The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14
FRED AMES HERE
FOR The STATE
4 Continued from First Page.

u cllncnef Tor the state. IL Is the only
evidence yet, adduced. from such a
the graft and by his own admission. \
After Mr.. Boutell was sworn and
the usual identifying questions had
been put by Judge Kerr, the latter
asked: ,
hall during the year 190lqV
eyes, l was in there and out quite
a number of times during his last adj,
ministration,' said the witness:
"Did you have any conversation with
him during that year concerning the
collection of any moneys from women
of the town.
eyes, sir. -
"Will you state to the jury how you
came to be there and what you said to
the doctor and what he said about the
"We had some complaints. from diff
ferent ones to whom we sold goods as
regards payments to the administra-
ton
"What did you say to him and what
did he say to you when you went to
see him at that times'
"He told me that gentleman named
Gardner had charge of that; looked
"When you went to him what did
you say to him9' ~ 81
~ told him that we had some com
plants about that they were being
taxed. little too heavy. by the admin
istration.'
"He said he would consult with Mr..
Gardner, who had charge of that
-. The Cross-Examination
Mr.. Cary then took the witness.>
"What were you so interested in
these women for, that you were going
down and complaining about their
taxes9' he asked.
eve do business on the installment
PLAN D.. r. f.
"And, you protect their interests2"
to have them pay their bills. -
"And they were telling you they
were paying a tax, were they9'
81 told, you that they told me; they
told me that the tax they were called
upon to pay to the administration made
it so that they were short of funds to
pay their regular installments; they pay
their bills on the installment plan large
ly in the stores.'
"t.Were these the women who were
paying regular fnes9'
just tell you, what they told me.''
"When did you first think of this
statement you have made heres''
"Well, sir, I thought of it when they
commenced complaining about the tax:'
HYou have never testified before9'
".No, sir; I have not been called upon
"Do you know Pr. Ames9"
eyes; I am we'll acquainted with
him.
"How long have you known Mr..
Kerr9'
n. xL2R ngg ti% ~ not %. any longer than
And you are very much Interested
| in his personal reputation9'
"Not at all, any more than any other
man. in particular.''
- "When was this?'
"I think It was in the fall of 1901, I
should say September or October.'
Tom Brown Saw Money. .
Thomas R. Brown, formerly private
secretary to DR.. Ames when he was
mayor Of the9city, was. another after
noon witness. AS at former trial, he
testified to meeting between Gardner
and DR.. Ames at the city hall. Gard
ner remarked that he had come to pay
some money to the mayor and was al
mayors private office with some mail
the witness saw Gardner counting over
some money. Later on, thru the glass
screen between the outer and the inner
office, he saw Mayor Ames slip rubber
band around a roll of money and place
it in his pocket.
The witness recalled several oeca
sions when the fact that Gardner wal
collecting money from women wal
brought to the attention of Mayor Ame
I OF was discussed in his presence. Or
| dinarily the mayor paid no attention
| to what was said or was non committa
| when It was suggested that Gardne
/ Oh Guild ha StOnne6 On Ona occasion Mr.
Brown informed the mayor that Captain
Hill and Inspector Hicks had reported
that Gardner was collecting money from
the women Of the town, to which tn
mayor replied: "Tell Hin and Hick
Mr.. Brown made out Irwin A. Gard
RS commission as special police off
Ger and called the mayors attention
to the fact that the law provided tina
a special officer was restricted to
certain territory or duty, but the mayo
said that Gardeners commission shoul
be for the whole city: : ....-, .--..
It was Mr.. Brown also. who found tn
. list Of houses of in-fame and tn
dives ostensibly managed as cigar an
confectionery stores. The list was, i
the handwriting Of G. R.. Hill, capital
) Of police under Mayor Ames, and wa
! found in the mayors desk at the cit
I hall. .. ..',... .~.,..-... .-..~I...-. =.
{ Mr.. Cary on cross-examination trie
: to involve the witness in the graf
) game by compelling him to admit, tina
I he had Informed Sadie Bird that it wa
( all right to pay money to Gardner an
) that he had directed Augusta Hayde
! to pay money to Gardner. The witnes
I said that with regard to the Bird won
an he had simply said that Gardne
! was all right and to the Hayden won
an he had identified Gardner as the ma
who was collecting money.
Mr.. Cary then attempted to discred
) the witness, by dragging in some GU
! side matters, but found an obstacle
I Judge Harrison.
I "Protected'' Woman Arrested. =
5 Henry Krumweide, a former polio
I captain, who admitted that he VIZ
friendly to DR.. Ames, testified that he a
rested woman Of the town, known ;
) Ray Harris, and had afterward heal
I that the mayor was very angry over tt
Z incident. She was Immediately r
leased and was never again Modesto
The Harris woman was one of those WI
! had paid for protection and her a
I rest not only hurt the friends of tt
{ administration, but compelled DR.. Am
5 to disgorge the amount of the fine, /
= that the woman could be released fro
- the workhouse.
: Louis Anderson, who had saloe
n