The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-27
Accuses Col. AmmOn Of Putting
tho Police ON His Track.
WILL TESTIFY IN COURT
$50 Per Gent" ConvIci TO Be Taken to
New York as a Witness Against His
Former Lawyer.

New York. May 27.--when william +.
Franklin syndicate. takes the witness
stand next week. he will tell for the first
time the story OF how he came to be ar
rested by Capt. James Reynolds. former
chief OF the Brooklyn detective bureau.
Miller. who is dying in the hospital at
Sing Sing prison. will be brought here
on Monday and be placed in a large hos
pital cell in the Tombs.
Capt. Reynolds says he captured Miller
In Montreal His report at the time TO
Chief Devery was called by the latter
O 'dopy' report.
Miller told Assistant District Attorney
Mott and Deputy Assistant Hart In Sing
Sing that he had been lured TO this city
by Col Robert A. Ammon. his own coun-
sci. and betrayed 10 the police He viii
testify at the trial of Col. Ammon, which
begins a week from tomorrow. before
Judge Newburger Mr.. Mott will be pros
ecutor.- Frederick Il. House is senior
counsel for the defense. The charge Is
that Ammon knowingly received stolen
money.
GAVE AMMoN 5000, 900.
Two days before the crash OF the syn
dicate Miller gave Col. Ammon bag
containing $40 900 in cash. $4,000 In ne
gotiable bonds and checks To the amount
OF $40 900. Miller ran away, and for
long time the police were looking for
him. Capt Reynolds was criticised for
allowing him to get away. Reynolds
went to Montreal on information mat
Miller was hiding there. When Miller
was arraigned in Brooklyn Capt. Rey7
nods showed two sleeping car checks
from Montreal to New York. which, he
said, proved that he bad arrested Miller
In Montreal.
MILLER puts the entire blame on Col
Ammon" said Mr.. Mott last night
MILLER did go TO Montreal and then 10 a
small town near Montreal. There he was
in hiding all the time he was away. lie
wrote 10 his lawyer telling where he was
A trusted person acted as go-between
between Miller and Col. Animon. VINO was
In this city all the time.
About that time matters were rather
hot for Colonel Ammon here lie was
threatened with criminal prosecution.
Miller told me that one day he received
word from Col Ammon that he (MllleD
need hide no longer; that he could come 10
New York without fear OF prosecution.
Miller says he was told that Ammon had
fixed District Attorney Clarke OF Brook-
lyn. Miller came back and TO his great
surprise was arrested by Captain Key
nolds, who must. of course. have first re-
turned from Montreal"
Colonel Ammon smiled when the fore
going was repeated TO him. He said that
he was still Mller's legal adviser and
that no doubt the district attorney had
promised the poor boy a good deal.
AMMoN DENIES 1T.
did YOU tell Reynolds where 10 md
Miller
'"I did not" replied Colonel Ammon.
WAS he arrested in Montreal or upon
his arrival at the Grand Centralg
II don't recall exactly" said Colonel
Ammon my impression was that cap
tain REYNOLDS arrested Miller at the Man
haitian entrance TO the Brooklyn Bridge.
At any rate. that was said at the time.
Maybe my arch-enemy Goslin, told Mr.
Mott all these ghost stories. don De
Iieve Miller made any statement against
me-
II am not afraid TO go to trial. said
Ammon, II told Mr.. Mott some time ago
that II he had case against me ne
should put II on the calendar Goslin has
been lying to the district attorney. Let
them put Miller on the stand.
Miller is a very sick man." said Prin-
cipal Keeper Connaughton in Sing Sing
yesterday. HE had several hemorr-
hages OF the lungs"
When District Attorney Jerome learned
yesterday that Miller was in state OF
collapse. he decided 10 put Colonel Am
mon on trial at the first possible oppor-
tunity. He found that Judge Newburger
would be in Part IL. OF the General Ses-
sions next month. Judge Newburger
was notified that his court had been Sc
lected for the Ammon trial
No promise Of immunity has been made
TO Miller. IL Miller will tell all about
the workings OF the Franklin Syndicate
Mr.. Jerome will ask Govern Odell to
consider such testimony valuable service.
AIiiiar.s counsel will ask for hls na rdnn