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Four to the Pen Trial Recap in District Court
The district court convicted Will Hepburn for rape and four men for felonies. Hepburn received ten years. Ed McKee two years six months. Joe Thompson one year nine months. Joe Workman one year. The trial exposed disputed confessions and harsh cross examination as jurors weighed perjury issues and the case drew broad community turnout.
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Will Hepburn
Ed Mickee
Joe Thompson
Joe Workman
Ed Mckee
William Hepburn
Hepburn
Vivian Winn
Lafe Winn
Whelan
Pot Creek
Neboker
Sal
L. N. Meredith
Pope & Hannon
O'Donnell
Hiachent
Elias Winn
Mire
Winn
John T. Pope
Peter Han
Vivian
Nicklea
Houtz
H. C. Knudsen
O’ Donnell
Meredith
McKee
Thompson
T. J. Caldwell, Jr
George Langston
Joseph H. Carrell
M. M Maddox
Bernard Gardner
Adelbert Colton
Pontha Calder
W. H. Burton
D. D. Houtz
Pope & Hanson
Happy Jack
Whiterocks
Charlie Mack
Washington
Toole Jack