Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 2, 1911, Page 1

e o VOLUME 9. NUMBER 132. 3 SHOT IN MIDNIGHT FIGHT AT KELLIHER One Woodsman Drops Dead in Tracks While Half Brother Receives R Mortal Wound. ALONE IN WO0ODS ALL NIGHT Man Said .to Have Done .Shooting, Also Hurt, Goes to Town And Sleeps. 2 WITNESSES FAIL TO REPORT Coroner to Hold Inquest Tomorrow— Squirl Whisky and Feud Blames For Tragedy. Oune man is dead, another mortally wounded and a third shot through COOHOOOCOOOOGHS & © OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED. © POOOOOOPPOTOOO OO Omaha is filled with visitors for the annual fall carnival, known as the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities. The Riverside and Toxaway cot- ton mills of Anderson, S. C., which are among the largest in the state, resumed operations on full time today after having been idle since the first of May. . A recemption committee headed by former Senator Burkett met Presi- dent Taft upon his arrival at Lin- coln, Nebr., from Omaha this morn- ling and escorted him to the Lincoln Hotel, where the distinguished visit- or was entertained at dinner by the Omaha Commercial club. Following the dinner the President delivered a speech at the Auditorium. Governor | Aldrich presided at the meeting. Visitors to New York’s second bud- get expedition, which opened today and will continue until the end of the and will continue until the numerous charts and illustrations many interesting things concerning the metropolis. TFor instance, the | figures show that in New York there is a birth every four minutes, a death every seven minutes, and a marriage every eleven minutes. . Moving pic- tures illustrate the work of the var-i ious city departments and show how the arm as a result of a midnight!is spent the immense sum of $174,- fight at Kelliher. All participants| 000,000 that is required to run the were woodsmen. From midnight Saturday until -after daylight Sunday Jack Oski, the | «dead man, and his half brother,| Joseph Ketzer, lay in the chill| autumn air, the latter suffering intensely from a bullet wound which pierced his stomach. Wounded Man Goes to Bed. Kobak, shot through the bicep of his left arm and who, witnesses say, started Stanley who was the shooting, walked into Kelliher after the battle, said nothing about having been shot and went to bed without seeking medical attention. The fight took place about one- half mile northeast of Kelliher. John Brose and Joseph Pochinksy, held as| completed the party, which, it is said, had been drinking freely of “squirl” whisky at Kelliher. All have been employed at the Crook- Witnesses, ston Lumber camp, four miles out of | new year comes to an end, and the sidered will be the route of the El- * Kelliher. Witness Says Nothing of Shooting. i After the shooting Brose continued on to camp and went to bed without reporting that anything unusual had occured. Pochinsky accompanied Kobak to Kelliher and he likewise remained silent on his exciting ex-|¥ind is allowed to pass the 1ips of | via Itasca State Park perience. News of the tragedy came shortly after sunrise Sunday when Ketzer, who was shot through the stomach, crawled through the woods towards Kelliher, to a pile of ties where his feeble cries for help were heard by Engineer Hoffman of a switching crew working in the yards. William Burce, manager of the Crookston .company at Kelliher was passing in a team, and he hastened to the aid of Ketzer, who was rushed into Kelli- her and Dr. B. . Osborne of Black- «uck called. Ketzer’s Directs to Dead Brother. Ketzer, said his brotner was dead in the woods, also having been shot through the stomach, and tha. the fight was the result of ill feeling of long standing. He expressed regret and refused to blame Stanley Kobalk. T+ is understood that there has been a feud between the brothers and Kobak of long standing. Kobak is reticient but declares, “they had been picking on me a iong time and Saturday night they jumped on me and I pulled my 32 revolver and shot in self defense. I don’t know whether they shot me in the arm or whether I did it myself. Any- how, it doesn't matter. It is 109 bad it all happened.” Kobak Under Arrest. Kobak was placed under arr-st by Constable Wilson at Kelliher and this morning Ketzer was brought to the Bemidji hospital where he was operated on. It is feared he cannot .survive the day. The two men who saw the battle say that the shooting began when someone knocked Stanley’s hat off. Just what happened after that no one appears to know. The body of Oski Attorney G. M. Torrance. Oski apparently ~didpped dead- in Only one bullet wound his tracks. was found on him. Kobak will be held at Kellik2r un- til after the inquest when it is ex- pected he will be brought to Bemidji. was taken to Kelliher where it is being held until after the inguest which will be con- ducted by Coroner M. E. Ibertson tc»r morrow, the coroner leaving 'anifijl= for Kelliher on this evening’s train. He will be accompanied by County city one year. | The term of court which convened al Weschester, Pa., today will be made memorable by the trial of the persons accused in the lynching of the negro Zack Taylor, who was burned to death by a mob at Coates- ville on August 13 last, following his |arrest for the murder of an officer. It is expected to begin the trials this week. In addition to those against whom a charge of murder has been made for alleged complicity in the actual lynching, the chief of police of Coatesville and one of his subor- dinates are to be tried on a charge of manslaughter, growing out of their alleged failure to take any steps to prevent the lynching. The Jewish people throughout the world today celebrate Yom Kippur, c. the day of Atonement the most widely observed of all the many feasts and fasts in the Hebrew calen- dar. This fast day is considered the most important of all the Mosaic holy days. With its observance the pen- itential season which began with the Jews then look forward with joyful anticipation to the kelebration of Succoth, or the feast of Tabernacles, | the harvest festival of the ancient Israelites. Among the orthodox Jews Yom Kippur is kept as a solemn fast, and for twenty-four hours no food or drink or nourishment of any the pious and observing Jew. Almost all the towns in Connecti- cut hold their annual meetings today for the choice of town officials for the coming year. In recent years the political significance of these elect- tions has disappeared, but this year a new interest has been aroused in them by the referendum vote on two proposed amendments to the consti- tution, one to give the lieutenant governor larger powers in case of death or disability of the governor, and the other to the effect that “the General Assembly shall adjourn sine die not later than the first Wednes- day after the first Monday in June, i following the organization.” The |.complications following the -death of Governor Lilley showed the neces- sity of the first of the proposed amendments, and the unusually long scssion of the legislature this year, out of all proportion to the results, the latter. | With the opening of registration | today for the remainder of the Rose- bud and Pine Ridge reservations Uncle Sam has started the ball rolling Iin one o1 the largest land lotteries he has ever conducted. A total of 466,- 562 acres is thrown open to settle- ! ment, comprising some-of the finest agricultural and grazing lands in South Dakota. The registration is being conducted at the land offices in Gregory, Chamberlain, Dallas and iRapid City. The applicant is requir- registration points and swear before a notary public to his qualifications to take a homestead. The sealed affi- davits will be mailed to Judge Witten at Gregory, where the drawing will commence on October 24. On that day the metal cans containing the sealed envelopes will be dumped on a large platform at Gregory. A child will be selected to go on the platform and pick up the envelopes one by one. The first envelope will be numbered “one”” and the person who filed it will have the privilege of making the first selection from all the lands sub- ject to entry and may choose for his homestead the finest level farming land at $6 an acre or the roughest grazing land at 25 cents an acre. The second envelope will be number- ed “two” and so on until the number of 160 acres tracts is exausted.;’ (Copyright, 191L) ROAD MEETING THURSDAY Gathering Called for Cambridge By Chairman King of Development. . Association’s Committee. AITKIN MEETING SUCCESSFUL The following announcement was today- received in Bemidji: held at Cambridge, Thursday, Oct. 5, 10 a. m. under the call of the Good Roads committee of the Northern Minnesota Development Association. “The principal business to be con- well Law Roads. Elwell Law Road to Be Considered. “International Falls to the Twin Cities via Grand Rapids and Mora. “Duluth to the Twin Cities. “International Falls to Twin Cities and River Route. “The co-operation is asked of coun- ty boards and county officers of the counties and of newspapers and com- mercial clubs, in pushing forward this important development work. These projects are now under way; these three added will form the foundation of the entire system of state roads for northern Minnesota; the starting point for local roads to every farm and village. “The Good Roads Committee, C. M. King, Chairman. 3 John S. Pardee, Secretary.” Brainerd to Duluth Route Established The good roads conference at Ait- kin last week was the largest in point of attendance of the number held on the call of the good roads committee of the\Northern Minnesota Develop- ment Association. The Moorhead to Duluth road was discussed and the route from Brain- erd to Duluth definitely fixed. The subject of a road from International Falls through Grand Rapids and Mora to St. Paul was broached for the first time, but on account of the inability of Mora delegates to get to Brainerd, the discussion was defererd until next Thursday when a meeting will be held at Cambridge. 3 New Region to Be Opened By Route The proposed new road from Inter- national Falls through Koochiching, ed to appear personally at one of the!ltasca, Aitkin, Kanabec and Isanti counties to Anoka and then to fhe Twin Cities met with the approbation of the ‘delegates. It runs in part through a country which has not yet been scratched, that.in the vicinity of Sandy Lake, which has been re- garded as inaccessable. Hill City, which is also in that territory, is difficult of access, and besides of be- ing of value to settlers already in the territory which will be traversed by the road, a vast new region will be opened. The project of a road from Inter- making good progress. The road has been laid out from International Falls to the park line. A road, not desig- nated under the Elwell law and re- quiring some improvement, is already: in use.from the gatk to St. Paul. ‘A good roads conference. will bel.® national Falls via Bemidji and thke’ Itasca State Park, to St. Paul is' On Acre. Six hundred bushels of high : grade potatoes to an acre, is the : : record of Beltrami' county and :- probably for the state and it is : : held by Frank Gagnon of this : : eity. 5 This yield was ‘made on Mr. : Gagnon’s farm north of Lake Be- : midji in the town of Northern. : : “It is an actual fact that these : : potatoes yield an average of : : 600 bushels to the acre,” said : :- Mr. Gagnon, “and it is my de- : sire that a represe) " Commeréial Clib™, : farm and investigate so that they : : may officially confirm my report.” : : At Blackduck Chas. Hayden : : reports the next largest yield of : :. 510 bushels to an acre. A joint annual convention of the Unitarian and Universalist churches of Jowa met at Boone, Iowa, today, with delegates present from all over the state. The proceedings will con- tinue over tomorrow and Wednesday. Prof. Samuel E. Tillman, for more than 30 years an instructor at the West Point Military academy, was placed on the army retired list today on account of age. Prof. Tillman is a native of Tennessee and graduated from West Point in 1869. Master in Chancery R. D. Hoskins at St. Paul today began the hearing in the revised North Dakota coal-rate cases. The cases involve lignite coal rates in North Dakota. In the pre- vious litigation the United States supreme court decided adversely to the railroads, but at the time ruled that the cases might be reopened if the rates should be found confisca- tory. The present hearing results from an application of the Soo road, which asked for the reopening of the case. William Lee, the confessed mur- derer of his parents and brother, ‘was brought to Deenville today from the State reformatory at Jefferson- ville and arraigned for trial today in the Warrick circuit court. It is an- ticipated that counsel for the defense will make an insanity plea in an ef- fort to save him from the death sen- tence. The triple murder occurred at the Lee Homestead near Deenville eurly last August. According to the alleged confession of the young man Le committed the crimes to obtain money with.which to marry and set up a home. Don't forget to save out corn for seed while you are husking it. Just because an ear of corn is large, does not necessarily make it the best for seed. See that’the rows are straight from tip to butt, and tnat‘the ker- inels are well formed and plump. | Keeping cabbages: Sclect 2 dry | place in the patch, pull up the cab- | bages and stand them close together, heads down. Cover with soil from ifive to ten inches deep, thinly at first so they will not heat, covering only enough to prevent frepzing as the "season advantes. The burying beds may be made from four. to six feet wide. A few cabbages for present use can be stored, heads down, in a ! barrel in: the cellar; but the bulk of the crop_should be left outdoors. 1D UKE To KETCH THE GVY " WHAT BOOSTED THE PRICE OF SUGARL COUNTY BOARD MEETS Education Gathering Today to Be Followed By Regular Commis- sioners Gathering Tomorrow. NEW SCHOOL IN BENVILLE The county board of education is in session here this afternoon. This board is m of Viggo Peterson, chairman of the board of «county commissioners, County Treasurer French and County Superintendent Stewart. The board has under its jurisdiction all the unorganized school territory in the county. New School in Benville, Reports were received by the board of the'progress of the building of the school house near Benville, contracts for which were let to A. L. Synnes of Nymore. This building is a 24x30, one room structure and is being erected, together with -a heating plant, at a complete cost of $1000. Commissioners to Meet. Tomorrow the regular meeting of the board of county commissioners will be held and at that time it is ex- pected that several bills for road work which has been done during the past summer will be presented for consideration. It is not expected that this meefing of the board of county commissioners will consume much time, the matter of bills being the most important thing, so far as is known, that will come before the board. Chairman Peterson arrived in the city today from Puposky to sit on the county board of education. If potatoes are inclined to rot, don’t be in a hurry to dig yours. Leave them in the ground as long as you can before digging. There will be far less waste. I have seen some lots of potatoes all go to mush after they were dug; whereas, if they had been left in the earth till cold weather came on, most of them migkt have been saved. In the large producing sections cabbages are stored in specially pre- pared frost-proof houses. Dut they are often stored in cellars, tarns or caves. Some growers store in pits and there is no better way to keep the heads crisp and fresh The main thing is to keep out frost and provide for ventilation. Whatever the plan of storing, don’t wait for freezing weather before harvesting. Storing vegetables. Onious. Store in a loft rather than in the cellar. In the latter they will sprout, to their injury. <A few parcnips for winter use may- be lifted and stored in sand in the cellar; but, as freezing sweetens them, it is best to leave many of them outdoors for later use. Potatoes: Store in bins one foot or eighteen inches deep, raised’ somewhat from the floor. Do not bruise or they will be likely to rot. Roots in the nature of ‘salsify and horseradish, freezing dues not hurt, so the main lot may stay out ‘where grown; but some' should be dug and put in earth in {lLe cellar for winter use. : Witnesses were put on by the state in the Dumas case this afternon in an effort to prove that Dr. Dumas had planned to get rid of Martin Behan, vho was captured at Puposky and re- leased on bonds_ as a witness at the present trial. y John Benner was brought out as the man who had been delegated to do this. Benner said he had a con- {ference with Dr. Dumas on the lake shore here in August and that he also met him in Cass Lake. On cross examination Benner ad- mitted that he frequently has been intoxicated. “Pretty much all' the time, the last two weeks,” he said. Other Witness of the Day. Other iitnesses of the day were Assistant Fire -Marshall Fullerton, Chief of Police Ring of Hibbing; Fire Marshal Charles Keller, William Munhall, the Bemidji bartender; “Doc” Adams, who drove Behan and Davis to Puposky; Dr. D. L. Stanton. who said Dr. Dumas had pointed out Mike Davis to him; N. H. Harding, the Cass Lake cashier, who swore to having wired $50 to “Jack Black,”— who in reality was John Benner—for Pat Kennedy of Cass Lake; and he was followed by Mrs. Meyers, a sister of Martin Behan, The courtroom is crowded with men and women, the latter being es- pecially numerous this afternoon, and the corridors of the building are filled with witnesses on both sides of the case, who have been excluded. Assistant Attorney General is to- day conducting the examination of witnesses for the state and Freeman P. Lane continues for the defense. Fullerton the First Witness. Mr. Fullerton was the first witness today. He told how .he had learned of'the alleged conniving of Dr. Dumas fo; committ arson ang that he had Marshal Keller and Altorney Gener- al Simpson. Under cross examination Mr. Fullerton bared his political re- cord which he said dated back to the year 1885. Mr. Fullerton testified to having been present at.Cass Lake when the safe of Dr. Dumas was opened and six sticks of dynamite found. “When the dynamite was taken out,” swore ' Mr. ' Fullerton “Dr. Dumas took a stick and broke it, ‘say- ing, it is harmless, we feed it to cows here.” Explains Smyth’s Appointment. Mr. Fullerton expiained that h: had appointed Robert Smyth deputy fire marshall and had dated his ap- pointment back a month. Mr. Lane attempted to have the witness answer the question if he had any authority to “milk the state of Minnesota” by dating an appointment back. Mr. Janes objected to this term an dthe court said it is, “un- happy.”” Mr. Fullerton said the ap- pointement had been dated back- be- cause Smyth had. previously been working on the case, and that there was no attempt to “milk the state.” Chief Ring told of searching the doctor after his arrest at Hibbing and he identified some of the papers tak- en from him at that time which have been offered by the. state as evi- dence. Mr. Ring said that he knew Mike Davis but he could not posi- tively identify his photograph. He knew Ed LeClare for several years; also his family. He did not know that LeClare was a safe cracker but said that he had teh reputation of being a gambler and short change artist, Munhall’s Testimony. ‘William Munhall, who at one time was arrested as an accessory in the Puposky affair said he had been a bartender for eight years. He ad- mitted receiving a message from Dumas asking him to get Behan from East Grand Forks and said he did so but did not understand that Dr. Dumas wanted a safe blower or a man to do anything criminal. The Fire Marshal as a Witness. Fire Marshall Keller said that Robert Smyth had been appointed deputy fire marshal to draw pay from May 15; that he had agreed to such a deal; that Smyth at the present time is drawing a salary. H esaid he had employed Pinkerton detectives two weeks before the Puposky affair; that at times five men were em- ployed. On cross examination Attor- ney Lane contended that the appoint- ment of Smyth was illegal and tha the state could recover money given him. Mr. Lane asked the fire marshali if"he did not know of an attempt by Robert Smyth to burn his own buildings at Puposky and Mr. Keller taken the matter up Vsith Rtate Pife| STATE SPRINGS NEW DUMAS CASE THRILL answered that he never had heard of it. This Afternoon’s Proceedings. Herbert (Doc) Adams, the first Witness after the noon recess, said he had known Martin Behan for about 7 years; that he had known him in Hibbing. He admitted having driven Behan and Davis from the cemetery to Puposky on June 16. _When shown a photograph of Mike Davis he said: “That looks very much like the man with Behan, but I can’t say positive- ly.”” Adams was not cross examined. There was some delay at the open- ing of the afternoon session owing to the absence of John Benner called as a witness by the state. The court warned that unless the ‘witnesses were on hand when wanted he would order them confined. * John Larson on Stand. John C. Larson, owner of the sa- loon where it is alleged the Puposky crime was planned, called by the state, said that he had been engaged in the saloon business for himself for six years. He said_he had known Dr. Dumas for 3 years; that he also knew Behan, and Smyth. Shown a picture of Mike Davis he said he thought he had seen him. Mr. Lar- son told of seeing Dr. Dumas in his saloon on June 14 and that the doctor asked if there was a rom where he could sit down and he told him ‘yes.” Also saw Behan in the saloon. The witness described the rooms in his saloon as 6 feet wide and 9 feet long. e described the rooms as being par- tially dark. Cross examined by Mr. Lane, the witness described the location of the windows and in answer to a question as to whether Behan had been drink- ing, Mr. Larson said he could not say. Dr. Stanton Tells His Story. ~DPr..D. L. Stanton, the Bemidii dentisi, was the next witness, He” said he had been in Bemidji-three years and that he had know Dr. Dumas for four years. He said he saw Dr. Dumas in the parlor of the Commercial club rooms on Wednes- day, June 14, at about 7:30 in the evening. Dr. Stanton told of a man across the street waving his hand at Dumas, saying, “Hello, doctor,” through the open window. Dr. Dumas wanted to know if Stanton knew him and Stanton said “No,” whereon Dr. Dumas said he was one of the greatest crooks in the country. Cross examined briefly, Dr. Stanton said he did not consider the incident remarkable at the time. Cashier Tells of Draft. H. N. Harding, was the next wit- ness called by the state. Mr. Hard- ing said that he has lived at Cass Lake where he is cashier of the First National Bank, for 7 years. He told of having sent a telegram to “Jack Black” of Citizens Bank of Oshkosh, Wis., on August 15. He said his bank paid the Oshkosh bank $50, at the request of Pat Kennedy of Cass Lake. John Benner then took the stand. He said he had lived here 14 years and is a brother of Allen Benner at one time chief of police. He said he has known Dr. Dumas 4 or 5 months. Benner Accuses Dumas. On August 15 last he was in Osh- kosh. He had talked with Dr. Dumas on the lake shore here just before go- ing to Oshkosh. He said Dr. Dumas wanted him to go to Oshkosh. He said Dumas said to him: «] want you to go to Oshkosh and if you see Behan get him out of the rountry.” Benner said Dr. Dumas also said he was to tell him he was “full of snow.” What “Full of Snow” Means. Asked what full of snow meant, Benner said he didn’t know, but sup- posed it meant “full of cocaine.” Benner also told of a conversation in Dr. Dumas’ office at Cass Lake when he said he didn’t believe Behan was in Oshkosh but if he was there to get him out of the country. He said Dr. Dumas gave him $50 at that time. Benner Posed as “Jack Black” Benner told of sending a telegram from Oshkosh to Pat Kennedy, bar tender of the Tedford saloon in Cass Lake. He said he arranged with the doctor that he was to wire Kennedy if he needed any money. Benner identified the $50 draft on the Osh- kosh bank as well as the receipt which he signed when he obtained the money, “*&ing the name of J_ack Blatk. Mr. Benner® said he did no see Martin Behan. He said he did, how- (Continued on last pag2