Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-07
DR. AkiES ON TRIAL
FORMER ASSISTANT 10 H1@
Mayer TELLS STORY o.
CORRUPTION
M0sFY TGkFN FRS5d lind M0MtA
FOR W<zBCLz THEY SECURED B&-
kukFTg FROM POLICE IN
TERFERENcE
fORMfR MINOR IS ncntD
FREQUENTLY LAUGHS OUTRIGHT
At PORTIONS o. TEsE les
TTMCNY.

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co.18rue today
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where Es EAs beE- Et-aZEL1E . series
CO Ezs3lca2 Lectures. testified that L
tke Eprzzg Ct 1891 n lad been swora
g. u 1t. AczsE as . special 5egzty.
and t1s- E5CZr Dec 1s, 1851, he had
pzlG CTer sS53 which he had collected
from thirty or forty women cs fl1 fame
AZ -gztA3y ard ss-zz-z1--k1y install
-suts- This Euzsv wzs collected, hs
testified Csts-E5bly as = czzRziga
1Z1G. and OILY fru-1 that class o.
zbzESuze5 EUzez WHO 6tS not Eve II
ire -re5 Hight EEstrleE- and Who dIa
not pzF regular Dgz-klT fines into tia
EzZ&c.Ezl cyz--- TE4 women
Were ~Rcunsss ur"
O. tsgTs<sa ozt by means Of a special
detail Ct police, dressed IN citizens
Ea1t1ss and chosen Largely from TIE
OztEktrtE Of the cEty. TIE women CO..
61cxsd thsir houses znEsr tia dis
gz1se O candy shoEs. cigar stores and
kz-E gzr5urs-
On che Dcczsio1 2 wC-sr- Efsnss
name Gardner said was Harris. was
arrested fer kaaEizg q Eiso-HprYv
house and 1ne6 $50 ty the municipal
court Whsn Dr. Az1es Learned q this
he promptly gave Gardner $50 and In
Etruc7sd him 20 rs1Err III ID TIE wo-
Ena1- stating that since she made .
rucIhly contribution size czght not 10
suffer q znE-
gardner testified tAat the women
TINS protected from prosecution often
complained 20 him that street walk.
ere" we're allowed To solicit" in Pub
liz highways. and stat they fn1srfersd
seriously with their business These
complaints he communicated 10 Dr..
A-ss, wasrsgp0n the defendant issued
an order 70 the police TO drive ali
street walkers" out Of the city.
This testimony is il lire with what
County Attorney Bcar6man stated az
The outset the prosecution wurI5 at
tempt 70 prove As so01 q the En-
a1a.zztSon % Gardner is CONNECTED the
state VIII summon Thomas r. Brown.
formerly DE- Anes' private secretary,
who. Gardner testified. was n TIC d.
ssrdx-tis ONCE Al TIE time
The $500 Was paid.
Brown. II Is expected. win scrroborzts
the statements Of GARNER with refer
eDce 70 the internal workings of the
so-czl1ed ''grztg" After Brown,
Christopher c. NcTbeck VIII be exam
taed- Ncrseck WIS detective in
ciriEez's clothRs az the rEne Of the al
legged bribery. and. according 10 the
testimony Of Gardner. was > prori-
nsrt factor IN rounding up" the ahan-
6ons6 women He pleaded guilty 20 a
charge OF bribery and is serving a
tern at the state penitentizrr AZ SIM
water.
TIE defense yesterday made q deter
mined Eght on TIE validity Of the IL
dietuen1 insisting that contrary 20
law 4 contained many specific and
separate charges. and moved the court
that the prosecution Dc required 10
sf5ct Gre Ct the speciEc CHARGES and
consas its sTi5eaCe to that particular
eTsEt. c. s. Jelly. assistant county ar
torney, maintained that the several
acts OF accepting money were so inti-
EatssF connected as 10 form enc sys-
tenn Of graft
Attorney William Erwin argued the
POINT for tie defense, but the court de-
MED the original motion.
County Attorney Fred z. Boardnan
st the outset s-zCsd what the prosecu-
ton would attempt 70 prove IL would
attempt 10 show that sz the spring OF
1881 III. Arss had taken Gardner in
his confidence AMI zDfol1eS q
Plan ef Ex.ortspz kcney
from vczs= keeping aEsigraticn
houses he csEt50rsd the jurors 10
bear in mind the dlz1Erc.son between
these women who cnzd1r1Ad their
business under the disguise Of con
lection shops from those Who lived in
The red light district. and paid
mOntkly fnss 20 the City. The women
CT the former class. the state would
attempt 20 prove. did pay 20 Gardner
money in instaIimsrts CT from $40 to
SIS, which be turned over IN lump
20 the defendant He ezutsnned Eha
Jurors 90 keeD their minds in an open
and unbiased condition and lot at
tempt 10 evolve any theories or h1af
for Ioophole FOR TIE Defendant
During the trial DR.. Ames and his
wife sat kshind the lawyers for ths
defense. ltstaning carefully 20 every
word. but shoving no signs o. emo
don DR.. AEez freg1ertIy laughed
outright AZ porticps of the testimony,