The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-15
RECOMMENDATION i. FOR MERCY
JURY TAKES NEARLY TWENTY.
FOUR HOURS TO REACH A
VERDICT.
WILL GO 10 the SUPREME COURT
ATTORNEYS GET A STAY TO PRE-.
\. PARE MOTION FOR A NEW
TRIAL.

Minneapolis, May 9. -, DR.. Albert
Alonzo Ames. four times mayor of
Minneapolis, was found guilty. yester-
day on charge of having received a
bride of 5000 from several women of
ill fame with the understanding that
they be protected from prosecution.
The verdict was rendered at 1850
O'Clock in the afternoon. after the Jury
had been out nearly twenty.f four
hours.
Judge G. B. Elliott will pronounce
sentence tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. The punishment for bribery
is imprisonment in the state peniten.
tiary not longer than ten years or
fine of not more than $4,000. or both.
A person convicted of bribery is for.
eyer disqualified for holding public of.
fee.
The jurors recommended that
A'mercy" be extended the defendant.
The fixing of the punishment within
the statutory limits lies entirely IN the
discretion of the Judge.
Frank M. Nye Of the defense moved
the court for stay and an
Arrest Of the Execution
of judgement pending appellate pro-
ceedings. Tomorrow morning the de-
tense will ask for new trial, and, If
the request Is not granted. the case
will be carried to the supreme court.
DR.. Ames showed no sign of emotion
as the verdict was being read. Mrs.
ARes, who sat at his side In the same
chair she had occupied since the trial
began, appeared nervous and f1etful
when the judge examined the verdict,
and when the clerk of the court
reached the word guilty" deathlike
pallor spread over her face.
, The verdict came as a surprise,
mainly because the jurors l,ad been
out so long witho',t reaching any con-
clusion. They went out Wednesday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. 1t appears
that ''the twelve good men and true"
weighed the evidence carefully. At
1885 o'clock yesterday morning they
sent written communication to Judge
Elliott.
Asking information
BON three points. The jury was
brought to the court and instructed:
frst. that it was immaterial whether
there was any evidence showing that
Gardner had collected money from the
women before Nov. 10. 1900: second.
that Gardeners and Norbeck's testi-
mony showed that they had been in.
structed to "round up" the women:
and, third. that it was essential that
DR.. Ames received the money with the
: understanding it was graft" money,
although the fact need not be proved
by direct evidence.
DR.. Ames throughout the day had
told his friends that he was confident
a verdict of mot guilty" would be rem
dered. but on awaiting the arrival of
the jurors he appeared to brace him.
self for the worst. The jurymen,
careworn and Fatiqued
by their long confinement, filed into
the room behind the deputy sheriff.
DR.. Ames scrutinized the face of each
man as he passed the defendants
chair. The clerk called the roll and
asked the jurors if they had arrived at
verdict. F. A. Cutler, foreman, re.
sponded by handing the clerk written
statement. A deathlike silence fell on
the fifty people in the room. Judge
Elliott scanned the statement and
handed it to the clerk. who read as fol-
lows:
I'VE, the jury, find the defendant
guilty as charged In the Indictment
Nth recommendation of mercy"
Judge Elliott said before the verdict
was announced that the jury was Of an
unusually high order. This was the
expressed opinion also Of the attor-
neys Of the defense and the prcsecu-
ton.