The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-06


of the witness was cut short.
Horace Lydick said he lived north
of Cass Lake, and that he is a tim
Der cruiser and has been for or
years, and has been employed as
forest ranger and that he has
known DR.. Dumas for 4 years and
that the doctor was doctoring his
wife and child in March, April and
May. He said he was in DR.. Dumas
Office in the latter part of April or
first of May at which time he heard
a conversation with a man answer
ing the description of Bert Smyth,
Smyth was called into the court room
and was identified by Lydiek as the
person he saw In the doctors office,
The witness said he heard Smyth say
to DR.. Dumas to send him his bill
when he got ready and that Smyth
said II guess I am about fixed up"
! Lydick said he was in Larson's sa-,
loon here June IA, about 4 b. IN. He
said he saw Dumas and smyth enter.
He saw them go down toward the
end of the bar, and that they went
into rear room and that in or
minutes the doctor came out and
shook hands with him and that then
and shortly afterwards saw him come
DR.. Dumas went into the toilet room
out and go back toward the rear and
back again and that he went out the
front door.
\ On cross examination, Mr.. James
asked:
DO you know Ole Ferguson?"
Mr.. Lane objected and said Fer
guson's case was not being tried
The court permitted the question
to be answered and the witness said
he knew Ferguson, and had for II
years. He said he came from Maine
and that he was 81 years old. He
said he formerly was a bartender in
Cass Lake and Bemidji. He said he
also worked on steamboat at Cass
Lake. Said he was in Bemidji June
6, being summoned by man who
wanted to get me off government
land
Lydick was cross questioned at
length on what he did when in Be-
midi June 14th and Mr.. James elic--
tied that he had visited many sa-
looms and did not know where he
went after he left McKinnon's sa-
loon, had visited dozen, more or
less, and drank beer; though he was
in Dudley's and McCarty's saloons
the same afternoon. Lydick said he
did not know Andy Danaher, the
bartender
The witness gave evasive answers
as to what places he had visited, but
was repeated that he was in dozen
or more. He remembered John Sui
livan's saloon, that he had not Wis.,
tied, also Spiders place, and that he
went into about all the saloons.
Witness would not say that he was
not in Albert Marshik's saloon and
would not say he did not drink with
Marshik.
Lydick admitted he was in Jack
Dalton's saloon, probably twice, but
could not remember that he had
drank more than one drink with Dali
ton. Witness would not say he had
not drank in Andy McNab's place,
Edwin Gearld's saloon and some 9TH
ers. He had tended bar in Bemidji
in 1901 and 1902. Thurston, whom
he tended bar for in Bemidji is now
in East Grand Forks.
On redirect examination Lydick
said his only reason for visiting the
saloons June 14th was to look for
Hughie Classify, and that he was not
at any time during June 14th intoxi-
Gated. He looked for Classify be-
cause Classify wanted him to get a
claim for him in the Kithi lake coun-
try.
On re-cross examination witness
said Classify had no place in Bemidji
where to meet him; didn't know
where Classify was now. Did not find
Classify. Classify has not been writ
ing to him. This was the reason the
witness went into Larson's saloon
that day.
At this point the court declared a
recess. 1t is expected taking of tes-
timony will be completed at tomor-
row mornings session and that the
arguments will be made in the at
ternoon and that late in the day the
case will go over into the hands of
the jury.
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