The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-06-29


that saloon.
mike Davis and I went into the
saloon together and the bartender or
proprietor, I don't know which, said
there was some men in the wine
room who wanted to see us. So we
went into the wine room and there
We found DR.. Dumas and r. E..
Smyth
II didn't know Smyth, but DR.. Du-
mas introduced Davis and me to
Smyth. We were in the room talk
ing for half or three-quarters Of
an hour.
T. 'The only person who came into
the room while we were there was
the bartender who twice served us
drinks.
81 am not sure whether Dumas or
Smyth first spoke of the Puposky
deal. Smyth spoke of burning his
building at Puposky in which the
postoffice is located.
Dumas Asks Mike To Do Job.
: CDR. Dumas then asked Mike Da-
Wis If he could do the job, and Mike
said, sure thing, we can, if there
is money enough in it, Dr.--Dumas
said, There will be money enough
in it for you all right Then Smyth
spoke up and said, you fellows have
got to do good job or you won't get
any money at ALL
ut was understood" Behan con-
tinued, "that we were to get $500 for
doing the job. Smyth agreed to pay
Dumas this amount and we were to
get our money from him at Cass
Lake. s-.. -- .'-
"Smyth agreed to make all the
necessary preparations and furnish
us all the materials that we wanted.
He promised to give Mike key. and
to have two bottles of turpentine
on the store shelf and as:barrel> OF
kerosene at the rear of 'the. store to
be used in soaking the building be-
fore we set it on fire, alher cracking
the safe. r.
DUMAS said Smyth would look at
ter all those things, and Mike said
that would be all right
Nothing Said of Dynamite.
"Was there anything said about
dynamite at the Larson saloon meet
ing?" asked Attorney James.
"No, nothing was spoken of that"
replied the witness. eve of course,
understood that the safe was to be
blown open with nitro-glycerine.
Dumas talked with Smyth about
blowing open the safe and they dis
cussed the matter freely. Dumas as
sured Smyth that Mike would make
good job of it. ...- j.
ave were to take all the stamps
and money that was in the safe, and
Smyth cautioned us to destroy GER
tain books that would be found in
the safe. The safe was to be opened
with nitro, but I couldn't say where
it was to come from.
eyes, Mike went to Cass Lake
Thursday, but he didn't say what
for and 1 don't know whether he
saw Dumas or not. When he came
back he said he had everything that
was needed for the job. No one went
with him to Cass Lake. can't say
where he got the nitro.
"While we all were in the saloon
l can't remember that there was any,
thing said about getting any dyna-
mite''
At this point Attorney James pro-
duced Colts blue steel revolver and
box of cartridges. In response to
queries Behan said:
Says Dumas Got Gun.
mike Davis told Dumas that he
didn't have gun and that he must
have one. Doc said he would get
him one and he left the wine room
and was gone about Is minutes, when
he came back with a Colts blue steel
revolver"
He was shown the weapon which
was marked exhibit A." and con-
tinued:
eyes, this was the gun, or one ex-
actly like it. Mike took hold of the
gun and said to Dumas, how much
did it cost?' and Doc replied twenty
five dollars Mike then threw the
gun down on the table and said:
L be -- if I'd pay that much for
any gun that was ever made
"Not long after that DR.. Dumas
left the saloon and l hadn't seen him
since then until I saw him in the
court room here. Smyth left the
saloon at the time Doe went out to
get the gun and didn't come back
again, and we didn't see him after
that.
Meets Buggy At Cemetery.
. doc Adams drove us to a mile
within Puposky on the night of
June 16. I have known Adams for
8 years. He drove us out in light
spring, single seated buggy with q