East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-25
ISCOTT'S PICTURE
| Being SENT FROM
| THE COAST CITY
Perpetrators Of Murder Are
still at Large; Mystery
Still Surrounds Crime.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
BUILDING UP CASE
Moonshine Expected to be an
important Link in Chain
Of Evidence on Crime.

The activities of county officials
in an effort to unravel the mystery
surrounding the identity OF the man
found Wednesday morning on the
highway west of PendIeton today
took two chief courses. In the first
place every effort was being made
to ascertain who the stranger was.
and the other was to find out the
circumstances under which he met
his DEATH
The man is Walter Scott, formerly
Iof Marshfield. Out OF the maze OF
conflicts that resulted from follow
ing every suggestion put forward this
Identification has been accepted byl
Officers as the most plausible one. 1t
Is possible that Scott may have
worked under the name Of Peter Glls
bert, but the positive decIarRfions
made by Mr.. and Mrs. C. v. VINEYARD
and Mrs. Minda Butler that they
have known the dead man for many
years past and that he is Walter
Scott without any doubt have led
the officers to accept the identifica-
tion as final
f'There isn't any question about IL
being Walter Scott" Mrs. Butler said
this afternoon. ~
Are Sending Picture.
TO complete their Identification,
the trio OF people from Marshfield
who know Scott furnished the COR
oners office with the address Of a
young woman who wired John r..
Brady this afternoon that she will
send photographs OF Scott which she
has In her possession. The receipt
of the photographs in addition to the
positive statement OF the trio il ex-
pected to fix the identity OF the dead
man beyond all doubt.
The possibility that the man might
have worked on ranches here under
the name of Peter Gilbert was con.
ceded after local men declared they
thought the man to have worked for
them under that name, Their state
ments lacked the positiveness of Mr..
and Mrs. Vineyard and Mrs But
Ter, however, and the officials ara
convinced that the man found dead
on the river bank was Walter Scott.
whether another name. IL any he
might have used temporarily.
Scott was thrifty man and was
always busy and saved his money.
Mrs. Butler said. Vineyard declared
that scott was not the sort who made
friends rapidly. He was not great
hand to become confidential with
anyone unless he was well acquaInt-
ed, and he was reserved.
Sheriff Is Busy.
The perpetrators Of the murder.
If Scott was murdered, are Etill az
large and the identity OF the man or
men who figured in the death OF the
stranger still remains a mystery.
But great deal has been done
today, members OF the sheriffs force
intimated, which may result IN the
man or men implicated IN the taking
away OF Scott being arrested.
The checkered handkerchief with
the laundry mark o92 In one cor
ner Is one OF the links in a chain
which the officers are trying 10 fas-
ten together. Details could MOI n.
secured, but Il is also probable that
another link in the chain viii havs
70 do with moonshlne. There NAV
also be n woman in the case. Ana
,nere Is a further probability that
the moonshine was mixed with gaso-
nhe In the activities that are now
'housht to have caused scott's death.
Place OF Death Question.
Ever since the finding OF the body.
one OF the chief questions has been
where and how Scott was killed. De-
velopments that have followed TODAY
strengthen the belief. expressed h.
Tore, that he was not killed where he
was found. and that he probably vas
killed several hours before his BODY
was placed in the brush. The lack Of
any flow Of blood from the scratches
on his head and face cause the offi-
cials to incline TO the belief that death
took place some place other than on
the spot where the body vas found
As 70 The actual rnanner IN which
Scott met his death. two theories have
been put forward. one Is that he
vas strong armed, {" his neck tgisted