Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-16
FUGITIVE MAYOR ARRESTED
Alleged Minneapolis Babsr Caught IN New
HAmpShin CITY.
PRISONER PRESENTS PrTlksu SIGHT
HAIR Has burned and once Robust
Man S. 50 Broken Down that
Frt-nds Scarcely Reeorntre
Hunfed E~re-uttve.

HANCOCK X. K Feh. Ib-B-oksn in
spirit q physical wreck. and changed prob
ably beyond recognition. Dr. Albert
Alunzo Ames, formerly mayor % MinBe-
apoliE. was discovered tadsy In the home
Of q local minister and placed under AZ
rest by Sheriff Doane Of Manchester. SO
pitiRbls was mis- cnnditinn that he was
not locked ~. but left in charge Of a
deputy 10 await The arrival Of officers from
Minneapolis.
After his arrest Amss communicated
with Former United States District At
turnsy Charles J. HHmblstt q Nashua ana
obtained his services for . night which
be says ne viii make Rgbinst s~KrrRdt@on.
Pastor shelters Fugitive.
DR.. Ames has beer here for several
weeks. although his presence was not
k7OWn OUTSIDE the house Of Rev. {. H
Chaplin. who received and sheltered him
Mrs Chaplin is q sister u the woman who
accompanied N. Ames, and who iB sup
posed 10 be his wife. The knowledge Of
this relationship probably led 70 his de-
lection.
Sheriff Doane received & communication
from CHIEF Of Police GrsEnr Of Minneapolis
asking him to 90 10 Hancock EDh see if
Amss had sought refuge AZ the home Of
ms Eistsr-in-lBv The sheriff came here
and after an investigation placed AmeE IN
der arrest this afternoon
The prisoner is said TO have claimed this
afternoon that were he Q vel man he
would return and face the charges, hut
that under the circumstances he would
make q desperate fight Attorney Hamblett
has not yet seen his client, but Tiil come
here tomorrow.
Dr. Amss h wonderfully changed, from
the description Of him sent out by thH
Minneapolis police. He has grown q full
beard and his hair is almost white. i
Is said he is c. years O. age. but be 1ookF
over 20. 'His flesh is much wasted away
and from 8 physical standpoint he is help
less.
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 is inclined 70 talk. II is be-
hsvsd. however. that Minneapolis dstsc-
tives who followed him 10 Boston were
throNn on the track there and that ne came
directly 10 this town.
When the Minneapolis officials reach here
u~rnhHbly Oh Tuesday. the mattel Of Dr.
AmeE' extrRdition viii be taken up before
the governor and council. Development
tonight indicate that Or. Ames Btfn hRl
many friends and abundant financial re-
sources. and that every effort 10 hiring him
20 trial in Minneapolis viii be bitterly
contested.
Must Pace Bribery Charges.
MINNEAPOLIS. Fen. 15.-sherin J. "
Dreger is on MS way to New Hampshire
with papers for the return OF A. A. Ames
the fugitive who dsfaulted his hail ofsE1A.-
00o. The authorities have known Of his
location Tor Some time, bur il wRs not unit
q persmptory order was given ny Judes
Harrison that steps were made to have hin
returned 10 Minneapolis for trial.
He is accused OF offering bribas 10 county
1 commissioner in order TO have mis- secre-
tary, 7. r. Brown. elected sheriff 10 sue
coed Sheriff MegRRrden, who Was removed
by the governor Cor mRlfsRsRDee. u Rlss
OF accepting money from abandoned wo-
men. There are -four OF these indictments
A sixth charges him with conspiracy.
DR.. Ames fed from the city IN July AMI
for q long time was al West Baden. Ind
When he was due 10 appear for trial h,
was stfl in Indiana and was reported III
Later he went TO Louisville. Ky, and WA
under surveillance for some two weeks,
just before Sheriff Drsger arrived II
Kentucky Ames WIS warned by some q
his Minneapolis friends and hed 10 New
England. He was N Boston for e tim
/ and later went 10 Hancock. n. H. whsrl