William Deas: Cellardyke fisher who skippered Reaper dies at 98
William Coull Deas, of Cellardyke, the embodiment of the once-thriving Scottish herring industry, has died aged 98.
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William Coull Deas, of Cellardyke, the embodiment of the once-thriving Scottish herring industry, has died aged 98.
A MODEL boat exhibition showcasing the fishing heritage of Cockenzie and Port Seton will take place this weekend.
Get into drugs or do anything i'm kicking you out of my will. >> reporter: though she could never have inherited the land. that birthright was passed from father to son, not daughter. the custom started with the moore family patriarch, who handed the farm down to his two sons, roger and gus. each of them had a son, born just a year apart, paul and peter. who were in line to one day run the farm as partners. cousins but raised more like brothers. here they are in 1978 in cutoffs fishing bare handed, latter day huck and tom. in 1980 they were on the same high school football team. roger's son, p...
>> because we thought it was an accident. >> reporter: did they seem to be accusing the two of you? >> yes. >> reporter: both of you. >> yes. >> reporter: were you frightened? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: what were you afraid of? >> that they thought we did it. >> reporter: around colusa the raid on peter's house just days after roberto's death was big news. the neighbor began sending out real-time updates on facebook. >> there was a parade of cars driving around the whole neighborhood. >> as these detectives were asking their questions and as they were ripping my house -- going through my house. ...
This, did the suspicion seem plausible? >> yes. >> reporter: yeah. >> it did. we knew pete didn't get along with his family. we knew pete had a hot head. we knew pete had access to the property. >> reporter: and for paul to denounce peter, who was like his brother, sad perhaps, but made sense to the d.a.'s office, which signed off on the warrant to have pete's house searched. it was just a few blocks away. >> went out to grab a bite to eat. when we came home, we saw them all at the house searching the house. >> mary ellen is peter moore's wife. >> couldn't believe it. >> reporter: did you thin...