The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-09


to get the manuscript into type, part
Of what Mr.. James said must wait nn-
til tomorrow's issue.
In his remarks to the jury Mr..
James said: ~.
'.This case mas: reached it's conclu-
sion and I presume that no man is
better pleased with that suggestion
and thought than you gentlemen.
for nearly two weeks you have been
confined and closely confined Dur
ing a part of that time you have list
ened to the production Of evidence
in this case and | fully realize that
as men you have work to do in your
several capacities and that there are
many things you had had to forego
during the trial of this case, a great
many things that perhaps to you are
of more immediate, Importance than
this case but. gentlemen, you are
the members of an organized So
ciety. You are citizens of this coun-
ty and you are citizens of the state of
Minnesota. And as citizens of this
county it becomes your duty under
the laws of this state that when sum
moned as jurors to answer the COM
mand of the law and appear here
and, if accepted as Jurors in the case,
to take your oath and 60 into the
jury box and do your duty as such
laws will be given to you by, the
court. IL. -.
:'You men have been selected as
you we'll know, after great deal
of carefulness on the part of the
state, and after a great deal of care
fulness on the part Of the defendant
in this case. You have been chosen
because it was thought by the state
that you could do the citizens of this
state in this case absolute justice
and because it was thought by this
defendant that you could do absolute
justice to him on theafacts as they
were presented here in open court.
For that reason you have been chosen
to represent this community in the
trial of this case.
81 come here with absolutely no
interest in this case It doesn't make
any difference to me personally, or to
my home or private affairs or to my
own family what the verdict of you
gentlemen may be. To me it is abb
solutely immaterial. Before me came
Mr.. Keller and Mr.. Fullerton of the
fire marshal's Office. To those gen.
tlemen individually and personally
what your verdict may be in this case
is absolutely immaterial. They are
not in any way parties to this case
What you may decide will not effect
their own homes or families nor the
attorney general or his home or fam
lily. But what you may decide may eff
feet and long after will effect the well
fare of the people of Peltrami coun-
ty and the welfare of the people of
Northern Minnesota who come in
close contact and have come in close
contact with this situation and the
situation these facts unfold to you
from the witness stand. This, gen.
tlemen, is not my case. This is not
the case of Mr.. Keller or of his as
sistant. This is your case. And you
and no one else represent this COM
munity I have said these things to
you to impress it upon your mind
simply that idea that you, and you
alone, are the representatives of this
community and you, and you alone,
are the pillars that support law and
order in Beltrami county and you,
and you alone, were chosen upon this
jury because the state of Minnesota
! thought that you were proper pill
lars upon which to rest the fabric
of society. 49, =>s<.
"You were chosen because the at
torney generals Office thought you
would fearlessly do your duty to this
man and to your own community and
for no other reason.
Gentlemen of the jury, this man
is charged as you know by the grand
jury of, this county. 1t is true that
under our procedure the defendants
side is not heard before the grand
jury, it is true that it is one-sided
proceeding before the grand jury
but under our form of law in. the
opinion of those men who found this
indictment they thought that, unex-
planned, the defendant was guilty OF
the crime which they charged and
that you may more properly have in
mind what the indictment is as found
by the grand jury, l will read it tt
4 you. .
Mr. James then read the entire in.
d;ctment which charges Dr. Dumas
with an attempted arson in the thirc
! degree
! Continuing, Mr.. James said:
THAT indictment charges thai
| Martin Behan and Mike Davis were
sent to Puposky in this county fol
the purpose OF burning a store build.
ing at Puposky and they were in
| dnced to do 50 by this defendant and
that they took with them into the
building nitroglycerine, matches and