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

killed but. he didn't want the prec-
ious sheriff to be killed II don't know
why they wished to kill off Fielding.
He appeared to me to be a. very de-
cent gentleman. He has been draw
ing his pay here, the Lord knows
how long. Of cou: se,s he didn't say
anything on the stand, because he
had nothing to tell He and his COM
rades have been infesting the halls of
this court house for weeks-I don't
know who had right to hire them
but you will be called upon to pay
them all right.
'Now, let's get beck to the Larson
saloon. No detective appeared. There
was the doctor and someone they
called Mike Davis. There was Ber-
tie, no doubt CT it, and there was
Behan in that room. l may as we'll
take up this end of the proposition
We've got to eliminate Behan.
II never was ill Bemidji before in
my life until i came here to try this
case, to aid Judge Spooner and Mr..
Andrews, and naturally I wanted to
know something about the people
here and something about the clicks
or factions thu might exist. Much
to the regret of decent people those
things will occur in community ties.
In making thea> inquiries I came to
the conclusion nnaided that one man
I didn't want connected with this
case and his name is Hazen. the sher-
if of this county.
Hazen Didn't Look Good.
"NoW, charge this to me individ-
ually. When l got my eye on Hazen
he didn't look good to me and 1 sew
cred him from the treasury of Bel
trami county. Now, you remember
l told you about i1ow the calves hol-
Ter when you take them away from
the milk, and didn't Hazen roar when
he was testify1ng! You can't get
away from 1t. He was not content to
get even because l removed him, but
thank God, insisted on it,"
Mcdonald Interrupts.
At this point Attorney E. r. Nc
Donald INTERRUPTED and asked the
court to admonish Mr. Lane to dis
continue his remarks along this line
as there had oeen no testimony to
show who had removed the sheriff.
Il hesitated to do this" said Mr..
Mcdonald, "but here it seems to me
we have reached the point where
ought not to allow the matter to 90
further.''
The court held there was no evil
dence on this particular point.
Continuing, Mr. Lane said:
Brands hazen Untruthful.
Nov, gentlemen. can readily nm
derstand why Brother Hazen is not
IN love with me. and so can you
we all understand that perfectly.
Hazen went on the witness stand here
and testified, didn't he, and not con-
tent with telling what was not true
ne wanted to sling dirt and assail nv
characteristic wanted to bring me
down on level with him. And didn't
he by nasty, insinuating, dirty little
filings, make you think I had made
a suggestion to him that was not en-
tirely proper?
Il Pinned that Sucker"
Il pinned tie sucker, and he de-
MED it, of course. I want you gen.
tlemen to remember that we have
Hazen nailed-nailed, and why?
Now, I haven't been asleep all the
time-I have paid a little attention
to this lawsuit, and knowing that
Hazen knew he was telling an un-
truth; knowing that would be able
to prove it by someone other than
myself.
Says Funkley Got Convictions.
Now, then, Mr. Hazen was called
down to Mr.. Funkley's house. Mr..
Funkley, Hazen and myself had
conference there Mr.. Funkley told
you about this conference. Now, Mr..
Funkley was the county attorney of
Beltrami county when BERTHE had
this dream down at Cass Lake. He
was hired by the taxpayers to take
care of the interests of Beltrami
county so far as the enforcement of
law was concerned, and l can say
truthfully that he procured more
convictions than any other county at
torney here, including Mr.. Mcdonald
during their whole term
Attorney Mcdonald sitting at Mr..
Lanes elbow, said something in low