The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-13
Grand Forks Newspaper Discredits
Assertion Robber Was Seen by
Men From Bemidji.
LAWYER, HOWEVER, IS POSITIVE
Declares He Drank Squirrel Whisky,
Danced and Slept With Notorious
Band of Outlaws.

How Alfred Mueller, member of
the Attorney General Simpsons staff.
who was among those present from
st. Paul during the Dumas trial,
slept, danced and chummed with
Mike Davis at East Grand Forks, is
told by a ST. Paul Dispatch reporter
in the following language: -
Alfred's Unusual Experience.
after having hobnobbed with one
OF the most notorious gangs of yegg-
men in the Northwest, drank SOUR
rel whisky with them rushed the
can danced and listened to talk of
'swags' looted from safes, Alfred
Mueller, an assistant to Attorney
General Simpson, returned from Be-
midi this morning, minus several
pounds of flesh and as sunburned as
a plainsman
''Mr. Mueller talked with Mike Da-
Wis, alias Manchester Mike, the yegg-
man who escaped from Puposky after
the blowing of the postof1ice safe
which eventually resulted in the ar
rest of Mayor Dumas of Cass Lake.
He saw him in East Grand Forks, the
village which has 40 saloons, met
other members of the band and saw
them all disappear when they got the
tip that Pinkertons and deputy sher-
ifs were coming for them: Mr.. Muel-
Ter was dressed as a lumberjack,
His pal" Slept With Them.
"The hang-out of the gang was at
Little Harry's Place. saloon,' Mr..
Mueller said. upstairs was a bull
pen where members of the gang
slept. While was with them down.
stairs, my pal was upstairs and slept
with them one night. l got along
all right till they got me in place
where l had to stand up at the bar
and take a drink of about as fierce
SOU rel whisky as a man ever put
down his throat. Then I went out
back of the saloon with them and
rushed the can and danced. 1t was a
tough mob"
He Does Not Drink.
GAS Mr.. Mueller customari1y does
not drink, the sympathy of friends
was extended him. He carried in his
pocket small pistol of the "bull-
dog" variety. J. C. Fielding, Pinker-
ton detective, told him that if he
ever showed that toy into Mike Day.
is face, the 'yegg' would laugh at
him.
Alexander James, assistant attor-
ney general, who prosecuted the case
against Dumas, is confident the Cass
Lake mayor will be sent to prison
by the higher courts.
Joke: Says Grand Forks Paper.
Now it came to pass that the Grand
Forks Herald got the above over its
wires, and this is the comment which
the Herald, under the caption, sob,
you joker!" has to say:
ssThis special to The Herald, re-
ceived from st. Paul last night, is
about the limit in jokes. Alfred
Mueller, the talkative assistant at
torney general, was the man who
was in East Grand Forks short time
ago with Sheriff Hazen of Bemidji,
and, while here, made foolish state
ments, but was unable to make them
stick. He accused Patrolman Keller
of tipping the intended raid off, but
this statement was refuted by Mr..
Keller himself and by number of
ahdavits made out, just after the
affair came up. Everything indicates
thai the men were here on a wild
goose chase. and it was too much for
them to stand. With such large
reward out for the arrest of Davis,
| it is a wonder that Mueller did not
try to land the yegg and reward
while they talked together"