East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-26
2s Witnesses for the State
Had Been Examined When
Court Adjourned at Noon.
M00NSHINER'S PARTNER
TOLD OF ACTIVITIES
Jepson Told Won Derahe That
There Was Not Enough
Water to Make Moonshine.

I'D kill a stool pigeon, and there's
81 couple more of them that will so
i'into the same well where ] put the
old man." tt ~s
When court adjourned at noon to-
day, this bit Of testimony given by
Fred McElrath, Freewater farmer,
as having come from Charles Won
Derahe ioemed sas the most vital LINK
so far cast by the state in the chain
OF circumstaHtial evidence which is.
being built uplin an effort to- prove
that Won Derahe is guilty Of the mur-
der of Matt Jepson last summer on
Government mountain.
Twenty-eight witnesses for the
state had been examined when court
took asfecess today at nosil, ana in-
dications are that at least all of this
afternoon will be required to hear the
testimony of state witnesses. Prac-
tically all the morning witnesses told
the jury of statements which they
SAID the defendant had made to them
about the Jepson case.
Wanted Informer's Identity.
IL
s25 to tell who it was that gave the
Officers information last spring which
caused the defendants arrest on a
charge Of operating still was the
testimony offered by Harvey Demar-
is, Milton man.
The offer was made while the two
men talked of the Jcpson murder in
Of hn txa ,lA oh II,
Milton, Demaris said. Won Derahe
asked him If he know who had told
the officers he was monshining, the
witness told the jury. and then, want-
ed to know the informants name
when Demaris said he did know who
had turned Won Derahe in"
won Derahe also told me that he
thought Fred Patterson was not
guilty of the MURDER" Demaris tes.
titled, ''and he also said that he
thought the authorities would moi
have found the old shoes and tht
hat on the well top at the Jepsor
place If they had gone to the place
|. few days before August 13. Vor
Derahe also told me that he woult
get the man who told on him."
Received Unsigned Letter.
NcElrath was cross examined care
fully by Attorney Fred Steiwer fo
the defensG after he had told tn,
jury that Won Derahe had told hin
that he put Jepson in the well. Fl,
said that he had not talked mucl
about the case. He told Jim Yves
and the detectives some things abou
the case, he admitted
Can you tell why you had com
paratively little to say about TIL
case?r the witness was asked b.
Keator.
YES" McElrath replied.
Il, What was the reason?'
u received an unsigned lette
shortly after Won Derahe was at N
place in which was advised to kee
my mouth shut" the witness ans
wered.
Tells OF Operations.
The audience which packed tn
court room listened with interest t
the straightforward story told b
& Fred Rawlings. who said that h
was with Charles Won Derahe whe
the defendant was operating dow
q the canyon from the Matt Jepso
place during May of 1921. He sal
d he helped Won Derahe move ten
sugar, grain. groceries and SON
barrels to the canyon and the
helped to move them out again.
Jepson was down at their place q
q May and told them that there w.
not sufficient water in. the adjacei
spring to enable them to NAL
moohshine after the weather becan
warm. Rawlings said. 1t was on tn
! advice of Jepson that they move
away, Rawlings said.
A man named Fulkerson was Il
person held responsible for giving IL
formation by Won Derahe. arcordir
TO what the defendant told hr
Rawlings testified,
"Jepson told us that one of Il
McCool boys had tried to work ma.
during the previous fall but that !
had failed, due to the cold weather
the witness told the jury.