East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-26

lar gold piece and big roll of green
backs.
This Mornings Session.
This mornings session was devoted
by the state to tracing the defendants
movement while in Echo on the day
of and few days prior 10 the MUIR
der. And it was in this testimony
that defense got in their first llcks
Mr.. Gillette who runs a hotel at Echo
testified that the defendant and the
murdered man had registered at his
hotel and occupied the same room
The register was introduced in evil
dence showing their signature. II
was also shown by the register
through the attorneys for the de-
fense that two other men, one named
Paul Lewis and one named Louis
Ryan registered at the hotel about
the same time and that on one night
the defendant and Paul Lewis occu-
pied room together.
Some pyrotechnics were set off
Just about here. 1t seems that some
one had cut one of the important
names out of the register. Mr.. Phelps
demanded that the defendants at.
torneys produce this slip. The de-
fense came back with the statement
that they didn't have the slim but
that the prosecution had it had they
demanded the prosecution to produce
it, Mr., Phelps called Mr.. Gillette to
the stand and he testified that Attor-
neys Peterson and Watts came down
there one day and were looking over
the register and asked permission to
cut this slip out and he said he didn't
care, and just then he was called to
dinner and went away leaving Peter
son and Watts in possession of the
register.
Hotel Clerk Testifies.
Another thread of two was put in
to the web of circumstantial evidence
against the defendant. McCloud, the
night clerk at the Gillette hotel testi-
fled that on the night of the day the
murder is alleged to have taken place
the defendant came into the hotel
about three O'Clock in the morning
and registered He had been there
the night before with the murdered
man and they had occupied the same
room. on this particular occasion
the clerk told the defendant he could
have the same room he and the other
man had had the night before and he
said the defendant remarked to the
effect. My friend has not come in yet
but he will be in pretty soon"
Mrs. Longneck of Echo. was the las,
witness before noon. She said that
or the day of the alleged murder she
was taking a horse back ride in the
afternoon and she saw the defend
ant ride horse from Barker's livery
barn over to the hotel Echo. and then
later she saw the defendant on the
same horse and another man on a sor-
rel horse riding out past the mill race
on the road toward the government
reservoir.
Defendant to Take Stand.
| Attorney Peterson in making his
opening statement to the jury de-
clared that the defendant himself was
going to take the stand and tell all
he knew about the. case. 1t is freely
predicted in court circles that if he
does there will be some surprises
Just what use the defense intends
to attempt to make out of the fact
that there were two other men at the
hotel at the same time the defend
ant and Rabeal were there is not
known, unless it is to substantiate the
defendants story as told to Barker
that he got the horses for two othel
men and not for himself. But man!
are wondering where the defendan
is going to show that he turned th'
horses over to the other two men i
he was seen riding one of the horses
out on the road toward the govern
ment reservoir.
The case continues to draw a crowd
ed house. A large number of peopl
from Echo are in court and many o
them are witnesses
1t is expected that the case will g,
to the jury some time tomorrow un
less the argument of counsel are to,
long. The evidence will probably b.
in by noon tomorrow.
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