Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 21, 1907, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE MINNESSTA HISTORICAL SECIETY. VOLUME 4. NUMBER 230 BEMIDJ1, MINNESUTA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1907 CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF N. 0. DAHL AND DAUGHTER, AAGOT, IN APRIL, 04 TAYLOR LUMBER GOMPANY AT FARRIS DOING WELL C. M. Taylor and A. S. Williams Sell; Out---New Officers Elected for Ensuing Year. There has been a change in the affairs of the Taylor Lumber company, which owns a large lath mill at Farris and also has| extensive holdings of timber land in that vicinivy. . At the annual meeting of the company, C. M, Taylor and A. S. Williams of Cass Lake disposed of all their interests in the company, selling to the Koll brothers, who now own a majority of the stuck of the company. J. L. Koll of Minneapolis is the new president of the company and M. N. Koll of Cass Lake, receiver of the U. S. land office at that place, is the secretary and treasurer, and the financial affairs of the concern are in excellent condition. In addition to owning a lathe mill near Farris, the company con. trols about 900 acres of land that is covered with jack pine, ex- cellent “raw material” for mak- ing lath, and cedar, and in addi- tion to cutting the jickpine for lath, the cedar will be removed and cut into poles and posts and sold. The operations of the com- pany during the next year will be quite extensive and many men will be-employed. Elizabeth Henderson Tonight. The press in commenting upon the extraordinary success of Miss Elizabeth Henderson says: “In her you may see almost the acme of the naturalistic, Her art is subtle, decisive and sure. Every stepis marked by keen insight and keen intelligence. It is the minimum of the theatric and the magifum of the dram- a:ic. As a result Elzabeth Henderson appeals to the intel- lect rather than the emotions. Of all the young actresses upon our stage she probably relies upon personality and externals. It is the essential truth of a character thatshe aimsat. In this fact hes the reason why she so often strikes the note of real greatness, It is not ‘showy’ acti=g but to those who think, it is far more telling and mean- ing than the sensational almost| gymnastic efforts which usually. succeed in taking the unimagin- ative off their feet. Reserve force and the power to suggest as well as to express are char- gcteristics in which Elizabeth Henderson excels.” This 18 the same company that | played under the management of Beach & Bowers in November. At the opera house Monday and Tuesday nights, Jan. 21 and 22. M. E. Concert Tonight. The following is the program of the concert that will be given at the Methodist church this evening: *0ld Black Joe"....Ladies' Double Quuteue “The Dance of the Haymakers”...... Miss Shannon, and Eva and Ethcl (xetchell Vocal Solo. Miss Shannon Violin Solo G. E. Moyer ‘Vocal Duet «Misses Miller and Graling Plano Sol Miss Boyer ‘Vocal Sol Miss Benson Vocal Sol . H. Alldis Selectlon Quartette GHURGH SERVIGES WERE BETTER THAN ORDINARY l\'vg_ 4l Programs of More - Than % _‘nary Merit Were Given at <%, Some Churches. % The 'serv: in the churches yesterday w well attended and the musi¢. _.rograms ren- dered were much enjoyed. A special program of music was put on at the Presbyterian church, which was much above the average produced in this community., Misses Gardner and Hanson of Cass Lake assisted local talent, and the program was as follows: Voluntary. Congregation,‘“The Glory Song.” Solo, “The Plains of Peace,” by Rodney, Prof, E. R. Turner. Hymn No. 53. ' An- them, “Hark, Hark My . Soul,” Schelley, choir. Solo, selected, Miss Clara Hanson, Cass Lake. Quartette, “Softly Now, the Light of Day,”” Schilling. Hymn, No. 220. Solo, ‘“One Sweetly Sol- emn Thought,” Ambrose, Miss Blanche Boyer.” Solo, “Cal- vary,” Rodney, Miss Zella Gard- ner, Cass Lake. Anthem, -‘Seek Yo the Lord,” Roberts, choir. Hymn, 218. Solo, selectod, Prof. E. R. Turner, Quartette, “In Heavenly Love Abiding,”’ Hosden. Solo, “Softly O’er Us Stealing,” Malloy, Miss Zella Gardner. Brief address. Duet,- “Father, Gently Lead Us Home,” < A large audience attended the Baptist church and listened to two excellent discourses made by the Rev. Conant of Minne- apolis. Rev. Conant also sang solos at each service, which proved him to be a singer of ex- ceptional abiiity. Revival services are also being heid every evening this week, at the church. At the Methodist church, the regular services were made more interesting by vocal solos by Mrs. Smythe. Temperatures of Flames. According to the results of experi- ments, the flame of acetylene Is per- haps the hottest known except that of the electric arc. The following figures have been given: Bunsen burner, 1,871 degrees; acetylene flame, 2,548 degrees; | alcohol flame, 1,705 degrees; Denay- rouze burner—half alcohol, half petro- leum—2,053 degrees; hydrogen flame in alr, 1,900 degrees; gas jet flame with oxygen, 2,200 degrees; oxyhydrogen flame, 2,420 degrees. These are all centigrade degrees. One degree cen- tigrade equals 1.8 degrees F: Too Fast. “The first day he went out with his mnew auto he got pulled.” “For going fast?’ 0; quite the opposite.” "I don’t ee”— “For stopping fast: He had to hire a farmer to paul him home.”—Houston Post. The Boss. “There’s & man at the door, pa,” call- ed little Willie from the lower hall, “who wants to see the boss of the house!” “Tell your mother,” called pa. “Tell the cook,” promptly called his mother.—Philadelphia Press. Not Bira Built, “There was a strange man here to see you today, papa,” said little Ethel, who met her " father hz the hall as he came home. 3 “Did he have a bill?” “No, papa. He had just a plain Mossrs. DeLong. Hatvey, Mover and Alldls | 298€" Plano Solo- Vocal Solo. Vocal Solo. Cornet Solo. Vocal Duet essrs. DoLong and Alldls Duet—Cornet and Trombone. Prof. Symington and M; Selection.... ‘ .Mmr! DBLonI Huvsy Moyer and Alldis *‘Down on the River*..... ............o...c., cER Ladles’ Double Quartette Concert begins at 8:30 sharp. Tickets, 25¢. \ Call at the Pioneer when you are in need of office supplies. As a Starter. Doctor—Madam, your husband must have absolute rest. ‘Madam — Well, doctor, he won’t Msten to me— Doc- - | tor—A very good beginning, madam— a very good beginning. — Illustrated Bits. He Was the Limit. He—Do you think it would be foolish of me to marry a girhwho was my in- ferlor Intellectually? she—More than foolish—impossible.—Answers, ‘Want of care does us more harm than want of knowledge—Franklin, 4 “Murder will out.” After a lapse of nearly three years, it is very probable that the actual perpetrators of the Dahl murder, which caused a sensation throughout the whole state of Minnesota, have been apprehended and that they will be given their full measure of justice. On = Saturday last, Deputy[ Sheriff John Bailey was given in- formation from Blackduck, which warranted the assertion that. the mystery that has “surrounded the famous murder was on the point of solution, County Attor- ney Henry Funkley was con- sulted, with the result that Mr. Funkley made complaint against George Cyr and Paul Fournier, of Quiring, charging them with the killing of N. O. Dahl and his daughter Aagot, during the month of April, 1904. Deputy Sheriffs John Bailey and Arne Solberg were given the warrants and, accompanied by the county attorney, they went to Blackduck Saturday evening, prepared to arrest Fournier and- Cyr. Fournier and Cyr live on claims a few milesnorthwestof Quiring postoffice and abouttwenty-three miles from Blackduck, in the vi- cinity of the scene of the Dahl murder. The two depavy sheriffs drove .to the homes of Cyr and Fournier and accomplished their arrest, without any resistance or trouble on the part of the men wanted.” The men were -not m-l formedof what thiey were actually charged with until they were taken to the homes of three men who were wanted as witnesses, and who lived near them, Then, when a brother of Fournier was subpoenaed as witness, Paul Fournier and Cyr became suspi- cion cf the actions of the officers and they were told the exactna- nature of the charge. The ac- cused men said but very little, after Owen Fournier, Eugene Caldwell and William Creiger had bcen subpoenaed as wit- nesses. They were taken to| Blackduck, where _they were lcdged in theviilage jail until this morning. A careful watch was kept over the prisoners, and they were brought to Bemidji this morning and lodged in the Bel- trami county jail to await a pre- liminary hearingon the charge of murder. Both men have been previously arrested, charged with implicity were subsequently released, the jclaimed in the Dahl murder, but both! Paul Foilmier and Geor‘ge.(}‘yr, Arrested Near Quiring Yesterday by Deputy Sheriffs Bailey and Solberg. Aagot, who formerly lived in Crookston, came to Blackduck during 1903. Both took claims near Quiring postoffice, about twenty miles northwest of Black- duck. They erected cabins on their land and began making their homes on their claims. The country in the vicinity of Quiring is heavily timbered and difficult of access, and is a place that was rarely visited-at the time.the Dahls took up their residence there. There were several fam- ilies living in the vicinity, but there was not much intercourse among the “pioneers” of the forest. About the middle of April, 1904, it was noticed that the Dahls had not been seen in Blackduck, and that they had not been to the postoffice at Quir- ing for their mail; they had also failed to write to relatives who lived at Crookston, for some time. No alarm was felt at their not appearing, as their home was so isolated that the_people in Blackduck - thought that the Dahls had decided to remain at their home' in seclusion fora time. However, the relatives in Crookston became suspicious | that all was not well with Mr. Dahl and his daughter, and C. C.! Strander and O. C. Rood, sons- in-law of Mr. Dahl, came to Be- midji and went to Quiring to ascertain the causelof{the sudden breaking off of correspondence with the Dahls. The gentlemen visited the cabins of the Dahls, but were unable to find any trace of either Mr, Dahl or his daugh- ter. Diligent search among the neighbors and at Blackduck failed to result in obtaining any. information as to their where- abouts or throw any light as to the cause of their strange dis-! appearance. Rewards were offered for the recovery of thel bodies of the Dahl’s and any in-| formation leading to their where- abouts. The county officials worked diligently to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the Dahl’s, but nothing that would tend to throw any light on the mystery was unearthed until the latter part of July, 1904, when the body of Mr. Dahl was discovered. A party consisting of Eugene Caldwell and Owen French to have accidentally found the body of Dahl, near the latter’s cabin, while going through the woods in search of a calf belonging to “Caldwell. Ac. cording to the story of these evidence against.them not being of a tangible nature. N. A. Dahl and his daughter, men, a dog which accompanied them smelled something under the roots of a large tree, a few! County Attorney Funkley Confident that at Least One of the Prisoners Was Impli- cated in the Crimes. Murders Were Most Brutal Crimes in History of Northern Minnesota.---Mystery as to Identity of Guilty Parties. rods from the Dahl cabin, and when the dog began digging vigorously, the men thrust.a stick in the hole, with the result that some object was struck at the bottom of the hole, and when the stick was withdrawn several human hairs were stuck to it. Caldwell and French, as they told it, dug under the roots of the tree and found Dahl’s decom- posed body. Arrests were made in connection. with the finding of the body, but nothing could be proved. Search was dlligently made for the recovery of "Miss Dahl, but the effort was -finally aban- doned. On August 18, Thomas Dooher, a homesteader, accident- ly discovered .Miss Dahl’s re- mains, He was mowing hay on a meadow, when his machine cut the grass from where the body lay and it was exposed to view. That both Dahl and his daugh- ter had been murdered was the general opinion entertained by all acquainted with them, and every possible effort was put forth to detect the murderers and mete out justice to the perpetrators of the cold-blooded crime. Bugene Caldwell, and Paul Fournier 'were arrested, at different times, charged with complicity in the crime. Fournier and a man named “Shorty’”’ Wes- ley were indicted by the grand jury at the’September term of court, .the indictment against Fournier- being -afterwards an- nulled. Caldwell and Cyr were also released.., Wesley was not apprebended llntll April 15, 1905, when he was arrested at Green Bay, Wis,, after a year’s pursuit on the part of Sheriff Bailey. He was not given a trial and was re- leased, seyeral months after be‘ ing jailed here. Since Wesiey’s release, the Dahl murder has ceased to be of interest except to the authorities: However, Sheriff Bailey and his deputies have been alert in any matter that might have a bearing on the case, and have taken up many clues, only to be disap- 'pointed. County Attorney Funkley is reticent concerning the arrest yesterday of Fournier and Cyr, but states that he is absolutely confident-that he has in custedy at least one man who was a par- ticipant in the brutal murders of Mr. Dahland his daughter Aagot. Those who have been under suspicion, have held their own counsel, and it has always been believed that if any of those im- plicated fell out, the whole case would be ‘‘given up.” SYDNEY DELONG'S HAND CAUGHT AT ELEVATOR THE BAND WILL GIVE A CONGERT AND DANGE May Lose Three Fingers as the. Re_|The Third ot the Indoor Series Vhl sult of an Accident Last Saturday. Sydney Courtland DeLong, son of Mr. and Mrs. S, E. DeLong, was the recipient of a painful injury, Saturday, whereby the fingers of his right haund were quite badly crushed. Sydney, who goes to school during the week days, assists his father at the Bemidji Eleva- tor company’s plant on Satur- days. He was looking after the operating ‘of one . of the mills at the plant, when his right hand was caught in the grinding rollers. Before he could extract the hand, the first three fingers, were badly smashed, the second one being especially injured. He was brought up town and a physician who dressed the hand hopes to save all three fingers, and is certain he can save two, it possibly being necessary to. amputate the second digit. _ MRS. W. A. WALKER DIED AT HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT Could Not Survive Shock of Operation. —Funeral Will Be Held To- morrow Afternoon. Mrs. W. A. Walker, aged 60 years, died at St. Anthony’s hos- pital last evening at 6 o’clock, death resulting from the shock incident to an operation that was performed on Mrs. Walker at the hospital Saturday morning. Mrs. Walker had not been feel- ing well for several days and was taken to the hospital on Monday, the 14th inst. An operation was decided upon, which was per- formed Saturday. The shock of the operation proved too strong for the patient and she suc- cumbed. Mrs. Walker, who was of that brawny Scotch blood that scoffs at small illness, has not been i exactly well for several months, but she refused to admit her ailments even to her in.mediate relatives. However, she failed much of late, with the inevitable result. The funeral will be held fomor- row afternoon at 2 o’clock,?at the city hall, and the services will be conducted by Rev. Mnrphy of Grand Rapids. Mrs. Walker was born in Glas- gow, Scotland, 60 years ago, and moved to Canada, six:yearslater with her parents, She was mar- ried to Mr. Walker, fourty-four years ago, in Ontario. Eleven children. all ‘living, blessed their union, as follows:*G. A. Walker, Mrs. M* Downs, C. A. Walker, Misses Edith and Ruth, Walker, all of whom reside here; Mrs. Upper, of Prince Albert and Mrs. Hatton of Jamestown, N. D,, who are here on a visit; Mrs, Kerwin of Pelican Rapids, who is expect- ed to arrive here this evening; Mrs. Phil Barnhart of Linden, Wash; Mrs. E. I. Burley, of Seattle, Wash,, and W. H. Walker of B:lhngham Wash. Mrs. W. A, Walker was greatly attached to her home and her family-: She was exceedingly kind-hearted, and was beloved by everyone Who knew her, and all,’ irrespective of relationship referred to her ‘“auntie.” Her death came as a shock to every- one except the immediate mem- bers of her family, as, being of & nature that knew not complaint, but few were aware of of the fact that she was really. seriously ill. Be the Attraction Wednesday Night. The Bemidji band will give its third in-door concert for “this season at the city opera house Wednesday evening, Jan. 23. At the conclusion of the concert, the Bemidji orchestra will furnish musice for dancing. The following is the program for the concert: ORCHESTRA Medley—"When the ‘Whippoorwill Slm Margurite” ... I : ¢ March—"Bold ant Musical Director—Mr. Piano Accompanist—] Mlss Maud Olson. Of the above numbers, there are several selections that are entirely new, both for ochestra and band, and will be rendered here for the first time, on Wednesday evening. Tickets to the concert are 50c, to the dance 50c; subscribers to band are admitted tree to con- cert. . ““Parson Poor’s Donation Party.” The city of Bemidji is soon to be honored by another local talent play. Some of the mem- bers and friends of the Presby- terian Aid society are preparing to produce “Parson Poor’s Dona- tion Party,” which will be given at the city hall Friday evening-of t.hls week. Every member: of the cast in the forthcoming pro- duction has had some experience in this work. From what has been accomphished at the re- hearsals, itis evident that the play will compare favorably with any play ever given here. If you want to enjoy a good enter- tainment, set aside Friday even- ing to attend this. Gene Morrison Improving. Chief of Police Bailey has received a letter from Dr. Mor- rison, who left here recently for Florida, accompanied by his family, the trip being taken for the Denefit of the health of his little daughter, Gene. The doc- tor states that the little girlis much better than afew days ago, when it was thought that she was failing fast and the family had almost decided to return to Bemidji. They are now at Pen- sacola, Florida, and if Gene_con- tinues to improve the doctor will return to Bemidji nbouh Feb- ruary 1. Attention, Eagles. R For some time past the Eigles have been on a “still hunt” after new members, and as a -result of their work, they will, " tonight, | initiate a class of twenty-five. Deputy Grand President Lee Flenner, of Pérham is here to . do the work, and assist the boys in organizing for the new year. After the initiation the election: All members areurged to be present | of new officers will be held. this evening at the hall, M. B. A. Special Meeting. A special meeting of the M. B. ; A, will be held at the I. O, O. F. hall Thursday afternoon at three o'clock,, at which time it is . requested as many membersas : can possmly attend to be there. et Read the daily Pioneer, -