Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 30, 1907, Page 1

THE BEMIDJT DAILY PIONE WINRESGTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 4. NUMBER 288 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1907. TEN CENTS PER WEEK GREAT INTEREST SHOWN IN WESLEY TRIAL; PROSECUTION GIVES ITS STRONG EVIDENCE Eugene Caldwell Is Again On the Stand, and the Counsel for |Jopier o f;::};;;g;i;‘;f;“, the Defense Corners Him Several Times.--Martindale [ 20d saving ¢hat he was Proves a Disappointing Witness for the afraid of nothing, but didn’t want his stock killed or his build- State and " Ils Down. ings destroyed. He had heard them talk very many times con- cerning this plant; and he also thought Wesley and Fournier might “do up” most angone for a “plant,” He told of hearing Wesley say that he buried his dead in the moose wallow on the meadow; that he had followed tracks leading from the cabin of Miss Dahl to the beaver dam and later discovered the same tracks toward the large balsam tree under which the remains of Dahl were long afterward: found; that these tracks were made by “Shorty” and Fournier. In the cross-examination, Cald- well contradicted - himself in several minor matters, but stuck to many of the mpre damaging statements made against ths ac- The trial of James Wesley for[sign of nerv g mness. While|Dahls and the attempts to pun- the killing of N. O. Dahl is being | Eugene Caldv -2 was giving |ish their murderers, was on the closely watched by a large num- damaging evic (3 e against him |stand for several hours, and he ber. of residents of Beltrami|yesterday, WV = ey kept bis|was givena gruelling examina- county who have deplored the|gaz2 riveted o1 -2 ie witness and |tion. terrible manner in which the old [never flinched § | several stagesl Caldwell told of his relations C] cused. Particular attention was given by the counsel for the defense as to Caldwell’s actions in discover- ing the remains of N. O. Dahl, and his subsequent acts when arrested and placed in the Bel- trami county j.il on the charge of being connected with the disap- pearance of the Dahl’s. He was asked why he had taken such a lively interest in the more -recent attempts to punish the slayers of the Dahl’s, and why he had not sooner told of the things which he now so freely vouchsafed. To all of these questions, Cald- well defiantly answered that he i was not asked concerning them. Asked if Mr. Loud (then county attorney) had not impor- tuned him (while in jail, and also when before the grand jury) to tell all he knew and especially as toany threits have been made by anyone against him. Caldwell again re- iterated that he had not been asked and that he was never promised immunity if he de- vulged what he really knew. Asked if it was not true that he had his eyes onreward which had been increased and that his activity in the case arose from the desire to get the reward. Caldwell answered hotly that he did not expect to get any reward iif James Wesley was convicted; but got tangled in his explana- i tions, Oa redirect examination, Caldwell stated that his attorney at that time (Mr. Scrutchin) had jtold him not to talk with anyone. Caldwell told of the return of iPaul Fournier from a visit to the Tamarack river, after the disappearance of the Dahl’s, and how he and Deputy Sheriff Gil- stad had visited Paul’s house. that might|Conversation drifted tothe Dahl’s | Quiring and their disappearance and Caldwell had stated thatit was up to him, “Shorty” and Paul, and that he (Caldwell) was inno- cent; Paul’s actions when this was said were suspicious, accord- ing to Caldwell. Caldwell had a poor memory as to considerable testimony given at previous hearings, relative to just what he had said on some occasions of importance in the investigation, He stuck to his story that there was a terrible stench when the body of the old man was found and that that alone directed his movements; in this he was corroborated by Owen French, his brother-in-law, who was also called to the stand. William Krueger, who has been connected with the case quite prominently, and who was much associated with Caldwell, Wesley and Fournier in the country before and Continued on last page. SHOES MARSHALL A. SPOONER, Judge Fifteenth Judidial Distriet, Who Is Presiding at Ttis Term of District Court. man and his daughter Aagot]of the proceedings he smiled and | with Wesley and Fournier and were murdered. jjoked with his counsel. His|stated directly that he had heard James Wesley sits through the | nerve is remarkable, Wesley and Fournier say they trial without the faintest show of would like to get the old fear of the outcome of the charge| The proceedings yesterday|man’s plant and would also get made against him—the killing of | afternoon were carefully watched [the girl, and alleging that Dahl. by the counsel for both the state| Wesley and Fournier intimated Despite the fact that he has{and the defense. the old man would be killed been accused by a man with] Eugene Caldwell, who has|if necessary to accomplish their One linge ladies’ sty HATS at 82 50 FRED W. 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