The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-11
Expected to at Once Take Up Charg-
es Again Mayor Dumas of
Cass Lake.
FULLERTON SCOUTS THE RUMORs
Declares Report Effort Had Been to
Pack Jury Will Make No Differ.
ence With Plans.

:. On the eve Of the meeting of the
Beltrami County grand jury, which is
to consider the case of DR.. D. F. Du-
mas, mayor of Cass Lake, accused by
Pinkerton detectives and state fire
marshal officials of being a safe rob-
Der and incendiary, all sorts of rum
ors OF new sensations and develop
ments are afloat.
These reports include everything
from plans to assassinate assistant
attorney general, Alexander L. James,
who is here with Assistant Fire Mar
shall Sam Fullerton to aid in present
ing the case for the state to the re-
port that DR.. Dumas is about to make
a confession, plead guilty and don
his uniform of stripes.
These Things are Known.
About the only absolute facts OBJ
tainable are that the grand jury will
meet here tomorrow, that it will be
instructed by Judge Stanton, that it
may take. up the Dumas case, that an
Indictment IS practically assured and
that Martin Behan, the wounded Pu-
posky bandit who escaped while his
pal, Mike Davis, safely took to the.
tall timbers, is on his way here to
again repeat his story on the witness
stand of his alleged conniving with
DR.. Dumas for the burning of the
post Office building at Puposky.
That detectives, how many no one
knows, are employed on both sides
also is an established fact and that
strange things happen to letters ad-
dressed to prominent figures in the
Beltrami tragedy which is now reach
ing crisis is likewise known to be
true.
From those representing the state
comes the same old familiar assertion
that the end is not yet, that DR.. Du-
mas is not the only one involved or
that he is even the most deeply in
volved of the men whom the state ex-
poets to lead to the bar of justice.
"If we do not get at least two 9TH
er men in Cass Lake we shall be
keenly disappointed" was Mr.. Full
lerton's comment. The assistant fire
marshal expressed his belief that
fair trial by an impartial jury could
be obtained in Bemidji.
Scouts Crooked Work Rumor.
1--WE have had reports" he said,
that influences were at work to cor
rupt the sheriff in this case in an
effort to produce packed jury and
while this information comes from
an apparently reliable source, we
placed little or no credence in it. We
believe that Sheriff Hazen will do
his duty and that jury of fair mind
ed men will be obtained who will
consider the evidence for what it is
worth. | hazard no guess as to the
outcome, but if crime has been COM
mitted, society demands that the per-
petrator pay the penalty for wrong
doing. | can honestly say that it
would please me more to have DR..
Dumas establish his innocence than
to see him convicted. The state,
however, would be false to the peo=
pie of the north if it did not attempt
to wipe out the lawlessness which has
been such curse to your people,
James Takes a Rest.
Assistant Attorney James declares
he has the evidence in good shape
and is anxious to present it. By way
of relaxation he went out for little
hunting trip yesterday, to bag prai-
RE chickens and shot four ducks.
Judge Spooner, chief counsel for
DR.. Dumas, returned yesterday from
a short hunting outing in Clearwa-
ter County and spent few hours in
Cass Lake in consultation with DR..
Dumas, returning to Bemidji on the
afternoon train.