The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-05
NOW WE KNOW JUST
WHAT AILS Dr..
AMES
Or. Conn's Report on the
Result Of His Examination
Finally Made Public--Doc-
tor Thinks It Would Be
Injurious for Ames to
Take a Long Journey.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
CONCORD, n. H, March AT the
time Sheriff Dreger came to New
Hampshire to present eXtradition pa
pers to the governor and council to
secure DR.. Albert A. Ames and take
him back to Minneapolis for trial, he
was met with the statement Of Ames'
counsel that reputable physicians con-
sidered the client physically unable to
survive the long trip by reason of ILL
health To satisfy himself of Alnes'
condition, Sheriff Dreger sent DR.. Conn
of this city, who is the Boston & Maine
railway surgeon, to make a physical
examination.
DR.. Conn's findings, addressed to
Sheriff Dreger, were made public this
afternoon. The doctor said that Ames
offered every assistance in getting at
his exact condition and attempted to
conceal nothing. DR.. Conn says:
my conclusions are that Mr.. Ames
is i'll and the conditions which found
led me to suspect that he is suffering
from some malignant disease in the
region of the stomach, and this would
account for the eInaciation which he
claims has taken place, although it
does not point to immediate fatal
results. Such troubles interfere with
digestion and assimilation, causing
pain, spasm of the intestines. and
frequently causing Seriodic volnit-
ing. When asked how he account
ed for the presence of pus and
blood in the discharges from the bowels
he said that he had been led to suppose
that there were alterations or abscess-
es formed and discharged This may
or may not be true, but in malignant
troubles it is not infrequent to have
such discharges as he describes.
His mental condition may be con-
sidered fairly good for a person who
is feeble, and his inability to walk or
stand on one foot is the result of want
of coordination of muscular power.
which may be fairly considered as the
result of general physical weakness.
regard the abdominal trouble as being
the principal one and that the other
physical symptoms are due to general
physical weakness. Unless nhes Should
have hemmorhage and lose consid-
cradle amount of blood, he will proba-
bly, live several months yet.
p No physician would recommend d" a
man with such a trouble to take long
Journeys or to try to endure any con-
siderable fatigue. If this We're Summer,
rather than winter, it might be~consid-
cred entirely feasible to move him with
proper care to Minnea polls, and while
1t may be done without really hasten
ing his death, yet 1t would not be con-
siuefed good judgment on the part Of
physicians to recommend a long Jour
ney, as it would be expected that it
would make his trouble worse. and
perhaps that he would not so rally as
to be as we'll as before. take it for
granted that it is not the intention of
the authorities to cause him an extra
amount of physical suffering or in any
way feel that they were responsible
for Fastening his death.
Supreme Court Order.
NASHUA N. H, March Am order
OF the supreme court in the habeas
corpus proceedings brought by counsel
for DR.. A. A. Ames was served upon
the doctor at Hancock, where he is UNI
der arrest, by Sheriff Nathaniel Doane,
of Manchester. The court orders that
DR.. Ames shall appear in court on
March IL and show cause, if any, why
he should not be taken back to Mime
apolis for trial. Sheriff Doane, in COM
pany with Sheriff J. W~Dreger of Min
neapolis, arrived here today, and after
securing the papers PROCEEDED to Han
cock, where they were formally served.
1t is the opinion Of thas officials that
Dr. Ames' condition is now sufficiently
improved to permit him going to Min
neapolis, although his counsel, Charles