The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-06-17

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attained notoriety by warning the
government that the property of the
saloon Keepers of Cass Lake would be
protected at the point of guns. He
organized the fire department into
a sort Of standing army, and as the
result of his bold stand, *he was sum-
moned to Washington and there, at
ter conference with Richard Ball
niger, at this time secretary of the
Interior, the order for enforcing the
Indian treaty provisions regarding
the sale of liquor were suspended,
and Dumas returned to Cass Lake
where he was received as s'the man of
the hour
Now Accused of Crime.
Now he stands accused of being
the ringleader of the worst band of
robbers of which the police of all
cities west of Chicago have had to
DEAL ...-..-
Not only is he said to have par
ticipated in councils of the safe
blowers, but he is said to have fur
nished the explosives, made by him
self, with which to blow the safes,
and it is understood that. the failure
of the robbers to get into the bank
at Shevlin was the result of a too
limited supply of sfsoup' furnished
by the doctor. Four times the safe
Was@bloWn, but fifth charge was
needed ITO shatter the inner door.
An automobile dashing at topmost
speed is said to have rushed from
Shevlin to Cass Lake after more ex-
plosives, but by the time the auto
mobile got back it was too near day.
break to make further attempts, so
the robbers made their getaway.
Burning Of the Dumas Residence.
There is still another wicked angle
to the affair, and it involves the burn
ing of the Dumas residence in Cass
Lake few weeks ago and the de-
struction by fire of house at Black
duck. In fact it was from the charge
of incendiarism that the present i'm
portant arrests resulted. Sam Full
lerton, assistant state fire marshall,
has been in Bemidji on the case for
| the past month.
Former Robber Tells Plans.
The plans for trapping the robbers
at work, and just how this work was
to be performed, is presumed to have
come from information furnished by
a former member of the gang, who
became disgruntled at the amout of
booty awarded him on certain jobs,
decided to tip the thing off to the
officers. He claims to be in high
standing and has said that if worst
comes to worst, ."the governor will
pardon me-" His name is withheld.
More Arrests to Follow.
More arrests involving prominent
persons both in Minneapolis and Be-
midi will be made, it is said, before
many days roll by.
The plans for the capture of
Dumas, Davis and Bean were car
ried out as Detective Fielding had
expected until the battle at Puposky
when Davis crawled to cover under
shelter of darkness, and later when,
after, Beans had been locked up
here, Fielding took his men, together
with Sheriff Hazen to Cass Lake in
automobiles where the detectives
were to arrest the mayor, before
any news could get to him of the un-
successful effort of his men to rob
the Puposky store.
Whiz to Cass Lake After Dumas.
The detectives were whizzed to
Cass Lake shortly after daylight ar
irving in Cass Lake to find that
Dumas was not there.
The robbery at Puposky was fine
demonstration of the robbers in
genuity and their skill and cleverness
all but gave them their liberty, for
they discovered plans of the detec-
tives at the last moment, and in fact
actually made use of a "blind" door
cut in the building for the use of the
detectives. Fielding, however, s., was
not to be outdone by the clever