The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-29
ION STAND Today
He DECLARES THE
MAYOR IS GUILTY
Claims That Plans Were Laid
in Saloon Just as Has Been
Alleged by Officials
EVERY FEATURE OF PRELIMINARY
MOVEMENTS GONE OVERLY hIk
Method of Payment Fixed-Mike Da.
Wis was Present on the Occasion
Greatest Sensation in Case Broke
Today When Hearing Was Com.
menced at Bemidji.
Developments in Dumas Case,

Developments in Dumas Case,
The hearing was commenced at
| Bemidji at 8 o'clock this morn
ing. 5i,,z.ta
Martin A. Behan, formerly Of
Grand Forks, makes complete
confession, duplicating Dumas.
For the first time since his ar
rest Dumas takes serious view
Of the situation.
Saloon owner declares Dumas
| and Davis were in the saloon
| June IA.
Bemidji, Mimi, June 29.-Martin
Behan, who was arrested after being
wounded during the fight at Puposky
June l6 when the attempt was made
to rob the postoffice, testified in the
nearing today of DR.. D. F. Dumas,
MAYOR of Cass Lake who is charged
with being at the head of the gang of
safe blowers, that Dumas, Behan and
Mike Davis planned the robbery in a
Bemidji saloon -
Behan testified that he, Dumas.
Mike Davis and man named smyth
met IN the saloon on June IA at Be-
midi: Smyth, according to Behan,
asked Davis if he would burn the
building at Puposky and Davis said
he would do so if there was enough
money in it. To this Dumas is al
legged to have replied that there would
be enough money all right.
Smyth to Pay $500.
Smyth. 1t was said was to pay $500
TO Dumas, and he was to pay Behan
and Davis that sum when the lob was
done.
According to the witness Smyth
gave the key to the building to Davis
and told him he would find a bottle
of turpentine on a shelf and q tank
OF Oil in the rear of the store.
Take Loot to Dumas.
Behan stated that Dumas said at the
meeting that Smyth would look after
the other preparations. Both Dumas
and Smyth spoke of blowing the safe
and taking the money, stamps and
papers to Dumas after the building
mad been burned, according to the witt
ness.
Behan also identified a large re.
volver which he said Dumas had given
Davis during the conference in the
saloon.
Otner Ana1rS Too.
Behan started his testimony with q
promise to tell everything in regard
to the Puposky and other affairs in
which the mayor is said to have been
involved.
Dumas First to Speak.
questioned by Judge Marshall, A.
spooner. attorney for Dumas, ,Behan
gave an account of the meeting Of
the alleged conspirators in a Bemidij
saloon.
Dumas was the first to speak,"
said the witness, "he said:
Smith has job at Puposky. He
mas building to be burned there and
ne wants good job done We were
IN the room about half hour when
Dumas and Smith left together. Du-
mas returned in fifteen or twenty
minutes with the revolver"
Behan Is Weak.
After being cross-examined at
length by Judge Spooner Behan was
excused on the advice Of his physf-
clan who said that his patient was
not physically able to Withstand the
strain.
Saw Them in Saloon.
John Larson, owner of the saloon
in which the alleged conspiracy took
place, testified that he had seen Du-
mas in his saloon on June IA.
Description Was Graphic.
In his graphic recital of how he
and Mike Davis planned with Dr.
Dumas for the robbery and burning
of the postoftice building at Puposky,
he struck stinging blow to the de-
fense and confirmed the newspaper
accounts of the affair.
Behan, although weak from the
shots received at the time of his cam
ture early in the morning of June IT.
following the battle of Puposky. told
straight, forward story, and the evl-
dence flowed from his lips that sent
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