Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-07-12
DUMAS IS ACCUSED.
CHARGES THAT CA1s LAKE MAY.
& OR HELPED PLAN PuPoskY
ROBBERY.
BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY
Graphic Tale Told Of Events Leading
Up to Gun Floht-"Mtks"
ss.s Davis Declared
ss.3s Implicated. !, 49,.

bemlQU, In very graphic re-
cital Of how he and Mike Davis
planned with DR.. Dumas, mayor Of.
Cass Lake, for the robbery and burn.'
ing of the postoflce building in Pu1
posky. Martin .Behan. the robber'
wounded in the light. at the Doctors
preliminary hearing struck sting
ing blow to the defense. (
Behan, although weak from the
shots received at the time OF his caps
ture early on the morning Of June IT..
following the battle of Puposky, told
an interesting story, ana evidence
flowed from his lips that sent the
color to the face Of the Cass Lake
mayor, who during all the dramatic
recital leaned far forward in his
chair. When Behan told of the saloon
meeting, which he said was called by
DR.. Dumas for the purpose Of crack!
ing the paston1ce safe with dynamite
and burning the building with turpen!s
tine and oil, the Doctors face lost it's
smile for the first time since his ar
rest. Behan's open court confession;
was vindication OF the detectives
story of the holdup and confirms their;
oft repeated assertion that it was
Mike" Davis who assisted him in the
Puposky affair.
Behan identified a photograph Of
fered by Alexander A. James, state as.
sistant attorney general, who is con.
Quoting the case with Attorney Thay-
or Bailey for the state, az that Of
Davis and also identified big Colts
revolver as one which DR.. Dumas left
the saloon conference to purchase foH
Davis.
Behan implicated R. E. Smyth as
one of the prime movers with DR.. Du-
mas Of the Puposky attempted rob-
berry, and it was he, said Behan, who
furnished the key to the Puposky
store and that he was to supply the
turpentine and oil with which the
building was to be saturated. after
the safe was blown.
Following preliminary examina!
ton. DR.. Dumas. mayor Of Cass Lake.
held on charges Of attempted arson
and robbery in connection with plot
to burn the postoffice building at Pu-
posky, IS miles north of here, on
June II, was bound over by Court
Commissioner H. A. Simons to await
the action Of the grand jury. His
bail bond was fixed at $4,000, which
was furnished by Fred Dumas, OF
Minneapolis, his father. The grand
fury does not meet until the second
Tuesday in September.
The states star witness of the day
was Martin Behan; caught at Puposky
while in the act Of robbing the stora
as the result OF a trap laid by Pinket:
ton. detectives.
Only five witnesses were examined.
Behan was the first and he was fol-
lowed by John Larson, owner Of this
saloon where it is supposed that ths
robbery plans were made.
c. Battles, Bemidji hardware mar,
told Of selling DR.. Dumas revolves.
Carl Swedberg. clerk in the Puposky
store, identified Behan as one Of tha
men who came to the store on the
afternoon Of the robbery. and William
Munhall closed the testimony by tell
ing of a conversation over the tele.
rhone with DR.. Dumas, in which D,s
mas asked as to the whereabouts Ct
Behan
II think there is no question but
that q crime has been committed.