The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-06-05
Action in Which Nepean and
Ledbetter Were Charged
With Having Liquor.
CALL q WITNESSES
Chief Witness for Prosecution,
Quarter Breed Cherokee
Bought Liquor.

The Preliminary hearing of A. Nepean
and Everett Ledbetter, who were re
Gently charged with having liquor in
their possession and with being In
toXicated at a dance at White Bird on
the evening of the End of May, occurred
in the probate court today before Judge
Wilbur l.. Campbell, and after the evi-
dence on both sides was heard the case
was dismissed
For the state Prosecuting Attorney
B. Auger was assisted by Attorney Il,
Nj. Griffith, and Attorneys Frank e
Fogg and Miles S. Johnson, the latter
of Lewiston, represented the defend
ants.
The state introduced seven witnesses
the first to take the stand being Miss
Addie Behean. Miss Behean testified
that she had had a drink of cider at the
Nepean home and that she heard
Nepean say that he was going to put
raisins and sugar into the cider. She
attended the dance at White Bird on
May End and believed that Ledbetter
was intoxicated at that time.
Mrs Della Gelbach of Garfield tes-
tilted that she saw cider at the Nepean
home that had corn meal in it,
The third witness and what was CON
sidered the star witness for the state
was Dave Mcdaniel, who stated that
he was quarter Cherokee Indian
from Oklahoma. On the evening of
May 2nd he bought quart of whiskey
from Ledbetter. and after drinking
about half of ii HID the bottle in n hall
way. and that later young Bob Kill
gore stole it. He paid $500 for it
The following morning he bot a quart
from Nepean, and be and the Twogood
boy, Doc Warden and sheep herder
whose name was not known. Ledbetter
and A. Nepean We're present He took
up n collection and paid Nepean the
money for the quart He stated that
he got drunk that night He had drunk
Wh1Skey only on one occasion in his
life before this time; that was in the
state of Kansas. four years ago. when
he bought whiskey at ten cents glass
i'll an open bar in that state
Bob kilgore testified that he was at
the dance and Mcdaniel showed him
the bottle but that he did not drink
any of it, but. that he broke the bottle
Earl Twogood testified that the next
morning after the dance, he and other
parties bought Il bottle of the same
stuff from Nepean and after taking
three or four drinks II had no eject on
MN. He also got n drink from Shorty
lWeedy and Hugh Bentley, which the
latter denied. This was practically
all the testimony offered by the state
aud Attorney Miles s johnson of the
defense offered a motion to the court
to dismiss the complaint. Judge Camp
bell declined to dismiss the complaint
as To defendants having LIQUOR in their
possession, but did dismiss as TO the
drunkenness charge, and required the
GefenSe to Introduce their evidence.
The defense had fifteen witnesses
ana Doc Warden was the vrst to be
called. He testified that he went to
Nhlte Bird the morning after the
dance and was with the bunch above
mentioned at place in open view to
Main street. Mcdaniel offered him
a drink from II bottle and he took a
sip; the stuff tasted like rotten cider
the Indian stating that he had found
the bottle.
Percy Culley and Marion Tipton tes-
tined that they heard Mcdaniel deny
having made any statement as to hav-
ing secured any whiskey from Nepean
or Ledbetter.
James Chamberlain came down from
poumecq with Nepean the night Of the
dance and testified that the latter had
absolutely no liquor with him.
Clarence Harrison testified that Led.
better had been working for him the
two weeks prior to the dance and that
he accompanied him To White Bird and
that he had not been at the Nepean
place during that time. He took no
liquor Ia White Bird.
NJ. o. Tweedey. better known as
shorty testified that they were drink
ing cider that night that had been
brought from the Wyatt ranch by one
Bri!st, and that that was all they were
drinking.
y. J. Nichols and Joe ZwiSler testi-
fled that neither Nepean nor Ledhetter
were drunk al the dance.
BedbetttG testified that he drank
some cider from the Wyatt ranch but
that ii was not intoxicating. He did
not drink with the Indian.
Nepean testified that he. was called
down 10 where the gang was and Nc.
Daniel offered him drink from bot
tie. which he tasted and found bad.
He only took "A sip
This was the sum and substance of
he evidence submitted to the court and
Jn which the dismissal was based.