The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-01

Chicago, Is we'll Kept, neatly dfesSed13s
easy in manner, quiet and selfcontaineda1
His appearance as a state witness in theSl
Ames trial to-day was the feature of the I
case so far. His answers are all direct
and to the point and are in direct con-
tradiction to the evidence he gave atIthe
trials of himself and Former superintend-
sent Of Police Fred w, Ames last year.
3 Thomas r. Brown, Jr,. formerly DR..
Anes' private secretary, will be the.
state,'s next witness. He. is expected to-
|corroborate Gardner as to the paying Of
THE $sOd te DR. Anses and also 10 tell of
the Internal workings Of the alleged
I.ssgraft,' system " lch he was ii, a position
| to observe.
Christopher c. Norbeck, serving a SEN
tence for bribery, will probably be called
next and states that he will tell all he
knows concerning the collections from
women of the town. He was one of the.
graft guardsmen' working with Gardner
| in the collection business.
| Following these witnesses, the state ex-
i poets to introduce mass Of corroborative
I evidence from officers of the Anes police
force and from women Of the town.
! Court convened promptly at 10 a, m. A
large crowd was on hand long before the
doors were opened and filed the big
courtroom when admitted. The principal
personages in the legal drama were i'll
their accustomed places. Mr.. Boardman
arose to address the jury promptly and
the real trial Of the widely heralded A.
A. Ames case had begun.
Norbeck Promises Facts.
} 81 am going to tell the truth and if
the court lets us tell all we know and are
willing to, don't see how the jury can
! return anything but a verdict of guilty
This statement made by Christopher C
Norbeck, the man who is now doing
!, time in the state penitentiary as pun
, isllment for playing a part in the Min
! neapolis game of graft, is of more than
! ordinary interest, and is indicative Of
: what now confronts the former mayor.
= Thomas r. Brown, Jr., was Ames' pri.
. I waite secretary, and his disclosures are
4 looked forward. to with interest. Mr.
: Brown, owing to his position and his in
: timacy with the doctor, is peculiarly wei
+ qualified, to testify to dates and CONVEX
u sations in confederation of Gardeners
: story, which is the backbone of the prose
= cution.
- IN OfDeCk Story Will ne along lifeline
: Of graft collection" Norbeck says h
) did not work, as did most of the officers
4 under the direction of Gardner, but too
~ orders straight from Mayor Ames.
le II Many Corroboratlve Witnesses.
v, The line Of attack disclosed so far b
m the state seems to indicate that a vas
1T amount Of corroborative evidence will b
introduced, and for this purpose a nun,
- Der Of members Of the force during tn
to Ames administration have been subpoe
Of naed Then will come the women, thir
I'd teen of whom appeared in the courtroom
RS this morning. They are the keepers
Mt the resorts and they will tell Of payin
III to various officers who in turn were sur
he posed to turn the money over to Gardne
Id and he to the mayor.
keI The defense is making a determine
Il stand upon the inva1idity of the indict
I'D ment in that it charges the commissio
u of several distinct crimes If they los
re this foothold,, as it is generally predicte
n that they will, they will fall back upo
n other lines OF defense already suggested
si7 T h e. j o u r n a l. It is evident that
e. strong effort will be made to lessen IL
III weight of GARDENERS evidence BY eros
n examination.
ut Evidently there will be no attempt
II. keep the fact OF Dr. Ames' departure fro
d. the city from the jury. Indeed. the il
inl cident has already been mentioned |
IS counsel for the defense. It is equal
ns evident that they will attribute this d
ut parture to business causes or show tn
all the trip was necessary on account of Il
d. 4 defendants health and that his return W.
SsS5 voluntary when his physical conditi
y "A would permit.
3 Further than this the line of defense
IS if1sno way indicated and speculation is ri
lass as to whether the doctors attorneys "
sedt allow him to sadnlit the collections, but {
lid islege them I'd have been due for profe
at ssfona1 services orswhether perhaps The i
lty sanity theory may be relied upon. 6