The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-19

Bemidji, Mimi, June 19.-Six sticks
Of dynamite. several dynamite caps, to-
gether with correspondence of dam
aging nature including a letter that
had been written to an alleged yegg-
man at Grand Rapids, Mimi, were
found in the safe Of DR.. d. T. Dumas,
mayor Of Cass Lake, under arrest fac
ing charge of being the head Of q
northern Minnesota gang of yeggmen
and incendiaries that has been work
ing for some time.
Dumas himself gave the detectives
the combination for his safe after he
had at first refused to do SO. An ex-
/! pert from ST. Paul WIS due TO arrive
In the city Sunday evening, but Dumas
! did not await that time.
Mike" Davis, the companion OF Mar
i. tin (Billie) Behan, Is still fugitive
from justice though posses have been
searching the timber around Puposky
since early Saturday morning when
the two men were surprised at their
work. It is presumed that he has
taken refuge in deserted forest claim
shack somewhere. In addition to the
charge that confronts him in connec-
tion with the unearthing of the north
ern Minnesota crimes, Davis is also
wanted in Chicago and Minneapolis for
murder
Pinkerton men on the job have re-
peated their declarations that further
arrests will be made in connection
with the affair, and that Dumas will
be shown conclusively as being at the
head Of the most organized band Of
'incendiaries, safe crackers and swindl-
ers ever found in the northwest.
Judge Marshall A. Spooner, en-
ployed to defend Dumas, authorized
this statement to the Associated Press:
"At the proper moment there will be
q unreasonable, consistent and convinc-
ing explanation for all charges"
Says He Sold Dynamite.
An affidavit has been made by T.
Dugas, Cass Lake hardware mer-
chant, to the effect that he sold fifteen
sticks Ct dynamite to Dumas on Thurs
day Of last week. Detectives allege
that Dumas cooked nitro glycerine
from nine stocks for use at Puposky.
Hearing June 28
Bemidji, Mimi, June 19.-Dr.
Dumas was arraigned here Saturday
evening before Court Commissioners
Hiram A. Simons on charge Of at
tempting to commit arson and burgl-
ary. He was held on $1,000 bail for
his appearance in court June 28.
Friends in Cass Lake went on his
bond and he was given his liberty
and spent the night In Bemidji.
For two months tho agents from
the state fire marshal's Office have
been working In en- effort to trace
to earth an organized gang of GRIM
inals who have been carrying on a
wholesale campaign Of arson and
robbery. F. A. Smith. Puposky
storekeeper, acting as stool" for
the state fire marshal's department,
told the authorities Friday that he
had paid $500 to Dr.. Dumas with the
understanding that his store at Pu-
posky would be burned Friday night.
Smith had previously reported that
he had seen explosives and yeggman's g
tools in DRY Dumas ONCE.
Fullerton with Sheriff Hazen and a
posse from Beltrami county surround
cd the Puposky store. Two men ap-
peared on the scene at ridnight and
entered the store. They were order
"a to surrender aud ded.
Tn Puposky, in said state. and In
the night time Of June .18. the ac-
cused did willfully, wrongfully, un-
lawfully, feloniously and maliciously
attempt to set on IRE and burn that
certain frame building located In said
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