The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-09-29

OF the Dumas case in the Daily Pho
| neer. He said he had talked but it,
tie of the Dumas case and that only
with Storekeeper Shines at Solway.
He was quickly passed by the defense
and Attorney Mcdonald finally de-
cided that he would Issue no chal-
lenge in the case and Mr.. English was
sworn In as the twelfth and last jur-
Or.
At this time it was so near the
noon hour that Judge McClenahan
announced that there would be a re-
cess until 1870 this afternoon.
81 shall appoint another officer to
assist in guarding the jury" said
Judge McClenahan, "and if the attor-
neys on both sides can agree upon a
man will name that one but if they
can't I will appoint one anyway"
1t finally was decided that Thomas
Moehler would act to assist Bailiff
John Morrison and E. G. Gregg. All
of the other members of the special
venire who were present in court
were informed that they should go
to the clerk of courts office and Sc
cure their mileage and per diem. Two
men out of the list. Andrew Ruskin
and James Ward had been excused by
the judge, the former because he is a
seven day adventist and does rot be-
lieve in working on Saturday and the
latter because the stork was hover
ing near his home. The jury believed
both excuses to be sufficient to per-
nit them to avoid jury service and
they were dismissed.
Assistant fire marshal Sam Fuller.
since it's beginning so far as the state
fire marshal's Office is concerted, was
in court this morning, IS we'll also
Martin Behan, captured at Puposky,
who was accompanied hy Detective
Fielding.
Mr. Mcdonald said:
1Ou LII ISC UNNECESSARILY Liz UuIuCu
of establishing the guilt of DR.. Dumas
is up to the state, we assume that
burden If we establish his guilt be-
yond a reasonable doubt, it is your
duty to convict. This is now civil
suit, it is duty to perform
Mr.. Mcdonald read from the in
dictment which alleges DR.. Dumas
had aided and abetted with Mike Da-
Wis and Martin Behan in burning and
robbing the store at Puposky on the
night of June Is.
snow, while it reads aiding and
abetting, DR.. Dumas was, according
to indictment as guilty as the princi-
pals said Mr.. Mcdonald. II shall
state briefly what the state proposes
to prove.
1--WE expect to establish that Dumas
came to Cass Lake 3 years ago and
still lives there and that he was elect
ed mayor.
THAT he came in contact with bad
men, and men who did such work as
Davis and Behan did at Puposky.
"Now, we are not here to persecute
anyone. The attorney general repre-
senting the great state Of Minnesota
can't afford to prosecute anyone. 1t
is his duty to proceed against per-
sons accused of burning or blowing
buildings.
"R. E. Smith, the Puposky mer-
chant needed medical assistance last
winter and continued until April at
which time Smyth's relations with
DR.. Dumas began.
"Along in April he visited DR.. Du-
mas and saw him in consultation
with two men, After he men had
left DR.. Dumas said,
"Did you see those two menu
eyes," said Smyth.
"Well, they are two of the smooth
est in the country. After they do a
Job they come to Cass Lake and rest
up
CDR. Dumas then took Smith to the
safe and showed him two cevolvers
and a bottle of nitroglycerine.
"Smyth told Dumas he was in Pu-
posky. whereupon Dumas said, why,
that is one of the places the boys have
Marked but when Smyth said he
hoped they wouldn't harm him, DR..
Dumas said he needn't be alarmed,
and then indicated that he might