The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-04

ages consumed Saturday night, and
now many were with you?"
zone gentleman-we were in Ed
die Munhall's for two hours.
was Mr.. McNabb there-didn't
he take you homer"
mo, he didn't-he wanted my adj
dress"
You were sober?"
II was not drunk?"
"Now, Behan, how lcag were you
in Jail here before you met Thayer
Bailey?"
"Don't know. l did talk to Bal.
ley, also Norm Helmer and Sherm
Bailey"
Behan told of making a confession
at the Jail which was taken down on
typewriter, which he afterwards
signed.
"What induced you to make that
confession?'' 49,
Behan starts to answer, sIt was be-
cause a man went to DR.. Dumas"
Il don't want hearsay," said Mr..
Lane.
Mr.. Mcdonald insisted that the
question be answered.
The Court said the question ought
be answered. -.
The man went to Dumas and said
you had better get a mouth piece
meaning an attorney. and that Du-
mas said, TO hell with Mart Behan
he's a yap-let him go to the
pen.'"
"You then confessed out of spir-
it of revenge?" <
"No, but thought if 1 was going
to Jail I would take Dumas along
with me-
"Now, who was this man who went
to DR.. Dumas?"
81 don't know. Someone came to
the jail window on the outside
$50, because someone came along
and hollered up that Dumas had gone
back on you, you confessed to Thay-
cI Ddlley!
"No, l confessed to Norm Helmer."
GAS matter of fact, didn't you ex-
pect to escape punishment"
'"No, sir, l didn't expect to escape
punishment -:zs
"Don't you know that when you
appeared as witness before the
grand jury, that you would escape
punishment"
"No, sir"
swell, then, this is good time to
inform you"
Mr.. Mcdonald calle1 upon the
Court to inform Mr. l ane that this
was improper, and the judge agreed
that it was. ..-
Behan explained that he felt if he
confessed and pleaded guilty he
would get lighter sentence.
"Now, you say you never was in a
deal of this kind before and that
when you came to get job as bar
tender you didn't expect to get into
anything like this?"
"No. sir, I did not
"Then why. when IN the wine
room, crime was propounded, why
didn't you protest."
because 1 was down and out and
was ready to do anything"
Gwen to murder?''
: "No, I would have drawn the line
there"
"What was to be your part of the
boodle?"
zone hundred dollars"
-"You was to get this ior work out
side the building, and for no other
purpose?"
eyes, sir" ="
On redirect examination Behan
said at the preliminary examination
he weighed but 1872 pounds and was
suffering from tuberculosis, and that
while testifying he hal to be re-
lieved. and that since that time he
has gained IS pounds.
Yesterday Afternoon. --
At yesterday afternoons session
E. Bourgeois, civil engineer, testi-
fed that he made the official plat of
Puposky, and that he was familiar
with the location of the Puposky
Mercantile Co.'S. building, being on
lot IL, block 10, and was occupied
by Messrs. A. E. Smith and o. J.
Laqua. There was no cross exami-
nation. r. r..
w. c.. Ut1ey, civil engineer, call
ed, stated that he made the survey
of the Puposky Mercantile Co.'S.
building at Puposkyc and made a
diagram thereof, with relation to the
doors and openings, sidewalks, parti-
lions, etc. There was no cross ex-
animation.
/ Ira C. Curtiss, agent for the 500
company at Cass Lake, said he sent
telegram to the City National
Bank at Oshkosh for Assistant
4 Cashier Hole of the First National
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