The only original “Pine Tiger,” famous to local police circles and around the row, was in police court this morning to answer to a charge of drunkenness. “Pine Tiger” is an old time woodsman and one of the best known characters in this section. Judge Reynolds said after hearing the case that he supposed the right thing to do would be to send the tiger to the pen for life, but the made such a pleas for clemency that the court personally escorted him to a down town restaurant, bought him his breakfast and ordered him out of town. (Pioneer, June 1904)
Exploring the Rich History of the Bemidji Area