The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-01
At That Time Judge Announces
When and Where Cass Lake May
or is to Be Tried.
MANY ALICE PREJUDICE
Swear They Do Not Believe Fair
Trial Could Now Be Had
In Bemidji.

At 2 p. m. today attorneys for the
state and defense appeared before
Judge c. w. Stanton to arrange for
the trial of Dr. D. F. Dumas on the
Blackjack arson charges, and to act
on the motion on behalf of the de-
PENDANT for a change of venue.
E. E. Mcdonald, representing the
state, requested that more time be
given in which to file counter afida-
Wits to the ones submitted by Judge
Spooner and A. A. Andrews for the
defendant, alleging such prejudice as
to make fair trial in Bemidji inn
possible
Grants Plea for Time.
The position taken by the state
was that the af1idavits on file were
of so general a character that adj
ditional time would be needed in
which to answer them.
The request was granted and the
matter will come up before Judge
Stanton tomorrow afternoon. DR..
Dumas today appeared with his at
torneys. r.
What Atlantis Allege.
1t is alleged in the afidavits for
DR.. Dumas that the general feeling
throughout Beltrami county is
strongly prejudiced to DR.. Dumas,
and this allegation is supported by
assertions that it is the general be-
lief that DR.. Dumas is guilty of some
Or all of the charges of arson pre-
ferred against him by the state. The
Cass Lake mayor has given bonds in
$4,000 for his appearance to answer
to the Blackjack charges.
. Twenty-one afidavits were filed in
support of the motion Four of these
were obtained at Baudette, four at
Spooner, five at Blackjack, three at
Kelliher, one at Battle River, one at
Farley, one at Rugby, one at Dnrand
and one from resident Of Bemidji
All the affdavits agree as to senti-
ment being against the doctor.
Signers Of Ahidavits.
Those who signed afhdavits were:
At Baudette-John A. Kennedy,
United States customs officer; George
B. Partridge, timber broker; w. F.
Noonan publisher Rainy River Re-
gion, and R. M. Skinner, banker.
At Spooner-B. P. Eagan, presi-
dent village council; Oscar Flatner,
merchant; F. E. Rose, village mar
shall, and Ferdinand Koefod, assist
ant bank cashier.
At Blackduck-E. P. Rice, banker;
J. M. Reed, merchant; J. G. Thomp-
son merchant; J. E. Dade, postmast-
er, and E. N. French, druggist.
At Kelliher-R. W. Hardy, editor;
Henry Pufund, surveyor, and A. Gill
mour, druggist.
At Battle River-J. E. Jerome,
merchant.
At Farley-W. T. Blakely, mer-
chant
At Redby-P. A. Sreife, scaler.
At Bemidji-John A. Mcdonald,
Thinks Hard to Get Jury.
Viggo Peterson of Durand, chair
man of the board of county commits
sioners, filed lengthy affidavit re-
citing his belief that the cost of try
ing the case in Beltrami county
would be enormous because, he al
legged. it would be next to impossible
to secure jury to try the case.
A. A. Andrews, assistant counsel
for DR.. Dumas, attached an affidavit
of his own, in which he told about
obtaining a jury to try DR.. Dumas on
the charge of attempted arson at Pu-
posky, on which the doctor was con-
yicted. He said that seven jurymen
were secured at that trial, when
Judge McClenahan suggested to coun-
sci for the state and for the defend
ant that if they would agree to the
discharge of the jurymen selected, he
would transfer the case to Crow Wing
county, becatse it would facilitate
matters, as jurors could be obtained
much easier than in Beltrami coun-
ty. The defense agreed to this, An
drews said in his affidavit, but the
state objected