East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-04-29
University Of Oregon Path.
ologist Testified About
Stains on Various Garments.
THREAT JUST FOOLISH
] TALK SAID Won DERAHE
alleged Murderer Told Of
Sessions With Burns De-
tective Agents at Hotel.

IA testimony accumulated py tHe ue-
Tense tending to show that Fred Pat
terson. at one time held in Jail on a
Charge of killing Matt Jepson, is the
slayer of the Government mountain
hermit was discredited in court yes.
terday afternoon by the state in re-
3buttal when DR., Robert L. Benson,
University of Oregon Medical Schoal
lpathologist testified that he had made
analyses of the stains found on Nari-
ous garments and pieces of bed cloth
ing and had failed to find any tYace
sof human blood in any of them.
I'M The mattress found in the McCcol
cah,a which was discoiorel gave re-
Action indicating that tht stain was
VA, sed by blood, but 1t Yisl ncn.nn
blood, the scientist explained, His
sts indicated to him that The STAIRS
F'werr made by oil, he I'D The jnry.
~ Tho tests were made by Dr. henson
4nr.tne Burns agency, he said E r.
il,swaS ----E- sns igrassE
portland operatives for the detective
.gs.sy, identified The sar,tie l.iecfs
aek ken from the mattc ,s:'. towel, over
nils shirts and blankets.
81 Won Derahe Enters Denial
mo, sir, did not" with emphasis
On the "did not" was the chief reply
X nsed by the defendant yesterday aft
fernoon when he was cross examined
5by Judge j. A. Fee of the prosecution
IN regard to charges made against him
by state witnesses.
S# Won Derahe, who testified n short
'flme in the morning, continued for
quite a while. In the afternoon. lie
,Itcld "a straightforward story of his
Smopnshining operations, informed the
3aty where he had lived a. various
tnes, related occasions when - lad
( green checks in business transactions
IN r ch were intronuced in evi3aree
and told of his fruit peddnng ;lctivi-
Mes.
l& In reply to questions Dropnlnded by
&AAttorney Everett Smith of the defense
Won Derahe admitted that he knew
Earl McInroe, W. l.. Priest and Jake
&sBrice. or, James, He said he had beer
with them few times but declared
that he had not been with Priest more
Nthan five or six times. He said ne
Thought he had visited Priest IN his
broom in the hotel about four timc.'.
NJ -. HAD Wliiskcy, He Says.
"a He also admitted driving the detec.
NJ tives to the Jepson cabin last Novem-
III ber where he showed them around
81 the place. He denied however, that
ME wanted the detectives to looS fol
N 1epson's still in the hay. He haf
Y simply informed them that they nigh
Il be abel to find still in the hay, III
n testified.
* On this trip he and the detectives
X had whiskey which was furnished u.
n McInroe, he said. Won Derahe daclar
ed that the suggestion that he am
a Priest go to Mexico was put forwar
N ~ the detective shortly after the Nv
beoame acquainted, where we caul
4 do as we pleased" the witness sai'
NJ Priest told, him that he had better g
N or he would be arrested for, the mnr
< der, Won Derahe testified.
NJ Denies the Murder.
Fl In reply to questions asked by Al
Y torney Smith. Won Derahe said in EN-
VI phatic tones that he had never tol
anyone he had thrown the body
n Jepson in the well, or that he had sa
n Jepson kicked his shoes off when }
~ was hit over the back of the head
NJ that pole axe was used to inflict t
n fatal wounds
& He then related how he was j
& yeigled across the state line ard a
# rested and his pockets searched by Il
'# detectives. He also told of the
MI right session he had with the dete
t,ves in,the Hotel Pendleton, when
n was questioned from four O'Clock
m the afternoon until about four o'clo
NJ the next morning. During this til
Nj he had nothing to eat, he said.
III s'They wanted me to sign paI
that had Killed Jepson and t,
them never done 1t and | wasn't /
n i'm, to say any such thing the v
ness testified. 'T told them they co,
n keep me there until next Christmas
N they wanted to-
n He also said he had no informal
H that Jepson had reported him to
Fl authorities and that he does not
4 lieve now that Jepson reported h
He had a conversation with Frar
McCool in November in which the
ter was angry and wanted to kn