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

not see two heavy revolvers, nitro
glycerine and dynamite caps. They
did not hear the defendant say that
| those men go out and do a job and
then come back and stay with me and
rest up, but you, gentlemen, did and
in this case that evidence stands abb
solutely undenied. Not one single
bit of evidence did they deny. With
out the evidence that you gentlemen
have heard with the simple knowl-
edge that this man is product of the
| schools of the state and learned
physician and mayor of a town, and
the only evidence the evidence of
| Bert Smyth that he saw those men
there and told you that story, you
would say it was improbable. Yes,
but is it improbable? Doesn't it con-
meet itself into the testimony of 9TH
er witnesses?
CDR. Stanton, dentist of this city,
testified that he was with the defend
ant in club room of this city on the
evening of the same day that Mike
Davis was in Bemidji and that the
defendant pointed out these two men
to him. DR.. Stanton, a respectable
citizen and the defendant stood in
| the open window without any screen
| on in the club rooms of the CONNER
cial club and along the street there
passes man. Dumas shakes his
hand to him and says: Hello, Mike,
how are you?' and Mike says 'hel-
To- DR.. Stanton saw and although
| the defendant said to Dr. Stanton,
There is one of the smoothest yegg-
men or safe crackers in all this north
contry.' thought nothing of it. Why
should he think anything of the may
or of Cass Lake, a man who had the
friendship of the gentlemen who
went upon this witness stand? Why
should he think anything?z
"Where did that friendship orfG-
mater =, ~ - ~
"Where did this man become the
friend of Mike Davis, the yeggman
and the safe blower? ~ ~
"Where was that friendship form
ed? .
"Where did their intimacy become
so great that he could shake his hand
at him?
"What was the occasion of that
friendship and where did it come
from?
upon how many, many nights
when the darkness was dense and in
what back rooms of Cass Lake, Min
neapolis, Superior, or Duluth, or any
other city have those two men sat
and conversed of their crimes?
"What led to that association with
a criminal?
"When did it begin and we see,
little further on, what criminal acts
lie behind that association.
:'Mr. Kirkhoff. the old German that
went on the stand, whom the counsel
don't blame them, said that the de-
PENDANT came into his place of bust
ness and said there were two men he
wished would take care of. He said
they bought lot of goods of him and
spent lots of money which was pleas
ing to him. They go and the de-
PENDANT comes in and Mr.. Kirkhoff
said: Doctor, wish that you would
bring me a great many men like
those two men. They are very good
customers
"'Don't you know who those two
men are?' said the defendant They
are two of the best safe crackers in
the country and something is going
to happen in the next few days be-
tween Bemidji and Crookston.'
"The old German said he had
! talked to blacksmith in Cass Lake
and the blacksmith told him he had
lost his hammer and the hammer was
found down at Shevlin where the
bank was blown, and the old man
said: 4 told him what the defend
ant, Dumas, had told me-
"Gentlemen of the jury, in light
of the testimony of these two men, is
the story of Bert Smyth improbable?
:Is there anything improbable in
what he said? This man from Cass
Lake did not hear the conversation in
the Commercial club in this city and
his connection with the case
"And there they stand before the
open door of that safe, looking upon
those revolvers and that nitroglycer-
inc"
After the morning recess Mr.. James
said the case contained so much to
argue that his remarks must neces-
sarily prove long. He then again
took up the revolver episode
81 wonder why the man who want
ed the revolver did not take it back,
instead of DR.. Dumas" said Mr..
James.
! s'Now, Martin Behan and Mike Da-
| Wis were at the saloon with DR.. Du-
mas, and it appears that the doctor
was the one acquainted with them
! BOTH
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