fourth-Eyidence Of the commission Of othe
eerIoboratvsiy directly to establish lis i s"il
some. essential Ingredient thereof such eSi
otse tends to Ssr6s nt. guilt # It sss9sss
Identifies defendant: or is part Of Ae eommo
scheme or plan embracing two or more crime
he If
tends to prove the other. Under this rule it
se IN ss a be ces
b gn8yui @ similar to that
snd
being Jointly concerned in such unlawful trans
Cohen to act for him in receiving the at mones
sb na the evidence wfGs tended
% e sad' carried az COMING ON
brides. State vs.. Fitchette, 90 N. w. r., SCI
consider all the evidence before them, and pa
tieuIarly that certain evidence offered BY DE-
PENDANT tending to show his previous good chal
xoSis likely ts to eoam it i the cr 1ha
Held, that it was not necessary, in additio
to these specific directions, for the court to 8
consider eoe ehs sess the
h tS b they as
other testimony in the case, and give it sue
weight as in your Judgment it should receive
bearing In mind. of course. the fact that b
has vital interest," in the outcome Of the case
and applying to his testimony the same rules :
credibility that you apply to any other wit
ness In the case" Held not error
Seventh-Other assignments Of error examine
and held not well taken: and held. further this
the verdict is sustained by the evidence
Order affirmed.
Brown, ].
Reasons OF Courts Action.
The decision dwells chiefly on two point
made by the defense, that there was n
foundation laid for the testimony Of Add
Mills as to her conversations and dealing
with Cohen, and that the evidence of othe
briberies improperly admitted. T
show its reasons for overruling thes
points the court reviews the history of tn
case as shown by the evidence; first tn
taRr made by Ames with Detective
Bracket and Wirtensohn among the cand
stores to tell the proprietors to stop pay
ing money to Gardner, and to call and sc
him; then his sending Cohen and Written
sohn to make the trip again. On that tor
Cohen told the women to make their pay
ments to him at the jewelry store b