The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-12
GRAND JURY Gets DUMAS CASE;
INDICTMENT EXPECTED TOMORROW
Instructed by Judge Stanton to Fearessy Do Their Duty
But to Be Cautious That No Man is Done an In
justice===Janes Fielding and Keller Here
MARTIN BEHAN ARRIVES TO GIVE TESTIMONY

The fate of DR.. D 7. Dumas, may
or of Cass Lake, held on $4,000
bonds on charges of being>a safe rob-
Der and burner of buildings for in
surance, today rests with the Beltra-
mi county grand jury.
At II o'clock this morning in the
presence of Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Alexander L. James, Assistant
Fire Marshal Sam Fullerton, Detec-
tive Fielding OF the St Paul Pinker-
ton Office, other attorneys for the
state, Judge Marshall A. Spooner,
chief counsel for the defendant and
his assistant, A. A. Andrews, and a
we'll filled court room. Judge c.. w.
Stanton gave his instructions to the
grand jury and told them to retire
for consideration OF such cases as
may come before you
Dumas Case First.
The first case to be taken UP was
that of the Cass Lake executive. A.
L. Morris, president Of the Beltrami
state bank at Tenstrike. was appoint
ed foreman of the jury Assistant At
torney General James at once began
the presentation of evidence % the
grand jury and admitted that he had
long list of witnesses, many COM
ing from Cass Lake, and that among
the number would be Martin Behan,
wounded in the battle at Puposky on
the night of June II last and who
was captured while Mike Davis es-
capped.
I'VE have concluded to take Behan
before the grand jury said Mr..
James. We have quite a mass of
evidence to present to the grand jury
and we do not expect to get it all in
before tomorrow afternoon, and
should an indictment be returned it
will not be before iat. tomorrow. .
Stanton Gives Instructions.
In his instructions to the grand
jury, Judge Stanton was emphatic.
He said:
"The duties of grand jury are
very important and affect the welfare
OF the county and the interests of in
divfduals to a great extent. You will
doubtless be called upon to consider
and Investigate number of matters
where crimes committed in this coun-
ty or triable in this county are to be
investigated
"You should bear in mind that
your position is, to great extent,
judicial, one in the consideration of
the matters which will be brought be-
fore you, and you should be fair and
impartial in the disposition of every
matter upon which you are called up
on to act.
ssYou should not BE- swayed in
the least by any wrong inlu-
ence, but you should act honest
ly. impartially and justly. You
should remember that the law
has no friends to favor and you
should act fearlessly, without
any desire or inclination to be-
friend any person, or to act to
their disadvantage in any way.
You should main ain the dignity
of the law and treat everyone fairly
whose acts you may be called upon
to Investigate
All Violators of Law.
Your duties will be to return re-
ports to the court in the form of in
dictments, or presentments upon mat
ters which will be brought before
you. You should bear in mind in the
consideration of every matter that it
will be your duty, Under the oaths
which you have takeE to return in
dictments against all yiolators of the
law, all those who have committed
criminal acts, in your opinion, after
ANNAo6 hSoAo lie SS1oSAC9 duuuCoU
before you, and upon which evidence
you believe that a petit jury would be
warranted in returning a verdict of
guilty
s.But you should be careful not to
return an Indictment against any per-
son whom the evidence does not salts
fy you has probably committed
crime and whom a petit jury would
be warranted in convicting. You
would not be justified in thus in
juring or inconveniencing any per-
SON. -
Dumas Not Present.
DR.. Dumas was net in the court
room when the grand jury, made up
OF 10 men, most of them substantial
farmers, was instru etad Sheriff Ha-
zen, VINO has figured so prominently
in the case because OF the attorney
generals decision not to consider
charges against the sheriff made by.
Viggo Peterson, chairman of the Bel