The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-06

ment OF her fine of $50 from money OBJ
tanned from DIR. Ames.
The Doctors Wanderinss.
Some attention was given to the move
ments of DR.. AInes after he left Mime
apolis. His flight to Louisville WAS de-
tailed; his escape from there in the night
without baggage, without any attendant
in his enfeebled condition and in his
|straitened X circumstances, and travelling
over a large part of the United States.
First he went to Chicago, in the opposite
direction from which he should have gone
had he desired to go to New Hampshire
then to a, town in Indiana, where he re-
manned two days he said, but he could
not remember it's name.
The defendant had failed to tell where
he had gone but admitted that he had
been to Albany then to Boston, then to
| Keene, N. H.. and finally to Hancock
| where his wife already was altho she
left Louisville after her husband did. All
| this travelling was done In the most i'm
clement season Of the year when, accord
| ing ito his own testimony, the defendant
| was unable to travel and was in constant
/ need of medical attention.
| He went to New Hampshire to be
4 among friends as he had none in Mime
apolis yet he was unable to secure bail
4 there but his bail was raised here in Min
neapolis where he said that he had no
i friends. He employed the best counsel to
be had in New England for he always
i made a good fight He certainly did
/ make a good fight and had done so in this
case, the best that he could under the cir
| cumstances.
/ His explanations Of the reasons for the
| flight were ridiculous and unworthy Of
consideration, but they were recalled
| simply to refresh the minds of the jurors
Il 49,
timony.
i Led Others Into Crime.
4 st take it, Boardman continued, that
the defense will attack the character of
the witnesses for the state. especially
Gardner and Norbeck. for that is al! that
they. have. I will ask YOU to inquire why
= Gardner has been convicted of a crime
and why he still has several indictments
4 over him? r#s
I will ask You to inquire Of Mr.. Nye
why Norbeck is now a convict Isn't it
because they were parties to the system
81 of graft of which Mayor Ames was the
chief Isn.trit because they obeyed the
orders of. Mayor Arnes? If they are guilty
, the defendant is fVefold guilty
The Insanity Dodge.
1.-THE defense Sets up that Dr. An,es
didn't do it and when he did it he was in
y sane and didn't know it,
you know what an insanity plea is.
1t Is a confession of guilt. It is so known
RI In law
''There never has been in the annals of
: jurisprudence case of bribery in which
: the defense was insanity. And I have
never known one in which the plea was so
: poorly substantiated by the evidence.
! THE defense also introduced witnesses
as to the character Of DR.. Anes. There
were six personal friends and old time as
: sociates and all testified that his reputa-
ton up to a year ago was good. Not one
of them testified as to his reputa ton dur
: ing the past year. They were not even
4 asked. The state let the evidence go for
what it was worth and did not cross-ex-
s anime any Of these witnesses. 0
1.-THE principal evidence for the defense
e was to establish the insanity racket. One
n of the witnesses was John Long. You all
remember John, the fellow who wanted
$ to volunteer SO much. You saw what
e kind of a fellow he was and will let you
p decide as to Johns being an insanity ex-
pert. He went with his law associate,
A. S. keyes, to ask the mayor for an APP
pointment. The mayor was unable to
bluff them off, for he knew what they
8 were there for. They left without stating
their errand and John came out and said
that the mayor was crazy. This same
e John said that there were no people about
: the office only a few-five or six-but Mr..
It Keyes who came right after says that
y there were about six in the outer office
IS and a crowd of fifteen or twenty clamor-
e ing for admittance. You appreciate the
e VALUE Of Johns testimony.
, Decisions In illness Only.
Don't forget now that all the INSANITY
rs evidence by DR.. Clark and DR.. McDonal Id
81 who testified as medical men related to his
- illness in the latter part Of December
"a while the acts for which he is indicted
% were all before these delusions were noted
10 This is the evidence of their own wit
,e nesses. 1t is the only evidence touching
70 OH the insanity of DR.. Ames There is
nothing to indicate that he was insane
i when he fixed UP the deal with Gardner
and received the i'll gotten money.
1t The defense put on DR.. e. j. Clark, q
'e1 personal friend, former student in the
9. office OF Dr. Ames, an appointee to q
"a good position and office associate while
y. DR.. Ames was mayor. He spoke of these
m decisions in the latter part of December
Sc said they were caused by the liver trouble
which was due to alcoholism from exces-
Y. sive drinking. Then. the defense called
n DR.. Mcdonald, a most excellent gentle
Of man. his family physician and long time
" friend. He was willing to do all he coulc
re do for DR.. Ames, but he is an honora Bile
1t man. He also spoke of the decisions
at while DR.. Ames was i'll. Like Dr. Clark
he was forced to admit that the MAYOR.
in mental condition was due to excessive In
in diligence in alcoholic stimulants. He ties
3 tilted that it was nothing unusual in case.
e. of this character for the decisions to re.
re main with the patient for some time
N III that ridiculous insanity plea is to
er;I prevail, then this community can sa,
.Good-by. justice! Good-by, law and or.
Is der! Good-by common decency. Tha
as defense is sometimes set up for a red.
he handed murderer caught with the blood
r. on his person as the last hope of Thu
Sill criminal for escaping the moose. It i,
wi almost an insult to your intelligence tt
& advance it in such a case as this The
y defense says by this: There is the lif,
20 line. It isn't much, but catch on to it.
or This plea is not only ridiculous, but pitt
- able. DR.. Ames was sane before is sane
. now.
- The city's Good Name
e. You took a solemn oath before Got
and man that you would be governed sole
he ly by the evidence and accordingly war;
tx you when Mr.. Nye begins to work OF
t. your sympathies. There are other mat
IN tiers to think Of Is not the good name O
Az the community to be thought of? Are no
Nv the homes which DIR. Ames has wrecke,
II to be thought of !? Is not the eternal dis
ed grace and scandal which has been naile,
RS Ion this city to be thought of?n
he II Mr.. Boardman next produced the lis
hof pfa immoral candy stores, which Score
es tary Brown found in the mayors privat
y desk. Il was N the handwriting o. CIR