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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-10
PROSECUTION IN THE PAUL F0IRNIER CASE
NEARS CLOSE; STRONG CASE PRESENTED

Dahl's hair being very light when
he last saw her, a month before
her disappearance.
Mrs. Eugene Caldwell also
testified to the whiteness of Miss
Dahl's hair, it's length, and also
that no other woman in Quiring
country had hair as white as was
that of Miss Dahl.
Mr.. Funkley had considerable
difficulty in getting this testi-
mony before the mem bers of the
jury, as the attorneys for the de-
Tense entered many objections;
but the court finally ruled that
the testimony that should be
given concerning the hair, and it's
connection with Miss Dahl and
the defendant, should be limited
TO the testimony as given by
William Kruger earlier in the
day.
At this time, it was very evil
dent that the county attorney in
tended closing the case against
Fourier in a similar manner as
he concluded the Wesley case.
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MORNING SESSION

The court room was we'll filed
when court opened this morning,
the fourth day of the Fournier
trial. It had been rumored
that the state would finish
its case during the day, and
the public are awaiting the
last developments in the case
with much interest following the
statement of Attorney Scrutchin
for the defense that he would i'm
peach the damaging testimony
of Owen Fournier given last
night. 81.
The jury in the case appear to
be very much concerned regard
ing the evidence, evinced by
frequent questions to witnesses
upon points which do not appear
perfectly clear. Judge Spooner
is acting very fair, and is giving
the attorneys on both sides the
widest latitude.
! At the convening Of court,
VIM. Krueger, the last witness
called yesterday, resumed the
stand.
Mr.. Scrutchin renewed his
motion to have the testimony OF
Krueger stricken from the
records, contending that it was
Irrelevant, and had no bearing
on the case. Caldwell testified
to hearing only one shot, and
state showed that N. O. Dahl was
shot twice and his daughter once.
He also objected to the trying of
the defendant on the charge of
murdering N. 0. Dahl and then
proceed to prove the killing of
Aagot Dahl.
Mr.. Scrutchin attemp ed to
show by authorities that the
testimony of Krueger's rela tive
to finding hair on gun was not
admissible, and Mr.. Martin fol
lowed the same argument at
some length.
Mr.. Funkley claimed the best
evidence shows that there we're
two shots fired.
The court stated that in line
with position assumed confessions
opened way forevidence. Kruger
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Did gun show signs Of having
been recently shot with, when
you got it that morning?
It had not been cleaned.
Owen Fournier called for
further cross s-examination.
Mr.. Scrutchin presented E. b.
Mcdonald and asked Fournier if
he knew Mcdonald. Witness
answered no.
Witness was asked if he had
not told Mcdonald in Matt Haff-
ner's saloon in Puposky during
the month of March, 1906, that
Cy Fournier was a liar, and Paul
was innocent. and replied that he
did not remember of having said
anything of the kind. Witness
could not remember of having
been in Puposky during March,
but had been there once with
Geo. Cyr, and could not remem-
ber of having met Mcdonald
then.
Are you trying to hang your brother
by your evidence?
No, never want him hanged.
Are you trying to send him to states
prison?
Want him sent somewhere where he
won't harm me or my stock, as he said
he would.
G. @. Strander and wife and
o. G.. Rood, relatives Of the
Dahl's, we're called and testified
as to Miss Dahl's hair being a.
very light color, nearly white,
and about eighteen inches long,
when they last saw her alive, in
September, 1908.
The introduction Of this evi-
oence was fought by the attor.
neys for the defense, but was
allowed by the court,
Ike Halvorson testified to Miss
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Court Rules Fourner Confession Opens Door Evidence
Connecting Defendant with Murder of Aagot Dahl-
Attorneys for Fournier Are Putting Up a
Hard Fight

Witness testified that he had
wanted him put where he coulo
not do him any harm; he was
afraid of Paul. -.- .... ---
Mrs. Owen Fournier testified
to practically the same evidence
as her husband.
William Krueger was called
and testified to going to Bemidj
and returned to his cabin, near
that of Fournier's, on the even
ing of April Z, 1904; Paul had re-
turned that forenoon, so he was
told. Witness had let Wesley
and Paul take his gun most o1
the time, and he went tc
Fournier's cabin to get it on the
9th.
Witness testified to finding a
hair on the rifle and stated posi-
lively it was a woman's hair,
when controversy between the
counsel for both sides as to the
admission of this testimony re.
suited in the quoting of author.
tiles, and a statement for Judge
Spooner that he believed the
testimony of Owen Fournier and
wife, relative to the admission OF
Paul to killing the Dahl's had
paved the way for his testim ony
ting Aagot Dahl with the
murder Of the old man; that
often in proving a prisoner guilty
of one crime, it was necessary
to prove the commission of two,
so inseparably were they inter.
woven.
Court was adjourned, with the
final ruling not made.
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Charles artindale was called
by the defense, and as his testi-
mony was somewhat racy, ladies'
were requested to leave the room
while that gen tleman was on the
stand, which they did.
On direct examination by Mr..
Funkley, Martindale told prac-
tically the same story to which
he testified in the Wesley trial,
with further more damaging
statements concerning Fournier.
He stated that Fourier and
Wesley had worked at his place
while they were employed by
Cald dwell in getting out logs on
his place.
According to the witness,
Fournier and Wesley had a con-
versation at that time relative to
old man Dahl and his daughter
Aagot, in which "Shorty" and
FOurnier both wanted the girl
and the money, and in which
Wesley said he would get old
man Kruger first and then get
the girl and kill old man Dahl
aud put him in Red Lake or IN
the meadow or moose wallow;
and Fournier had said that Dahl
(using vile epithet) had no busi-
ness to come in the woods and
take claims that poor people
should have.
O1 cross examination by Mr..
Scrutchin, Martindale admitted
that he had trouble with Paul
Fournier, but that it was not be-.
cause he had asked Paul to cut
~ tim Der on government land. He
had never told anyone about what
Wesley and Fournier had said
because no enc had asked him,
and mis- real reason was that he
was afraid that they would kill
him.
On redirect examination, wit
ness stated that the reason he
left the country and relinquished
his claim was that he was afraid
of Wesley and Fournier. Also
stated he had a talk with Paul
Fournier, at the mouth of the
Blackduck river, about the
middle of May, 1904. after Dahl's
had disappeared Paul had asked
if there was anything new about
the Dahl's and had been told
there was nothing new, when he
Paul. said the girl had proba bly,
been taken from the country by
her father. Cross.examination
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AFTERNOON SESSION

William Kruger recalled.
On direct examination, Miss
Florence Melquist was called in
and Krueger stated the hair
which was found on his gun was
white, while Miss Melq uist's
was red.
On examination by Mr..
Scrutchin, Krueger stated he
had talked with no one about this
case, not since adjournment at
noon or any other time.
Thos. Dooher called.
Continued on last page.
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did not elici, anything new from
Martindale, except that he had
heard that Paul had trouble with
Crandall but had never heard of
him killing anyone there, but
some people had said Paul had
killed someone in other places.
Fred F'oote, who last week caus-
ed sensation with his confess
sion, alleged to have been made
by Wesley while in the Beltrami
county Jail, was called by the
state and al effort made to again
Introduce the confession, but
Mr.. Scrutchin objected and Mr..
Foote was not allowed to give the
confession.
Mr.. Funkley desired to know
if the same ruling would be made
relative to the testimony of Allan
McGraw, he was told that it
would if the same objection was
raised, and McGraw was not
called.
Owen French was called and
testified as to the finding of the
body of N. O. Dahl by himself
and Eugene Caldwell, his testi-
mony not differing from that
given in the Wesley trial.
Owen Fournier was called.
Mr.. Fournier stated that he
was a brother of the man &C.
cused Of the murder of N. O..
Dahl, and that he and his wife
lived in the house belonging to
Paul, in Quiring township, in the
spring of 1905, one year after the
Dahls had been killed, and after
Paul had been released from jail
on the charge of killing the
Dahls.
Witness testified that one Sun
day morning, while Paul was
shaving, he became very angry,
and referring to Eugene Cald.
we'll and several others, had
said:
"If they want to make a des-
perado out of me, they can easily
do so. They say I killed the
Dahls. Yes, I killed them; and
I have five more in these woods
whom I will kill"
Mrs. Fournier had said to
Paul that he must not talk that
way; that if she and her husband
were eyer called upon they would
have to tell the truth.
Later, according to witness, Paul
came to his place and told him:
"You keep quiet about that, or
will kill YOU"
On cross-examination, witness
admitted that he had trouble
with Paul and that the latter had
ordered him and his wife out OF
his (Paul's) house. Witness
claimed he did not know E E.
Mcdonald, and Mr.. Scrutchin
asked him if he had ever made
the statement that if he could
hang him he would do so, or
send him to state prison, tc
which the witness answered no.
Mr.. Scrutchin said he desired to
impeach the testimony of the
witness and would do so later.
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After the Pioneer had gone to
press yesterday afternoon. the
state introduced some testimony
that was sensational in extreme,
and if allowed to stand, will be
fatally damaging to the defend
ant.
Charles Martindale, Owen
Fournier, (brother of PauD and
his wife testified to certain al
legged facts that will urdou otedly
have great weight with the jury,
despite the strong effort made
by Attorney Scrutchin to dis
credit it.
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One of States Trump Cards.

Statement alleged by Owen Fournier to have been
made to him by his brother Paul accused of killing N O.
DahD when Paul mad, while shaving one Sunday
morning in the spring of 1905, year after the Dahs
were killed:
''If they want to make desperate out of me,
they can easily do so.
''They say killed the DahPs. Yes, killed
them; and have five more in these woods whom
will kill
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in skull of N. O.Dahl, that might
have been inflicted by shots
from rifle witnes, had left
in care of defendant and Wes-
ley. All these have direct bear.
ing on charge that defendant
killed N. O. Dahl. The same
transaction involves the same
motive and reason for killing old
man Dahl and daughter. Lives of
both went out and proof of one
is reasonable proof of the other.
Mr.. Scrutchin objected to in
PRODUCTION of testimony regard
ing hair, as not sufficiently iden-
titled.
The court and testimony read,
and over-ruled objection.
Continuing his testimony,
Krueger stated he found hair on
rear sight of gun and showed
it to Fournier and Wesley.
Fournier said he must have been
sparkling white-haired girl.
Witness also stated that when
he went to Bemidji, he had left
fifty 38 40 soft nose cartridges
for gun in evidence. When be
returned he found that the house
had been broken into, and four
cartridges taken.
A juror asked witness how he
knew four cartridges had been
taken, and witness repIie d
he had counted them be-.
fore leaving.
Cross examination by Scrutch-
in.
Witness affirm question that
he could tell soft nose bullet from
lead bullet and knew about steel
jacket and various kinds of
rtridges.
Witness stated he had been at
Fournier's three or four hours
before taking gun down TO go.
There were four windows in the
cabin and lots Of light. Had
showed them both the hair, and
they told him the same thing
about seeing whitehaired girl.
His best impression was that it
was the date after he came home
from Bemidji. Reiterated he
had never told anyone about hair
before the trial of Wesley, al
though be had been before grand
jury of 1904, but knew none of
the members and was afraid he
could not make himself under
stood.
On further cross examinati ion
a juror was sworn as Interpreter,
and he was asked if he had not
said before that be left only 48
cartridges. Witness maintained
he found four gone, and had
counted the shells because he
saw the house had been broken
| into, as same thing had happened
before when he won't to Bemidji.
| Krueger was shown 38-4O cart
ridge and identified same as be-
ing same calibre as he used in
his gun. Defense then offered
cartridge as exhibit 's1".
Continuing cross-examination
| witness said he had but little
trouble with Fournier except on
one occasion when he had bought,
800 feet of lum Der from him and
Fournier had cheated him out of
100 feet. I told him about it and
he called me a liar, said Kruger.
I went up to lick Paul. and hit
him once, but didn't cut him, and
Paul lies if he says [ did.
Witness admitted that up to.
this time he had n9ver told any.
one about finding the hair on the
gun, because he had not been
asked. He did not sly anything
about Fournier and Wesley hav-
ing had his gun when before
the grand jury, because b. was
afraid he might say too much
and that Fournier and Wesley
might kill him.
On re direct q uestion by Funk.
ley, witness stated that gun was
not in good order now, but had
been the spring Of 1904.
Question by member of jury
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CRUSHED UNDER ROCK;
RAILROAD LABORER KILLED
Mike Conley Meets Death While Work
ing in Railroad Cut Near AkeIey
Yesterday.

Akeley, Mimi, April 1o.-(spec-
ial to the Pioneer).-Mi Con-
ley. age "a years, was instantly
killed yesterday by a falling
boulder while working on the
Crooked Lake spur 20 miles west
of here.
Conley was working along side
a dump car in cut when part of
the embankment gave way and
he was crushed to death under a
giant rock.
The parents of the unfortun
ate young man live at Grey Eagle,
Mimi, and his body will be ship.
ped there for burial.
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Call at Jerrard's and see the
1907 Gray Marine Motor.
Come in and see the Gray
Motor. Nothing better made.
Jerrard Plb. Co.
The 1907 Gray Gas engine for
motor boats heads the list. We
are anxious to show you. Jerlard
Plb. Go.
We are ready to show you the
1907 Gray Marine Motor. For
over, price and quality it has
no equal. Jerrard Plb. Co.
The Pioneer at all times has in
stock office supplies of every
description
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
A Comedian Is Killed.

TO escape being burned TO death John
Comfy, Il comedian of the Vanity Fair
company. was killed Sunday by jump.
ing from window Of the Arcade
hotel. where the theatrical company
was stopping. The flames broke out
on the first floor and cut off the escape
of all the members of the company
Firemen rescued all the occupants OF
the hotel except Comfy, who seemed
to have lost his presence of mind and
jumped from third-story window dc.
spite the warning of tho firemen. Mrs
Watson, member Of the company
was severely burned. Loss $4,000
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
ASTATEME|vT
By the Legal Adviser OF
Mrs. Mary B. Eddy.
AS TO HER AFFAIRS
Gen. Streeter Says Her Mind Is OIeal
and She Is Well Able to Manage
Tier Financial Interests.

Concord, n. H., March 4.--Gen
Frank s. Strceter, the legal adviser
OF Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, issued a
statement last evening in the nature
OF reply TO various allegations in the
bill OF equity which has been brought
against trustees of the Christian Sci
ence church by relatives of Mrs
Eddy, with the view of obtaining an
accounting Of funds, The statement
follows:
Saturday morning sent to Mrs
Eddy copy OF the bill> in equity as
published, but not yet served upon any
OF the defendants, SO far as / am In.
formed. have since had long per.
sonal conference with her at which
this proceeding and matters connected
Herewith were fully discussed
In common with her many friends
she believes that the initiative in these
proceedings was not taken by her son
or other relatives, but by others who
by unique methods are undertaking
under the guise of court proceedings
to continue the persecution begun
some time ago.
From my conferences with her at
the time. and on other recent occa.
sions, i am able to speak positively.
Her clealness of mind and resolute.
mess Of purpose has been in no respect
impaired by her advanced years. Her
capacity to think clearly and to deal
accurately with important business ar
fairs has never been more perfectly
demonstrated than in her conferences
and acts In the last two weeks.
"The amount of Mrs. Eddy's prop.
erty has been grossly multiplied by
rulnor She is not possessed of large
wealth as the term is used. Mrs. Eddy
receives no income from the church,
nor from the publication society con.
'nected with the church. Her sole in
come for many years has been from
the copyright on her own books, and
the amount from this source has been
grossly overestimated.
mrs. Eddy's business affairs have
been managed by herself, with the aid
OF Mk Frye. her devoted servant, and
under the personal audit OF another
gentleman whose name has not been
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mentioned, but who stands for all that
Is Of good repute in financial circles
IN Concord Accurate accounts OF all
her property and investments, as well
as her annual income and expcndl.
lures have been carefully kept and
frequently audited The last audit
was In October. 1906.
"Nonc of the defendants named, OK.
cept Mr.. Frye. have any connection
with the management OF her property
or Investments, or have any knOwl.
edge whatever In reference thereto.
nor have any OF said defendants over
received any property OF Mrs. Eddy
which they hold in trust or otherwise,
except In one instance, for the benefit
Of a relation"
1t was learned last night that about
o'clock last Friday afternoon, the
day on which the bill In equity was
filed, a messenger from George w.
Glover. of Dcadwood, s. d., the son OF
Mrs. Eddy, delivered to her letter In
which Mr. Glover stated his purpose
OF beginning the suit. At 4:50 o'clock
that afternoon Rev. Irving c. Tomlin.
son, one of the defendants named In
the suit, left Concord. his mission be.
ing. It Is understood. to go to Mr..
Glover. Mr.. Tomlinson Is said to have
had In his possession for delivery to
Mr.. Glover deed OF trust for a Ger.
tain sum of money. variously estimat.
ed from $100, 900 to $3.50, 900.
This money. 1t is declared, was to be
delivered to Mr.. Glover Oh three con
ditions, as follows: First, that neither
he nor his household should make any
further demands upon Mrs. Eddy: sec,
ond, that they should offer no objcc.
tions to the probating of any will that
might be offered after her death:
third. that they should not seek by any
legal proceeding to set aside any gifts,
deeds or cOnveyances that Mrs. Eddy
might make during her lifetime.
Meanwhile John W. Kelley, OF Ports
mouth, one of the attorneys Interested
in bringing the proceedings. had filed
the bill In equity with the clerk OF ne
superior court, and notified Mr.. Street
er, counsel for Mrs. Eddy. OF the fact
Mr.. Streeter lad long conference
with Mr.. Kelley and Mr.. Martin, dur
ing which he made 1t known tha. the
deed of trust was to be given to MIR
Glover. This conference came to an
end when Mr.. Streeter was informed
that the bill had been given to the
press, and Mr.. Streeter recalled Mr.
Tomlinson from his mission
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
POLICEMEN RAlDtD A SCHOOL.
Internal Machines, Hand Grenades and
Dynamite Were Found in the Poly
technic institute at st. Petersburg.

st. Petersburg. March A body Of
! 800 policemen surrounded the
Polytechnic institute at Z o'clock Sun
day morning and was engaged until I.
o'clock i'm the afternoon In search of
three blocks of student quarters In
the course OF which IL internal ma
chimes. a score of pyroxyliu hand g,en.
AIDES. a quantity of repeating rifles. 200
pounds Of pyroxylin and 400 pounds OF
dynamite were seized.
The descent upon the Polytechnic
Institute, which long had been s,ls-
pected to be a nest of social rcvolu-
tonsts. was due TO information re-
ceived that a series Of outrages on im.
portant personages had been planned
for March 10. The besiegjng force
was armed with loaded rifles and wore
cuirssses and helmets.
On the arrival of the force in the
yard bomb was thrown from an up
per window. but did not explode. Led
by Prince Garagar, director of tho In.
stitute. the searchers went through all
of the 1000 rooms of tho immense
dormitory and seized. besides tho
arms and ammunition. several wagon
loads of proclamatious and thousands
Of copies of the new organ of the revo.
lutionary party for circulation in the
army.
Among those arrested were two
members of parliament from Ufa,
who had remained over night In the
buildings after conferences with men,
bers OF The Group Of Toll and social
reyolutlonists. They were released
when they were Identified.
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rho Carl schurz Memorial.

New York, March 4.-The New York
committee on the Carl Schurz me.
mortal. of which Joseph II. Choate is
chairman, has prepared a circular an
nouncement OF the objects sought by
those back of the movement to honor
the memory of the dead statesman,
which will he sent broadcast over the
country during the present week. The
committee hopes that the fund will
reach S250,000. The monument, nc.
cording to the circular announcement,
will be either a statue. or some other
form of bronze or marble.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
RUSSIAN ATROClTIfS.
a Petition 10 Congress Asks ifto Pro.
test Against the Barbarian Of the
Cxar's OfejcjaIs,

a Petition 10 Congress Asks ifto Pro.
test Against the Barbarian Of the
Cxar's officiaIs.
Washington, March AIN connec.
tion with the establishment Of imini.
grant stations at Galveston, New Or.
leaus and Charleston. s. G., Mr. Ben.
nett, OF New York, presented in the
house Sunday petition signed by a
distinguished list OF citizens calling
upon congress to protest against the
perverted use of governmental func-
tions OF which the Russian people arc
the victims"
The protest rcoites a list Of atrcci-
ties asserted to be practiccd by tho
Russian government in its prolonged
warfare against It's own people. The
arraignment OF tho Russian govern.
ment is as follows:
Thousands OF men aud women are
dregged from their homes solely at the
discretion or pleasure of local military
or police authorities, placed in remote
settlements Of send.savages close to
and within the polar circles. where
the most losthsome diseases arc
chronically epidemic. tf
Hospitals are deliberately fred upon
by the regular troops without rebuke.
The Red Cross is not respected and
the wounded are frequently slaughter
ed or thrown into the sea, or buried
alive with the dead.
Women, children. aged and decrcpit
men are manned and killed by sword
slashings. torn by bayonets and
trampled under hoofs OF horses.
Girls and young women, inhabitants
of districts under military protection.
are repeatedly given over to violation