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E OF VENUE*ALLEGED THAT FEELING IN BEL* TRAMI COUNTY IS PREJUDICIAL TO MAYOR.*1 n* NUMEROUSAFFIDAVITSARE FILED Sa- - tlie | dTwenty-one Documents Entered in Pg, j Support of Motion by Defense__°)f Counsel Will Argue Tit I _ tih- Case’ Ui1 _ tiit-sf| Bemidji, Oct. 31.—Counsel for Dr. N ,n ( Delbert P. Dumas, mayor of Cass ft Lake, accused of arson in the third b j degree, alleged to have .been commit- e: ted at Black Duck, April 19. last, filed P S| affidavits in support of their motion bi it for a change of venue for the physl- 0 td cian from Beltrami to some other o 11 county. The affidavits were filed by c!former Judge Marshall A. Spooner, * iy chief counsel for Dr. Dumas, and his et n- assistant, A. A. Andrews. Jck It is alleged In the affidavits that d k1 the general feeling throughout Bel* ei h- trami county is strongly prejudiced to n ie Dr. Dumas, and this allegation is sup- a s. ported by assertions that it is the gen- ri e- eral belief that Dr. Dumas is guilty of m id some or all of the charges of arson li ie preferred against him by the state. • t- j The Cass Lake mayor has given bonds ■’ ta in $3,000 for his appearance to an- tl ie 3wer to the Black Duck charges. rlt; lo Twenty-one affidavits were filed in G support of the motion. Four of these ri x- were obtained at Baudette. four at C it Keliher, one at Battle River, one at P* 8- Parley, one at Rugby, one at Durand w s. and one from a resident of Bemidji.:y All the affidavits agree as to senti- ai :k ment being against the doctor. . liSigners of Affidavits. ; h»rf Those who signed affidavits were:. ' c« s. At Baudette—John A. Kennedy, tl sr United States customs officer; George 1- B. Partridge, timber broker; W. P.!Noonan, publisher Rainy River Re-Q- *ion, and R. M. Skinner, banker. R ie At Spooner—B. P. Egan, .president o- j village council; Oscar Flatner, merle jt bant; P. E. Rose, village marshal, tl 2, | -rd Ferdinand Koefod, assistant bank b« ►y ; cashier. wAt Black Duck—E. P. Rice, banker; w ir I L AT. Heed, merchant; J. G. Thompson, Ie • ercliant; J. E. Dade, postmaster, and M E. N. French, druggist. v.id : At Keliher—R. W. Hardy, editor; 9J:e Henry Pnfund, surveyor, and A. Gil- c; ,n mour, druggist. ol3r At Battle River—J. E. Jerome, mer- wft ' chant. old j At Farley—W. T. Blakely, merchant, m , At Redby—P. A. Sreife, scaler. . At Bemidji—John A. McDonald, cl y* ; scaler. tiViggo Peterson, of Durand, chair- ti ^ man of the board of county commis-ld sioners, filed a lengthy affidavit reclt- w ; ing his belief that the cost of trying L . the case in Beltrami county would he % *6 ! mormous, because, he alleged, it would ** , i Ke next to impossible to secure a f \ jury. I,c A. A. Andrews, assistant counsel for q Dr. Dumas, attached an affidavit of a~ his own. in which he told about ob-1 j taining a jury to try Dr. Dumas on M iy | the charge of attempted arson at Pu- C( •'oskv, on which the doctor was con- ti ! victed. He said that seven jurymen £ I were secured at that trial, when Judge 1 McClenahan suggested to counsel for p' *he state and for the defendant that ir 1 if they would agree to the discharge g. I of the jurymen selected he would Ir ft ! transfer the case to Crow Wing coun- Y k- ; ty, because it would facilitate matters, pj a- as jurors could be obtained much cl at : easier than in Beltrami county. The |r Ik defense agreed to this, Andrews said w ft in his affidavit, but the state objected, p is The state will file counter affidavits, v sn when Judge Spooner, for Dr. Dumas, at will argue the case with either Assist* ant Attorney General Janes of St. Paul a or E. E. McDonald of this city appear- G ing for the state, the counsel for the it state not having yet decided which attorney will make the argument for o: 16 the prosecution. ;w- :T
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Thu, Nov 02, 1911
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