The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-12

trami board of county commissioners,
on the ground thai DR.. Dumas
friends was conniving to have Hazen
removed, was present in his official
capacity. He chose f. v. Lundgren
as bailiff in charge of the grand jury
and it was generally admitted that
the choice was a good one.
County Attorney Torrance ex-
planned to the court + hat, as he had
at one time been cou asel for Martin
Behan, one of the men accused of
being implicated in the Puposky af-
fair, he was placed in a position
where he could not act as prosecut-
ing attorney before tie grand jury in
Investigating the charges against DR..
Dumas and he suggested that local
attorney be appointed to act for the
county attorney, in addition to As
sistant Attorney General James, who
would represent the attorney gener-
ais office. The court named E. E.
Mcdonald of Bemidji to act in place
of Mr. Torrance.
James Springs Surprise.
Mr.. James caused something of a
surprise when he said that the grand
jury would probably be called upon
to hear evidence relative to the burn
ing of the Gearlds building at Black
duck, which would involve some of
the parties connected with the Pupos-
ky arson case. :
In some of the earlier reports of
the arrest Of DR.. Dumas, mention was
made that Eddie LeClare and sSan-
dy Young were accused of setting
fire to the Bfackduck building in
question; and the development of this
investigation will be watched with
as much interest as will be given the
Puposky angle of the Dumas case.
Neither Judge Spooner nor Attor-
ney Andrews had anything to say re-
garding the present procedure and as
a matter of fact their presence was
due to cases on the civil calendar in
which they are interested rather
than interest in the Dumas case.
- The grand jury is made up as fol-
lows:
John Peterson, Baudette; E. M.
Satire, Liberty; Gilbert Tofford, Port
Hope; Bernard Johnson, Foy; Henry
Pringle, Maple Ridge; G.. o. Leach,
Taylor; Peter Hermanson, Black
duck; A. D. Glidden, Northern; T.
N. Rode, Bemidji; o. T Hanson, Lee;
A. L. Callard, Bemidji: Ben Ander-
son, Shotley; H. J. Hitter, Eland; c.
Alevendinger, Hagali; Melvin Rog-
Min, Wilton; Goblin Thompson,
Hamre; A. L. Morris, Port Hope;
Earl Cell, Bemidji; ! O. Opsata, Be-
midi; Karl Kvarno, Otto; Roy Will
son, Nebish; M. Flint, Bemidji; Hans
Imsdahl, Pitt.
Slight Delay at Opening.
When court convened this morn
ing the grand jury roll was called
and E. M. Satire and Roy Wilson
were absent. A preliminary call of
general shifting of cases for trial was
the civil calendar was called and a
made. After recess OF ten minutes
i, was found that all members of the
grand jury was present. ,......=-- -
In addition to Sheriff Hazen, Dep
uties Cahill, Helmer, John Morrison
of Red Lake, B. F. Lundgren of Kel-
liner and four others were navled to
assist in the court work, Andrew
Rood and Charles Hoyt being among
the number.
Clerk of the Court Rhoda and Dep
uty Beehler were also on the job.
81 to Become Citizens.
Shortly after II a. m. the grand
jury retired to its deliberations and
court adjourned until p. NJ, and
this afternoon naturalization candi-
dates are being examined by r. K.
Doe of Duluth, United States Natur-
alization examiner of the department
of Commerce and Labor. Thirty-one
foreigners desire to become citizens. E
At noon State Fire Marshal Keller
arrived with his assistant, e. ]. Helm
bach frcm st. Paul, and with them
was Martin Behan, one of the spec
tacular figures of the present drama
Behan las been staying at SAM
tarium at Wells, Wisconsin,. and is
much improved in health.
Many Lawyers Here.
Included in the list of attorneys
attending the present session of court
here from out of town are: Assistant
General James; Archie YER
non, Little Falls; ]. c.. LaDue;
Charles Loring, Crookston; e. M.
Stanton, Thief River Falls; s.. NJ.
Koefod, Baudette; George E. Ericsson,
Bum T. Wilson, Blackjack.